Overview
Audience
Revision History
Version 1.0
The Acme Packet 4500 is a high performance, high capacity session border controller
that optimally delivers interactive communications—voice, video, and multimedia
sessions—across wireline, wireless, and cable IP network borders. With its compact
single unit 1U design the Acme Packet 4500 provides exceptional functionality in a
tightly integrated system. This chapter provides an introduction and overview of the
Acme Packet 4500's main components.
The Acme Packet 4500 Hardware Installation Guide describes:
Component Overview
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Graphic display and its usage
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System Installation
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Start up
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Maintenance
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Safety
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Specification
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Glossary
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This guide is written for network administrators, and telecommunications
equipment installers and technicians. It provides information related to the
hardware components, features, installation, start-up, operation, and maintenance
of the Acme Packet 4500. Only experienced and authorized personnel should
perform installation, configuration, and maintenance tasks.
This section contains a revision history for this document.
Date
Revision Number
August 07, 2008
Revision 1.01
November 12, 2008
Revision 1.10
April 16, 2009
Revision 1.12
About This Guide
Description
• Added section about power cycling to
Maintenance chapter.
• Updated available NIU configurations.
• Clarified how NIU removal starts an Out-of-
Service state.
• Added procedure for replacing NIU in standby
HA node.
• Added warm swap terminology in Maintenance
chapter.
• Clarified NIU management port connector
specification.
• Updated the Shipped Parts list
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