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Telco Systems Introduces First Carrier-Class Device Designed to Aggregate TL1 Network Element Alarms Using a Single IP Address
Telco Systems, a BATM company, today introduced the T5 Compact Target Identifier (T5 Compact TID), the only switch designed to dramatically reduce carriers' costs by enabling them to conserve valuable IP addresses by aggregating the management of up to 480 network elements (NEs) through a single IP address using the Bellcore Translation Language 1 (TL1) protocol for multi-vendor, multi- technology Central Office management.
Normally, as many as 480 IP addresses and significant amounts of additional equipment and cabling would be needed to accomplish this task. The NEBS- compliant T5 Compact TID is the only carrier-class device available on the market providing this solution.
In addition to conserving the use of IP addresses to monitor network elements, the T5 Compact TID offers dramatic cost savings to carriers by reducing the amount of expensive Network Operation Center (NOC) switches, cabling and other associated management equipment required for network element alarm monitoring.
The T5 Compact TID was developed out of a specific request from a Regional Bell Operating Company to resolve the issue of exhausting IP addresses in Central Offices due to the ongoing deployment of new network elements.
Within a typical carrier's network, there is a central NOC that has responsibility for monitoring all equipment within a specified network.
Typically, in order to communicate with a specific network element, each device has a dedicated IP address. As the number of network elements increase, alarm monitoring of the devices can become a cumbersome management problem due to the amount of equipment and cabling needed to accommodate a large and growing number of IP addresses. Telco Systems' T5 Compact TID solves this problem by enabling carriers and other service providers to conserve IP addresses by aggregating up to 480 network elements through a single IP address.
The T5 Compact TID is a single rack unit (RU) switch, which measures just 19" x 1.75" x 12", and can be easily installed in existing equipment racks. It supports 48 fixed 10/100Base TX ports, and is NEBS certified with internal redundant power supplies.
A single Telco Systems' T5 Compact TID directly aggregates alarming for 48 network elements. An additional nine network elements can be connected to each of the original 48, giving the carrier or service provider the ability to manage alarms for up to 480 network elements through a single public IP address. The network elements are connected to the T5 Compact TID via a 10/100BaseTX connection. The T5 Compact TID connects to the NOC via a dedicated 10/100BaseTX port connected to a router.
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