ANDA Networks Unveils 10Gig Carrier Ethernet Intelligent Network Termination Equipment
First Access Vendor to Support Ethernet OAM Standards with Rapid Fault Identification and Recovery
NXTComm, ANDA Networks, the leader in carrier-class Ethernet access network platforms, is extending its EtherReach® product suite to accommodate the growing bandwidth needs of carriers and enterprises by providing a new 10-gigabit intelligent Ethernet demarcation product. The new EtherReach10G comes in a small rack mountable 1 RU form factor supporting the latest Ethernet Operations Administration and Maintenance (OAM) capabilities and integrated service level agreement (SLA) verification metrics. EtherReach10G is ideally suited for carriers offering managed Ethernet Services to large enterprises with high-bandwidth applications needs such as content distribution, streaming video, P2P services, or large storage and back-up requirements for data center consolidation.
EtherReach10G has rich operations, administration and maintenance (OAM) capabilities supporting the newest IEEE 802.1ag, 802.3ah and ITU Y.1731 Ethernet OAM standards while providing intelligent demarcation between provider and subscriber networks. The EtherReach10G supports “tuneable” subscriber bandwidth up to 10G selectable in increments as granular as 1Mbps with rich quality-of-service (QoS) management and policing for enabling convergence of multiple traffic types such as best-effort data, VoIP, streaming video and mission critical transaction-based applications over a carrier’s 10G service offering. Further, by enabling carrier grade protection using dual 10G uplinks on the box, carriers can offer rapid restoral for managed back-up services or during maintenance and repair periods using ANDA’s “bridge-and-roll” capabilities which perform well under the typical 50ms switchover standard within the system.
“Ethernet is evolving from being just a private-line replacement to a full advanced OAM solution with end-to-end SLA visibility as enterprise customers increasingly demand high-bandwidth connectivity complete with service level agreements,” notes Stan Hubbard, Senior Analyst, Heavy Reading. “Coupling new Ethernet 2.0 capabilities such as advanced OAM with intelligent 10G demarcation becomes particularly important as carriers move more converged IP traffic including VoIP, bandwidth intensive video, P2P, and mobile data backhaul traffic over increasingly higher speed Ethernet interfaces to their optical backbone. ‘Carrier Ethernet 2.0’ opens the door to new revenue-generating opportunities for carriers as these new OAM and management capabilities become available in products like the new EtherReach10G.”
“The EtherReach10G is part of ANDA’s Carrier Ethernet 2.0 strategy of providing the added horsepower and management capabilities service providers need to meet the growing bandwidth, traffic and QOS monitoring needs of large enterprises and wholesale customers,” notes Charles Kenmore, ANDA Networks CEO. “ANDA recognizes and is responding to its Tier one carrier customers’ requirements for the increase in new high-speed IP applications such as streaming content, data center consolidation, carrier-to-carrier (E-NNI) and wholesale applications which have been driving native Ethernet speeds even higher within the access network and recent upgrades within the core backbones from 40G to now potentially 100G.”
The EtherReach10G supports both Q-in-Q or Mac-in-Mac, (PBT/PBB-Te) based deployments and includes an integrated agent for SLA performance monitoring. Moreover, with hot-swappable modular AC or DC power supplies and 1+1 protection via two 10-gigabit uplinks, the EtherReach10G offers 99.999 percent reliability, which also delivers lower operating costs. A standard 10G XFP optical external plug enables the carrier’s selection of any external plug-standards-based designs.
The EtherReach10G will be commercially available in Q4 2008.
About ANDA Networks
ANDA Networks, Inc., headquartered in Sunnyvale, CA, provides carrier-class Ethernet platforms delivering cost-effective Metro Ethernet services over fiber, copper and wireless access networks worldwide. Over 15,000 platforms deployed on tier-one carriers’ networks globally, ANDA’s Metro Ethernet Forum (MEF) certified access products allow carriers to solve bandwidth and functionality limits, effectively facilitating migration to next-generation network services. The ANDA EtherTone® family of products enable carriers to deliver Ethernet private lines, converged VoIP, and circuit-to-packet managed services by leveraging highly economical Ethernet technology. For more information, please visit http://www.andanetworks.com.