Nortel Networks 8600 User's Manual
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1. converged infrastructure Nortel has made this possible with the Metro Ethernet Routing Switch 8600 Nortel s leading edge Ethernet User Network Interface UNI offers the following features to support enterprise VPN and triple play revenue generating services e Service demarcation and security e Scalability and efficiency e Reliability e Service turn up and management e Quality of Service e Interoperability Maximizes revenue generation Allows efficient triple play service delivery on every UNI port Ensures high availability to meet strict SLAS Provides complete end user service delineation and controls service parameters Delivers extraordinary degrees of network and service scalability security and operational ease Enables multiple levels of service at different price points Provides enhanced SLA monitoring for service assurance Meets interworking demands of multi vendor Ethernet switched and transport networks With the capability to deliver hundreds of millions of packets per second Mpps performance the Metro Ethernet Routing Switch 8600 provides these attributes along with carrier class resiliency on a production tested and proven solution Service demarcation and security Ethernet traffic may be presented to the operator network using a variety of Ethernet techniques such as IEEE 802 1Q and IEEE 802 lad Provider Bridge or Q in Q which allow for efficient scaling of local and access2. area networks As traffic ingresses the operator network customer and service level delineation is achieved with support for IEEE 802 1ah Provider Backbone Bridge or MAC in MAC encapsulation which creates a secure scalable hierarchy of addressing that avoids several pitfalls of traditional LAN based approaches The end user packet is completely encapsulated by a service provider MAC header and assigned a service identifier that is globally unique to that service The Ethernet UNI neither uses nor processes Layer 3 address information from the end users network Network address translation is unnecessary because the entire end customer packet is encapsulated so that the customer s Layer 3 header is kept intact across the provider network The use of 802 1ah encapsulation prevents the so called MAC explosion problem that could lead to security issues brought about by flooding of customer packets across the provider network The encapsulation also makes the provider infrastructure transparent to the customer s Ethernet control protocol packets allowing for efficient interconnection of customer Layer 2 bridged or Layer 3 routed networks This approach provides a simple option to tunnel enterprise control frames without interference from the operator no VLAN or IP addressing coordination is required between the end user and operator Unknown unicast multicast and broad cast traffic are constrained within their
3. parts of the network conforms to certain rules Chassis choices With a range of fault tolerant models to choose from the Metro Ethernet Routing Switch 8600 offers cost effective Ethernet switching solutions with superior flexi bility for enterprises and service providers Three redundant chassis models are available For service provider central offices Nortel offers a NEBS3 compliant 10 slot chassis designed for the most demanding environments with enhanced cooling and electromagnetic interference EMI protection features Where high density availability and scalability are essential Nortel offers a 10 slot chassis one or two slots for a load sharing CPU switching fabric module with the 8 remaining slots available for input output modules Where space is at a premium and lower density is desired a 6 slot chassis is available Module choices A range of switch modules for access and trunking makes the Metro Ethernet Routing Switch 8600 ideal for the evolving network Configurations can be mixed and matched to offer Ethernet interfaces from 10 Mbps to 10 Gbps in conjunction with the Metro Ethernet Services Units or Ethernet switches from Nortel or other manufacturers The range of module options means the network can grow as business needs grow The platform can support scalable switching bandwidth up to 512 Gbps wire speed routing of hundreds of millions of packets per second This un
4. respective VPNs effectively limiting unnecessary broadcasting and the associ ated inefficient use of bandwidth In addition the unknown unicast multi cast and broadcast traffic rates within a VPN can be constrained below set levels as desired by the operator The Metro Ethernet Routing Switch 8600 employs state of the art network processor technology to implement Ethernet VPN functions in a program mable format while retaining the high speed processing capabilities previously associated with fixed silicon implemen tations The ability to program the network processor means that fast moving changes in standards defining how VPNs are implemented can be captured and brought to market quickly and at minimal cost Service topologies supported include point to point point to multipoint and any to any models Implementation of these specific topologies gives service providers and enterprises additional flex ibility while improving overall resource utilization and network efficiency For example an enterprise customer with a headquarters site and many branch offices would benefit from an Ethernet VPN service implemented in a point to multipoint or hub and spoke fashion Leveraging a point to multipoint service topology service providers can restrict the spokes to only communicate through the hub thereby maximizing the effi ciencies of their Ethernet infrastructure and optimizing resource utilization and enhancing
5. IP2 BGP4 OSPFv2 IS IS e IP Multicast PIM SM IGMPv1 v2 and v3 DVMRP Address database e ESM 8668 98 000 MAC addresses per port e Addressing 48 bit MAC address 32 bit IP address e Gigabit Ethernet port MTU 1950 bytes e Jumbo Frames up to 9600 supported on specific modules Ethernet protocols and standards compatibility e IEEE 802 3 Ethernet e IEEE 802 3z 1IOOOBASE SX and 1OOOBASE LX e IEEE 802 3ab e IEEE 802 3ad e IEEE 802 3ae e IEEE 802 3x Flow control e IEEE 802 1D Bridging e IEEE 802 1Q VLAN tagging e IEEE 802 1p Prioritizing e IEEE 802 lad Provider Bridge e IEEE 802 lah Provider Backbone Bridge e Provider Backbone Transport PBT pre standard IEEE 802 1Qay PBB TE e IEEE 802 iw RSTP 10 Technical specifications continued Resiliency features e Redundant switch fabrics and fans hot swappable I O modules N 1 power supply redundancy e High Availability Mode hitless L2 failover sub second L3 failover e IEEE 802 3 ad e Multi Link Trunking MLT for port level redundancy e Distributed MLT for trunk level redundancy e Split MLT for device level redundancy Quality of Service traffic management e DiffServ RFC 2474 IP ToS precedence e IEEE 802 1Q VLAN Tagging IEEE 802 1p User Priority settings e Queues 8 hardware queues per sub port strict priority and WRR configurable Management and administration e CLI e SNMP v1 v2 v3 compliant management e Java Device Manager fo
6. NORTEL Product Brief Metro Ethernet Routing Switch 8600 Ethernet has emerged as the infrastruc Nortel s Metro Ethernet Routing Switch Quality of Service QoS Its flexibility ture of choice for new service provider 8600 has been a workhorse for enter scalability and support for a wide variety deployments as well as for Layer 2 enter prises and a reliable profit maker for of interfaces make it the natural fit for prise wide interconnect Applications service providers It is leading the way in _ business critical applications and services such as Layer 2 Virtual Private Networks delivering scalable feature rich Ethernet l l The Metro Ethernet Routing Switch VPNs and IP based services based VPNs and next generation 8600 delivers important benefits to such as the triple play of voice video Ethernet MAN infrastructure l 2 service providers seeking to increase and Internet access are driving the The Metro Ethernet Routing Switch their Ethernet based network footprint often cited growth in metro and wide 8600 delivers 100 Megabit 1 and 10 and to enterprises whose scale of opera area networks today Ethernet leverages a Gigabit Ethernet interfaces with carrier tions leads to carrier class solutions the decades long investment in LAN ed aa class performance availability and Table 1 based networking to offer a packet switching technology that is the most cost effective available today For en
7. P MSTP protocols IEEE 802 1w and 802 1s respectively on NNI trunk ports Nortel s innovative Split Multi Link Trunking SMLT and PBT capabilities improve the scalability and reliability of Layer 2 networks by removing spanning tree convergence issues and providing faster recovery in the event of link failures Service management Service providers require mature network and service management systems that allow quick configuration of the network to support new services as well as quality control of ongoing operations Since it is important to get the customer s service up and running quickly and then keep the service running as measured against a service level agreement SLA the service provider must have the perform ance measurements to back up any service level claims Additionally if a fault does occur the service provider needs the troubleshooting functionality to locate the fault identify which serv ices have been impacted and react to these appropriately Nortel s Metro Ethernet Manager MEM is a complete robust network and service management solution that extends Nortel s key Metro Ethernet innovations such as PBB PBT technologies while addressing these top of mind opera tional challenges for service providers Purpose built to simplify Ethernet oper ations and facilitate service turn up Metro Ethernet Manager employs a consistent work flow approach to plan ning and deploying services reliably
8. crificing the carrier class qualities needed to support the scale and variety of services flowing through the network Nortel s Metro Ethernet Manager provides a single interface for all network planning device configuration and ongoing service management Tasks such as service provisioning network state synchronization backup restore software image configuration delivery and ongoing fault detection and management are centralized in one operations solution capable of visualizing the entire LO L1 L2 network Benefits to the enterprise or service provider include e Time to service With simple scalable and effective end to end service provi sioning and agile network configuration Single endpoint service activation at the Ethernet UNI followed by continuity check verification avoids configuration a mrm errors as well as costly truck rolls e Deterministic service manageability Advanced network and service trouble shooting leads to proactive service assurance and rapid failure analysis e Simplified converged operations Common and familiar workflows for Ethernet WDM and SONET SDH leveraging operations values of today s operations model Quality of Service For enterprises and service providers alike the network must be able to maintain quality of service profiles and differential service treatment from end to end Traffic classification occurs at ingress per service endpoint and is done using customer 802 1p or cu
9. data security Metro Ethernet supported access deployment models are Single enterprise service access via a dedicated link e Multiple enterprise service access via a pre standard IEEE 802 1ad Ethernet access link e Multiple enterprise service access via an Ethernet Services Unit access ring This flexibility makes it appropriate for both greenfield build outs as well as demand based expansions to existing infrastructures These same capabilities limit the number of truck rolls required to add users and adjust service levels across the network Scalability and efficiency The primary responsibility of the Ethernet UNI is service demarcation yet the Nortel Ethernet UNI goes beyond simple demarcation by allowing service providers and enterprises to deliver multiple services and service types per port The UNI encapsulates customer data and adds a unique service label so service providers no longer need to worry about overlapping VLAN IDs significantly simplifying operations The Metro Ethernet Routing Switch 8600 maps customer VLAN IDs to IEEE 802 1ah service identifiers A trans parent UNI is defined when all traffic on a physical port is assigned to a single service ID while a mapped UNI provides multiple services per physical port to one or more customers This can be accom plished across thousands of service and customer instances as shown in Table 2 The Metro Ethernet Routing Switch 8600 when p
10. dels please contact your Nortel sales representative for the appro priate ordering codes Technical specifications Capacity and performance e Full duplex switching capacity of 512 Gbps with load sharing switch fabrics e Performance for 64 byte packets Aggregate throughput maximum of 384 Mpps 10 microseconds latency e Chassis options 8006 6 slot chassis for backbones of lower density or higher space premium 8010 10 slot chassis for high availability high scalability 8010CO 10 slot NEBS compliant chassis 2 slots reserved for switch fabric balance for O modules Switch Fabric CPU modules One switch fabric required second optional fabric doubles capacity and provides load sharing e 86910mSF Switch Fabric CPU Module e 8600 CPU Expansion Mezzanine card for 8691omSF Field Installable Supports 50ms failover in Metro Ethernet configuration e 86920mSF Switch Fabric CPU One required with 8630GBR and 8683XLR modules Interoperable with all pre R modules e 86920mmez Switch Fabric CPU 8692 with Expansion Mezzanine card Supports 50ms failover on NNI trunks with Multi Link Trunking and PBT Interface modules 8668ESM 8 port Ethernet Services Module SFP based Gigabit Ethernet 8630GBR 30 ports 1000BaseX for SFP e 8683XLR 3 ports 10Gigabit Ethernet XFP LAN PHY only 8683XZR 3 ports 10Gigabit Ethernet XFP LAN and WAN PHY 8648GTR 48 ports 1OBASE T 100BASE TX 1000BASE T IP layer protocols e IPv4 e Routing protocols RIP R
11. ditional Ethernet MAC address learning methods This explicit learning approach removes the undesirable MAC flooding behavior that otherwise limits the size of the network Resiliency Since PBT allows creation of point to point connections across the network working and protection routes can be provisioned to provide end to end resiliency across arbi trary mesh topologies Network utilization The ability to fully manage traffic paths and know exactly which customer traffic is being carried over which path allows customer SLAs to be met without over provisioning and under utilizing network capacity Manageability Since the operations support system OSS is aware of the route taken by each service functions such as alarm correlation service fault correlation and service performance correlation are simplified Security Using point to point Ethernet tunnels across the network protects traffic from misconfiguration errors or inter ception by those with malicious intent Furthermore by avoiding the flooding behavior of conventional Ethernet unintentional leakage of packets to endpoints for which they were not intended can be avoided With Provider Backbone Transport PBT technology efficient trunks can be engineered thru the network to deliver end to end traffic with deter ministic routing and QoS in support of individual multiple priority services or ageregrated services being backhauled across the MAN PBT av
12. e traffic patterns drive a hub and spoke archi tecture in which a hub node directs the required video streams to the appropriate spokes With support for a Dual Hub E TREE service on Metro Ethernet Routing Switch 8600 and Ethernet Services Units 18xx family Nortel s carrier Ethernet solution provides a high performance video backhaul transport to end users across the access and aggregation networks to provider hub sites where services are instantiated With the ability to direct broadcast traffic to only the appropriate network elements as needed the Metro Ethernet Routing Switch 8600 can connect to more than one hub and thus provide redundancy or load balancing See Figure 2 Metro ESUs support Internet Group Management Protocol IGMP processing and snooping the de facto standard for joining and leaving multicast groups This helps optimize the delivery of broad cast traffic in the access network for maximum network efficiency Figure 2 Triple play services implementation P a I a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a aa Triple play service platforms I a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a aa Simple operations Operators and enterprises alike face unprecedented challenges to control the overall cost of maintaining and operating their rapidly growing networks Convergence of services onto an Ethernet infrastructure affords a unique opportunity to leverage the low cost of Ethernet infrastructure without sa
13. emperature O C to 40 C 32 F to 104 F e 85 95 maximum relative humidity non condensing e Operating altitude 3 000 m 10 000 ft maximum e Free fall drop ISO 4180 s NSTA 1A e Vibration IEC 68 2 6 34 e Shock bump IEC 68 2 27 29 Electromagnetic emmissions e US FCC CFR47 Part 15 Subpart B Class A e Canada ICES 003 Issue 2 Class A e Australia New Zealand AS NZS 3548 1995 Class A e Japan VCCI V3 97 04 Class A e Taiwan CNS 13438 Class A e Europe EN 55022 EN61000 e Global CISPR 22 CIRPR24 e CE Mark Safety agency approvals e International IEC 60950 e Europe EN60950 e IEC EN 60825 1 e FDA CDRH CDRH 21 J CFR 1040 10 e US UL60950 e Canada CSA 22 2 No 60950 e Australia New Zealand AS NZS 3260 e Argentina S mark e Mexico NOM 019 SCF1 1998 Nortel is a recognized leader in delivering communications capabilities that make the promise of Business Made Simple a reality for our customers Our next generation technologies for both service provider and enterprise networks support multimedia and business critical applications Nortel s technologies are designed to help eliminate today s barriers to efficiency speed and performance by simplifying networks and connecting people to the information they need when they need it Nortel does busi ness in more than 150 countries around the world For more information visit Nortel on the Web at www nortel com For the latest Nortel news visit
14. erforming the role of a Provider Backbone Bridge aggregating Provider Bridge traffic that is Q in Q tagged can use either the outer provider Q tag or the combination of inner customer and outer provider Q tags for service assignment and classification This capability gives the service provider superior flexibility for interworking with a wide variety of access devices to support the desired service definitions The Metro Ethernet Routing Switch 8600 improves bandwidth efficiency by encapsulating enterprise broadcast traffic inside provider unicast packets Addi tionally the 802 1ah Provider Backbone Bridge implementation uses the MAC addresses of the Ethernet UNIs ingress ports rather than customer MACs in the switch forwarding tables This elimi nates the MAC address explosion issue by greatly reducing the number of MAC addresses that must be learned and maintained by switches in the service provider s core infrastructure Keeping the number of MAC addresses to a minimum reduces the aging out and relearning of MAC addresses thus enhancing end to end performance and making network forwarding far more stable The Metro Ethernet Routing Switch 8600 delivers high performance carrier class Ethernet switching functions for key service provider and large enterprise applications e Broadband managed services to apartments condominiums office parks campuses and more e Carrier class Ethernet VPNs for seaml
15. ess LAN MAN WAN connectivity e Point of presence PoP edge to core traffic aggregation e Efficient mobile backhaul of 3G 4G traffic e Latency sensitive and high availability data center applications Table 2 Metro Ethernet Routing Switch 8600 scalability Scalability parameter Maximum Unique service identifiers 16 000 000 4 000 Provider Bridge VLANs per UNI port EVPN service instances Determinism and Ethernet In a carrier environment the connectionless behavior of tradi tional Ethernet implies a level of unpredictability that is trouble some in a high availability environment A recent development in the Ethernet world has been the work on a connection oriented technique known as Provider Backbone Transport PBT PBT builds on the hierarchical nature of PBB or MAC in MAC by using the backbone address and VLAN tag as identifiers for a deterministic tunnel through the network PBT is being actively worked in the IEEE 802 1Qay committee where it is known as Provider Backbone Bridges Traffic Engineering PBT provides Ethernet with a connection oriented forwarding mode which enables dedicated Ethernet links with guaranteed deterministic performance levels In this way PBT delivers QoS over an Ethernet network without the added cost of connection oriented alternatives PBT also delivers the following benefits to the service provider Scalability PBT does not rely on the tra
16. nts of 1 Mbps e Committed and Peak Information Rate policing parameters Ingress packet classification e Per port basis e Configurable mapping of customer 802 1p to service provider priority level per service e Configurable mapping of customer Type of Service ToS field to service provider priority level per service Interoperability With its network processor enabled flexibility the Metro Ethernet Routing Switch 8600 interworks with a compre hensive range of Ethernet technologies on the user side including e IEEE 802 1Q Ethernet VLANs e IEEE 802 lad Ethernet Q in Q networks Provider Bridges e HVPLS N PE The Metro Ethernet Routing Switch 8600 supports the 8630GBR and the 8683XLR for network to network inter face NNI ports These modules support 30 ports of 1000BaseX SFPs and 3 ports of 10 Gigabit Ethernet XFPs respectively MLIT and SMLT are supported for n x 1GE or n x 10 GE load balanced trunks Egress rate shaping is supported on the 8630GBR and the 8683XLR Handoff can be either IEEE 802 1ah or 802 lad format As an additional security feature the modules support 1 000 L2 L7 access control list ACL filters on ingress and 1 000 on egress per port ACLs can be configured to provide an additional Ethernet has emerged as the infrastructure of choice for new service provider deployments as well as for Layer 2 enterprise wide interconnect safety net to ensure that traffic going to other
17. oids the ineffi ciencies and lack of carrier class resilience that otherwise arise from use of the traditional spanning tree algorithm Rolled out as a software release on the Metro Ethernet Routing Switch 8600 PBT functionality can be deployed as needed and need not be deployed uniformly across the entire network Figure 1 shows the Metro Ethernet Routing Switch 8600 deployed in support of triple play services including video broadcast TV video on demand voice over IP VoIP and high speed Internet access over a common network Residential subscribers are connected to the network via various access technolo gies xDSL cable direct fiber Ethernet access ring etc while enterprise subscribers are connected via direct Ethernet VPNs using the same access infrastructure A mix of residential and enterprise services are supported on every port creating a truly shared Ethernet based infrastructure without compromising on performance Triple play services can be further distributed via an Ethernet access ring topology using Nortel Metro Ethernet Services Units The Metro Ethernet Routing Switch 8600 supports services through other access topologies such as point to point fiber IEEE 802 lad access networks and broadband aggrega tion devices Remote Office EEE pei WLAN metro ESU W 18xx Residential building 0M 1000 OME 1000 Corporate headquarters Existing L2 L3 CLE Data cente
18. paralleled flexibility protects the network investment by accommodating evolving Ethernet standards and hard to forecast business growth Ordering information Order number Description Chassis and power supplies DS1402001 DS1402002 DS1402004 DS1405011 DS1405012 Software DS1410019 4 0 8010 10 slot chassis Includes chassis dual backplane two fan trays RS232 cable for management console rack mount kit and cable guide kit Requires at least one power supply up to three power supplies supported 8006 6 slot chassis Includes chassis dual backplane fan tray RS232 cable for management console rack mount kit and cable guide kit Requires at least one power supply up to three power supplies supported 8010co 10 slot NEBS chassis Includes chassis fan trays RS232 cable for management console rack mount kit and cable management Requires at least two 8004 power supplies up to three power supplies supported Minimum SW ver3 1 2 required 8005DC 1462W Power Supply At least one power supply required per 8006 8010 or 8010co chassis Cannot mix with 8004 series supplies 8005AC 100 240 VAC 1140W 1462W Power Supply At least one power supply required per 8006 8010 or 8010co chassis Lower output at 11IOVAC Cannot mix with 8004 series supplies Power cord ordered separately use AAOO200xx Series cords Nortel Metro Ethernet Routing Switch 8600 Software Kit Includes v4 0 MES SW license Device Manager and com
19. plete documentation set One license kit required per chassis Support contracts must be purchased separately CPU Switch Fabrics DS1404103 DS1411025 Interface Modules DS1404056 DS1404063 DS1404068 DS1404092 DS1404064 DS1404101 Metro Ethernet Routing Switch 86920mSF Switch Fabric CPU One required with R Modules Operable with pre E E and M modules Includes 256MB SDRAM and 64MB PCMCIA For use in Metro Ethernet Routing Switch 8600 configuration Enhanced CPU Daughter Card SuperMezz for 8692SF Includes dual 1GHZ processors SuperMezz is a manda tory requirement for IPv6 or Sub 100msec failover Both 8692SF must have the SuperMezz installed no mixed configurations are supported 8648TXM 48 port autosensing 1OBASE T 100BASE TX Ethernet interface module 8630GBR Routing Switch Module 30 port SFP GBIC baseboard The 8630GBR requires the use of the 8692SF 8668 Ethernet Services Module For use in both the PP8000 Metro Ethernet and OM8000 configurations 8648GTR Routing Switch Module 48 port autosensing 1OBASE T 100BASE T X 1000Base T Ethernet Layer 3 switching interfaces The 8648GTR is operable with the 8692SF only 8683XZR 3 port 1OGBASE X Interface Module with XFP slots Supports both LAN and WAN PHY Requires 8692SF 8683XLR 3 port 1OGBase X XFP Routing Switch Module baseboard Requires 8692SF All SFPs GBICs MDAs and XFPs sold ordered separately Products are available in 5 6 or 6 6 EUED RoHS compliant mo
20. r et OLT Access Fiber Coax CMTS networks or Copper s t DSLAM l Voice Gateway Optical Other PBB networks VOD Servers Call Server VeA network Wide Area Network Headend Encoders Figure 1 A converged network showing simultaneous delivery of multiple services to varied end users Reliability The Metro Ethernet Routing Switch 8600 architecture is designed to provide protection strategies at multiple levels to deliver five nines availability At the device level the Metro Ethernet Routing Switch 8600 is equipped with redundant hot swappable components switch fabrics control processors power supplies and fan trays Temperature sensors constantly monitor the compo nents and cooling systems to maintain acceptable system conditions At the trunk level Distributed Multi Link Trunking DMLT provides redun dancy by enabling trunk groups to be configured across different slots in the same chassis In the event of a failure links would remain active because other modules in the trunk group could take over Network and link redundancy is provided by several key features e 50ms failover when using ring based access with Metro Ethernet Services Units e 50ms failover based on LACP MLT between Metro Ethernet Routing Switch 8600s e 50ms failover based on 802 lag signaling across PBT tunnels e Multi Link Trunking e Sub second failover based on RST
21. r configuration e Integrated configuration provisioning and management via Metro Ethernet Manager Security e Filtering 4096 source destination or global filter sets filter actions include forward drop mirror default reset priority bit e Internal DOS protection e SSH and SNMPv3 support e CLI access protocols multiple access levels RO RW password protection up to six authentication levels supported SSH RADIUS log in and authentication Physical 8010 10 slot chassis e Rack space 13RU rack mountable up to 3 per standard 19 23 or 600mm wide 7 high frame e Dimensions 22 9 58 2 cm high x 18 5 47 0 cm wide x 19 9 50 5 cm deep e Weight 85 Ib 39 kg empty 225 Ib 102 kg fully configured e Power 100 240 VAC 48 60 VDC 8010CO 10 slot chassis e Rack space 20 RU rack mountable up to 2 per standard 19 23 or 600mm wide 7 high frame e Dimensions 35 0 88 9 cm high X 17 4v 44 2 cm wide X 23 7 60 2 cm deep e Weight 184 Ib 83 46 kg empty 315 Ib 142 88 kg fully configured e Power 100 240 VAC 48 60 VDC 8006 6 slot chassis e Rack space 9RU rack mountable up to 5 per standard 19 23 or 600mm wide 7 high frame e Dimensions H 15 8 40 1 cm high X 17 5 44 5 cm wide X 19 9 50 5 cm deep e Weight 49 Ib 22 kg empty 140 Ib 63 kg fully configured e Power 100 240 VAC 48 60 VDC 11 Technical specifications continued Environmental e Operating t
22. stomer TOS DSCP markings The Metro Ethernet Routing Switch 8600 implementation is based on RFC 2698 Iwo Rate Three Color Marker This algorithm meters an IP Ethernet packet stream and marks its packets based on two rates Peak Information Rate PIR and Committed Information Rate CIR and their associated burst sizes to be green yellow or red A packet is marked red if it exceeds the PIR Metro Ethernet Routing Switch 8600 8010C Chassis Otherwise it is marked either yellow or green depending on whether it exceeds or doesnt exceed the CIR The Metro Ethernet Routing Switch 8600 supports four classes of service with four distinctive queues Applications are prioritized across the network using intelligent agents in the interface modules to support IEEE 802 1p Class of Service CoS and IETF Differentiated Service DiffServ All frames egressing a 802 lah MAC in MAC network are marked with proper 802 1p CoS markings enabling end to end QoS and multi vendor interoperability Operators can set policing parameters per port for trans parent ports and per port per VPN for switched mapped ports eee ee ee seebtreg Specress a paceman sv HT a PA e 7s Policing e Ingress policing on a per port basis for transparent UNI e Ingress policing on per service basis for switched UNI e User tunable bandwidth in increments of 64 kbps up to 1 Mbps then to line rate in increme
23. ter prises that want to cost effectively extend LANs at native rates into the MAN and WAN Ethernet is the answer For carriers and service providers looking for a fast reliable and profitable way to eliminate bandwidth bottlenecks in the MAN Ethernet is the answer Metro Ethernet enables point to point point to multipoint and any to any connection topologies that meet differing service and application requirements Table 1 Metro Ethernet Routing Switch 8600 key benefits a O O aen Multiple services e g Internet access transparent LAN service VoIP VPNs etc supported per user network inter face UNI port Efficient IP Multicast and VLAN to IP network mapping capabilities Ethernet access ring resiliency with 50ms protection on the ring A well defined Ethernet UNI A robust network to network interface NNI enabling support of up to 16 million Ethernet VPNs A flexible suite of traffic policing QoS and statistics capabilities OAMS amp P tools supporting end to end per VPN performance monitoring and measurement capabilities Support for existing and emerging Ethernet related industry standards What makes the Metro Ethernet Routing Switch 8600 exceptional In the service provider environment the principle challenge today is that of cost effectively delivering multiple services to residential and business end users as well as wholesale services like wireless backhaul while leveraging a common
24. while minimizing opportunities for configuration mistakes and allowing quick root cause analysis and recovery when they do occur Nortel s Metro Ethernet Manager provides extensive capabilities for performance monitoring service assurance SLA measurement and troubleshooting This advanced management toolkit allows scheduling of periodic tests and genera tion of a history of the test results to validate VPN endpoints Tests can include reachability connectivity uptime performance monitoring e g round trip delay and failure indications packet loss These are critical to measuring and validating customers SLAs This capa bility allows service providers to detect problems with the service before the customer notices the service degrada tion These tools also allow the service provider to troubleshoot and isolate any problem quickly and methodically This operational simplicity at the service level enables significant operational savings Ethernet for Video Services Recent trends in access and metro networks indicate that end users be they business or residential are using more and more of the network capacity available to them The root cause for this Significant increase in bandwidth usage is almost always attribut able to some form of video application Such services require that the network support efficient distribu tion of video content to a large audience across an entire metro or regional area Thes
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