VOIP Phone Systems: Allied Telesis Unveils New Layer 3/3+ Switches at Interop Las Vegas
Vegas Invites You to See What the Future of Gigabit Switching Has to Offer. Interop Las Vegas 2008
Allied Telesis Inc., a global provider of secure IP/Ethernet switching solutions and an industry leader in the deployment of IP Triple Play networks, today announced the launch of its innovative AT-SBx908 and new addition to the x900 series switches at Interop Las Vegas. Allied Telesis will be releasing the SwitchBlade® x908 (AT-SBx908), an advanced Layer 3 modular switch that packs a punch with 640Gbps switching fabric in a compact three rack unit high chassis, and the x900 series (AT-x900-12XT/S), an advanced Layer 3+ switch with 12 Gigabit 10/100/1000T or SFP combination ports and one 30Gbps expansion bay supporting a choice of modules, including 1 x 10GbE, 12 x 1GbE (SFP), 12 x 1GbE (RJ-45).
Would you like to see for yourself what this switch can do?
If so, you are invited to attend the AT-SBx908 and AT-x900-12XT/S preview event at: http://www.alliedtelesis.com/interop08 which will be held at the Mandalay Bay Hotel from April 28-30, 2008 during the Interop show.
Need for Speed
“The release of these new switches in the Americas gives Allied Telesis the opportunity to mark our place in the Layer 3 switching market. We are already turning some heads based on the sheer power, flexibility and resiliency of these switches along with the low cost-to-serve price points,” said David MacLeod, Senior Director, North American Enterprise Business at Allied Telesis. “We will let our products speak for themselves, as we are confident that our modular concept will revolutionize past switch purchasing patterns. The event at Interop Las Vegas will allow for partners of old and new to see first-hand how this modular switch methodology can change one’s entire network dynamics. With overall product functionality combined with lower ownership costs, we are anticipating a new stream of revenue as we penetrate the SMB, Enterprise and Network Service Provider (NSP) markets.”
Product Spotlight
Allied Telesis will be launching these new products for Gigabit switching deployments during the Interop Las Vegas conference at the Mandalay Hotel from April 28-30, 2008.
• The SwitchBlade x908 and x900 series are Allied Telesis’ newest most advanced multi-layer 10 Gigabit series of switches. They provide fine service provisioning granularity, high availability, and advanced QoS. All these switches incorporate a switching core that yields wirespeed IPv4 and IPv6 routing.
SwitchBlade x908 (AT-SBx908)
Allied Telesis, a provider of IP/Ethernet access solutions, has launched the SwitchBlade x908, its new advanced Layer 3 modular switch.
The SwitchBlade x908 incorporates the AlliedWare Plus™ operating system, using an industry standard Command Line Interface (CLI), facilitating effortless manageability.
The SwitchBlade x908 delivers 640Gbps switching fabric with eight 30Gbps expansion bays supporting a choice of modules, including 1 x 10GbE, 12 x 1GbE (SFP), 12 x 1GbE (RJ-45), and 80Gbps rear stacking port for flexibility and application versatility. Combined with its advanced Quality of Service (QoS) features and PoE support, its power and flexibility make it ideal for Small and Medium Businesses (SMBs), larger enterprises and Network Service Providers (NSPs).
The SwitchBlade x908 with Virtual Chassis Stacking provides a highly available system where network resources can be spread out across a number of stacked nodes, thus reducing the impact of any one of the stacked nodes failing. Switch ports on different nodes across the stack can be aggregated together to provide excellent high availability characteristics. Excellent scalability can be achieved in that individual stacked nodes can be inserted into, and removed from, the stack as bandwidth and feature requirements in the network evolve.
Two SwitchBlade x908 devices stacked together and linked through an 80Gbps stacking link provide an attractive core network option for organizations looking for a highly redundant solution at an affordable price. This configuration delivers functionality equivalent to a dual-controller chassis solution at a much lower cost.
The SwitchBlade x908 includes a wide range of QoS features. Two-rate, three-color metering is provided to ensure efficient scheduling and prioritizing of different types of traffic. It also supplies bandwidth resolution down to 1kbps. With support for Ethernet Protected Switched Ring (EPSR), the device ensures failover in less than 50ms in the event of a link failure, essential for both enterprises and NSPs. The switch also includes dual hot swappable power supplies and fan modules to ensure uninterrupted operation if one fan or power supply unit should fail.
With full IPv6 capability as well as comprehensive multicast support at wirespeed, this device is ideally suited to the provision of Triple Play services within the enterprise or by the NSP. Support for multiple fiber interface speeds make the product ideal for aggregation of high capacity uplinks and for use from the edge to the core of military networks, where data security is paramount.
The Best of Both worlds, Stacking and Chassis in One Architecture
“The SwitchBlade x908 provides users with unprecedented performance and expandability along with lowered total cost of ownership. Allied Telesis has combined the attribute of traditional stacking with expandability of chassis to create new flexible architecture. Virtual Chassis Stacking (VCS) will be the new future-proof architecture of choice,” said Philip Jopa, CTO of Allied Telesis. “With VCS, Allied Telesis has given network engineers a Swiss army knife solution for their networking needs.”
x900 series (AT-x900-12XT/S)
The AT-x900-12XT/S has flexible deployment options that are ideal for networks that only require a small number of mixed fiber and copper links and eliminate the need for a media converter to use both interfaces on the same switch. To further reduce the cost of the AT-x900-12XT/S, Allied Telesis provides a fixed AC power supply with the device instead of the dual, hot swappable units delivered as standard with the other members of the x900 series.
Allied Telesis’ new AT-x900-12XT/S is delivered with a range of low latency QoS features operating at wirespeed. These include flow-based traffic management with configurable classification, prioritization, traffic shaping and minimum/maximum bandwidth profiles. Time-sensitive services like voice and video take precedence over non-critical activities, such as file downloads.
With these features, the AT-x900-12XT/S is ideal for customers wanting to guarantee the performance of their key business services such as VoIP, and increase the reliability and responsiveness of their most important enterprise applications. In addition, service providers benefit from these features by being able to offer bandwidth and performance profiles tailored to each customer’s precise needs.
The AT-x900-12XT/S incorporates the AlliedWare Plus™ operating system, using an industry standard Command Line Interface (CLI), facilitating effortless manageability.
The AT-x900-12XT/S delivers flexible extension options with a 30Gbps expansion bay that can be populated with a range of different modules, including:
• AT-XEM-12S 12 x 1000X SFP XEM module
• AT-XEM-12T 12 x 10/100/1000T RJ-45 XEM module
• AT-XEM-1XP 1 x 10GbE XFP XEM module
• AT-XEM-STK stacking module
Using the stacking modules, customers can stack multiple switches.
The AT-x900-12XT/S, with full non-blocking switching on all ports, enables IPv4 Layer 2 switching and Layer 3 routing to operate at wirespeed, making it ideal for high-end server deployments. Like the other switches in the x900 series, the new device uses the newest switch silicon including hardware-based IPv6, effectively future-proofing it for Small to Medium-sized Businesses.
Marking Territory on Performance and Price Point
“Our launch of the AT-x900-12XT/S proves once again that Allied Telesis continues to deliver the best possible performance at a very cost-effective price point,” said Phil Jopa. “The Americas market has true need for a high-end Layer 3+ switch that provides a 10 Gigabit uplink with a mix of 12 copper and fiber ports. Combined with its sophisticated QoS features, the AT-x900-12XT/S provides superior value and performance to our enterprise customers and service providers alike.”
About Allied Telesis
Founded in 1987, Allied Telesis is a member of the Allied Telesis Group, a global provider of secure IP/Ethernet access solutions and an industry leader in the deployment of IP Triple Play networks over copper and fiber access infrastructure. Our POTS-to-10G iMAP integrated Multiservice Access Platform and iMG intelligent Multiservice Gateways, in conjunction with advanced switching, routing, IPv6 compliant and WDM-based transport solutions, enable public and private network operators and service providers of all sizes to deploy scalable, and carrier-grade networks for the cost-effective delivery of packet-based voice, video and data services.
Visit us online at: http://www.alliedtelesis.com
About Interop Las Vegas
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