AccessSwitch 60

Enabling Voice, Video and Data
communications between your
local network and the WAN

The Initia AccessSwitch™ 60 combines a modular WAN access and switching architecture to aggregate video, data, and voice-minimizing lifecycle network access costs while providing reliable and scalable solutions for global, hybrid networks.

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• Key Benefits
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Overview
The Initia AccessSwitch 60 provides cost-effective, high-capacity, integrated wide area network access for video, data, and voice communications. It is designed to provide reliable, integrated access switching capabilities for medium sized corporate sites, regional, and international locations. Plug-in communication modules provide maximum flexibility and investment protection.

Customer Benefits

• Dynamic access switching eliminates the need for separate, dedicated access lines Lower network access costs
• International dial plan and protocol support

• Up to 24 T1/E1/Primary Rate ISDN (PRI)
• Up to 20 Synchronous interface ports for V.35, RS449, or X.21 connections
• Up to 20 inverse multiplex ports

Features

High-Performance Switching
The Initia AccessSwitch high-performance switching and modular architecture provides reliable, hybrid networking solutions for voice, video, and data applications.

Accessware System Software
The Initia AccessWare software includes the following features:

• Dynamic, call-by-call switching between any and all network trunks and ports
• Dynamic, call-by-call routing by: dialed digits, number translation, dialed digit substitution, network service type, trunk groups, auto retry, min/max bandwidth management, and automatic number identification (ANI)
• Dynamic call-by-call dial plans: private to public, public to private, on-net to off-net, off-net to on-net
• Dynamic signal translation: Inbound: PRI to T1, PRI to BRI, BRI to T1, BRI to PRI. Outbound: PRI to T1, PRI to BRI, BRI to T1, BRI to PRI, RS366 to T1, RS366 to PRI, RS366 to BRI, V25 bis to T1, V25 bis to PRI, V25 bis to BRI
• Simultaneous support of multiple carriers: AT&T, MCI, Sprint, LEC PRI/BRI
• Signaling protocols supported: AT&T 5ESS, AT&T 4ESS, NTI DMS100, NTI DMS250, T1 A/B robbed bit dial pulse and DTMF, NTT INS Net 64, NTT INS Net 1500, Euro ISDN NET3 (BRI), Euro ISDN NET5 (PRI), Switched 56/64, Switched 384/1536, AT&T SDN/SDDN, Accunet Spectrum Digital, MCI Virtual Network, MCI VPDS, Sprint VPN, Sprint Dial 1 Digital, National ISDN-1, ISDN Multirate H0
• Support for up to 32 ports for multipoint videoconference control
• Inverse multiplexing and BONDING Mode 1 for all high-speed synchronous data ports and ISDN basic rate ports

• Centralized or distributed, local or remote
• Easy to use PC-based Microsoft Windows application interface to AccessWare system software
• Equipment provisioning: profiles, slots, clocks, lines, MCU, dial plan/routing, dial prefix, directory numbers, pooled directory numbers, trunk groups, service names, min/max criteria
• Time-of-day provisioning: Bandwidth reservations
• Bandwidth use monitor: current or historical traffic, statistics, multiple trunk groups, min/max parameters
• Integrated protocol and trace analyzer: logging, display, set timers, ANI tables, enable/disable, suspend/resume, Q.931/Q.921 trace, H.320 trace, T1 error statistics, loopbacks
• Alarms: collect, filter, thresholds, display, active/historical, automatic/ manual polling, color status
• Call event recording: event stream, call detail recording
• Remote software upgrade downloading

The AccessSwitch architecture has several levels of redundancy making it self-healing and able to prevent single points of failure in the network. Because AccessWare software supports the most globally dominant network protocols, such as ISDN1, Euro ISDN, 4ESS, 5ESS, DMS100, and DMS250, the AccessSwitch demonstrates its self-healing nature transparently each day through route and reroute diversity, carrier and POP diversity, and access diversity. Through AccessWare's call handling capability, the AccessSwitch slotted hubs can split and/or crisscross loads with another AccessSwitch simultaneously, and between different carriers. This capability provides the highest successful call completion grade of service in the industry. AccessSwitch slotted hub hardware supports multiple integral multipoint controller (MCU) modules, load sharing trunk modules, and load sharing, hot swappable power supplies. The combination of power, flexibility, and reliability make the AccessSwitch the best choice for a wide area networking platform.

Slotted HUB Module Description
Digital Network Interface Modules

• QDIU, Quad T1 Interface, 4 T1 or ISDN Primary Rate ports per module QEIU, Quad E1 Primary Rate Interface, 4 E1 ISDN Primary Rate ports per module OBIU, Octal Basic Rate with ISDN S or T Interface, 8 ISDN Basic Rate ports per module OBIU-U, Octal Basic Rate with ISDN U Interface, 8 ISDN Basic Rate ports per module High Speed Synchronous Data Modules QRVX-4, Quad V35/RS449 Interface, 4 ports per module with Inverse Multiplexing*
• MCU4, Quad MCU, 4 ports per module with Inverse Multiplexing*

* Requires separate AccessWare Inverse Multiplexing software option

Customer Support
The AccessSwitch product line is backed by Initia's world-renowned expertise in networking. Initia's worldwide service and support organization continues to satisfy the needs of our worldwide installed base in the most demanding Global 1000 companies. Our network of field service engineers provides a wide range of technical services including on-site technical support and software upgrades. The Initia AccessSwitch product line comes with a one-year warranty and a 30-day installation guarantee, which includes free technical hotline support and on-site assistance as required.

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Key Benefits
In today's fast-paced world of global commerce, flawless communication is critical to success. The Initia Networks family of wide area networking solutions offers a comprehensive suite of products that help you evolve your network to global proportions-without sacrificing your existing investment.

High Performance
The Initia AccessSwitch is a high-capacity, high-performance network access and switching system available in several expandable and nonexpandable models. The AccessSwitch family is priced to suit the needs and budgets of varying sizes of multiservice networks for video, data, and voice applications.

Powerful Software Control
Initia AccessWare,™ the AccessSwitch's powerful operating system and network management software, enables the AccessSwitch's unique architecture to deliver reliable, scalable, and highly available solutions for wide area networks, while setting a new standard in price performance for enterprise-wide networking and corporate communications centers. AccessWare permits the AccessSwitch to mix and match interfaces and integral multipoint videoconference control units (MCU). AccessWare provides full port and network switching for all connections, and also permits support for 80 blocking or 44 non-blocking T1s on the AccessSwitch and up to 72 channels of high-speed inverse multiplexed ports.

Through AccessWare's extensive dial plan and call handling capability, it allows flexible network access to switched and dedicated networks, while offering a wide range of protocol and service conversions. This allows network connections to be established on a call-by-call basis over the most economical routes. AccessWare network management enables control and provisioning of networking resources, alarm collection, troubleshooting, and problem resolution. AccessWare also collects call detail records for departmental billing.

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Product Specifications
PHYSICAL Height: AccessSwitch 60	159 mm	6.25 inches
Width: AccessSwitch 60	445 mm	17.5 inches
Depth: AccessSwitch 60 406 mm	16.0 inches
Weight: AccessSwitch 60 18 kg nom.	40 lbs. nom.
Usable Expansion Slots: AccessSwitch 60	5
Physical Connections: AccessSwitch 60	1,9, or 17 RJ45 Connectors
ELECTRICAL Voltage: Frequency:	110/220 vac 50/60 Hz
Current: AccessSwitch 60	10A/110, 2A/110, 1A/220
ENVIRONMENTAL Operating Temperature: Operating Humidity: Operating Altitude:	5 to 50° C 40 to 122° F 20% to 80% non-condensing -60 to 3,000 meters -200 to 10,000 feet
Safety and Emissions (US) Designed to meet all relevant sections of UL 1950 (Third Edition), UL1459, CSA 22.2 No. 950-95, FCC Part 15 Class A (EC) Designed to meet all relevant sections of EN60950, EN41003, and European EMC Directive 89/336/EEC

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