Alcatel adds to OmniSwitch family. (New Products).Alcatel has announced two new additions to its OmniSwitch family. The new releases were designed, according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. the company, to raise the standard in high-availability for enterprises requiring a nonstop HP's brand name for its fault-tolerant servers, which range in size from four CPUs to 4,000 CPUs. The NonStop line was created by Tandem Computers, which was acquired by Compaq, which later became part of HP. multiservice infrastructure for real-time and mission-critical applications. These new switches are the Alcarel OmniSwitch 8000 series for the enterprise core and the Alcarel OmniSwitch 6000 series for the enterprise edge. Together with the OmniSwitch 7000 series, they are marketed to provide a consistent set of carrier-class features from the core to the edge of the enterprise network. Alcatel's OmniSwitch 8000 series offers a nonblocking 10 gigabit architecture and is Alcatel's premier core switch. It is a high-density, high-capacity platform supporting up to 384 ports of gigabit Ethernet An Ethernet standard that transmits at 1 Gbps. Used mostly to connect high-end workstations and servers as well as for network backbones, Gigabit Ethernet transmits full duplex from point to point using switches and half duplex in a shared environment (CSMA/CD) using a hub. in less than 40 inches of rack space. The OmniSwitch 8000 series has a 512 Gpbs fabric, 240 Mpps of throughput and up to 16 10-gigabit Ethernet wire rate ports. Smart continuous switching, launched in June with the OmniSwit ch 7000 series and now available with the OmniSwitch 8000 and 6000 series, distributes intelligent functions throughout network interface modules, rather than through a central engine, so there is no interruption of services or performance during the loss of a critical network element. This carrier-class feature is a necessity as enterprises deploy voice and video over IP and other real-time or mission-critical applications because network downtime The time during which a computer is not functioning due to hardware, operating system or application program failure. can impact profitability, upset business partners and create security issues. Alcarel has also developed features designed to protect the network core against human errors that compromise availability and security. With automatic service recovery, Alcatel's OmniSwitch family can detect switch misconfiguration and automatically restore the network to its previous state. Partitioned management allows administrators to set management rights with extreme granularity The degree of modularity of a system. More granularity implies more flexibility in customizing a system, because there are more, smaller increments (granules) from which to choose. so that only authorized au·thor·ize tr.v. au·thor·ized, au·thor·iz·ing, au·thor·iz·es 1. To grant authority or power to. 2. To give permission for; sanction: personnel can access specific enterprise resources, adding another layer of prot ection from human error. These features complement a host of embedded Inserted into. See embedded system. security features mandated by Alcatel's security framework CrysralSec. www.alcatel.com |
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