Cisco Enhances LightStream 2020 ATM Switch with Industry-Leading LAN/WAN Services.BILLERICA, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 19, 1995--Cisco Systems today announced advanced features for its LightStream 2020 enterprise ATM switch that boost performance, integration, connectivity and manageability for applications such as videoconferencing and multimedia. The new feature set includes ATM, FDDI (Fiber Distributed Data Interface) Often pronounced "fiddy," it was a LAN and MAN access method that had its heyday in the mid-1990s. FDDI was an ANSI standard token passing network that transmitted 100 Mbps over optical fiber up to 10 kilometers. and Ethernet services for 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. and WAN environments that enhance the LightStream 2020's position as the industry's most advanced multi-service enterprise ATM switch. Key new software and hardware features, available in August as part of the Cisco Internetwork Operating System (Cisco IOS) for ATM are: T1/E1 circuit emulation, application-specific quality of service for integrated LAN ports, high-performance multicast service, a frame relay network node interface (networking) Network Node Interface - (NNI) The ATM Forum's specification for connections between network nodes. NNI makes network routing possible. It typically refers to backbone trunk connections between ATM switching equipment. See also: UNI. , a topology map and a new eight-port T3/E3 interface card. "While many users view ATM as the foundation for the enterprise networks of the future, they need to improve and preserve their investments in existing network infrastructures," said Joe Uniejewski, director of marketing for enterprise ATM products. "As an evolutionary step toward end-to-end ATM, many are adopting switched internetworking solutions that combine an ATM backbone with such traditional interfaces as Ethernet and FDDI. The Cisco LightStream 2020, with the new enhancements, provides an ATM-based multiservice solution that will migrate easily to full ATM at the user's pace." "Our internetwork topology is a veritable alphabet soup," said Jim Nemchak, director of network services at the University of Colorado University of Colorado may refer to:
T1/E1 Circuit Emulation, Application-Specific QoS T1/E1 circuit emulation, based on the ATM Forum AAL (ATM Adaption Layer) The part of the ATM protocol that breaks up application packets into 48-byte payloads which become ATM cells when the 5-byte headers are attached. The AAL resides between the higher layer transport protocols and the ATM layer. 1 specification, lets users interconnect PBX (Private Branch eXchange) An inhouse telephone switching system that interconnects telephone extensions to each other as well as to the outside telephone network (PSTN). , bandwidth managers and video conferencing equipment across a LightStream 2020 network using constant bit rate services. The LightStream 2020 supports up to eight T1/E1 ports per module for a maximum fanout of 72 ports -- the industry's highest port density for an enterprise ATM switch. Application Specific Quality of Service (AS/QoS), an industry first, extends ATM QoS to FDDI and Ethernet traffic, by application, at both layers 2 and 3. This allows ATM bandwidth and quality of service to be allocated to LAN-based "power users" of multimedia, desktop video, client/server and other applications. High Performance Multicast, Frame Relay, Topology Map High Performance Multicast Service (HPMS HPMS Highway Performance Monitoring System HPMS Harper Park Middle School HPMS Hierarchical Process Modeling System HPMS High Performance Mass Spectrometers HPMS High Performance Monitoring System HPMS Home Pain Management Systems, Inc. ) allows the LightStream 2020 to forward multicast packets at full line rate within the ATM infrastructure. In conjunction with AS/QoS, HPMS lets the user allocate bandwidth and priority of service by application to multicast groups. The LightStream 2020's HPMS utilizes point-to-multipoint ATM connections to deliver high performance multicast service. Frame Relay Network Node Interface allows the LightStream 2020 to connect to other vendors' frame relay switches, passing frames through a high-speed ATM infrastructure. In addition, a new topology map feature allows the user to view network status -- color-coded by traffic type or priority -- and changes in physical topology. A pop-up menu provides detailed information on all LightStream 2020s in the network. New T3/E3 Hardware Interface Module An eight-port T3/E3 interface card boosts performance to line speed for up to 72 T3/E3 ports on a 12-slot LightStream 2020 chassis, providing the highest T3/E3 port density of any available switch. The new release of the Cisco LightStream 2020 will be available in August and will range in price from $21,900 - $200,000. The Cisco LightStream 2020 enterprise ATM multiservice switch provides LAN and WAN internetworking for campus or global environments. With the industry's most advanced traffic and buffer management, it offers complete control over bandwidth allocation, Quality of Service (QoS) and congestion The condition of a network when there is not enough bandwidth to support the current traffic load. congestion - When the offered load of a data communication path exceeds the capacity. avoidance today, and a growth path as networks scale in size and complexity. With 72 ATM ports, high-performance throughput and support for ATM, Ethernet, FDDI, frame relay and circuit emulation, the Cisco LightStream 2020 provides exceptional value, connectivity and flexibility in business-critical applications requiring data, voice and video. Its multiservice versatility has led to its deployment by Teleport Communications Group Teleport Communications Group (TCG) was the first Competitive local exchange carrier (CLEC) in the U.S. First formed in 1985, it competed with the existing telephone companies to provide dial tone and related services in the largest U.S. markets. as an edge and central office switch, by MCI (1) (Media Control Interface) A high-level programming interface from Microsoft and IBM for controlling multimedia devices. It provides commands and functions to open, play and close the device. (2) (Microwave Communications Inc. as a customer premises switch, and by the University of Colorado as a campus backbone switch. Cisco Systems, Inc. is the leading global supplier of enterprise networks, including routers, LAN and ATM switches, dial-up access servers and network management software. These products, integrated by the Cisco Internetwork Operating System (Cisco IOS) link geographically dispersed LANs, WANs and IBM (International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY, www.ibm.com) The world's largest computer company. IBM's product lines include the S/390 mainframes (zSeries), AS/400 midrange business systems (iSeries), RS/6000 workstations and servers (pSeries), Intel-based servers (xSeries) networks. Cisco is headquartered in San Jose, Calif., and in the U.S. is traded under the NASDAQ NASDAQ in full National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations U.S. market for over-the-counter securities. Established in 1971 by the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD), NASDAQ is an automated quotation system that reports on symbol CSCO CSCO Cisco Systems Incorporated (stock symbol) CSCO Chief Supply Chain Officer . CONTACT: Cisco Systems Andy Hettinger, 508/262-1177 Steve Bauer, 408/526-4433 or Ulevich & Orrange, Inc. 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