Re: [nsp] High Density ISDN-Only Dialup

From: Robert E. Seastrom (rs@seastrom.com)
Date: Wed Apr 25 2001 - 19:08:53 EDT


"Alessandro Chiolo" <a.c@galactica.it> writes:

> I was thinking about an ISDN-only high density dialup solution and I
> came across the PA-MC-8E1. If I put 6 of these cards in a 7206VXR I can
> support up to 1440 ISDN calls at once.
> Does this make sense or is there some reason this wouldn't work? Which
> could the drawbacks be when confronted with a 5400 -or even a 5800-
> without modems? Which would be a reasonable NPE for the box?

The HDLC controller on the PA-MC-8{t,e}1 cards will only do 120-odd
simultaneous sessions, and there is (or once was) a limit of something
like twice that per box.

:(

                                        ---rob



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