Introduction To The Cisco Sce8000 Gbe Platform; Introduction; Information About The Sce8000 Gbe Platform - Cisco SCE8000 GBE Installation And Configuration Manual

Introduction to the Cisco SCE8000 GBE Platform

Revised: December 04, 2012, OL-19897-02

Introduction

This chapter provides an introduction to the Cisco SCE8000 GBE platform, the Service Control
hardware component.
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Information About the SCE8000 GBE Platform

The Service Control Engine (SCE) platform, which is the hardware component of the Cisco Service
Control solution, is designed to support observation, analysis, and control of Internet/IP traffic. The
following table summarizes model information for the Cisco SCE8000 GBE platform.
Table 2-1
Link Type
Number of Ports
Number of Links
The Cisco SCE8000 GBE is a transparent element with up to eight GBE links service throughput. It can
be installed inline in the network where the entire traffic passes through it or in receive-only mode where
it receives replication of the traffic through SPAN ports or optical splitters
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Information About the SCE8000 GBE Platform, page 2-1
Service Control Module (SCE8000-SCM-E), page 2-2
Introduction to SIPs and SPAs, page 2-4
Modular Optics, page 2-6
The Cisco SCE8000 GBE Optical Bypass, page 2-10
Checking the Shipping Container Contents, page 2-15
Cisco SCE8000 GBE Installation Checklist, page 2-17
SCE Platform Model Information
C H A P T E R
Gigabit Ethernet
8 or 16
4 or 8
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