Chapter 4. Cisco DSL Products

This chapter describes the various Cisco devices that can make up an end-to-end DSL network. It starts with Cisco's customer premises equipment (CPE) in the small office/home office (SOHO) market, also called small/medium enterprise (SME). The chapter continues through the central office (CO)/exchange equipment, featuring the Cisco 6000 series of DSL access multiplexers (DSLAMs)/IP-DSL switches, and includes the Cisco 6400 Universal Access Concentrator (UAC). CO-type equipment includes the compact Cisco 6015 IP-DSL switch that provides Inverse Multiplexing over ATM (IMA) for copper-connected T1/E1-intensive remote terminals as well as small COs/exchanges. Connectivity and capability “feeds and speeds” are described ...

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