HOW TO ORDER A CISCO AS5350XM UNIVERSAL GATEWAY

PRODUCT OVERVIEW
The new Cisco® AS5350XM Universal Gateways offer unparalleled capacity and the flexibility to deploy advanced voice, fax, and remote-access services. With more than 18 million ports deployed, Cisco Systems® customers worldwide have shown that Cisco AS5000s provide the scale, reliability, and suite of services required to meet market demands. The Cisco AS5350XM offers best-in-class voice, fax, and remote-access services in one rack unit (RU). The rich set of Cisco IOS® Software features available in the Cisco AS5350XM Universal Gateway makes the platform versatile and deployable in a wide range of network architectures.

The Cisco AS5350XM Universal Gateway chassis has three slots that can take trunk cards and universal port digital-signal-processor (DSP) cards. The following feature card options allow you to customize the platform configuration to meet specific customer needs:

This document describes how to order the Cisco AS5350XM Universal Gateway and the relevant software licenses required for the gateway features.

Before you begin
Before you begin, have the following information ready:

Feature Licenses
Basic feature licenses for using dial and voice features on the Cisco AS5350XM Universal Gateway are included in the price of the DSP cards. No additional voice or dial feature licenses need to be purchased.

Optional Feature Licenses

Performance and Capacity
The performance and capacity of the Cisco AS5350XM Universal Gateway varies for different applications. For example, the gateway is designed to handle 216 voice or dial sessions and up to 20 calls per second. Consult your Cisco representative for performance characteristics for the specific applications that you will run on the gateway.

The Cisco AS5350XM Universal Gateway occupies one rack unit (RU), or 1.73 inches of rack space. The maximum power consumption of one Cisco AS5350XM Universal Gateway is 168W in the 8E1 configuration with 216 active calls. The heat dissipation is 573 BTUs/hour.

Ordering a system
Cisco has created easy-to-order bundle options for the most commonly used configurations. This saves you time and effort in configuring the Cisco AS5350XM Universal Gateway and offers a significant pricing advantage.

Ordering Bundles
Choose the appropriate bundle based on the requirements (refer to the previous sections).

Each Cisco AS5350XM Universal Gateway easy-to-order bundle contains the following products (quantities vary based on the configuration):

You may also choose:

Note: The AS5350 8E1 bundle (part number AS535XM-8E1-210-V) allows for a maximum of 216 simultaneous voice or dial calls that require 1 DSP per call.

Building a System Using the Cisco AS5350XM Starter Kit
Choose the Cisco AS5350XM starter kit (part number AS5350XM), which includes the Cisco AS5350XM chassis with default memory. You will then need to configure the following:

Note: More than one 8CT1/8CE1 trunk card will not allow you to have full DSP coverage (1 DSP per channel).

Note: The total number of trunk or universal port DSP cards combined should not exceed three per chassis.

Ordering Spares
Memory
The Cisco AS5350XM chassis comes with the default memory sizes shown in Table.

Chassis and Feature Cards
Order spare chassis and feature cards as required (Table 4).

Miscellaneous Spares
You can order optional 19- or 24-inch rack-mount kits (part numbers AS5350RM-19 or AS5350RM-24, respectively), cables, and cable shelves.
For a complete list of all orderable parts, spares, and bundles for the Cisco AS5350XM Universal Gateway, search for the Cisco AS5350XM product line on the Pricing tool at http://www.cisco.com/pcgi-bin/front.x/pricing.

Example Configurations
This section provides some typical orders that you can use as a reference order.

Entry-Level North American ISP-Voice Service
This order is for a North American customer who is beginning an Internet service provider (ISP) business. The ISP needs a flexible universal gateway beginning with two CT1s. The customer is starting a voice-only service and anticipates rapid growth.

You have determined that the ISP needs a single Cisco AS5350XM with at least 48 universal port DSPs and the Cisco IOS Software IP Plus feature set, and the necessary cabling for 110-VAC power; the ISP will use PRI signaling.

You could use an easy-to-order bundle (part number AS535XM-2T1-48-V), which automatically contains the products shown in table.

Indonesia ISP-Data Only
An ISP in Indonesia wants to add capacity to an existing dialup network by adding a network access server to terminate up to 7CE1s terminating at its central office.

You have determined that the ISP needs a single Cisco AS5350XM with one octal CE1 trunk card and at least 216 universal DSP ports, 512 MB of main memory, and a DC power supply. The ISP needs a 1RU octal cable patch panel. The signaling used is E1/R2, and you have verified that the R2 country variant for Indonesia is supported and have determined that the ISP needs the Cisco IOS Enterprise Plus IP Security (IPSec) 3DES feature set.

You need to order the AS5350 8E1 bundle (part number AS535XM-8E1-210-V) and choose the DC power option, 1RU octal cable patch panel, and the Cisco IOS Enterprise Plus 3DES feature set.. The complete configuration contains the products indicated in table.

Customer Service Call Center
A service provider is implementing the Cisco Customer Voice Portal (CVP) solution and is looking for Cisco AS5350XM gateways to serve as VXML browsers.

You have determined that the service provider needs a single Cisco AS5350XM with 240 VXML licenses and a DC power supply.

You need to order the AS5350XM VXML bundle (part number AS535XM-VXML-240-V) and choose the DC redundant power supply. The complete configuration contains the products indicated in table.