IES-5000 Series User’s Guide
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Preface
Congratulations on your purchase of the IES-5000 series Integrated Ethernet Switch.
About This User's Guide
This user’s guide gives hardware installation, connection and maintenance instructions. It also
gives specifications.
Syntax Conventions
• “e.g.,” is a shorthand for “for instance”, and “i.e.,” means “that is” or “in other words”.
Naming Conventions
• The IES-5000 or IES-5005 may be referred to as the IES-5000 or the IES. Differentiation
is made where needed.
• Unless otherwise specified, IES-5000 refers to the IES-5000 or IES-5005 main chassis
and its cards along with the IES-5000 or IES-5005 splitter chassis and its cards.
• The IES-5000M is the IES-5000 main chassis.
• The IES-5005M is the IES-5005 main chassis.
• The IES-5000ST is the IES-5000 splitter chassis with Telco-50 connectors.
• The IES-5005ST is the IES-5005 splitter chassis with Telco-50 connectors.
• The MSC1000G (Management Switch Card) may be referred to as the switch card or
MSC.
• The ALC1248G-51 and ALC1248G-53 (ADSL Line Card) may be referred to as the line
card or ALC.
• The SLC1248G-22 (SHDSL Line Card) may be referred to as the line card or SLC.
• The VLC1224G-41 (VDSL Line Card) may be referred to as the line card or VLC.
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Related Documentation
• DSL Line Card User’s Guides
These user’s guides provide hardware connection details and explain how to configure
and manage the individual line cards.
• Management Switch Card User’s Guide
This user’s guide provides hardware connection details and configuration and
management instructions for the management switch card.
• Glossary and ZyXEL Web Site
Please refer to www.zyxel.com for an online glossary of networking terms or the ZyXEL
download library for additional support documentation.
1. The VLC1224G-41 is not available at the time of writing.
