Nortel Ethernet Routing Switch 5530-24TFD
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1. Ethernet Switch Software The Ethernet Switch Software for the Ethernet Routing Switch 5000 Series is a single software image that allows the 5510 5520 and Ethernet Routing Switch 5530s to stack together The Ethernet Switch Software simplifies network operations by reducing the number of steps required for switch software updates Only a single image needs to be downloaded from the As shown here a unit can simultaneously have traffic flow to each adjacent unit at 40 Gbps full duplex Upstream traffic Downstream traffic Nortel support site for all Ethernet Routing Switch 5000 types The image needs to be loaded only to the base unit of the stack which automatically loads it to other switches in the stack Ethernet Switch Software features Newly released software is download able from the Web and supports the following new major features e Auto Unit Replacement e New Unit Quick Configuration e IP Flow Information Export IPFIX e Multiple Spanning Tree Protocol MSTP over MLT e Domain Naming Services DNS e Per Port BaySecure e Dual Configuration e Many to 1 Port Mirroring e IP Directed Broadcast e Port based Quality of Service Policy Support e Security Wizard Auto Unit replacement feature In the unlikely event that a switch fails in a stack the affected switch can easily be replaced without service interrup tion This feature allows the adminis trator of a switch stack to quickly2. Microsoft Windows XP and other compliant 802 1x clients 802 1x is also known as Extensible Authentication Protocol EAP Multiple Host Multiple Authentication MHMaA adds support for allowing more than one authenticated host per port MHMA will support up to 32 EAP clients per port with each client on a port required to complete authen tication before sending data packets The Guest VLAN feature will allow devices to send data on an EAP enabled port when no authorized hosts are present Guest VLANs are configured on at the switch or stack level but are enabled at the port level SNMPv3 provides user authentication and data encryption for higher security It also offers secure configuration and monitoring IP Manager List limits access to the management features of the Ethernet Routing Switch 5530 by a defined list of IP addresses or IP address ranges subnets providing greater network security and manage ability BaySecure MAC address based security allows authentication of all access not only to the switches for management and configurations but also access to the infrastructure through these switches This software feature limits access to only network authorized and trusted personnel including full tracking of network connections With BaySecure network access is granted or denied via proper MAC address identification up to a maximum of 448 In addition with the Distributed Access List Security feat
3. Tree protocol groups The Ethernet Routing Switch 5530 supports multiple Spanning Tree Groups STGs either in a single standalone switch or distributed across a stack STGs provide multiple data paths that can be used for load balancing and redundancy The Ethernet Routing Switch 5530 has been architected to support up to 256 STGs The switch architecture will also support IEEE 802 1s and 802 1w Nortel Network Command Line Interface NNCLI The NNCLI is used to automate general management and configuration of the Ethernet Routing Switch 5530 The NNCLI is used through a Telnet session or through the serial port on the console ASCII configuration files The Ethernet Routing Switch 5530 can download a user editable ASCII configuration file from a TFTP Trivial File Transfer Protocol server The ASCII configuration file can be loaded automatically at boot time or on demand using the management systems console menus or CLI Once down loaded the configuration file automati cally configures the switch or stack according to the NNCLI commands in the file This feature provides admin istrators with the flexibility of creating command configuration files that can be used on several switches or stacks with minor modifications The configuration settings of the switch can be displayed or saved to an external ASCII configuration file made up of a series of CLI commands This editable ASCII configuration file can
4. USB ports on the front panel adjacent to the console port and on the back panel The addition of USB ports will enable switch administrators to perform tasks that were previously completed through TFTP with a commonly available USB Mass Storage Device flash drive or thumb drive These tasks include Software Download ASCII Configuration File Generation and Download and Syslog Copying Quality of Service QoS The QoS features of the Ethernet Routing Switch 5530 allow users to not only utilize bandwidth more efficiently optimizing existing network resources and capabilities but also provide packet classification and marking at the edge of the network simplifying the QoS deployment at the aggregation and core of the network By classifying prioritizing policing and marking LAN traffic based on DiffServ Code Point and 802 1p networks can offer reliable connectivity and required bandwidth for mission critical applica tions such as IP Telephony to specific groups users and individual devices For each of these applications advanced QoS features support Internet Engineer ing Task Force IETF the standard DiffServ QoS architecture a packet classification based on the content of IP packet header fields voice video data as well as traffic policing QoS and policy management DiffServ QoS enables networks to read alter prioritize tag or mark IP packets based upon information embedded in
5. gt THIS IS THE WAY TO IMPROVE APPLICATION PERFORMANCE gt THIS IS NORTEL Product Brief Nortel Ethernet Routing Switch 5530 24TFD Benefits gt Vv Vv VY SCS WM Higher flexibility of deployment using high density Gigabit copper or fiber connection up to 192 10 100 1000 ports or 96 SFP ports in a stack Exceptional uplink performance utilizing dual 10 Gigabit ports up to sixteen 10 Gigabit ports in a stack Flexible stacking across Ethernet Routing Switches 5510 5520 and 5530 stack is managed as a single entity with a single IP address Easy to configure using the USB interface Optimized intra stack performance with stacking bandwidth up to 640 Gbps Wire speed operation with 160 Gbps switch fabric Minimal network downtime using resilient connectivity fail safe stacking and power redundancy Hardware based Layer 3 routing at wire speed Intelligence at the network edge with Quality of Service QoS Cost effective plug and play stacking with built in stacking ports Secure access and data traffic protection The way in which businesses use LANs is changing and the performance requirement at the edge of the network is becoming more demanding IP Telephony and other collaborative applications are driving more traffic to the edge of the network As file sizes continue to grow users need more bandwidth Quite simply the conver gence of voice video data and storage enables users to do more from the
6. in only one direction For example in a stack of eight switches if a packet needs to go from unit 2 to unit 3 it can get there in a single hop But if a packet needs to go from unit 3 to unit 2 then it has to traverse from 3 to 4 4 to 5 5 to 6 and so on until it reaches unit 2 This requires seven hops Nortel s FAST stack design uses the shortest past algorithm which means that the packet would traverse directly from unit 3 to unit 2 in a single hop Plug and play stacking with built in stacking ports The Ethernet Routing Switch 5530 has built in stacking ports for faster plug and play stacking This is more cost effective as cascade modules are not required This stacking design frees up both of the uplink ports for dedicated connectivity to the backbone or high speed servers The Ethernet Routing Switch 5530 is shipped with a cascade cable 1 5 feet In addition cascade cables are also available in different lengths 1 5 feet 10 feet and 5 meters 16 4 feet to cover a variety of stacking needs Figure 2 Innovative FAST stacking architecture la J a a 4 Recessed connectors Figure 3 Plug and play stacking with recessed stack connectors Recessed stacking connectors for higher reliability The Ethernet Routing Switch 5530 is designed with recessed stacking connectors that save premium closet space and protect the integrity of the stack from accidental contact Figure 3
7. in use e Ability to avoid QoS provisioning errors e Centrally managed DSCP and 802 1p queue mapping tables e Saved time in provisioning the network as thousands of CLI or Web transactions are reduced to a few simple actions Traffic policing Traffic policing enables provisioning of different levels of service by limiting traffic throughput at the ingress incoming port of the Ethernet Routing Switch 5530 For example if a port is set to a certain speed such as 10 Mbps all traffic under 10 Mbps on that port will pass and traffic that exceeds 10 Mbps on that same port is dropped Service providers will find this especially useful to control bandwidth to their customers Up to 64 traffic meters per port are provided and yield higher resolution for control Traffic shaping Traffic shaping offers the ability to limit traffic on each port While traffic policing is needed to provide different levels of service to data streams on the ingress ports traffic shaping is needed to smooth the traffic from the egress ports The Ethernet Routing Switch 5530 supports port based traffic shaping Enterprises working with service providers or carriers utilize this feature when they are deploying Ethernet in place of the traditional Frame Relay ISDN or ATM WAN access solutions Enhanced security The Ethernet Routing Switch 5530 offers the highest level of security with features including Secure Shell SSH Secure Sockets
8. ports for high density Gigabit fiber connection The Ethernet Routing Switch 5530 can also be used for server aggregation for servers with fiber NICs IEEE 802 3z compliant 1O00BASE SX 1000BASE LX and 1000BASE CWDM physical interface support provides flexibility in switch deployment Up to 16 10 Gigabit uplink ports in a stack The Ethernet Routing Switch 5530 has dual built in 10 Gigabit uplink ports ports 25 and 26 for dedicated uplink connectivity to network core switches such as the Ethernet Routing Switch 8600 formerly known as Passport 8600 Using the proven Distributed Multi Link Trunking DMLT resiliency feature up to 16 10 Gigabit XFP ports are available for uplink connectivity in a full stack among the highest in the market The higher uplink performance opti mizes the Gigabit data traffic from wiring closets to the network core and improves business productivity The 10 Gigabit ports can also be used for 10 Gigabit server connections IEEE 802 3ae compliant 1OGBASE LR 1OGBASE ER and 10GBASE SR interfaces are supported Switch fabric architecture offering non blocking wire speed performance The Ethernet Routing Switch 5530 has a high performance Layer 3 switching fabric with a maximum of 160 Gbps forwarding bandwidth and wire speed performance Layer 3 IP routing The Ethernet Routing Switch 5530 architecture supports wire speed Layer 3 IP routing with static and local route support
9. replace a switch that has failed in the stack With Auto Unit Replacement when a switch fails in a stack configura tion the failed switch is removed from the stack and the replacement switch is automatically updated with most of the failed switch s configuration New Unit Quick Configuration This feature provides the capability to automatically apply default parameters to all the ports of a switch when it is added to a stack or when a switch is added to a standalone switch to create a stack These default parameters include VLAN ID Port Speed Duplex Settings PVID and Spanning Tree Groups IP Flow Information Export IPFIX This feature will allow IP traffic to be sampled and classified into different flows based on certain parameters such as IP protocol destination IP address and source IP address This information will be collected by the switch In a future release of software there will be a process to export this information to a collector device which will assist in interpreting the data MSTP over MLT The MSTP over MLT feature will add the capability for ports participating in a Multi Link Trunk to be in different Spanning Tree Groups This feature allows Multiple STGs to exist on the MLT ports Domain Naming Services DNS Domain Naming Services DNS enhancements in Software Release 4 2 will add new name resolution services that will allow for the querying of up to three DNS servers at a time for red
10. the Type of Service ToS field The level of service can be marked in the embedded information inside the ToS field of each IP packet DiffServ is based on the ToS field The Ethernet Routing Switch 5530 has application specific integrated circuits ASICs to enable the DiffServ Code Point DSCP to be mapped to the IEEE 802 1p user priority bits to provide consistent QoS at Layer 3 IP and Layer 2 Ethernet The QoS policies can be configured via the switch s built in Web based management tools to facilitate QoS Alternatively Enterprise Policy Manager formerly Optivity Policy Services can be utilized for dynamic end to end enterprise wide policy and QoS management Simplified QoS The Ethernet Routing Switch 5530 supports Nortel Service Classes NSC which provide simplified QoS provi sioning NSC provides factory default QoS configurations eliminating the complexities often associated with QoS enabled network deployments NSC provides default settings such as e DSCP marking per class e DiffServ forwarding behavior PHB per class e DSCP to queue mapping e DSCP to 802 1p mapping e Default scheduler per class By classifying the traffic and placing it into an NSC complex QoS configura tions are eliminated NSC simplifies the deployment of a QoS enabled network with Nortel switching solutions using a Web based interface This not only saves on provisioning time but most importantly ensures that the QoS fun
11. 000BASE T with auto polarity 1OOOBASE SX uses short wavelength 850 nm MTRJ or LC type fiber optic connectors to connect devices over multimode 275m 62 5um core or 550m 50 0um core fiber optic cable 1000BASE LX uses long wavelength 1300nm duplex LC type fiber optic connector to connect devices over single mode 10km 9um core fiber optic cable 1000BASE CWDM uses long wavelength 1470 1490 1510 1530 1550 1570 1590 1610nm LC type fiber optic connector to connect devices over single mode 40km 9um core or 70km 9um core fiber optic cable 1O0GBASE LR uses wavelength 1310nm Single mode fiber up to 10Km LC connector 1O0GBASE ER uses wavelength 1550nm Single mode fiber up to 40Km LC connector 10GBASE SR uses wavelength 850nm Multi mode fiber 22m 62 5um 160MHz km MMF or 33m 62 5um 200MHz km MMF or 66m 62 5um 500 MHz km MMF or 82m 50um 500MHz km MMF or 300m 50um 2000MHz km MMF LC connector IEEE 802 3 10BASE T ISO IEC 8802 3 Clause 14 IEEE 802 3u 100BASE TX ISO IEC 8802 3 Clause 25 IEEE 802 3u Autonegotiation on Twisted Pair ISO IEC 8802 3 Clause 28 IEEE 802 3x 10 100 Flow Control IEEE 802 3z 1OOOBASE SX and 1OOOBASE LX IEEE 802 3ae 10 Gigabit XFP IEEE 802 1d MAC Bridges ISO IEC 10038 IEEE 802 1p Prioritizing IEEE 802 1Q VLAN Tagging IEEE 802 1D Spanning Tree Protocol IEEE 802 3ad manual static IEEE 802 3ad LACP IEEE 802 1s IEEE 802 1w IETF DiffServ Table 1 Ethernet Routing S
12. 0nm Wavelength 70km LC connector 1 port IOOOBASE CWDM SFP GBIC 1590nm Wavelength 70km LC connector 1 port IOOOBASE CWDM SFP GBIC 1610nm Wavelength 7Okm LC connector The seventh character of the switch order number must be replaced with the proper code to indicate desired product nationalization inddds No power cord included Includes European Schuko power cord common in Austria Belgium Finland France Germany The Netherlands Norway and Sweden Includes power cord commonly used in the United Kingdom and Ireland Includes power cord commonly used in Japan Includes North American power cord Includes Australian power cord also commonly used in New Zealand and the People s Republic of China t Future software release Table 3 Maintenance services Ordering information GW5300A08 Software Release Subscription Services Basic GU5300A08 Software Release Subscription Services Plus GE5300A08 Technical Support Service GL5300A08 Return amp Replace Service GF5300A08 Managed Spares Services Pack Next Business Day GH5300A08 Managed Spares Services Pack 4 Hour 7x24 GJ5300A08 Managed On Site with Spares Services Pack Next Business Day GN5300A08 Managed On Site with Spares Services Pack 4 Hour 7x24 11 In the United States Nortel 35 Davis Drive Research Triangle Park NC 27709 USA In Canada Nortel 8200 Dixie Road Suite 100 Brampton Ontario L6T 5P6 Canada In Caribbean and Lati
13. D indicators The LED indicators on the front panel make it easy to monitor the switch status and help in isolating and diagnosing switch problems General indicators include Pwr Status RPSU Base unit Up and Down Each 10 100 1000 port includes LED for Speed and LNK ACT functions Lastly the dual 10 Gigabit XFP ports include two LEDs labeled Tx Transmit and Rx Receive for each port Warranty All Ethernet Routing Switch 5000 switches offer a lifetime warranty Enterprises demand quality products and companies that stand behind them The switch is guaranteed for the life of the product Go to www nortel com for further details Summary With more than 100 years in telecom munications Nortel is uniquely posi tioned to help your business reduce costs by combining voice and data into an integrated system Why take a chance on a vendor that only under stands part of the equation Let us show you how the Ethernet Routing Switch 5530 along with other Nortel products can increase your profitability streamline your business operations increase productivity and help you gain the competitive edge Table 1 Ethernet Routing Switch 5530 technical specifications Technical specifications Physical specifications Weight Height Width Depth 6 5 kg 14 1 2 Ibs 4 45 cm 1 75 in 43 82 cm 17 25 in 38 74 cm 15 25 in Performance specifications Maximum Swit
14. Layer SSL IEEE 802 1x based security also known as Extensible Authentication Protocol EAP assignment of proper VLAN and priority user based policies Simple Network Management Protocol SNMPv3 IP Manager List MAC address based security and Remote Authentication Dial In User Service RADIUS authentication SSHv2 supports strong authentication and encrypted communications It allows network administrators to log into the switch from an SSH client and perform a secure Telnet session using CLI commands This feature is ideal for security conscious customers such as federal governments SSL provides a secure Web management interface and makes it easy for the network administrator to configure and manage a switch using a common Web browser For added security the Ethernet Routing Switch 5530 supports the 802 1x based security feature The IEEE 802 1x based security feature limits access to the network based on user credentials A user is required to login to the network using a user name password the user database is maintained on the authentication server not the switch Network connectivity without password authorization is prevented This feature is useful where the network is not 100 percent physically secure or where physical security needs enhancement for example banks trading rooms or classroom training facilities This feature supports client access to the network and interoperates with
15. Routing Switch 5530 24TFD and stack of 5510 5520 and 5530 Switches O kkkh k a OOOO o SUSUES SeseES SSCTST FEFEET a Ff m_TTTTT em TTT TT zs q i i sorere FPrerr hakk 08 Taa Uii a i PST FFF asas nemmen m oe 4 ma The Ethernet Routing Switch 5530 24TFD provides 24 10 100 1000 BASE T RJ 45 ports 12 shared Small Form factor Pluggable SFP slots and 2 slots for 10 Gigabit Ethernet Small Form factor Pluggable XFP modules The switch includes two built in stacking ports in a compact one rack unit high design The Ethernet Routing Switch 5530 24TFD may be utilized in standalone mode or may be stacked together in a mixed stack of eight units with existing Ethernet Routing Switch 5510 24T 48T or 5520 24T 48T PWR devices High density Gigabit desktop switching The Ethernet Routing Switch 5530 provides up to 24 10 100 1000BASE T RJ 45 ports As many as eight Ethernet Routing Switch 5510 5520 and 5530 models can be stacked to achieve up to 384 10 100 1000 ports for high density Gigabit desktop switching The Ethernet Routing Switch 5530 can also be used for server aggregation High density Gigabit fiber switching The Ethernet Routing Switch 5530 includes 12 SFP Gigabit fiber ports that are shared with 12 10 100 1000 ports making it an ideal solution for ageregation of wiring closet switches Up to eight Ethernet Routing Switch 5530s models can be stacked to achieve up to 96 SFP
16. The Ethernet Routing Switch 5530 supports high performance wire speed IP routing between VLANs IP routing with static routes at the edge improves the network performance as the packets do not have to go to the core and the routing takes place within the switch or stack The Ethernet Routing Switch 5530 supports the DHCP Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol Relay feature providing the system with the ability to relay DHCP requests to the DHCP server and eliminates the need for a DHCP server on every subnet It for wards a request for an IP address from a client to a DHCP server across subnets Software feature enhancements are planned to include support for routing protocols such as Routing Information Protocol RIP v1 v2 OSPF and VRRP Compact form factor The Ethernet Routing Switch 5530 is offered in a compact one rack unit high design that results in significant space and cost savings in the wiring closet Innovative FAST stacking design Nortel s innovative FAST Flexible Advanced Stacking Technology stacking design of the Ethernet Routing Switch 5000 Series allows for simulta neous bidirectional traffic flow on each stacking port Figure 2 In a full stack this design yields up to 640 Gbps stacking bandwidth This design supports an optimal data flow across the stack using a shortest path algorithm Most vendors today employ a tradi tional ring architecture meaning that a packet travels on the ring
17. an multiple units of the stack for fail safe connectivity to mission critical servers and the network center Figure 4 The Ethernet Routing Switch 5530 supports up to six trunks per switch or stack with each trunk consisting of up to four members and providing up to 16 Gbps bandwidth per trunk using Gigabit ports The Split Multi Link Trunking SMLT feature of Ethernet Routing Switch 8600 eliminates single points of failure in the network and allows wiring closet switches such as the Ethernet Routing Switch 5530 to have multiple active connections to the network core Figure 4 All links from a distributed multi link trunk can be active simulta neously This allows customers to load balance their network double the bandwidth and use all the ports they have paid for By combining the reliability of the Ethernet Routing Switch 8600 with the Ethernet Routing Switch 5530 s resilient trunking features including DMLI MLT and bi directional FAST stacking Nortel has created the next generation of flexible networking solutions The Ethernet Routing Switch 5530 is architected to support SMLT and Inter Switch Trunk IST in the future IEEE 802 3ad Link Aggregation IEEE 802 3ad provides an industry standard method for bundling multiple links together to form a single trunk between two networking devices Both Dynamic Link Aggregation Group LAG trunks and MLT trunks with up to six LAG or MLT groups are suppor
18. c tions are provisioned consistently across the network Queuing function The Ethernet Routing Switch 5530 provides network availability for mission critical applications devices and users by classifying prioritizing and marking LAN IP traffic using up to eight hardware based queues on every port including the stacking ports This is based on the following parameters e MAC address based filtering e IP ToS DSCP marking e IP source address destination address or subnets e TCP UDP source destination port port range e IEEE 802 1p user priority bits e Ingress source port e IP Protocol ID e g TCR UDP IGMP e Ether Type e g IP IPX e IEEE 802 1Q VLAN ID The Ethernet Routing Switch 5530 also has the ability to read packets that have been marked from other devices such as the Ethernet Routing Switch 8600 Additionally weighted round robin prevents normal priority traffic from being starved by expedited traffic on a per packet basis The Ethernet Routing Switch 5530 also supports strict priority queuing Quality of Service provisioning With Enterprise Policy Manager soft ware policies can be created through a simple and intuitive drag and drop workflow Enterprise Policy Manager is the Policy Decision Point in a DiffServ QoS implementation Further benefits include e Simple intuitive policy creation e Ability to re use common filter sets e Provision of a network wide view of policies currently
19. cade Return Cable 3 foot 5000 SSC Cascade Cable 1 foot 5510 SSC Cascade Cable 1 5 feet 5510 SSC Cascade Cable 10 feet 5510 SSC Cascade Cable 5 meter 16 4 feet 1O0GBASE LR XFP 1310nm Single mode fiber up to 1OKm LC connector 1O0GBASE ER XFP 1550nm Single mode fiber up to 40Km LC connector 1O0GBASE SR XFP 850nm Multi mode fiber up to 300m LC connector 1 port IOOOBASE SX SFP GBIC LC connector 1 port IOOOBASE SX SFP GBIC MT RJ connector 1 port IOOOBASE LX SFP GBIC LC connector 1 port IOOOBASE CWDM SFP GBIC 1470nm Wavelength 40km LC connector 1 port IOOOBASE CWDM SFP GBIC 1490nm Wavelength 40km LC connector 1 port IOOOBASE CWDM SFP GBIC 1510nm Wavelength 40km LC connector 1 port IOOOBASE CWDM SFP GBIC 1530nm Wavelength 40km LC connector 1 port IOOOBASE CWDM SFP GBIC 1550nm Wavelength 40km LC connector 1 port IOOOBASE CWDM SFP GBIC 1570nm Wavelength 40km LC connector 1 port IOOOBASE CWDM SFP GBIC 1590nm Wavelength 40km LC connector 1 port IOOOBASE CWDM SFP GBIC 1610nm Wavelength 40km LC connector 1 port IOOOBASE CWDM SFP GBIC 1470nm Wavelength 70km LC connector 1 port IOOOBASE CWDM SFP GBIC 1490nm Wavelength 70km LC connector 1 port IOOOBASE CWDM SFP GBIC 1510nm Wavelength 70km LC connector 1 port IOOOBASE CWDM SFP GBIC 1530nm Wavelength 70km LC connector 1 port IOOOBASE CWDM SFP GBIC 1550nm Wavelength 70km LC connector 1 port IOOOBASE CWDM SFP GBIC 157
20. ch RPS 15 The RPS 15 Power Supply Solution consists of a chassis r FF q BayStack 4 iss sses GayStack 4 Gigabit links S were Baystack 10 100 O SSS SayStack Connections N O SOSESTE SESSE SSENT 5 E SEEEEEED SUCENESG SUETEEE _ N SSeSS3es Sereeses sseeeses j L Distributed 470 Switch stack Desktop users Multi Link Trunks N 10 Gigabit links y Sap gg Inter Switch 8600 Switch E o CO E Distributed Servers that can accommodate up to three 600 Watt RPS modules Each 600 watt module can power an Ethernet Routing Switch 5530 In the unlikely event the power supply in the switch fails the RPS 15 will keep supplying power without requiring a device reboot During normal operation the RPS load shares with the power supply in the network device thereby increasing the life expectancy of the power supply IPv6 filtering and classification support for future applications The Ethernet Routing Switch 5530 is able to identify prioritize classify and redirect IPv6 traffic to a router These switches can address the need for larger addressing and tighter security as the networks grow Jumbo frame support for larger file applications Jumbo frame support of up to 9 216 bytes is provided on each port for applications requiring large frames such as graphics and video applications Multi Link Trunks Servers Universal Serial Bus USB Ports The Ethernet Routing Switch 5530 features
21. ch fabric bandwidth Typical Switch fabric bandwidth Maximum Stacking bandwidth Typical Stacking bandwidth Maximum data throughput Frame forwarding rate 192 Gbps for the switch Up to 1 563 Gbps for the full stack 168 Gbps for the switch Up to 1 344 Gbps for the full stack 96 Gbps for the switch Up to 768 Gbps for the full stack 80 Gbps for the switch Up to 640 Gbps for the full stack 704 Gbps for a full stack of 5530s 65 5 Mpps million packets per second 523 8 Mpps for a full stack of 8 5530s Port forwarding filtering performance For 10 Mbps For 100 Mbps For 1000 Mbps For 10 Gbps Address database size Addressing Frame length Jumbo frame support Multi Link Trunks VLANs Multiple Spanning Tree Groups 14 880 pps maximum 64 byte packets 148 810 pps maximum 1 488 100 pps maximum 14 880 950 pps maximum 6 000 entries at line rate 16 000 entries without flooding 48 bit MAC address 64 to 1518 bytes IEEE 802 1Q Untagged 64 to 1 522 bytes IEEE 802 1Q Tagged Up to 9 216 bytes Six trunks four members per trunk 256 port based or protocol based VLANs Tagging option Up to eight STGs Interface options The Ethernet Routing Switch 5530 supports the following SFP GBICs The Ethernet Routing Switch 5530 supports the following 10 Gigabit XFPs Network protocol and standards compatibility 10 10BASE T IOOBASE TX RJ 45 8 pin modular connectors for Auto MDI MDI X interface 1
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23. event of a switch failure the stack integrity is maintained remaining switches continue to work as a stack pp Ti ca i e ac BE socos socos E eoc MAC addresses The Ethernet Routing Switch 5530 supports up to 16 000 MAC addresses per switch or stack For deployment of large scale enterprise networks with many attached devices and workgroups this permits scalability to be achieved in a cost effective manner VLAN support VLANs can be established for each switch to extend the broadcast domain and segment network traffic These VLANs can be spread among port based or protocol based VLANs The VLANs can be on a standalone switch or across a stack Protocol based VLANs allow switch ports to be assigned to a broadcast domain based on the protocol information within the packet These VLANs localize broadcast traffic and assure that the specified protocol type packets are sent only to the protocol based VLAN ports The Ethernet Routing Switch 5530 has been architected to support up to 4 000 VLANs The Ethernet Routing Switch 5530 also supports per VLAN Tagging option on each port IGMP snooping The Ethernet Routing Switch 5530 features IP Multicast support by exam ining snooping all Internet Group Multicast Protocol IGMP traffic in hardware at line rate and pruning unwanted data streams from affecting network or end station performance Up to 256 IGMP groups are supported Multiple Spanning
24. ir desktop Time delay sensitive applica tions benefit from higher bursting capabilities therefore end users quality of experience QoE is improved by deploying Gigabit desktop switches As more Gigabit desktops are deployed the need for faster uplink is also impacted driving the need for multiple Gigabits links trunked together or 10 Gigabit technology Enterprises need to be able to address today s increased demands and still prepare for the unknown demands of tomorrow By reassessing how they re using the wiring closet they can achieve both goals and be assured that their investments will be protected for a long time to come A new addition to the Nortel Ethernet Routing Switch 5000 Series the Nortel Ethernet Routing Switch 5530 24TFD is a next generation stackable 10 100 1000 10000 Mbps Ethernet Layer 3 routing switch designed to provide high density Gigabit desktop connec tivity and Gigabit and 10 Gigabit fiber connectivity for aggregation for mid size and large enterprise customers wiring closets The Ethernet Routing Switch 5530 combines higher flexibility of deployment using Gigabit copper or fiber connections coupled with exceptional performance utilizing dual 10 Gigabit uplinks The Ethernet Routing Switch 5530 is a scalable and resilient solution that provides excep tional security features and support for enhanced convergence while minimizing capital and operational expenses Figure 1 Ethernet
25. n With Enterprise Network Management System the network manager has quick access to the information required to manage and isolate all network events on the Ethernet Routing Switch 5530 Tools such as Physical Topology View inform the network manager how a particular event is affecting the physical connectivity within the network The End Node Locate tool provides the ability to locate a failing end node and with one mouse click provide access to the RMON statistics for the failing Ethernet port supporting that end node These solutions provide visual and statistical tools necessary to quickly resolve any network event or to manage performance in real time The Ethernet Routing Switch 5530 supports syslog capability that helps in troubleshooting network issues Port mirroring The port mirroring feature sometimes referred to as conversation steering allows the network administrator to designate a single switch port as a traffic monitor for a specified port Port based monitoring can be specified for ingress and egress at a specific port MAC address based mirroring can also be specified Additionally an external probe device can be attached to the designated monitor port User Interface push button The User Interface push button on the front panel is provided for ease of use in configuring the unit It can be used for the purpose of base unit selection and for resetting the unit or the stack LE
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27. n a cable is connected to one of the 10 100 1000 ports on the switch the switch port automatically detects the energy on the cable and configures itself This feature eliminates the need for an MDI MDIX port any port may be used for connection to a hub or switch Common look and feel All Ethernet Routing Switch 5000 Series switches including the Ethernet Routing Switch 5530 have a common look and feel which reduces training costs This allows the switches to be managed in a similar fashion via a broad set of management tools These tools include Web Java based Device Manager JDM Command Line Interface CLI menus Enterprise Network Management System formerly known as Optivity Network Manage ment System ONMS Enterprise Switch Manager formerly known as Optivity Switch Manager OSM and Enterprise Policy Manager Web based management Web based network management makes managing the Ethernet Routing Switch 5500 stack easy with a Web browser Summary configuration fault statistics application administration and support pages can be provided for the entire stack Traffic classification and prioritization can be set via the Web based QoS Wizard and advanced configuration tool Real time sampling provides up to date LED statistical information for stacked units The Web interface also allows for static configuration of numerous parameters of the device Network management On box management Ne
28. ted Once configured the Link Aggregation Group LAG or trunk group is managed by the Link Aggregation Control Protocol LACP Link Aggregation allows more than four links to be configured in one LAG The first four high priority links will be active links and the lower priority link will be a standby link When one of the active links goes down a standby link will become active Figure 4 Enterprise solution Aggregation 5510 Stack pm ji 1 f n i o p s ssssss seses II 5530 Stack f Split Multi Link Trunks All ports active 10 100 1000 connections 8600 Switch Desktop users Integrated Time Domain Reflectometer TDR For advanced resiliency the Ethernet Routing Switch 5530 is architected to include an integrated TDR This feature will simplify troubleshooting of the physical cable plant enabling IT managers to quickly identify the failing mechanism and isolate to the source of the problem helping ensure maximum uptime of the network Through remote and non invasive diagnosis of cabling issues such as cable opens cable shorts or impedance mismatch in the cable and report within one meter the distance of the fault The switch can detect and report these issues without unplugging cables and plugging in expensive cable testers Feature supported with future software release Redundant power Redundant Power Supply support can be provided using Ethernet Routing Swit
29. then be uploaded to a switch from an external file server The ASCII configuration file contains configuration settings for the following network management applications e Core applications system information topology etc e Internet Protocol e Multi Link Trunking MLT e Port configuration e Partial Spanning Tree configuration including configuration of port priority and path cost e VLAN configuration e Quality of Service QoS e RMON Custom Auto negotiation Advertisements This feature enables the network manager to tune the capabilities that a particular Ethernet port can advertise via auto negotiation The capabilities include half duplex and full duplex modes with speeds of 10 100 and 1000 Mbps Auto negotiated Ethernet ports establish a connection based upon the highest common capabilities This feature saves the network manager from having to go to each workstation and switch to configure a fixed speed Customizable Queue Buffer Allocation Using this feature the network admin istrator is able to specify the number of CoS queues supported and the buffering resources that may be consumed by a given port It allows the network administrator to tune the use of system resources based upon their business needs Auto MDI MDIX The Ethernet Routing Switch 5530 can be connected to a computer or another switch quickly and cost effectively with either a crossover or straight through cable Whe
30. twork management begins with the device The Ethernet Routing Switch 5530 supports four groups of Remote Monitoring RMON on all ports and are SNMPv3 compliant RMON2 support is achievable via port mirroring and the use of an external probe The SNMP agent software resides in the switch and uses the information it collects to provide management for all ports in the stack providing compre hensive network monitoring capabilities Configuration management The process of configuration begins with a single device but finishes across multiple devices Java Device Manager is the device configuration tool for those functions that require communi cating with a single device It uses a common user interface and workflow that supports many Nortel Ethernet switches This commonality allows the network manager to become familiar with one tool instead of multiple tools Enterprise Switch Manager is another tool that performs the configuration functions such as VLAN assignments MLT and Multicast across multiple Nortel Ethernet switches Policy management Enterprise Policy Manager a suite of policy management software that enforces business level policies automat ically across the network supports the Ethernet Routing Switch 5530 The software supports network managers by providing centralized control of advanced packet classification and the ability to priority mark police meter or block traffic Fault management and resolutio
31. undant name look up Per Port BaySecure This security feature will enable the administrator to authorize a number of MAC addresses that will be allowed to use a specific port These MAC addresses will in turn be added to the MAC Security Address Table until they reach their age out limit of 65535 minutes and are deleted Dual Configuration This feature will allow the storage of more than one configuration file in the flash memory of the switch or stack This will allow the switch administrator to choose the switch or stack configura tion to use when booting Many to 1 Port Mirroring This feature will allow mirroring of multiple ports to a single monitoring port The user will be able to select the monitor port the mirrored ports and the type of mirrored traffic IP Directed Broadcast This feature will allow the switch to take an incoming unicast frame and determine if it is a directed broadcast for one of its interfaces If so it will then forward the datagram onto the appropriate network using a link layer broadcast Port based Quality of Service Policy Support This feature allows users to assign ports to QoS Policies Multi Link Trunking Multi Link Trunking MLT enables grouping of links between the Ethernet Routing Switch 5510 and another switch or server to provide greater bandwidth with active redundant links Nortel s unique Distributed Multi Link Trunking DMLT feature allows trunked ports to sp
32. ure network access is granted or denied on a per port basis The Ethernet Routing Switch 5530 also provides RADIUS authenti cation for switch security management The Security Wizard makes it easy to enable Denial of Service DoS protection features Denial of Service protection enhancements allow admin istrators to automatically enable protec tion against such DoS attacks as ARP Address Resolution Protocol Spoofing provide dynamic DHCP Inspection Default Gateway protection BPDU Bridge Protocol Data Unit Blocker and several other common attacks Fail safe stacking A key differentiator for the Ethernet Routing Switch 5500 Series is their resilient stacking feature The Ethernet E 40 Gbps Routing Switch 5500 Series can stack up to eight units with a cascade stacking design assuring continuous uptime even if a single switch in the stack should fail A stack may be created using any combination of 5510 5520 and Ethernet Routing Switch 5530s A loop back or cascade cable is used to seamlessly connect the entire stack to provide no single point of failure In the unlikely event of a switch failure traffic performance is main tained at 40 Gbps on the immediate units on either direction of the failed unit via a wrapping method the remaining units in the stack continue to send traffic bi directionally at full bandwidth capability of 80 Gbps per switch Figure 5 Fail safe stacking In the unlikely
33. witch 5530 technical specifications continued Technical specifications RFC support RFC 1213 MIB II RFC 1493 Bridge MIB RFC 1573 IF MIB RFC 2863 Interfaces Group MIB RFC 2665 Ethernet MIB RFC 2737 Entity MIBv2 RFC 2819 RMON MIB RFC 1757 RMON RFC 1271 RMON RFC 1157 SNMP RFC 2570 SNMPv3 RFC 2571 SNMP Frameworks RFC 2573 SNMPv3 Applications RFC 2574 SNMPv3 USM RFC 2575 SNMPv3 VACM RFC 2576 SNMPv3 RFC 2572 SNMP Message Processing RFC 791 IP RFC 792 ICMP RFC 793 TCP RFC 783 TFTP RFC 826 ARP RFC 768 UDP RFC 854 TELNET RFC951 Bootp RFC 2236 IGMPv2 RFC 1112 IGMPv1 RFC 1945 HTTP v1 0 RFC 2138 RADIUS RFC 894 IP over Ethernet RFC 2674 Q MIB RFC 1058 RFC 1723 RIPv1 v2 RFC 2030 SNTP Simple NTP Table 2 Ethernet Routing Switch 5530 ordering information Ordering information AL1001 07 AL2011013 AL2018009 AL2018010 AL2018011 AL2018013 AL2018014 AA1403001 AA1403003 AA1403005 AA1419013 AA1419014 AA1419015 AA1419025 AA1419026 AA1419027 AA1419028 AA1419029 AA1419030 AA1419031 AA1419032 AA1419033 AA1419034 AA1419035 AA1419036 AA1419037 AA1419038 AA1419039 AA1419040 Ethernet Routing Switch 5530 24TFD with 24 port 10 100 1000 12 shared SFP ports 2 x 10 Gigabit XFP Ports built in stacking ports amp a 1 5 cascade cable Console cable for use with Ethernet Routing Switch 5000 and Ethernet Routing Switch 8300 switches 5000 SRC Cas
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