GMC200 Media Converter System User Guide
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1 Overview
The GMC200 is a high performance, cost effective, carrier grade
manageable media converter system, which is intended for applications of the
point-to-point fiber-to-the-premises (FTTx) market.
The GMC200 platform offers 100BASE-FX to 10/100BASE-TX conversion
or 1000BASE-X to 10/100/1000BASE-TX conversion or other media and
protocol conversion in the future releases.
The GMC200 provides remote loopback and in-band TS-1000 OAM
capabilities to manage subscriber access network from carrier center side to
terminal side, while the embedded management software allows
administrators to easily configure features,
monitor performance, and
troubleshoot the system using command line interface, standard Web browser
and Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) based network
management platforms.
1.1 Audience
This guide is intended for network installers and system administrators
who are responsible for installing, configuring, or maintaining networks. This
guide assumes that you understand the transmission and management
protocols used on your network.
1.2 Features
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Each chassis containing up to 15 media converter (MC) slots plus
one network management card (NMC) slot
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Up to 4 chassis managed by a single management unit with one
master management card plus three slave management cards
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In-band network management (OAM) communication with TS-1000
standard to manage subscriber access network from carrier center
side to terminal side.
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10/100Base-TX to 100Base-FX media conversion
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10/100/1000Base-TX to 1000Base-X media conversion
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Single fiber to dual fibers conversion
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Multi-mode fiber to single mode fiber conversion
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Non-blocking store-and-forward architecture enables the
forwarding rate to proceed at a full wire speed
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802.3x flow control for a full-duplex mode and collision-based
backpressure for a half-duplex mode
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Egress/Ingress rate management control with 128Kbps granularity
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Optional automatic converter switchover protection
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Programmable remote fault detection (RFD) function
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Remote power on / off detection with dying gasp alarm
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Remote loopback capability for link integrity test
