Passport 15000-Vss Overview - Nortel Passport 15000 Hardware Description

40 Chapter 1 Introducing Passport 15000 or 20000 hardware

Passport 15000-VSS overview

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By combining a Passport 15000 with another Nortel Networks node or by
upgrading plug-in cards or modules, different services, functionality, or
capacities are provided. See the section "Passport 15000-VSS overview"
(page 40).
Passport 15000-VSS is an integrated edge and core multi-service node.
Passport 15000-VSS offers low speed accessibility at the edge of a network
and high speed switching at the core of a network. Passport 15000-VSS is a
Passport 7400 packaged within a Passport 15000.
In addition to ATM, Passport 15000-VSS delivers a wide range of standard-
based high-speed interfaces and services, including, frame relay, circuit
emulation, voice, and IP. These interfaces provide a wide variety of access
and trunking speeds from channelized DS0 to OC-48.
The figure "A Passport 15000-VSS in a NEBS 2000 frame" (page 41) shows
the main parts and subassemblies of a Passport 15000-VSS in its frame.