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Carrier Ethernet Product Assessments

AVAILABLE PRODUCT ASSESSMENTS

Alcatel-Lucent 7450 Ethernet Service Switch
Alcatel-Lucent’s 2 Tbps 7450 ESS enables SPs to add IP services. Release 8.0 now supports the Multiservice Integrated Service Adapter for Application Assurance, and its service and network management suite to provide service-aware SLA control. (4/6/2010)
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Brocade NetIron MLX Series Router
Brocade’s NetIron MLX series Ethernet router portfolio continues to hold leading metrics for carrier Ethernet service delivery and its new CER 2000 Series compact router extends full Layer 3 carrier Ethernet services to the network’s edge. (3/5/2010)
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Cisco 7600 series
Cisco’s recent additions to the 7600 router include new enhanced Ethernet service modules, an integrated session border control, and an intelligent services gateway (for PDSN/GGSN gateways) to address emerging service provider requirements. (9/15/2009)
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Cisco ASR 9000 Series Aggregation Services Routers
Cisco’s Aggregation Services Router 9000 series provides next generation solutions for bandwidth intensive, content-based Ethernet services such as video, mobile backhaul and network convergence; can it catch the full range 7600’s edge features. (3/22/2010)
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ECI Telecom 9700 Series Carrier Ethernet Switch/Router
ECI’s 9700 Series remains competitive in the carrier Ethernet market, its transport-oriented approach is receiving attention from multiple service providers as a way to reduce OpEx and improve network scale; however, will this bolster sales? (3/5/2010)
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Ericsson SM Family Metro Ethernet Service Transport
Ericsson’s SM480 is threatening as a carrier Ethernet service/aggregation router since it can deployed as part of a mobility offer as well as in fixed line networks; however the SM480 has not garnered as much customer traction as the SmartEdge. (3/10/2010)
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Extreme Black Diamond 10808
Extreme’s BlackDiamond 10808 provides support for metro core-distribution and Internet exchange applications and, with a highly resilient platform and a full suite of routing protocols, it has passed the DOD’s VoIP testing for assured services. (6/29/2009)
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Force10 Networks ExaScale E-Series
Force10’s ExaScale E-Series router as an integral part of a virtualized strategy for service provider - data center networking, it scales up to 140 line rate 10 GigE ports/chassis, and its 100 Gbps/slot data capacity insures 40G/100G-ready status. (3/5/2010)
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Foundry Networks NetIron MLX Series Router
Foundry’s NetIron MLX Series offers a rich set of high-performance Layer 3 routing and advanced Layer 2 Ethernet switching capabilities, and garnered a third place market share in the carrier Ethernet access and aggregation market in Q3 2008. (12/19/2008)
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Huawei CX600 Metro Services Platform
Huawei’s CX600 series Metro Services Platform gains 400Gbps/slot capacity with new X8/ X16 models, plus the new X1/X2 300mm versions extend its reach further into the access network. Will these new capabilities propel the CX600 into more markets? (3/5/2010)
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Juniper Networks MX Series 3D Universal Edge Router
Juniper’s MX Series routers gets a boost from new Trio-based silicon that enables scaling in three dimensions (3D) which include capacity, service depth and subscriber density; however, can it become the dominant universal edge router? (3/10/2010)
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Nokia Siemens Networks SURPASS hiD 6600 Series
Nokia Siemens Networks’ SURPASS hiD 6600 switches provide a cost-effective, fully managed carrier Ethernet delivery infrastructure based on a hybrid carrier-grade Ethernet MPLS or PBB-TE architecture from first-mile nodes to IP core. (2/3/2009)
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Nortel Metro ERS 8600
Nortel’s Ethernet Routing Switch 8600 offers intelligent switching, firewall and intrusion detection capabilities, scales up to 384 GigE/96 10 GigE ports plus ATM, PoS, and WDM connectivity. Release 5.1 adds new multicast and IPv6 support. (6/30/2009)
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  • Product Strengths & Weaknesses
  • Product Point and Counterpoint
  • Product Buying Criteria
  • Product Metrics

Carrier Ethernet Buying Criteria
  • System Performance and Architecture
    • Performance is the switching and routing capacity, throughput and feature set.
  • Service Assurance
    • Service assurance includes 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, the ability to recover from link or facility failures, the OAM features, and other recovery features.
  • Interface Support
    • Interface support outlines the types of interfaces, LAN and WAN, supported, such as Ethernet, POS, optical, WDM/CDWM, and legacy. This includes the type and number of ports per I/O module or line interface module. The breadth of interfaces supported is also considered.
  • System and Service Management
    • Accounting and management features enable the service provider to manage the devices and 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.
  • Footprint and Density
    • The overall footprint of the system in terms of chassis size, power requirements, the overall I/O chassis and rack densities for the interface types supported, and the status of the product's NEBS-level certifications.
  • Routing and Service Features
    • The system's ability to provide routing and service features, which includes the platform's ability to provide Ethernet services, the level of routing support, quality of service (QoS), route scalability, MPLS, pseudowire support, and other attributes.

Carrier Ethernet Product Metrics
  • SGSN Solution
    • Product Name
    • Equipment Description
    • Number and Type of Physical Links
    • Max RNCs Supported
    • Max Subscribers
    • Max PDP Contexts Supported
    • Miscellaneous
  • Physical Specifications - GGSN
    • Product Name
    • Equipment Description
    • Dimensions
    • Volume
    • Footprint
    • Rack/Chassis Quantity
    • Mass
    • Switch Fabric
    • Power Supply
    • Power Consumption
    • System Availability
  • Transmission Interfaces - GGSN
    • Number and Type of Physical Links
    • WAN Protocols
    • Diffserv
  • Gn Support - GGSN
    • Max PDP Contexts
    • Secondary PDP Contexts
    • Max Access Point Names (APN)
    • PDP Types Supported
    • 3GPP Billing
    • Prepaid Billing
    • RADIUS Billing
    • 3GPP Release Level
  • Gi Support - GGSN
    • Routing Protocols
    • Static IP Address Assignment
    • Dynamic IP Address Assignment
    • Non-transparent Authentication
    • Network Address Translation
    • Port Address Translation
    • Max L2TP Tunnels
    • IPSEC Capability
    • RFC2547bis VPN
    • Max IPSEC Security Associations
    • Stateful Firewall
    • Other Value Add Features
  • Other - GGSN
    • IP Packets per Second
    • PDP Footprint Efficiency
    • Availability
    • Major Customer Wins

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