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CommPlete 4000 Communications Server Overview
System Overview
Introduction
The CommPlete 4000 Communications Server is a single-segment, rack mountable
communications server. It is customized for dedicated turnkey operation of LAN-based
communications and remote access server functions. The CommPlete 4000 is a general
purpose, turnkey communications server that easily interfaces to any existing Novell, Windows
NT, or IP network.
Figure 1-1. CommPlete 4000 Communications Server
Product Overview
The CommPlete 4000 is a ruggedized, highly expandable 19" rack mount device that includes a
built-in hard drive, 3.5" floppy drive, and a slot for a CD-ROM drive. It has five circuit-board
slots: four are PCI compatible, and one accommodates either a PCI or ISA card. (Each
CommPlete 4000 model is shipped with a Network Interface Card and a MultiModem ISI card.
These occupy two slots, leaving three slots for expansion cards.) A separate slot supports the
single board computer (SBC) that is the heart of the system. A user configurable card cage
allows for up to 32 V.90 (56kbps, KFlex) internal modems or up to 32 high speed serial ports.
The CommPlete 4000 is shipped with factory-installed RAS
Express
server software for remote-
access functionality. Each CommPlete 4000 has a default configuration that allows it to boot as
a RAS unit.
The four CommPlete 4000 models differ according to the serial interface card used. The
different serial interface cards offer, variously, serial ports for external modems, built-in
modems, or built-in modems and terminal adapters:
Model CC4S-8
with the ISI4608PCI serial card -- has serial port connections for eight
external modems.
Model CC4M-8
with the ISI5634PCI/8 serial card -- has eight built-in modems
Model CC4H-4S
with the ISIHP-4S serial card -- provides four ISDN terminal adapters
using the S interface as well as eight
analog modems (allowing eight concurrent
sessions)
Model CC4H-4U
with the ISIHP-4U serial card -- provides four ISDN terminal adapters
using the U interface as well as eight analog modems (allowing eight concurrent
sessions)
The CommPlete 4000 has expansion capability for up to three additional MultiModem ISI circuit
cards (for additional modems/TAs). When multiple serial-interface cards are used, the
CommPlete accommodates or includes as many as 32 communications devices. While it is
most common to use multiple ISI cards all of the same type, you can equip a single CommPlete
4000 unit with more than one type of ISI card.
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