Smartnode Hardware Platforms - Patton electronics SmartNode Series Software Configuration Manual

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Figure 1. System overview with a SmartView Management Center

SmartNode hardware platforms

The SmartNode series of devices covers a performance range varying from that suitable for small office/home
office (SOHO) applications to large corporate sites, or in terms of voice channels from 2 channels (one BRI/So
or 2 FXS) to 120 (two PRI/S2m). The SmartNodes comprise the following classes:
• The SmartNode 1000 series compact devices with fixed configured on-board BRI/So ports
• The SmartNode 2000 series with on-board ports plus expansion slots for individual interface configurations
using a range of optional interface cards (IC).
• The SmartNode 4000 series compact devices with fixed on-board analog ports
The basic system model of a Patton SmartNode is depicted in
ing main components:
• 64k circuit switching between on-board ISDN ports and between ISDN and PSTN interface cards. The
circuit switching engine uses dedicated hardware resources and therefore can bypass the VoIP gateway and
packet routing engine.
• A gateway (GW) that converts telephone circuits into Internet protocol (IP) packet streams and vice versa.
H.323-compliant Voice over IP (VoIP) is supported via Patton's patented ISDN over IP (ISoIP) protocol.
• An IP router with on-board ports and optional data interface cards is QoS enabled, thereby allowing classi-
fication, shaping, and scheduling of multiple service classes.
For more detailed hardware information, refer to the getting started guide that came with your Smart-
Node system.

SmartNode hardware platforms

figure 2. All SmartNode devices have the follow-
1 • System overview
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