Alcatel-Lucent 7250 Service Access Switch
Alcatel-Lucent targets its 7250 SAS as a MTU managed services platform to deliver Ethernet, T1/E1, CES, and MPLS services. It complements the other members of the company’s IP product portfolio, including the 5620 Service Aware Manager. (5/29/2008)

Price: $495

Cisco ME 6500 series
Cisco’s ME 6500 series provides service providers with a cost-effective, feature-rich solution to address the Ethernet access and aggregation layers of carrier Ethernet networks. The ME 6500 series is based on the proven Catalyst 6500 technology. (4/30/2008)

Price: $495

Extreme Networks BlackDiamond 12800R series
Extreme’s BlackDiamond 12800R series Ethernet platforms provide scalability, traffic engineered flows, and a quality of service capability for strict service level agreements. Extreme completes its PBB-TE offering with an integrated VPLS gateway. (4/30/2008)

Price: $495

Redback SmartEdge 100
Redback’s SmartEdge 100 delivers the same carrier-class triple play services on a personalized per-user basis as the SmartEdge 800 and 1200, but is sized for smaller network environments and locations that require lower throughput and capacity. (4/30/2008)

Price: $495

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    Interface Support and Density
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• Product Metrics
  • System Performance and Architecture
    • Performance is the switching and routing capacity and throughput.
      • Switching Capacity
        • The total system switching capacity as expressed by vendor in Gbps.
      • Service Performance
        • Performance per Switching Module in Mbps for Ethernet Aggregation/Switching Applications
      • Architecture
        • The architecture of the system: fixed-configuration, modular, hybrid
      • Chassis Size
        • The chassis size in Rack Units (RU)
  • Interface Density
    • The volume of interfaces the platform can support.
    • 10 Gbps Ports/Chassis
    • The maximum configuration of non-blocking 10 Gbps ports that can be configured in one chassis.
    • 1 Gbps Ports/Chassis
    • The maximum configuration of non-blocking or line rate 1 Gbps ports that can be configured in one chassis.
    • 10/100/1000 Base-T Mbps Ports/Chassis
      • The maximum configuration of non-blocking 10/100 Mbps ports that can be configured in one chassis.
    • Other Interfaces
  • Service Assurance
    • Hardware Redundancy
    • Redundant Power, Fans, Feeds
    • Redundant Switch Fabric/Forwarding Engines
    • Interface Redundancy 1:1
    • Interface Redundancy, 1:N
    • Redundant Hot Swappable Components
    • SONET APS
    • RRP, Standard/Propietary
    • Resilience/Availability
    • Control, Data, and Management Plane Separation
    • Graceful Restart
    • 50 ms Link Failover
    • MPLS Fast Reroute
    • Hitless Layer 2 failover
    • Hitless Layer 3 failover
    • Non-Stop Services
    • Hitless Software Upgrade
    • VRRP
  • Features
  • The support for software or hardware-based features.
    • CoS/QoS
      • The features included that support the implementation of CoS and QoS functionality.
    • Number of Forwarding Classes supported per port
    • Service-based QoS
    • Interface-based QoS
    • Subscriber-based QoS
    • Rate Shaping/Limiting/Marking
    • Line Rate forwarding with all features enabled
    • Layer 2, IEE 802.1p Traffic Prioritization, DSCP
    • Policy-based Traffic Mangement
    • Hierarchial QoS
    • Ethernet Cross-Connect
    • Other QoS Features
    • Load Balancing
      • The load balancing mechanisms supporting equal distribution of single traffic flows across multiple diverse links.
    • Link Aggregation
      • IEE802.3ad
    • MPLS
      • Support for Multi-Protocol Label Switching.
    • Routing Protocols
      • The support of routing protocols.
    • RIP v1, v2
    • OSPF v2
    • BGP v4
    • IS-IS
    • IPv4
    • IPv6
  • Route Scalability
  • The number of routes and addresses supported by the system.
    • IPv4 Routes
    • IPv6 Routes
    • MAC Addresses
    • EoMPLS Tunnels
    • MPLS VPNs
    • VLAN IDs
    • Other
  • Layer 2 VPN capabilities
  • Features and Capabilities supported by the platform at Layer 2
    • IEEE.802.1Q VLAN Tagging
    • IEEE 802.1v VLAN classification by Protocol and Port
    • IEEE.802.1ad VLAN Stacking (Q-In-Q)
    • IEEE 802.3ad Static Load Sharing
    • IEEE 802.1 ah MAC -Mac - Provider Bridging
    • IEEE 802.1ah extensions for Provider Backbone Bridging
    • IEEE 802.1ah extensions for Provider Banckbone Transport
    • Port-based VLAN support
    • Subscriber-based VLAN support
    • Mulitple STP domains per VLAN (IEEE.802.1s)
    • Layer 2 Protocol Tunneling (L2TP) (RFC 2661), LAC, LTS, LNS
  • Layer 3 VPN Capabilities
  • Features and Capabilities supported by the platform at Layer 3
    • MPLS VPNs
    • Ethernet Over MPLS (EoMPLS)
    • Support for hybrid L2/L3 tunneling mechanisms
    • L2 VPNs tunneled through MPLS
    • H-VPLS
    • EoMPLS Tunnels
    • Vendor Specific Enhancements/Support
  • Multicast support
  • The support of multicast distribution to a population of hosts.
    • IGMP v1, v2, v3
    • IGMP Snooping/filerting
    • PIM-DM/SM/SSM
    • Additional Multicast Support
  • Pseudo Wire Support
  • The support of PWE3 Pseudo Wire emulation
    • CES
    • Packet
    • Interworking, FR - ATM
    • Other
  • Management support
  • The capabilities to support BRAS, DHCP and others
    • PPP/HDLC, cHDLC
    • PPPoE
  • Network Management
  • Types of Net Management Support
    • Network Management
    • The features supporting monitoring and management of the network.
  • Physical Specifications
  • The chassis size, power, and other related physical attributes of the platform.
    • Slots/Chassis
      • The total number of module slots in the chassis
    • I/O slots
      • The total number of module slots in the chassis for I/O modules.
    • NEBS Compliance
      • The current certified conformance with NEBS specifications.
    • Power Requirements
      • The AC and/or DC power options
    • Chassis Options
      • Various sizes of chassis available in the same product family as the system under review.
    • System Applications
      • Vendor targeted applications for which it feels the system is best suited.
    • Advertized Price
    • Availability
      • Current and planned near-term availability of the product, modules, and software upgrades.
  • Additional Info.
  • Additional information pertaining to the product.
    • Customers
      • Named service provider customers for the system.
    • Partners
      • Named technology partners for the system.
    • Special Notes
      • Additional information of interest.

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