Climax950

Asce Networks' Climax950 Access Switch delivers an all-in-one convergent solution for regional and central site enterprise networks. As a multiservice access concentrator, the Climax950 converges data, voice and video over a choice of services including ATM, Frame Relay, IP and ISDN.

Unparalleled Flexibility
Asce Networks' high performance Climax950 is the industry's first convergent platform that integrates data, voice and video over any of today's WAN technologies (Frame Relay, IP, ISDN, X.25) and voice technologies to a T1/E1 ATM service for both public and private network environments. It also supports a wide range of user devices and protocols which converge over common infrastructures.

Unmatched Adaptability/Scalability
Featuring a state of the art processor, the Climax950 delivers superior performance and throughput for today's growing networking applications. It offers enhanced scalability with an 8-slot chassis for a wide choice of interface modules which support a multitude of applications. By simply inserting the corresponding module, the Climax950 can be easily configured to support various applications, including - LAN applications from a choice of Token Ring and Ethernet Modules; legacy protocols from various serial modules, and voice compression applications from analog and digital voice modules. A range of optional 56/64Kbps, T1/E1 CSU/DSU, ISDN (PRI, BRI) and V.34 dial-back-up modules. Its ease of upgradeability allows enterprise networks to easily adapt the Climax950 Access Switch to new applications over a choice of ATM, Frame Relay, IP and ISDN services.

Migration Path
The Climax950 Access Switch offers a unique common platform for seamless interoperability between Frame Relay and ATM networks for enterprise solutions requiring additional bandwidth and performance. With the Climax950's ATM-ready architecture, migration from frame-based to cell-based networks is achieved by adding the ATM T1/E1 module and a simple configuration change. This allows customers to design convergent networks without being constrained by existing or emerging technologies. Enterprise networks can install the Climax950 over private or public networks, mixing different types of traffic over a common network.

Reduced Cost of Ownership
The advanced convergence features of the Climax950 allows customers to easily adapt to new emerging technologies while protecting their initial investment. Enterprise networks can converge data, voice and video over Frame Relay today and, as requirements grow or change, can migrate these same applications over ATM or IP services. With such a broad range of available interface modules, customers are guaranteed upgradeability to new user applications.

Voice over Packet
Enterprise networks can reduce recurring network costs by employing the Climax950 to integrate voice communications over an existing data infrastructure. With support for VoATM, VoFR and VoIP, the Climax950 offers enterprise networks a choice of technologies that deliver networking, cost and performance benefits. Asce Networks' unique voice architecture enables true any to any gatewaying of packet or PSTN voice services. The Climax950 reduces, or even eliminates, long distance toll charges when voice calls are piggybacked onto an existing data network.

Voice over ATM
ATM transport service differs from Frame Relay and IP, as it is the only service to have inherent classes of service to support different types of traffic. ATM is regarded today as a true convergent solution for integrating data, voice and video, and the Climax950 allows compressed voice to be encapsulated in cell format to a public or private ATM network. Convergence over ATM services allows enterprise networks to reduce their recurring network costs while benefiting from the efficiency and performance of ATM.

Voice over Frame Relay
Frame Relay is recognized for its capacity to converge data, voice and video at a lower speed access. The Climax950 employs a compressed voice algorithm to maximize an enterprise network's available bandwidth on a Frame Relay network. It can also reduce costs by eliminating parallel infrastructures when it interconnects PBXs with existing data applications.

Voice over IP
IP has emerged as the latest convergence protocol for data, voice and video. Many enterprise networks are looking at IP services to combine their intra-office voice communications with regular LAN traffic or to enable integration of IP based PBXs with public facilities. The Climax950 gateway functionality allows PBXs with existing analog or digital voice interfaces to communicate over a managed IP backbone.

Easy to Manage
The Climax950 is configured using Asce Networks' new CXTool, a Windows-based configuration tool specifically designed for Asce Networks' Climax family of products. CXTool makes configuration easy. Simply point, click and fill in the information. Monitoring is performed using Asce Networks' CXView, a monitoring tool based on a client/server architecture that allows network managers to view status information on their Asce Networks-based network components from any location, using a standard HTTP browser. The CXView can be easily integrated within an NMS, such as HP OpenView.

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