Riverstone Networks 7450 manual Addressing Growing Markets with an Ethernet Service Switch

Addressing Growing Markets with an Ethernet Service Switch

In contrast to traditional Ethernet switches, the Alcatel-Lucent

7450 ESS was specifically designed for the delivery of business and triple -play services, with MPLS as an integral component of its service-oriented architecture. This next-generation design enables service providers to roll out more services, more quickly — services that are backed by carrier-class reliability and scalability (see Figure 4). With the Alcatel-Lucent 7450 ESS, service providers profit from the combined benefits of Ethernet economics and MPLS control.

Figure 4. Moving Up the Value Chain with the 7450 ESS

Sized to Suit

Any Need

The Alcatel-Lucent 7450 ESS comes in two chassis sizes, the seven-slot ESS-7 and the one- slot ESS-1. The seven-slot chassis of the Alcatel-Lucent 7450 ESS supports one or two switch fabric/ CPU modules (SF/CPM), delivering 100 Gb/s (full duplex, redundant) or 200 Gb/s (full duplex, redundant)

Services

and

Values

Enabling

New

Revenue-

Generating

Services

Traditional Ethernet Switches

•Focus on Ethernet connectivity and not on services

•Best-effort Ethernet services

• Lack scalability and reliability	Defined
• Basic QoS – affecting customer	Customer
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SLAs
• Limited or no service level
management

7450 Ethernet Service Switch

•New revenue generating se rvices for provider

networks

•Intra-inter metro scalability

–tens of 1,000s of customers an d services

•Reliability – Sub 50 ms restoration; integrates MPLS switching and traffic

en gineering

•Service guarantee – Tiered se rvice-level QoS and billing

•Integrated service-aware OA&M toolkit and rapid

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OPEX

•Network and service level management and provisioning

fabric/system capacity in eight rack units (one-fifth of a rack). The one-slot shelf provides 20 Gb/s (full duplex) fabric/system capacity in just 1.5 rack units.

Scalability and Reliability

“The scalability and quality of service inherent in Alcatel’s Metro Ethernet solution enable us to provide customers a fully reliable and interactive broadband service. As a result, we can continue to further differentiate ourselves from competitors and grow our business.”

OLAV STOKKE, CEO, NEXTGENTEL

* This customer reference was provided to Alcatel prior to the merger.

Alcatel-Lucent 7450 ESS-7

Alcatel-Lucent 7450 ESS-1

Alcatel-Lucent 7450 Ethernet Service Switch 7