The Cisco 3631-CO is a versatile modular access platform ideally designed for small to medium-density telemetry applications. It significantly reduces the complexity and costs of managing mission critical operations: by integrating multiple Network Element (NE) management interfaces onto one operations support network access device. The Cisco 3631-CO streamlines service providers operations support functions by replacing legacy and 3rd party systems that are often plagued with fixed and inflexible architectures, often yielding limited interface and software support. The Cisco 3631-CO provides flexible / modular connectivity to legacy X.25, asynchronous/synchronous devices as well as Ethernet devices. The Cisco 3631-CO facilitates a graceful migration from cumbersome proprietary network support systems to an open standard, scalable and flexible Operations Support Network. In addition, Service Providers can use the Cisco 3631-CO in their numerous points of presence (POPs) or Central Office (CO) collocations for digital-subscriber-line access multiplexers (DSLAMs), Voice Switches and Transmission operations networking.