Re: [asterisk-users] Cisco AS5400XM
On Thu, Oct 6, 2011 at 11:25 AM, Kyle Sexton wrote: > I'm looking at the Cisco AS5400XM to convert some incoming T1s to SIP > signaling. Has anyone had any experience with these devices? The > feature cards that Cisco sells can be a little confusing. I'm > thinking something like below is what I need. > > (1) AS5400XM, AS5400XM Starter Kit (inc Chassis, MB, Def Mem) > (1) AS54-AC-RPS-PWR, AS5400 AC Redundant Power Supply > (1) AS54-DFC-8CT1, AS5400 OCTAL T1/PRI DFC Card > (2) AS54-DFC-108NP, AS5400 108 Voice/Universal Port Feature Card > > Any thoughts would be appreciated. Thanks. > We also looked it one time. One of the model is no longer supported by cisco. The replacement model with all DSP loaded was quite expensive, about $20k per box even on ebay. -- _ -- Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com -- New to Asterisk? Join us for a live introductory webinar every Thurs: http://www.asterisk.org/hello asterisk-users mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
Re: [asterisk-users] Cisco AS5400XM
Also used for calling card platforms :) -Original Message- From: asterisk-users-boun...@lists.digium.com [mailto:asterisk-users-boun...@lists.digium.com] On Behalf Of Andreas Sikkema Sent: Thursday, October 06, 2011 5:39 PM To: asterisk-users@lists.digium.com Subject: Re: [asterisk-users] Cisco AS5400XM On 10/6/11 11:25 PM, Kyle Sexton wrote: > I'm looking at the Cisco AS5400XM to convert some incoming T1s to SIP > signaling. Has anyone had any experience with these devices? The > feature cards that Cisco sells can be a little confusing. I'm > thinking something like below is what I need. > > (1) AS5400XM, AS5400XM Starter Kit (inc Chassis, MB, Def Mem) > (1) AS54-AC-RPS-PWR, AS5400 AC Redundant Power Supply > (1) AS54-DFC-8CT1, AS5400 OCTAL T1/PRI DFC Card > (2) AS54-DFC-108NP, AS5400 108 Voice/Universal Port Feature Card > > Any thoughts would be appreciated. Thanks. I've used them in the past and still use the little brother (AS5350XM). I have no experience with T1s, but I used them to convert EuroISDN E1s to SIP. They were very stable (I don't think I've ever seen one crash) but can be a pain when you want to set them up. These machines were originally designed as modembanks for internet access so the default config has an interface for every B channel. That is a pain to browse through the configuration. Grouping them solves this. Make sure you understand how to route calls using dialpeers, and make sure you understand this before putting them in service. These are very, very capable machines with lots of useful configuration options. Make sure you buy enough DSP channels to cover all simultaneous calls that need transcoding, we generally bought enough DSP cards so we could transcode all simultaneous calls. If you add it all up we were actually buying more DSP channels than E1 channels were available, for some reason Cisco designed the machine like this, perhaps to cover for slow call teardowns occupying DSPs too long. -- Andreas Sikkema -- _ -- Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com -- New to Asterisk? Join us for a live introductory webinar every Thurs: http://www.asterisk.org/hello asterisk-users mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users -- _ -- Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com -- New to Asterisk? Join us for a live introductory webinar every Thurs: http://www.asterisk.org/hello asterisk-users mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
Re: [asterisk-users] Cisco AS5400XM
On 10/6/11 11:25 PM, Kyle Sexton wrote: > I'm looking at the Cisco AS5400XM to convert some incoming T1s to SIP > signaling. Has anyone had any experience with these devices? The > feature cards that Cisco sells can be a little confusing. I'm > thinking something like below is what I need. > > (1) AS5400XM, AS5400XM Starter Kit (inc Chassis, MB, Def Mem) > (1) AS54-AC-RPS-PWR, AS5400 AC Redundant Power Supply > (1) AS54-DFC-8CT1, AS5400 OCTAL T1/PRI DFC Card > (2) AS54-DFC-108NP, AS5400 108 Voice/Universal Port Feature Card > > Any thoughts would be appreciated. Thanks. I've used them in the past and still use the little brother (AS5350XM). I have no experience with T1s, but I used them to convert EuroISDN E1s to SIP. They were very stable (I don't think I've ever seen one crash) but can be a pain when you want to set them up. These machines were originally designed as modembanks for internet access so the default config has an interface for every B channel. That is a pain to browse through the configuration. Grouping them solves this. Make sure you understand how to route calls using dialpeers, and make sure you understand this before putting them in service. These are very, very capable machines with lots of useful configuration options. Make sure you buy enough DSP channels to cover all simultaneous calls that need transcoding, we generally bought enough DSP cards so we could transcode all simultaneous calls. If you add it all up we were actually buying more DSP channels than E1 channels were available, for some reason Cisco designed the machine like this, perhaps to cover for slow call teardowns occupying DSPs too long. -- Andreas Sikkema -- _ -- Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com -- New to Asterisk? Join us for a live introductory webinar every Thurs: http://www.asterisk.org/hello asterisk-users mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
[asterisk-users] Cisco AS5400XM
I'm looking at the Cisco AS5400XM to convert some incoming T1s to SIP signaling. Has anyone had any experience with these devices? The feature cards that Cisco sells can be a little confusing. I'm thinking something like below is what I need. (1) AS5400XM, AS5400XM Starter Kit (inc Chassis, MB, Def Mem) (1) AS54-AC-RPS-PWR, AS5400 AC Redundant Power Supply (1) AS54-DFC-8CT1, AS5400 OCTAL T1/PRI DFC Card (2) AS54-DFC-108NP, AS5400 108 Voice/Universal Port Feature Card Any thoughts would be appreciated. Thanks. -- Kyle Sexton -- _ -- Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com -- New to Asterisk? Join us for a live introductory webinar every Thurs: http://www.asterisk.org/hello asterisk-users mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
