Re: Scalable - E1/T1 RAS Units

[Brian Candler <B.Candler at pobox.com>]

On Mon, Jul 16, 2001 at 07:28:58PM +0300, Michuki Mwangi wrote:
> Just wanted a different vendor suggestion and opinion on E1/T1 RAS units
> other than Cisco's AS52's and 5300s for PRI dialups. I got to see some units
> on patton.com but am not sure about them, never heard of them before and
> would want something easy to scale out and cost effective.

Do you mean _small_ RASs, say 4 E1's? If so, have a look at the Lucent
MAX3000/MAX6000 (2 or 4 E1s respectively), or see if 3com still make the
Hiperarc chassis which takes between 1 and 14 E1 cards.

Most RASes these days are large numbers of ports (32 E1s or more in a single
box), which correspond to the AS5800 in the Cisco world. The biggest players
are Lucent (TNT/APX) and Nortel (CVX).

The RASes on www.patton.com look like Patton's own brand. I've never heard
of them, and I would steer clear.

Regards,

Brian.

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