Alcatel-Lucent Managed Business Network manual Business VPN Service Delivery Architecture

Business VPN Service Delivery Architecture
The Alcatel-Lucent MBNS solution is based on the Alcatel-Lucent Business
VPN Service Delivery Architecture, shown in Figure 4. It incorporates the
following products from the Alcatel-Lucent service routing portfolio:
• Alcatel-Lucent 7450 Ethernet Service Switch (ESS)
• Alcatel-Lucent 7750 Service Router (SR)	Metro Ethernet Forum
• Alcatel-Lucent 7710 SR
	(MEF) Certification
• Alcatel-Lucent 5620 Service Aware Manager (SAM)
	The Alcatel-Lucent 7450 ESS,
• Alcatel-Lucent 5650 Control Plane Assurance Manager (CPAM)	7750 SR and 7710 SR products
	— and the majority of Alcatel-
This architecture provides an IP/MPLS service aggregation and edge network	Lucent Ethernet business access
that offers superior performance, scalability, QoS, reliability and availability.	CPE products — have been
As a result, the robust service-aware infrastructure can support a broad range	fully certified independently
of secure, flexible, always-on services.	to comply with the MEF 9 and
	MEF 14 specifications for Carrier
The architecture allows you to offer both Carrier Ethernet VPNs enabled by	Ethernet services and managed
VPLS and premium IP VPNs on a single, cost-effective, highly scalable and	QoS under the MEF Carrier
reliable platform. You can also offer a broader selection of services and appeal	Ethernet certification program.
to a wider range of enterprises, from small and medium enterprises (SMEs)	The Alcatel-Lucent 7450 ESS,
to large enterprises. Service-aware management and control plane assurance	7750 SR, 7710 SR and 1850 TSS
management enable rapid service provisioning, efficient fault isolation and re-	were tested to determine that
pair — along with performance monitoring to meet application requirements.	each platform delivers Ethernet
In addition, the customer self-care portal allows customers to maintain control	services to the MEF 9 and MEF
and monitor services against agreed SLAs, while reducing your OPEX.	14 test specifications.

Figure 4. Alcatel-Lucent’s Business VPN Services Delivery Architecture

5 6 2 0 S E R V I C E A W A R E M A N A G E R ( S A M )

Customer Premises Flexible Business Access IP/MPLS Service Aggregation and Edge IP/MPLS Backbone

Enterprise				IPSec VPN
IPSec Clients
Enterprise #3 Site 2				E-LAN
	DOCSIS
Enterprise #2 Site 2			CMTS
Switch				E-Line
	GigE
Managed Switch		Ethernet MTU
Enterprise #3 Site 1				IP-VPN

10/100/1000
Enterprise #1 Site 2	IP-VPN
EFM	CLAS
Self-Managed Router	IP-VPN
Managed Router
Enterprise #2 Site 1	ISAM
xDSL/
Fiber
Enterprise #1 Site 1
Router	IP-VPN
TDM
SONET/SDH
Managed Router	MSPP

VPLS

VLL

VLL

ESS

VLL

VLL ESS

Service Provider Data Center

Internet			Hosted Applications
			10 GigE	10 GigE
PW	VRF
	VRF
	VRF
		SR
IP/MPLS Metro			IP/MPLS Backbone
	VRF
	VRF
PW		SR	7750 SR

FR/ATM

SONET/SDH

Enterprise #3 Data Center

	10 GigE
		Self-Care Portal
		Enterprise #3 HQ
VPLS
VRF	GigE
SR		Self-Managed Router
		Self-Care Portal
VPLS		Enterprise #2 HQ
VRF
VLL
VRF	GigE
SR		Self-Managed Router
		Self-Care Portal
		Enterprise #1 HQ
	GigE
		Managed Router

Enterprise #1 Enterprise #2 Enterprise #3 NTU/Demarcation

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