Nortel Communication Server 100 Manual page 36

36 Carrier Remote IPE product description
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Carrier Remote IPE column
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Carrier Remote IPE cabinet
Carrier Remote IPE column
The Carrier Remote IPE column consists of a pedestal, IPE module, and
a top cap. One IPE module supports up to 16 line cards, or 256 ports if
each line card has 16 ports. If more ports are required, additional IPE
modules can be added to the column. A column contains a maximum of
four modules. Each IPE module requires one Remote Carrier Interface
card located in the IPE module and a corresponding Local Carrier Interface
card located in the system network card slot.
Note:
However, in a system with the Carrier Remote IPE configuration, a Local
Carrier Interface card supports only one Remote IPE module. This is
due to the dedicated carrier link configuration between the Local Carrier
Interface card and the Remote Carrier Interface card. Since T1 or E1
carrier links are dedicated to one Remote Carrier Interface card, they
cannot be shared between two different IPE modules at the remote site.
Carrier Remote IPE cabinet
The Carrier Remote IPE cabinet consists of an NT1P70/NT1P60 main
cabinet and an NTBK70 expansion cabinet. The main cabinet supports
the Remote Carrier Interface card and up to ten IPE cards or 160 ports. If
more ports are required, an expansion cabinet can be installed adjacent
to the main cabinet.
These two cabinets are linked with an inter-cabinet cable that plugs
into 50-pin connector P1 located at the bottom left-hand corner of each
cabinet. This cable extends six peripheral bus DS-30X loops to the
first six IPE card slots in the expansion cabinet. One Remote Carrier
Interface card located in the main cabinet supports cards in both main and
expansion cabinets as long as the expansion cabinet contains no more
than six IPE cards installed in the first six IPE card slots. The remaining
card slots from 17 through 20 must not be used.
Engineering the T1 carrier link
A T1 carrier link is constructed using twisted-pair wire over the private or
public network.
When engineering a carrier link, determine the number of links required to
support the traffic at the remote site. Local and Remote Carrier Interface
cards support from one to three T1 carrier links. These three links can be
used as primary links without a spare, or two links can be used as primary
A superloop network card can support up to two IPE modules.
Nortel Communication Server 1000
Carrier Remote IPE Fundamentals
NN43021-555 04.01 4 June 2010
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