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COMPONENT OVERVIEW
Signaling and
Media Interfaces
Power Components
20 Acme Packet 4500 Hardware Installation Guide
Upon initial bootup, these Ethernet ports are not configured. You must first connect
to the Acme Packet 4500 over a serial connection before you can configure the
management Ethernet ports for use. You set up the management interfaces using
the physical and network interface configuration elements. Refer to the System
Configuration chapter of the Net-Net Configuration Guide for details.
Once the management network interface is configured, it should be reserved for the
following:
Maintenance activities
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Application log retrieval
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Software upgrades
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System configuration
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Telnet, SSH, SNMP, FTP, and SFTP connections
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RADIUS CDR transmission
We recommend that you use shielded CAT5e or CAT6 Ethernet cables with RJ45
plugs for connecting to the rear-panel Acme Packet 4500 Ethernet interfaces. These
Ethernet interfaces have a distance limitation of 328 feet (100 m), as defined by the
FAST Ethernet standard, IEEE 802.3.
The signaling and media interfaces provide network connectivity for signaling and
media traffic. Each interface can connect to a network at GigE speeds. Network
interface and hardware options differentiate the available NIU cards for order.
NIUs are available in the following configurations:
4-port 10/100/1000Mbps Copper (RJ45)
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4-port GigE SFP (LX, SX, or Copper) [1000Mbps for SX, LX; 10/100/1000Mbps
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CX]
4-port GigE SFP with QoS and IPsec (LX, SX, or Copper)
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4-port GigE SFP with IPsec (LX, SX, or Copper)
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The optical GigE cards can accept an LC fiber connector using either single mode or
multimode cable.
Mixed transceiver types are unsupported on SFP-based NIUs; all 4 ports are required
to be populated with identical SFPs, based on compliance testing.
Acme Packet offers AC or DC power options for the Acme Packet 4500. The power
supplies are user-replaceable, hot swappable components.
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