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Cisco SCE 2000 4xGBE Installation and Configuration Guide
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Chapter 3 Information About Topology
Information About Topology Considerations
Single Link: Receive-only Topology
In this topology, an optical splitter resides physically on the GBE link between the subscribers and the
network (
). The traffic passes through the optical splitter, which splits traffic to the SCE 2000.
The SCE 2000, therefore, only receives traffic and does not transmit.
Figure 3-3
Single SCE Platform Single Link: Receive-Only Topology
When configuring the SCE 2000, an optical splitter topology is referred to as “receive-only” connection
mode.
Note that in an optical splitter topology, the SCE 2000 only enables traffic monitoring functionality.
Note
When implementing receive-only topologies with a switch, the switch must support SPAN functionality
that includes separation between ingress and egress traffic and multiple SPAN-ports destinations.
LINK RX
Cisco SCE 2000
Series
4xGBE
TX
RX
MM
TX
LINK RX TX
RX
MM
TX
LINK RX TX
RX
MM
TX
LINK RX TX
RX
MM
TX
GBE-1
SUB
LINE
NET
PWR B
STATUS
PWR A
BYPASS
GBE-2
SUB LINE/CASCADE NET
Router
Optical
splitter
Router
Subscriber
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Network