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Benefits
Created for the delivery of today and tomorrow’s access services, the Cisco ME 3600X 24CX supports existing and
next-generation features and technology while remaining operationally simple to deploy and manage. It offers the
following major benefits.
Powered by the Cisco Carrier Ethernet ASIC
Powered by the Cisco Carrier Ethernet application-specific integrated circuit (ASIC), designed specifically for
service providers, the Cisco ME 3600X 24CX delivers essential Carrier Ethernet technologies including hierarchical
quality of service (HQoS), MPLS, and Virtual Private LAN Services (VPLS). This custom and advanced ASIC
design provides uninterrupted line rate performance while delivering complex and taxing services such as access
control list (ACL) and HQoS. The Carrier Ethernet ASIC integrates Cisco traffic management innovation to deliver
intelligent packet switching and routing operations.
MPLS in the Access Layer
The Cisco ME 3600X 24CX extends MPLS into the access layer by allowing service providers to initiate MPLS-
based Layer 2 and Layer 3 VPN services from within the access layer. The Cisco ME 3600X 24CX gives service
providers the ability to expand MPLS toward their network edge to gain the advantages of a single unified MPLS
control plane across their networks. The Cisco ME3600X 24CX offers full VPLS support allowing multipoint
services definition. For additional flexibility, VPLS can be deployed as a full mesh or with a hierarchy (HVPLS).
Pay-as-You-Grow Investment Model
The use of licensing to activate features on the Cisco ME 3600X 24CX allows service providers to customize and
schedule their investment in access features for a time when network growth and customer demand justify the
investment. Unlike investments in the core and edge, where the physical location of network assets has minimal
impact on their accessibility and usage, the ROI on an access element is heavily influenced by its location in the
network and proximity to customers. The ability to deploy the Cisco ME 3600X 24CX and later activate features as
demand and growth or service activation dictate, with little if any need for service calls, delivers highly measureable
investment protection. This allows flexible timing for deploying MPLS, TDM or 10-Gigabit Ethernet services, and
boosting service capacity.
Advanced Service-Level Agreements
Service-aware quality of service (QoS) allows service providers to expand and differentiate their services portfolio
with highly advanced and differentiating SLAs. The HQoS capabilities of the Cisco ME 3600X 24CX scale to eight
queues per service, three levels of scheduling, and buffer volumes capable of accommodating today’s most
demanding wireline and wireless applications.
Mobile Timing and Synchronization Services
The Cisco ME 3600X 24CX provides the timing services required in today’s converged access network to support
mobile solutions including Radio Access Network (RAN) applications, and offers integrated support for the Building
Integrated Timing Supply (BITS), 10 MHz, 1 Pulse Per Second (1PPS) and Time Of Day (ToD) interfaces. The
Cisco ME 3600X 24CX also supports synchronous Ethernet (SyncE) with Ethernet Synchronization Messaging
Channel (ESMC) and Synchronization Status Messages (SSM) to allow excellent clock source traceability. The
Cisco ME 3600X 24CX hardware is ready for IEEE-1588, and can act as the source for network clocking for TDM,
SDH and SONET interfaces and SyncE.
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