Metro Ethernet Routing Switch 8600
| MERS 8600CO | |
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| Metro Ethernet Routing Switch 8610CO | |
|---|---|
| Height: | 35.0 in. (88.9 cm) |
| Width: | 17.4 in. (44.2 cm) |
| Depth: | 23.7 in. (60.2 cm) |
| Weight (empty): (fully loaded): |
184 lb (83.5 kg) 315 lb (142.9 kg) |
| Rack mountable: | Yes, 19-inch standard rack |
Metro Ethernet Routing Switch 8600 or MERS 8600 is a modular chassis router and/or switch manufactured by Nortel now acquired by Ciena. The MERS 8600 supports the Provider Backbone Bridges (PBB), Provider Backbone Transport (PBT) technologies and carrier class Operations Administration & Maintenance (OAM) tools. [1]
Configurable as a 1.440 Terabit Switch cluster using SMLT and RSMLT protocols,[2] cluster failover (normally less than 100 millisecond).[3]
British Telecom (BT) is using the MERS 8600 PBB/PBT technologies in its 21st Century Network (21CN)[4] and India has selected this platform for the most extensive IP network ever deployed by an international airport in India.[5]
The MERS 8600 has 3 chassis options
- 8006, 6-slot chassis for backbones of low density or high space premium
- 8010, 10-slot chassis for high availability and high scalability
- 8010CO, 10-slot NEBS-compliant chassis.
The chassis can be configured with one or two CPU modules (8692SF), and is normally configured with two or three load balancing power supplies.
Modules
CPU Modules
- 8692omSF Switch Fabric and CPU 8692 with Expansion Mezzanine card, Supports 50 ms fail-over on NNI trunks with MultiLink Trunking
- 8692omSF Switch Fabric
- 8691 omSF Switch Fabric and CPU Module
10 Gigabit Ethernet
- 8683 XLR, 3 ports 10 Gigabit Ethernet XFP (LAN PHY only)
Packet Over SONET
- 8683POSM, POS Baseboard supports up to 6 OC-3 or 3 OC-12 ports
VPN Modules
- 8668 VPN Module
Gigabit Ethernet
- 8630 GBR, 30 ports 1000 BaseX small form factor pluggable interfaces (SX, LX, CWDM, TX)
- 8608GBM, 8-port Gigabit Ethernet, GBIC-based
- 8608GTM, 8 ports 1000BASE-T, fixed Gigabit Ethernet
100/10 Megabit Ethernet
- 8632TXM, 32 ports 10/100 plus 2 GBIC ports
- 8648TXM, 48 10/100TX ports
See also
- Ciena
- Metro Ethernet
- Wavelength-division multiplexing
- Provider Backbone Bridges
- Provider Backbone Transport
References
- ↑ Provider Backbone Bridges (PBB) and Provider Backbone Transport (PBT); Technology overview
- ↑ Ethernet Routing Switch 8600 Technical Specifications
- ↑ "Evaluation of Resilient Routing Switches for Real-Time Multimedia Traffic with Microsoft Live Communications Server 2005 and Nortel MCS 5100" (PDF). The Tolly Group.
- ↑ Nortel wins role in BT's 21CN
- ↑ Mial Chooses Nortel For New Communications Infrastructure At Mumbai’s Chha Trapati Shivaji International Airport
External links
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Ciena. |
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Nortel. |
- Metro Ethernet Routing Switch 8600 -Broken
- Resilient Terabit Cluster - Always on Networking - Broken