This is basically a BPE (Broadband Processing Engine) next-generation line card that has been designed for the Cisco uBR10012 universal brand series. It has been designed to add certain features to the Cisco uBR10012 platform. Some of these features include; twenty (20) upstream and downstream channels at the same time supporting industry benchmark standards for excellence and reliability that is synonymous with the Cisco BPE. In the last couple of years, we have experienced a tremendous explosion of social media and video applications, scalability and speed have become key factors when it comes to keeping consumers happy. Back in 2012, it was predicted that by the end of 2013, the annual global IP traffic will hit about two-third of one trillion gigabytes. Since then, there has been an unprecedented increase in IP traffic making it more difficult to keep customers happy in the long run. This is a next-gen broadband that has been designed to help businesses and administrators.
This next-gen BPE was designed by the Cisco brand to offer a solution to the problem of speed and scalability. It is capable of delivering faster speed as well as a higher density with a scalable and faster architecture.
Specifications
- It is a route processor broadband processing engine
- It is a hot-swappable BPE
- It has been designed with 20 downstream and upstream channels
- It has five physical ports as well as 20 US physical ports.
Benefits
Some of the many benefits of choosing this hardware product include but are definitely not limited to these;
- Advanced downstream performance; the uBR-MC20X20V next-generation BPE comes with an upconverter module which is based on the current broadband industry-leading DDS (Direct Digital Synthesizer). The DDS technology on its own has been said to offer an advanced or superior RF performance in much smaller units than the regular and older analog designs.
- It is available in three options; unlike some of the other BPE products you’ll see in the market at the moment, the uBR-MC20X20V product has been available in about these ways; (I) it comes with a base hardware license for 20 upstreams and 0 downstream (ii) has a base hardware license for 20 upstream channels and 5 downstreams (III) base hardware license for 20 downstream and upstream channels. In addition to this, the process of upgrading the downstream channels have been made easy and you do not have to purchase or buy additional hardware.
- The high port and high-density feature of this hardware product reduce all per port costs at the same time providing an easy upgrade pattern.
- The dense connector feature, on the other hand, reduces the time of installation as well as the mean repair time.
- This BPE hardware product unlike some of the others has been designed to enhance troubleshooting capabilities.
Downsides
- One of the major downsides of this product is its cost. When compared to others, it happens to be more expensive.
Recommendation
While this product is expensive, it also happens to be an efficient or advanced BPE system capable of solving speed and scalability problems.
