Metro Ethernet Routing Switch 8600
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| MERS 8600CO | |
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| Metro Ethernet Routing Switch 8610CO | |
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| 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
Nortel
Nortel Networks Corporation, formerly known as Northern Telecom Limited and sometimes known simply as Nortel, was a multinational telecommunications equipment manufacturer headquartered in Mississauga, Ontario, Canada...
now acquired by Avaya
Avaya
Avaya Inc. is a privately held computer networking, information technology and telecommunications company that is a global provider of business communications systems. The international head quarters is in Basking Ridge, New Jersey, United States...
. The MERS 8600 supports the Provider Backbone Bridges (PBB), Provider Backbone Transport (PBT) technologies and carrier class Operations Administration & Maintenance (OAM)
OA&M
Operations, administration and management or operations, administration and maintenance is a general term used to describe the processes, activities, tools, standards, etc involved with operating, administering, managing and maintaining any system...
tools.
Configurable as a 1.440 Terabit
Terabit
The terabit is a multiple of the unit bit for digital information or computer storage. The prefix tera is defined in the International System of Units as a multiplier of 1012 , and therefore...
Switch cluster using SMLT and RSMLT
R-SMLT
Routed-SMLT is a computer networking protocol designed by Nortel as an enhancement to SMLT enabling the exchange of Layer 3 information between peer nodes in a Switch Cluster for unparalleled resiliency and simplicity for both L3 and L2.In many cases, core network convergence-times after a...
protocols, cluster failover (normally less than 100 millisecond).
British Telecom (BT) is using the MERS 8600 PBB/PBT technologies in its 21 Century Network (21CN) and India has selected this platform for the most extensive IP network ever deployed by an international airport in India.
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.
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
Gigabit Ethernet
- 8630 GBR, 30 ports 1000 BaseX small form factor pluggable interfaces (SX, LX, CWDMWavelength-division multiplexingIn fiber-optic communications, wavelength-division multiplexing is a technology which multiplexes a number of optical carrier signals onto a single optical fiber by using different wavelengths of laser light...
, 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
- AvayaAvayaAvaya Inc. is a privately held computer networking, information technology and telecommunications company that is a global provider of business communications systems. The international head quarters is in Basking Ridge, New Jersey, United States...
- Metro EthernetMetro EthernetA Metro Ethernet is a computer network that covers a metropolitan area and that is based on the Ethernet standard. It is commonly used as a metropolitan access network to connect subscribers and businesses to a larger service network or the Internet...
- Wavelength-division multiplexingWavelength-division multiplexingIn fiber-optic communications, wavelength-division multiplexing is a technology which multiplexes a number of optical carrier signals onto a single optical fiber by using different wavelengths of laser light...
- Provider Backbone Bridges
- Provider Backbone Transport