Avaya Ethernet Routing Switch 8800 Series or ERS 8800, is a range of modular chassis products that combine hardware router and switch used in computer networking, designed and manufactured by Avaya.[1] When an ERS 8000 Chassis, a passive device in its own right, is equipped with the 8895 SF/CPU, this system is known as an Ethernet Routing Switch 8800; conversely, when equipped with an 8692 SF/CPU module (with SuperMezz) the system is known as an Ethernet Routing Switch 8600.
History
editIn December 2011 this system completed evaluation and certification by the U.S. Joint Interoperability Test Command (JITC) testing center for use in the United States Department of Defense as an Assured Services Local Area Network (ASLAN).[2][3][4]
General performance
editThe switch architecture for the ERS 8800 supports up to 720 gigabits per second of gross throughput. The Switch Fabric performs up to 512 Gigabits per second in an active/active configuration with a frame forwarding rate of up to 380 million packets per second. The frame length is from 64 to 1,518 bytes, with Jumbo frame support of up to 9,600 bytes. The 8800 supports up to 128 groups of multi-link trunks, with 8 links per group; additionally, it can also support up to 4,000 VLANs, 32 multiple spanning tree groups, 64 thousand MAC addresses, and 1,972 IP interfaces.[5]
References
edit- ^ "Avaya Data Solutions Launches New Products to Drive Greater Business Value, Performance and Competitive Advantage". Retrieved February 16, 2010.
- ^ JITC (DoD) (December 16, 2011). "Special Interoperability Test Certification of the Avaya Ethernet Routing Switch (ERS)5600 Series with Release 6.2.100.073". DISA. Archived from the original on July 22, 2011. Retrieved December 20, 2011.
- ^ "Special Interoperability Test Certification of the Avaya Ethernet Routing Switch (ERS)8800 with Release 7.1.0.100_B068" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on April 15, 2012. Retrieved April 6, 2012.
- ^ "Avaya and Joint Joint Interoperability Test Command (JITC)". Avaya. Archived from the original on October 11, 2012. Retrieved April 18, 2012.
- ^ "Avaya Ethernet Routing Switch 8800 Fact Sheet" (PDF). Avaya. Archived from the original (PDF) on June 26, 2013. Retrieved March 26, 2012.
Further reading
edit- "Radvision, Avaya announce offerings at Interop". NetworkWorld. April 27, 2010. Retrieved July 31, 2011.
- "Avaya extends network virtualisation to campus". Total Telecom. February 22, 2011. Archived from the original on July 24, 2011. Retrieved July 21, 2011.