Overview
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Universal Gateway offers unparalleled capacity in only two rack
units (2RUs) and provides best-of-breed voice, fax, and
remote-access services. High density, low power consumption, and
universal port digital signal processors (DSPs) make the Cisco
AS5400XM Universal Gateway ideal for many network deployment
architectures, especially co-location environments and mega points
of presence (POPs). The Cisco AS5400XM Universal Gateway doubles
the performance of the Cisco AS5400 and delivers significant memory
enhancements to offer high performance and high reliability in a
compact, modular design. It supports existing Cisco AS5400 and
AS5400HPX trunk termination and universal port feature cards in a
more powerful chassis to help ensure continuing network investment
protection. This cost-effective platform is ideally suited for
service provider and enterprise environments that require
innovative voice, fax, and data services. Demand for new services
can be easily accommodated with the Cisco AS5400XM Universal
Gateway, whether the initial business opportunity is voice services
over broadband, wholesale voice transport, unified communications,
call-center services, IP-enabled interactive voice response (IVR),
hosted IP telephony, prepaid calling card, Common Channel Signaling
System 7 (SS7/C7) interconnect, high-volume Internet access,
regional or branch-office connectivity, corporate VPNs, or
wholesale dial. The flexibility to use the Cisco AS5400XM Universal
Gateway in multiple service environments provides unprecedented
capital investment protection. It helps ensure that the network can
promptly adapt to changes in the business environment and meet the
demands of the marketplace for new services. The Cisco AS5400XM
Universal Gateway supports a wide range of IP-based, value-added
voice, fax, and data services. It helps service providers with
existing data networks quickly and easily add voice services to
their portfolios, and carriers that offer voice services over
existing TDM networks can expand their coverage more
cost-effectively. The Cisco AS5400XM provides the perfect solution
for telephony application service providers (ASPs) that want to
deploy PC-to-phone, voice portals, voice-enabled Web commerce, and
content delivery services. The rich set of Cisco IOS Software
features available in the Cisco AS5400XM Universal Gateway helps
Internet service providers (ISPs) and enterprise network managers
meet traditional dial-in access needs, including Internetwork
Packet Exchange (IPX) and AppleTalk, while supporting the migration
to new universal port services. Cisco Systems customers worldwide
have proven that Cisco AS5000 universal gateways provide the
flexibility, scale, reliability, and suite of services required to
meet market demands. By providing the industry's broadest product
line of voice gateway and access server products with universal
port DSPs, Cisco makes it easy for customers to select the right
starting point for a phased rollout based on revenue generation,
without compromising future capabilities. Complemented by the
industry's highest-rated service and support, Cisco also can
provide assistance with startup, maintenance, and marketing tasks,
as well as advanced and custom solutions. The Cisco AS5400XM
Universal Gateway eliminates the need for switches and routers to
create a POP or "POP-in-a-box" solution. The gateway has seven
primary universal gateway configurations: 4 CT1/CE1s, 8 CT1/CE1s,
16 CT1/CE1s, and 1 CT3 (up to 648 channels). It also can
accommodate 2 CT3 cards for TDM switching and includes an
integrated signaling link terminator (SLT) for direct connection to
an SS7/C7 signaling gateway.