Bay Networks Continues Leadership in ATM LAN Switching Market with Comprehensive End-to-End Enterprise Solution.SANTA CLARA Santa Clara, city, Cuba Santa Clara (sän`tä klä`rä), city (1994 est. pop. 217,000), capital of Villa Clara prov., central Cuba. , Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec. 1, 1997-- New WAN Access Products and Higher-Density Modules for Centillion-Based ATM; Family Provide High Performance Data, Voice and Video Service Integration Continuing its leadership in ATM LAN switching
LAN switching is a form of packet switching used in local area networks. Switching technologies are crucial to network design, or to that minority of LANs that are used outside the home. , Bay Networks(R) Inc., (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :BAY) today announced, as part of its Adaptive Networking switching strategy, the introduction of a family of ATM WAN access products and new modules for its Centillion-based switching platform. Today's announcements provide Centillion cen·til·lion n. 1. The cardinal number equal to 10303. 2. Chiefly British The cardinal number equal to 10600. 100(TM) and System 5000(TM) BH switch customers with the most comprehensive end-to-end enterprise solution, including: access to the WAN; enhanced Ethernet and Token Ring A local area network (LAN) access method developed by IBM. Conforming to the IEEE 802.5 standard, Token Ring uses a token ring access method and connects up to 255 nodes in a star topology at 4, 16 or 100 Mbps. port densities; and additional ATM switch physical media choices. "Bay Networks took the lead in ATM LAN switch A network device that cross-connects clients, servers and network devices. Also known as a "frame switch," stand-alone LAN switches are common in all Ethernet networks. A four-port switch is also typically built into a wired or wireless router for homes and small business (see wireless port shipments in Q2'97 and we've maintained that lead in Q3'97," said Lloyd Carney, executive vice president of Bay Networks' Enterprise Business Group. "The introduction of the ATM WAN access solution rounds out our enterprise offering and brings our expertise in LAN (Local Area Network) A communications network that serves users within a confined geographical area. The "clients" are the user's workstations typically running Windows, although Mac and Linux clients are also used. architecture into the WAN space." The MX Product Line Bay Networks' new ATM service access products include the MX200(TM) and the MX50(TM) concentrators. These new products offer WAN access capabilities for Bay Networks' Centillion-based switch family. The MX200 is a high-capacity ATM access concentrator See remote access concentrator. that can be deployed within large corporate enterprises and telecommunications service provider A Telecommunications Service Provider or TSP is a type of Communications Service Provider that has traditionally provided telephone and similar services. This category includes ILECs, CLECs, and mobile wireless companies. networks. The MX200, available in 12-slot (19 inch mounting) or 16-slot (23 inch mounting) configurations, enables universal connectivity to an ATM WAN. Connection options include channelized Refers to an architecture that transmits data in channels. It often refers to the 64 Kbps channels in T1 lines, which were originally developed to handle digitized voice streams (TDM). See TDM. T1/E1, T3/E3, OC-3c, and a wide variety of serial interfaces. The MX200 also provides full redundancy for mission-critical applications and telecommunications service provider environments. The MX50 is a four-slot ATM access concentrator designed for regional and branch office environments. Like the MX200, the MX50 concentrator provides integrated access for private networks across public ATM infrastructures. The same Input/Output (I/O (Input/Output) The transfer of data between the CPU and a peripheral device. Every transfer is an output from one device and an input to another. See PC input/output. I/O - Input/Output ) modules are utilized in both the four-slot MX50 concentrator and the 12/16-slot MX200 concentrator. The MX200 and MX50 access concentrators support several applications, including: advanced traffic-shaping required for connecting ATM campus backbones to an ATM WAN; integrated ATM access for data, voice and video traffic which enable various types of LAN and other data traffic to access ATM WANs; video conferencing See videoconferencing. (communications) video conferencing - A discussion between two or more groups of people who are in different places but can see and hear each other using electronic communications. ; and private line voice service between sites without relying on the public switched telephone network (PSTN (Public Switched Telephone Network) The worldwide voice telephone network. Once only an analog system, the heart of most telephone networks today is all digital. In the U.S. ). The MX products give telecommunications service providers the ability to increase the cost-effectiveness of their customer premises connections by consolidating data, voice, and video services through a single low-cost access device. Extensive ATM Forum-compliant Quality of Service (QoS) capabilities and the Adaptive Queue Management algorithm allow the MX200 and MX50 to provide comprehensive integration of multiple traffic types. The products also boast highly-optimized ATM traffic shaping Using methods to keep traffic flowing smoothly in a network. Although the term is often used synonymously with "traffic engineering," traffic shaping deals with managing the network moment to moment, whereas traffic engineering refers to the overall strategies employed in a network. to transport bursty Refers to data that is transferred or transmitted in short, uneven spurts. LAN traffic is typically bursty. Contrast with streaming data. LAN traffic alongside bandwidth intensive, and delay sensitive voice and video traffic across public wide area services. About Bay Networks' ATM Solutions According to the Dell' Oro Group Q3'97 report, Bay Networks was the worldwide leader in ATM LAN switch port shipments with 23% market share, surpassing Cisco and Fore Systems. Contributing to that market leadership are continued sales of Bay Networks' award-winning System 5000BH and Centillion 100 ATM switch platforms, which provide comprehensive LAN and backbone media support, including ATM, Ethernet, Fast Ethernet and Token Ring. The latest hardware release provides enhanced density 10BASE-T and 100BASE-T, and extends multi-mode fiber (MMF See multimode fiber. ) Token Ring support in the System 5000BH platform. It also provides higher-density 100BASE-T in the Centillion 100 platform and extends ATM switching capabilities into the System 5005 chassis. Bay Networks is also introducing two ATM Media Dependent Adapter (MDA (1) (Monochrome Display Adapter) The first IBM PC monochrome video display standard for text. Due to its lack of graphics, MDA cards were often replaced with Hercules cards, which provided both text and graphics. See PC display modes and Hercules Graphics. ) switch modules for the Centillion 100 and System 5000/5005BH switch platforms. Both ATM switch modules accept either one or two 2-port daughter card MDAs to offer a total of four switch ports. MDA daughter cards provide comprehensive media support via multi-mode fiber, single-mode fiber, and unshielded twisted pair See twisted pair. (hardware) unshielded twisted pair - (UTP) Normal telephone wire (in the USA). It may be used for computer to computer communications, e.g. using a version of Ethernet or localtalk. It is much cheaper than standard "full-spec" Ethernet cable. (UTP UTP (uridine triphosphate): see uracil. (Unshielded Twisted Pair) See twisted pair. UTP - unshielded twisted pair ) interfaces. Combined, the new ATM MDA switch modules and MDA daughter cards provide flexibility for use any of the physical media types usually deployed in campus network infrastructures, to implement load-sharing and multi-homed 155 Mbps OC-3c mission-critical risers and ATM backbones. In common with all Centillion-based EtherSpeed(TM), TokenSpeed(TM), and ATMSpeed(TM) switch modules, these new ATM MDA switch modules will support future product family software releases. Most importantly, Private Network-to-Network Interface (PNNI (Private Network-to-Network Interface) A routing protocol used between ATM switches in an ATM network. It lets the switches inform each other about network topology so they can make appropriate forwarding decisions. ) dynamic routing and high-performance Layer 3 switching (via standards-based Multi Protocol over ATM) capabilities will be fully operational on existing Centillion-based switching modules. "Bay Networks' Multi-LAN/ATM switch platforms enable us to build very large, scalable and resilient networks for our mission critical applications," said John Peake, systems manager for the Eisenhower Army Medical Center, a 13-story, 176-bed hospital that handles nearly 15,000 visits annually and services over 60,000 outpatients each year. "Bay Networks' transparent, scalable technologies ensure long-term, non-disruptive network evolution, drive operational productivity at every level of the enterprise, and adapt to changes in network usage and business requirements." Pricing and Availability The MX200 and MX50 access concentrators are available now through Bay Networks' channel partners. Pricing for the various hardware modules includes: -- MX200 chassis, list priced at $5,300; -- MX200 CPU CPU in full central processing unit Principal component of a digital computer, composed of a control unit, an instruction-decoding unit, and an arithmetic-logic unit. Module, list priced at $23,900; -- MX200 Stratum 3-4 Module, list priced at $4,250; -- MX50 chassis (includes CPU Module), list priced at $19,600. In addition, the MX200 and MX50 both use the following I/O modules: -- DS1 (T1/E1) ATM Cell Bearing Module, list priced at $5,700; -- DS1 (T1/E1) Circuit Emulation Module, list priced at $5,700; -- DS3 (T3/E3) Module, list priced at $5,850; -- Multi Serial Module, list priced at $5,500; -- OC-3 Multi-Mode Module, list priced at $6,100; -- OC-3 Multi-Mode Module w/Traffic Shaping, list priced at $6,100; -- OC-3 Single-Mode Module w/Traffic Shaping, list priced at $10,600. Available now, pricing for the new System 5000BH switch modules includes: -- Model 5455, 16 port 100BASE-TX segment switching module, list priced at $8,995; -- Model 5328 HD 24-port Ethernet switching module, list priced at $5,995; -- Model 5720M 4-port 155 Mbps ATMSpeed MDA Master Control Processor (MCP (1) See Microsoft certification. (2) (MultiChip Package) A chip package that contains two or more chips. It is essentially a multichip module (MCM) that uses a laminated, printed-circuit-board-like substrate (MCM-L) rather than ceramic (MCM-C). ) module, list priced at $7,995; -- Model 5720 4-port 155 MBPS ATMSpeed MDA, list priced at $6,995; -- Model 5524 8-port MMF TokenSpeed module, list priced at $10,995. Also available now, pricing for the new Centillion 100 switch modules includes: -- 16-port 100BASE-TX segment switching module, list priced at $7,995; -- 4-port ATMSpeed/155 MDA MCP, list priced at $6,995 -- 4-port ATMSpeed/155 MDA, list priced at $5,995. Media Dependent Adapters for the System 5000BH and Centillion 100 ATM MDA Switch Modules include: -- 2-port SONET/SDH MMF ATM Media Dependent Adapter, list priced at $1,295; -- 2-port SONET/SDH UTP ATM Medial Dependent Adapter, list priced at $995; -- 2-port SONET/SDH SMF (1) (Standard Messaging Format) An electronic mail format for Novell's MHS messaging system. The application puts the data into this format in order to send an e-mail message. ATM Media Dependent Adapter, list priced at $5,495. The new Centillion 100 and System 5000BH platform switching modules, along with the new MX200 and MX50 access concentrators, are all managed by Bay Networks' industry-leading Optivity(R) network management suite. About Bay Networks Bay Networks Inc. (NYSE:BAY) is a leader in the worldwide networking market, providing a complete line of products that serve corporate enterprises, service providers and telecommunications carriers. The company offers frame and ATM switches, routers, shared media, remote and Internet access solutions, IP services and network management applications, all integrated by Bay Networks' Adaptive Networking strategy. With headquarters in Santa Clara, Calif., Bay Networks markets its products and services around the world, providing 7X24 support coverage. For additional information visit the company's World Wide Web site at http://www.baynetworks.com or call 800/8-BAYNET. This release, other than historical financial information, may consist of forward-looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties. These statements may differ materially from actual future events or results. For instance, factors which could cause results to differ from future events include the rate of adoption of new technology, competitive pricing actions and marketing programs, among others. Readers are referred to the documents filed by Bay Networks with the S.E.C., specifically the most recent reports on forms 10-K and 10-Q, which identify important risk factors which could cause actual results to differ from those contained in the forward-looking statements. -0- Note to Editors: Bay Networks is a registered trademark and ATMSpeed, Centillion, Centillion 100, EtherSpeed, System 5000BH, MX and TokenSpeed are trademarks of Bay Networks Inc. Other brand and product names are registered trademarks or trademarks of their respective holders. CONTACT: Bay Networks Inc. Neha Mirchandani, 408/495-2489 nmirchandani@baynetworks.com or Erin Curtis, 408/495-3619 ecurtis@baynetworks.com |
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