Riverstone Networks 7450 - Manual (Page 7)

In contrast to traditional Ethernet switches, the Alcatel-Lucent
7450 ESS was specifically designed for the delivery of business and
triple -play services, with MPLS as an integral component of its
service-oriented architecture. This next-generation design enables
service providers to roll out more services, more quickly — services
that are backed by carrier-class reliability and scalability (see Figure 4).
With the Alcatel-Lucent 7450 ESS, service providers profit from the
combined benefits of Ethernet economics and MPLS control.
Addressing Growing Markets
with an Ethernet Service Switch
7 Alcatel-Lucent 7450 Ethernet Service Switch
“The scalability and quality of service inherent in Alcatel’s
Metro Ethernet solution enable us to provide customers a
fully reliable and interactive broadband service. As a result,
we can continue to further differentiate ourselves from
competitors and grow our business.”
OLAV STOKKE, CEO, NEXTGENTEL
* This customer reference was provided to Alcatel prior to the merger.
Figure 4. Moving Up the Value Chain with the 7450 ESS
Services
and
Values
Scalability and Reliability
Defined
Customer
SLAs
Enabling
New
Revenue-
Generating
Services
Traditional Ethernet Switches
• Focus on Ethernet connectivity
and not on services
• Best-effort Ethernet services
• Lack scalability and reliability
• Basic QoS – affecting customer
SLAs
• Limited or no service level
management
7450 Ethernet Service Switch
• New revenue generating
se rvices for provider
networks
• Intra-inter metro scalability
– tens of 1,000s of customers
an d services
• Reliability – Sub 50 ms
restoration; integrates
MPLS switching and traffic
en gineering
• Service guarantee – Tiered
se rvice-level QoS and billing
• Integrated service-aware
OA&M toolkit and rapid
tr ouble-shooting reduce
OPEX
• Network and service level
management and
provisioning
Alcatel-Lucent 7450 ESS-7
Alcatel-Lucent 7450 ESS-1
Sized to Suit
Any Need
The Alcatel-Lucent 7450 ESS
comes in two chassis sizes, the
seven-slot ESS-7 and the one-
slot ESS-1. The seven-slot
chassis of the Alcatel-Lucent
7450 ESS supports one or two
switch fabric/ CPU modules
(SF/CPM), delivering 100 Gb/s
(full duplex, redundant) or 200
Gb/s (full duplex, redundant)
fabric/system capacity in eight
rack units (one-fifth of a rack).
The one-slot shelf provides 20
Gb/s (full duplex) fabric/system
capacity in just 1.5 rack units.