Introducing Multiservice Switch 15000 And Multiservice Switch 20000 Hardware; Multiservice Switch 15000 Overview - Nortel 15000 Hardware Description

Introducing Multiservice Switch 15000
and Multiservice Switch 20000 hardware
This section provides an introduction to Nortel Networks Multiservice
Switch 15000 and Multiservice Switch 20000 hardware
Where appropriate, each of the topics provides a cross-reference to the
section or sections where more detailed information is located.
Navigation
• Multiservice Switch 15000 overview (page 15)
• Multiservice Switch 20000 overview (page 19)
• Architecture of a Multiservice Switch 15000 or Multiservice Switch 20000
(page 21)
• Mounting apparatus overview (page 22)
• Breaker interface panel overview (page 23)
• Shelf assembly overview (page 23)
• Control and function processors overview (page 23)
• Cables and cable management overview (page 24)
• Peripheral interworking equipment (page 24)
• Equipment status of a Multiservice Switch 15000 or Multiservice
Switch 20000 (page 25)
• Hardware parts that can be replaced or upgraded (page 25)

Multiservice Switch 15000 overview

A Nortel Networks Multiservice Switch 15000 is a high-capacity ATM node,
which can act as a backbone or edge node to an ATM network.
Each Multiservice Switch 15000 supports electrical and optical interfaces with
a variety of speeds from E3 up to STM-16 and from DS3 up to OC-48.
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Nortel Networks Multiservice Switch 15000/20000
Hardware Description
NN10600-120 sPCR6.1S1 Standard
sPCR6.1 February 2005
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