Datasheet
Media Cross Connect Blades
Applications
Industry Environments
--Network equipment manufacturers
--Storage equipment manufacturers
--Carriers
--Enterprise
Laboratory and Testing Environments
--New Product Development
--Device Verification
--Interoperability
--Software Regression
--Customer Support
Overview
The Media Cross Connect (MCC) is a scalable, physical layer switch
(OSI 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.
Highlights
Flexible Design
--Support any combination of interface blades
--Customize system for exact requirement
Wide Variety of Interface and Protocol Options
--SFP (up to 4.25 Gbps with 2R and 3R)
--SFP+ (up to 10.7 Gbps including Ethernet LAN,
--WAN PHY or SONET OC-192)
--XFP (10 Gbps Ethernet, 10 Gbps Fibre Channel
--T1/E1
The interface blades for the MCC provide the building blocks of the
multiple-slotchassissystem. EachMCCchassisslotaccommodates
one blade, providing a modular platform to customize the MCC
system to suit the specific needs of each testing or laboratory
environment.
--DS3/E3/STS-1
--Ethernet 10/100 Mbps and 1/10 Gbps fiber and copper
- SDI/HD-SDI digital video
The type and quantity of ports available on an MCC chassis
system is determined by the blades installed in the chassis. Each
blade has up to 36 ports, depending upon the type, and supports
a variety of protocols and data rates. Some blades are designed
to operate with MSA-compliant (SFP, SFP+, and XFP) transceivers,
so the protocols supported are limited only by market availability.
In addition, MRV has developed unique pluggable transceivers
providing SAS/SATA, SDI, HD-SDI, and coax interface support
for the MCC. In certain applications, installing both copper and
modular transceiver blades provides media conversion within
the MCC chassis that can reduce the need for additional external
devices.
Media Conversion
- Conversion within the MCC
- Eliminates external equipment
Robust Feature Set
- Individual port configuration
- Hot-swappable design
- Digital diagnostics support
- Link Integrity Notification
- Clock data recovery (3R)
Multiple Mapping Configurations
- Bidirectional or one way
- Multicast 1 to N at wire speed
- Port failover/cable break simulation
- Data mirroring
The matrix switch of the MCC is designed to be fully non-blocking
regardless of the type of interface blades used. Each Interface
blade is hot-swappable, has front panel LEDs, and supports link
integrity notification (LIN) and digital diagnostics. Using software
commands compatible ports can be mapped in a bidirectional
or unidirectional mapping, one to any multi-point broadcast or
data mirroring mapping, or fibre channel arbitrated loop (FCAL)
mapping.
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