Marathon 5KT Pro

Features

Features Integrates legacy data with LAN and voice/fax traffic over a common private leased line, ISDN, or public frame relay link for cost savings
Supports up to four wide area links for headquarters, regional or distributed hub applications
Locally-attached frame relay devices can transparently pass traffic to the public frame relay network, protecting your capital equipment investment
New 8 Kbps ClearVoice^TM technology transmits telephone conversations with toll quality while consumng minimal bandwidth
Asynchronous port switching and contention allow remote users to share resources
Bandwidth Management features dynamically increase and decrease leased line bandwidth to meet peak traffic demands
Modular 5-slot design supports optional Integrated Router Module, Remote Terminal Server, voice/fax and legacy data expansion
Optional Digital Direct Series provides high-density voice compression and T1/E1 digital interfaces to PBX and WAN
Synchronous channel speeds up to 512 Kbps using channel-side frame relay or 64 Kbps for other protocols
Supports industry standard SNMP and MICOM's NETMan^tm network management systems
Three-year hardware warranty

Specification Overview

The Marathon 5KT Pro supports up to three leased line WAN links or up to four frame relay WAN links, making it ideal for small, hub-site applications or as a feeder into large enterprise networks. Marathon 5KT Pro utilizes either private leased lines or public frame relay services, or a combination of both, for cost-effective integrated communications.

For public frame relay access, the Marathon 5KT Pro allows integrated communications traffic to travel over a common PVC to its destination. Multiple frame relay links can be configured to segment traffic for access to multiple public frame relay carriers. The Marathon 5KT Pro also allows locally-attached frame relay devices, including those that support RFC 1490 encapsulation, token ring and SNA applications, to transparently pass traffic to the public frame relay network.

MICOM's ^tmMicroBand ATM protocol allows optimal throughput for legacy data, voice, fax, and LAN traffic over private leased lines. Enhanced Bandwidth Management features accommodate peak usage on leased lines by automatically increasing bandwidth when needed based on demand or time-of-day configurations.

The Marathon 5KT Pro supports ClearVoice technology, based on the International Telecommunications Union's (ITU) G.729 standard for wide-area voice compression. A new, more powerful digital signal processor and advanced algorithm provide toll quality voice at 8 Kbps compression rates. Silence suppression and other bandwidth efficiencies reduce the average consumed bandwidth by more than half.

The Marathon 5KT Pro handles virtually all legacy data protocols, including DEC VT100, H-P ENQ/ACK and SNA/SDLC. A five-slot modular design allows easy expansion for up to 41 asynchronous channels or 12 synchronous channels. Other optional data modules provide remote users with access to Ethernet LAN-based services, or Ethernet LAN routing capability.