Interface Cards Supported In Release; Low Interruption Cards Supported On The Imacs 8000; System Cards; Card Support - Zhone IMACS 8000 User Manual

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System Cards

1.1.2

Interface Cards Supported in Release

Host code 7.5.x is compatible with Interface Cards 8000-IF, 8000-IF+EXT and
8000-IF+MODEM series of interface cards. The CPU-7 series requires the use of the interface
cards without the NVRAM installed. The system will also operate with the 893270, 893370
as well as the 893470. No other Interface Cards are supported.
1.1.3

Low interruption Cards Supported on the IMACS 8000

As described, low-impact to service during a processor switch on CPU-7 hardware platform
is meant to be less than 250 micro seconds for several card types. The cards tested, validated
and updated to be low-interrupt are listed below in Table 1-1. Other cards may or may not
experience a low-interruption rate, but for sake of this document it should be expected that all
other cards will experience the same outage as existed in previous releases, namely about a
12-second interruption on a switch of the host processor. The supported card list is:
Server
IPR*4
ADPCM
Analog Bridge
OC3
PWE
1.2 System Cards
1.2.1

Card Support

No support has been taken away for any card previously supported in the IMACS 600, 800
and 900 family. CPU-7 has not been validated with every available card in the IMACS
portfolio, and therefore this document lists currently available cards only. Older cards should
continue to work as previously in CPU-7, however these cards are not included in the reduced
outage time upon a CPU switch of activity, and an outage should be expected on cards that do
not appear in this document.
1.2.1.1

CPU XCON (CPU)

The 8000-CPU XCON with Ethernet Port card supports complex applications requiring more
than two WAN ports and the ability to cross-connect DS0s between WANs. The CPU supports
up to four WAN Cards for a total of eight T1 or E1 WAN ports and has a built-in cross-connect
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Table 1-1. Low impact Supported Card list
Voice
FXS
FXO LD-SRU
E&M
OHSU 4-PORT
Data
SRU
HSU
Model No.
What's New
WAN
All
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