Cisco Systems offers network-centric video surveillance that supports video transmission, monitoring, recording, and management. These products protect customers' existing investments in analog equipment, while enabling these devices to operate as part of an IP-based network-centric deployment. Cisco video surveillance products enable any-to-any multivendor device interoperability, allowing customers to build best-in-class video surveillance systems that optimize price, performance, and capability.The Cisco Video Surveillance Convergence Chassis consolidates many physical security functions in to a single, highly flexible and manageable rack-mountable platform supporting a wide range of modular capabilities ranging from video and audio encoding and decoding to alarm contact closure aggregation, and IP/Ethernet network switching. It features a robust 3-RU rack-mountable chassis design capable of supporting extended temperature ranges. With several possible mounting bracket configurations it retains an easily accessible ground lug and rear-panel power switch for quick maintenance and deployment.With a total of 16 modular slots, the Cisco Video Surveillance Convergence Chassis supports an entire range of Cisco IP Gateway modules, with up to 64 encoder ports in a single chassis, today. A choice of high performance, multi-port Fast Ethernet and Universal Serial Bus (USB) output ports provides network connectivity and flexible compatibility with direct-attach Cisco Video Surveillance Services Platforms. The convergence chassis' backplane, which interconnects all Cisco Video Surveillance IP Gateway plug-in modules and the power supply, is field-replaceable and upgradable.The Cisco Video Surveillance Convergence Chassis with Fast Ethernet ports is the entry-level convergence chassis for direct network connected deployments. With fourteen integrated 100 Mbps (Fast Ethernet) switch ports, this chassis can support a large number of video streams. Featuring back-side RJ-45 ports, the chassis allows connected Cisco Video Surveillance IP Gateways plug-in modules to be inserted or removed from the chassis without the need to disconnect the network cable.