Introduction; Feature - Planet VC-412 User Manual

1. INTRODUCTION

Thank you for choosing the VC-412 VDSL Managerial Switch for your MDU Solution.
PLANET has been on the forefront of VDSL (Very High Bit-Rate Digital Subscriber Line)
technologies since their inception, and will always strive to create quality, cost-effective
solutions for VDSL users and installers.
Fiber all the way to the home (FTTH) is very expensive therefore another alternative is a
combination of fiber cables to Optical Network Units (ONUs) or otherwise called the Fiber
to the Neighborhood (FTTN) as the connection point between fiber and existing or new
copper wire. One of the enabling technologies for FTTN is Very high rate Digital
Subscriber Line, or VDSL. In simple terms, VDSL transmits high speed data over short
reaches of twisted-pair copper telephone lines, with a range of speeds depending upon
actual line length.
By choosing the VC-412 VDSL Managerial Switch, you have enabled your network to
have the superb speed and manageability. VC-412 offers 12 VDSL ports, 12 POTS/ISDN
ports and 4 Ethernet ports for your VDSL solutions.

1.1 Feature

Some VC-412 highlights include:
Twelve (12) VDSL ports
Twelve (12) POTS/ISDN ports
Four (4) 10/100 Mbps Ethernet ports
One (1) Local management Console port
Supports security with port based VLAN function
Virtual LAN (VLAN) Grouping
Frequency division multiplexing for uninterrupted simultaneous voice/data
transmission
Layer 2 Switching.
Support Telnet, Web-Based, Console and SNMP Interfaces
Ethernet ports status monitoring
Management Information Base (MIB) Settings
Store-and-Forward mechanism
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