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IES-5000 Series User’s Guide
20 Chapter 1 System Description
Figure 1 IES-5000M Front Panel
1.3 Features
The IES-5000 main chassis has slots for hot-swappable DSL line cards and management
switch cards.
Backplane
Connect the hot swappable line cards and MSC cards to the backplane. The backplane is the
inside rear panel of the IES-5000 main chassis.
Splitter Chassis
The IES-5000ST splitter chassis has slots for splitter and extension cards, and Telco-50
connectors for connecting to the subscribers and the PBX (Private Branch Exchange) or
PSTN/ISDN (Public Switched Telephone Network/Integrated Services Digital Network)
switch.
Hot Swappable DSL Line Cards
The IES-5000 uses hot swappable DSL line cards.
Hot Swappable Splitter Cards
The IES-5000ST uses hot swappable splitter cards.