NC316-72 Datasheet, PDF (1/4 Pages) MRV Communications, Inc. – Media Cross Connect™ (MCC) Product Family

Datasheet
Media Cross Connect™ (MCC) Product Family
Overview
For a network equipment manufacturer, storage system manufacturer,
carrier, or enterprise, the test lab environment presents unique
challenges. Companies are facing increased competitive pressure to
get products and services to market, while the tests to ensure delivery
of a quality product are becoming more complex. Today’s test labs are
moving toward test automation with sophisticated software, but
the physical connectivity of equipment remains a laborious manual
process.
The Media Cross Connect from MRV provides the missing link to
true lab automation. Connect all test beds and equipment one
time to the MCC, and all changes in topology are then controlled
through software to increase test velocity and minimize capital
expense through equipment sharing.
The Media Cross Connect Product Family
The Media Cross Connect (MCC) is a scalable, physical layer switch
(ISO Layer 1) that allows users, through software control, to connect
any port to any other port within the system providing the flexibility,
reliability, and remote automated control needed to optimize any
dynamic testing environment.
Designed to meet the requirements of any size environment,
the MCC helps to ensure that test commitments are met while
increasing test quality and improving test velocity in demanding
test and simulation environments. Wire-once technology allows
expensive test equipment or test beds to be easily shared among
users, minimizing capital expenses.
MCC solutions are built on a family of 19” rack mountable chassis
designed to be fully non-blocking in all configurations. The chassis
support any of the interface blades offered by MRV to customize
each system for specific applications. The modular chassis family
includes models that accommodate two, four, or eight interface
blades. Each chassis is powered by hot-swappable power supplies
with optional redundancy. The four-slot and eight-slot chassis are
available in DC powered versions.
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Applications
Industry Environments
• Network equipment manufacturing
• Storage equipment manufacturing
• Carriers
• Enterprise
Laboratory Environments
• New product development
• Interoperability
• Software Regression
• Customer Support
Features
Wire-Once Technology – Initial connection of all test
sets and test infrastructure to the MCC allows future
changes in test topologies or configurations to be
performed through software.
Software Port Mapping – Compatible ports can
be mapped using software commands in bi-
directional, one-way, multipoint, or Fibre Channel
arbitrated loop configurations.
Increased Lab Productivity – Minimized retests due
to fiber contamination or breakage, and increased
test accuracy and velocity. Easy to use web-based
GUI controls mappings and can store often-used
topologies for reuse.
Decreased Capital Expenditures – Shared expensive
test equipment and test beds among users
minimizes equipment costs without compromising
capabilities.
Wide Protocol Support – T1/E1 to 10 Gbps Ethernet
LAN, WAN PHY, and Fibre Channel.
Wide Media Support – Copper cable, fiber optics,
and pluggable SFP and XFP transceivers.
Simple Integration into Existing Systems – System
management through a robust industry-standard CLI
and automated mapping through Tcl API or
on-board SNMP agent tools with scripting language
support.
Future-Safe Modular Architecture – Scalable
solutions built on modular chassis that support
any protocol or media combination through
interchangeable and hot-swappable blades.
MCC
Chassis
NC316-72
NC316-144
NC316-288
Blade
Slots
2
4
8
Max #
of Ports
72
144
288
Power
Supplies
2 AC
2 AC or 2 DC
4 AC or 4 DC
Rack
Units
4
5
9