IPv6 support

The OmniSwitch 9000s

are certified as

“IPv6 Ready”.

The OS9000 family provides full IPv6 support with hardware-based forwarding for wire-rate speeds, classification and tunneling to address various corporate and government requirements for IPv6. Unlike most switches that support IPv6, the performance of the OS9000s is unaffected by enabling IPv6 processing whether deploying IPv4, IPv6, or IPv4/IPv6. These switches address the U.S. Federal government Department of Defense (DoD) requirement that IPv6 be supported for migration by 2008 and addresses other countries’ requirements including:

•Ability to connect to the IPv6 backbone

•Use of IPv6 across public organizations

•Ability to interconnect the IPv6 “island” through an existing IPv4 network through hardware-based tunneling

•Ability to control IPv6 flows with extensive QoS/ACL policies

The OS9000 family provides hardware-based classification (access control lists (ACLs) and quality of service (QoS), forwarding and management for IPv6. More importantly, it provides a way to transition from an existing IPv4 network with support of tunneling (configured, 6-in-4, and ISATAP2). The OS9000s are able to work with the existing AOS switches, and support the full suite of unicast routing protocols, multicast registration and routing protocols, QoS/ACLs and tunneling.

First Green switch in the market – RoHS compliancy

With the OmniSwitch 9000 family, Alcatel will be the first switch manufacturer to be in compliance with the new European Community’s directive - Restriction on Hazardous Substances in Electrical and Electronic Equipment (RoHS) – which requires electronic equipment to be free of six hazardous substances by July 2006. Although only required for European Union countries, the rest of the world will benefit from these “green” switches by lessening the amount of hazardous substances that find its way into the environment.

2Check with Alcatel for availability

> 8 ALCATEL