Core IP Routing

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Brocade NetIron XMR Series Router

Brocade’s XMR Series offers high scale Ethernet services that are bolstered by new 100G Ethernet interfaces (available mid-2011) to tackle high bandwidth needs; the XMR is complemented by the new MLXe, and compact CER and CES platforms. (2/28/2011)

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Cisco Carrier Routing System (CRS)

Cisco adds flexible packet transport to its CRS-3 to address emerging high-scale MPLS switching to support growing cloud data center interconnection, video, and mobility services. The new Q3 2011 features do not introduce a new platform. (9/1/2011)

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Huawei Quidway Net Engine 5000E (NE5000E)

Huawei doubles 100G Ethernet density, with the launch of its new LPFU-200G, Solar 2.0-based chipset line processor module plus an assortment of new line cards, which lowers power consumption to less than 2.62Watts per gigabyte. (9/1/2011)

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Juniper Networks T-series

Juniper announced on a recent earnings call that the T4000 will begin shipping later this year and that it has secured 4 design wins. The company also noted its Q3 trials we are on track. The super sized T4000 will be available in H2 2011. (9/1/2011)

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ZTE ZXR10 T8000 Cluster Router

ZTE announced that its T8000 IP router platform was one of the first to pass the items in the 100G Ethernet Router Performance and Scalability Independent Test Program organized by the European Advanced Networking Test Center (EANTC). (9/1/2011)

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• Current Analysis Perspective
• Product Strengths & Weaknesses
• Product Point and Counterpoint
• Product Buying Criteria
• Product Metrics

• Support Services
  • The type and kind of services the vendor can offer in support of its product or networking solution, including on-site with guaranteed response times, Training, TAC, Professional services et al.
• Physical Specifications and Certifications
  • The physical size and form factor of the platform i.e. rack mountable and the product certification the product platform has obtained from independent test houses.
• Manageability
  • Management features enable the service provider to manage the devices, provide support for provisioning, OAM, OSS/BSS integration, security and other specialized applications that may exist within the vendor or vendor/partnership for the product or product family.
• Routing and Service Features
  • The system's ability to provide routing and service features which includes the platforms ability to provide Ethernet services, the level of routing support, Qualtiy of Service (QoS), Route scalability, MPLS, Pseudowire support and others.
  Service Assurance
  • Service assurance is the ability of the system to deliver highly available and robust services in the event of hardware or software failures, the ability to provide hitless software upgrades, and ability to recover from link or facility failures, the OAM features, and other recovery features.
  Port Density and Scalability
  • The ability of the system to increase in terms of performance, capacity and interface types as well as port density. Key interfaces for IP core routers tend to be the higher speed POS and multi-Gigabit Ethernet. DWDM interfaces are also important to enable cost effective handoff of traffic between the IP and Optical domains.
  Performance and Architecture
  • Defined in terms of raw throughput usually measured in packets per second and latency as well as the ability to maintain predictable performance levels with additional features like filtering enabled.

• Performance
  • Switching Capacity
  • Throughput Rate
  • Switch Fabric
  • Traffic Management
  • Queuing Mechanism
  • Route Scalability
• Port Density & Scalability
  • Multi-Chassis Support
• Interface Support and Density
  • T3/E3 Ports/Chassis
  • 10/100 Mbps Ports/Chassis
  • 1 Gbps Ports/Chassis
  • 10 Gbps Ports/Chassis
  • 10 Gbps DWDM PHY Ports/Chassis
  • 40 Gbps DWDM PHY Ports/chassis
  • 100 Gbps Ethernet or DWDM PHY Ports/chassis
  • POS Ports/Chassis (OC-3/STM-1)
  • POS Ports/Chassis (OC-12/STM-4)
  • POS Ports/Chassis (OC-48/STM-16)
  • POS Ports/Chassis (OC-192/STM-48)
  • POS Ports/Chassis (OC-768/STM-256c)
  • DWDM Ports/Chassis
  • ATM Ports/Chassis
• Service Assurance
  • Redundancy
  • Redundant Power, Fans, Feeds
  • Redundant Switch Fabric/Forwarding Engines
  • Interface Redundancy 1:1
  • Interface Redundancy, 1:N
  • Redundant Hot Swappable Components
  • 1+1 SONET APS
  • Resilience/Availability
  • Control, Data, and Management Plane Separation
  • Graceful Restart
  • 50 ms Link Failover
  • MPLS Fast Reroute
  • Non-Stop Services
  • Hitless Software Upgrade
• Routing & Service Features
  • Network Operating System
  • Platforms Supported
  • ATM
  • MPLS
  • IP
  • Multicast
  • Route Scalability
  • CoS/QoS
• Manageability/Network Management
  • Network Management
  • Provisioning
• Physical Specifications &Platform Certifications
  • Physical Description/Form Factor
  • Chassis Architecture
  • Slot Configuration
  • Dimensions
  • Power Requirements
  • Power Draw & Thermal Output
  • Weight
  • Rack Units (RU)
  • Chassis/Rack
  • Agency Approvals
  • NEBS Compliance
• Support Services
  • Basic Service Offered
  • Basic Software Support Costs