Redback Networks SMS-500 Performance Monitoring DSL Router
Model Number: SMS-500
In good condition and in full working order
Supplied With Mains Power Cable
Included:
- 1 x SMS-500 Chassis
- 1 x ATM DS-3 DC Power Module
- 1 x AC Power Supply V2 Module
- 1 x ATM OC-3 SFP Module
- 2 x Ethernet Module
- 1 x Forward Engine Module
- 1 x Control Engine Module
- 1 x ESD Jack Module
- 2 x Mains Power Cable
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Powerful, cost effective solution for managing high-speed subscribers The Redback® subscriber management system™(SMS) 500 is a powerful, highly intelligent networking device that bridges the operational gap between high-speed access equipment in the telco central office or cable/wireless head-end and service provider backbone
router. Deployed by network service provider at a point of presence (POP), the SMS 500 accepts a large concentration of high-speed data traffic from such devices as DSL access
Multiplexer (DSLAM), cable modem termination systems(CMTSs) and wireless head-ends. The SMS 500 applies scalable user configuration and management-to the data streams, and then grooms the traffic for a service provider's backbone router - offloading the router of the intensive processing that could create bottlenecks in high speed networks. Support for xDSL, cable, FTTC, leased line aggregation and wireless access technologies
The SMS 500 is a complete subscriber management system for enabling service providers to provision high speed Internet access. It supports all of the popular high speed access technologies being deployed today
- xDSL, including ADSL, SDSL, IDSL, HDSL, VDSL and G. Lite
- Cable modems
- Fiber to the curb (FTTC)
- Leased line aggregation
- Wireless
Thus, a service provider could decide to provision ADSL and IDSL today using a Redback SMS 500, and later add a wireless service offering through the same Redback Subscriber Management System.
Redback Network’s SMS platforms have been extensively tested for interoperability with leading xDSL, cable modem, FTTC and wireless access systems. Enables rapid, scalable deployment of high speed Internet access. Like traditional dedicated services, DSL and other high speed access technologies require special provisioning and configuration.
The SMS 500 gives service providers a competitive advantage by greatly accelerating the time it takes to bring high speed access services to market. Because it leverages all of the existing–and familiar–access provisioning, accounting, and management control systems service providers already have in place, the SMS 500 can greatly speed the deployment of DSL and other access technologies.
Like Remote Access Servers (RAS) managing dial access to the Internet, the SMS 500 provides "customer touch" functionality–leveraging the same RADIUS database used for dial subscribers. This RADIUS integration results in far less staff training required and lower operational expense. Additionally, the SMS 500 works with service providers’ existing backbone routers, isolating and offloading them of all subscriber management functions.
As a result, the service provider can be assured that performance remains high and new routers will not need to be purchased to support subscriber management functions. Service creation enables new revenues for service providers
In addition to enabling service providers to rapidly provision high speed Internet access, the SMS 500 provides new revenue opportunities through a wide array of service creation capabilities. Through the SMS 500’s multiple context functionality–which is the ability to partition the system into multiple virtual routers–
the system provides a new level of flexibility for service providers. Subscribers can be configured to access multiple services across the same physical link, either simultaneously or independently.
For example, a subscriber using DSL for remote access to his corporation’s LAN during the day might want to access the Internet at night for his own enjoyment. Under normal circumstances, this dedicated connection makes Internet access impossible without going through the corporate LAN.
However, his employer might have a strict policy about off-duty personal Internet usage. Through Redback Networks’ Dynamic Service Selection capability, a service provider can add value to its high speed access services by "re-profiling" and "re-selling" lines to subscribers multiple times. Any number of potential services can be resold to the end user, from "business by day/family
at night" billing to different qualities or classes of service. The result is the service provider can gain multiple revenue streams from a single high speed Internet connection sold to a subscriber.
The SMS 500 base system is semi-modular, and includes a Forwarding Engine (FE), Control Engine (CE) and a single 10/100 Mbps Ethernet port (RJ-45). In addition, the chassis includes two slots for I/O modules.