 "Foundry Expands Service Provider Product Portfolio")
Foundry Networks, a provider of solutions for end-to-end switching and routing, has announced its enhanced vision for the service provider market with a suite of new networking solutions. Foundry’s service provider focus is to create a an efficient network architecture for providers to deliver core, aggregation and edge services with compelling financial economics, energy and rack space savings. This vision is achieved with a suite of routing and switching solutions that embrace IPv4/IPv6 protocols, Multiprotocol Label Switching (MPLS), Provider Backbone Bridging (PBB) and 10 gigabit Ethernet (10GbE) capabilities.
Foundry’s Carrier Trunks capability allows aggregation up to 32-ports of 10GbE and scales to a link capacity of 320 gigabits per second (Gbps). Resiliency is accomplished through Foundry’s Metro Ring Protocol (MRP), which enables rapid convergence and traffic protection in ring-based topologies.
To expand its service provider product portfolio, Foundry has announced the NetIron CES 2000 Series, a one rack unit (1RU) compact edge/aggregation switch with Provider Backbone Bridge (PBB) and 10GbE capabilities. Purpose-built to extend Carrier Ethernet services, the NetIron CES 2000 Series, supports a broad range of applications: Carrier Ethernet services, ISP edge/aggregation, and data centre deployments. Combining the NetIron XMR and MLX Series routers’ Virtual Private LAN Services (VPLS) capability with the Provider Backbone Bridge (PBB) / Provider Bridge (PB) functions on the NetIron CES 2000 Series, Foundry delivers a scalable infrastructure solution for Carrier Ethernet service delivery.
The NetIron CES 2000 Series is an advanced solution for the following applications:
• Large-scale Carrier Ethernet build-outs when combined with the NetIron XMR and MLX Series routers
• High-density aggregation of access devices such as Digital Subscriber Line Access Multiplexers (DSLAM), Passive Optical Network Optical Network Terminals (PON ONT) or Cable Modem Termination Systems (CMTS) at the network edge
• Edge aggregation switching and routing applications in metro / ISP networks
• Fibre to the home (FTTH) or Fibre to the building (FTTB) applications with very high Service Level Agreements
• Data centre top-of-the-rack server access switch in applications where deep buffering is important
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