Riverstone Networks 7450 - Manual (Page 6)

The Service Provider
Challenge
These two distinct markets — Ethernet business
services and triple play residential services —
generate a challenging list of requirements
for service providers:
• High scalability in terms of number of
subscribers and services
• High reliability — only carrier-class (99.999
percent) reliability will do
• Support for multiple QoS levels and the
ability to monitor per-service QoS
• Ability to guarantee services on a per-
customer, per-service or per-application basis
For service providers to compete effectively,
they must be able to:
• Match their business service offerings to each
enterprise’s specific requirements
• Meet the demands of the residential sector
with integrated service provisioning and
streamlined service, policy and subscriber
management
• Turn up new services quickly
• Grow and adapt their service offerings
on the fly
To succeed in today’s network landscape,
service providers need a carrier-class Ethernet
service switch. Traditional, enterprise-focused
Ethernet switches were developed to provide
best-effort connectivity; they simply don’t have
what it takes to survive — and thrive — in the
service provider environment. That’s where
the Alcatel-Lucent 7450 ESS comes in.
6 Alcatel-Lucent 7450 Ethernet Service Switch