Media Cross Connect™ 144 (NC316-144PMC)

The Media Cross Connect™ 144 (NC316-144PMC) from MRV is a 4-blade, 144-port digital cross connect that allows you to program physical layer connectivity from any port to any other port. The system can support any data rate from DC to 4.25 Gbps with 2R signal regeneration, and is compatible with all major data, storage, voice and video protocols. This allows a single cross connect to be used for a wide variety of applications.

The NC316-144PMC delivers all the capabilities of SFP-based optical interfaces as well, including hot-swap, flexibility, inventory control and Digital Diagnostics.

A cross connect is used primarily as an intelligent patch panel. Whereas with a typical patch panel, wires must be physically disconnected, moved, and reconnected to change the network configuration, the NC316-144PMC, allows the network administrator to make any desired configuration changes without touching the physical wires. This is accomplished by providing a fully programmable path between all the ports.

Establishing a data connection with the Media Cross Connect is simple and straightforward. Place the desired blades/interfaces into the chassis and via software management set the port-to-port connections. Changing connections is easily done at any time through the management interface, either CLI, Telnet, SNMP or via MegaVision Web®.

The NC316-144PMC utilizes a chassis and blade architecture that provides an easy and cost-effective way to expand the cross connect as needs grow. The system chassis can accommodate up to four (4) hot-swappable interface blades, each with thirty-six (36) SFP or RJ-45 ports. As the blades all connect to a common backplane, the cross connect functionality extends across any combination of blades and ports.

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