Product Brief Nortel Networks Passport 20000 Multiservice Switch

Voice, data, and wireless service providers are in a continu- Nortel Networks Passport 20000 Multiservice Switch is designed to help ous race with their competition to evolve their networks to service providers develop a compre- deliver new services and create new business opportunities. hensive networking strategy that meets The challenge is to get the most from the existing network today's competitive challenges, while simultaneously positioning their net- and seamlessly scale it to support growth, while at the works for the data-centric future. same time leverage next-generation technologies to Complimenting Nortel Networks family of Passport switches, the develop new revenue streams. Passport 20000 effectively addresses service provider network requirements from the edge to the core. What makes the Passport These features include equipment 1+1(inter-card and intra-card) SONET 20000 exceptional? protection, quick and accurate fault APS/SDH MSP and 1:1 or 1:N redun- Reliability, scalability, evolution detection, robust networking features, dancy for all electrical ATM, Frame flexibility, and platform integration and in-service software upgrades. Relay, and voice function processors. are integral to the Nortel Networks As service providers move mission- Networking reliability, resiliency, and Passport 20000 design—making it critical traffic over a packet-based optimization are achieved through optimal for the challenges of today’s infrastructure, they require guaranteed intelligent features, such as PNNI service provider networking environ- network reliability. Passport has a Edge-based Rerouting, and MPLS Hot ment. (Figure 1) proven track record for ensuring Standby LSPs (label switched paths). customer network uptime. Reliability Passport also is designed to protect Passport 20000 is designed to meet the Passport 20000 offers high node avail- service revenue by eliminating one of most stringent service provider’s carrier- ability through fully redundant, “hot- the largest contributors to network and grade requirements, protect service swappable” common equipment. In node downtime through the support revenue, and provide peace of mind addition, a wide selection of optional of hitless software migration, which through the industry’s most compre- line and equipment protection redun- enables connections to be maintained hensive suite of reliability features. dancy schemes are available, including during software upgrades.

Passport 20000 (shelf view) PSTN/SS7

Passport 15000s (cabinet view) DSLAM

Passport 7000s (cabinet view) Core network

Edge network ATM, Frame Relay, IP, MPLS, voice, Passport 20000 IAD circuit emulation (shelf view) PBX

T1 MUX Passport 15000 VSS (cabinet view)

Provides a Base station Wireless and access switch device seamless evolution for service provider

Figure 1: Core networking core networks.

2 Scalability Service providers can capitalize on Platform integration Passport 20000 enables service providers Passport’s proven history of scaling Passport 20000 is a seamless evolution to scale their networks to support con- large networks. Many of the world’s of the Passport family. From its incep- siderable growth—extending the value largest multiservice networks are built tion, Passport 20000 supports the of today’s systems and infrastructure. on the Passport platform. entire suite of function processors from With Passport 20000, service providers the Passport 15000, offering industry- Designed to support up to 160 Gbps leading service and sparing flexibility. of useable switch capacity, the Passport can scale their existing revenue-generat- 20000 introduces a new paradigm—an ing multi-service infrastructure through Designed to run the same Passport evolvable switch that gracefully scales. increased switch capacity and higher Carrier Release (PCR) software stream This flexibility enables service providers speed trunking function processors. as the rest of the Passport portfolio, to cost effectively grow their networks Optimized for deployment at the net- Passport 20000 delivers seamless inte- at their own pace. work core, Passport 20000 offers a gration into existing OSS systems. fourfold increase in maximum useable The Passport 20000 expands core The Passport 20000 provides the fabric capacity over the Passport 15000, industry’s most diverse array of both networking capabilities (Multi- supports an impressive series of Service over ATM or Multi-Service physical and logical interface connec- 10-Gbps interfaces, and provides tivity to address numerous networking over MPLS) while maintaining full wire-rate performance for IP/MPLS backwards-compatibility support for configurations, supporting interface frame-based traffic. speeds from DS-0 to OC-192/STM-64, traditional protocols, i.e. ATM, IP, including 10-Gbps interfaces for Passport 20000 can also be deployed as Frame Relay, Circuit Emulation, Packet over SONET (POS), ATM, an MPLS gateway capable of support- and Voice. and Gigabit Ethernet. ing multi-service traffic directly over Passport 20000 uses the same opera- an MPLS-based core network. This tional efficiency tools that are currently Evolution flexibility approach enables service providers to in use on today’s Passport networks Service providers often find it difficult evolve their multi-service networks —empowering service providers to to decide what technology they should with a smooth, seamless transition create, implement, and manage use when evolving their network. Will to IP/MPLS based architectures. high value, in-demand, revenue- the network evolution be based on Nortel Networks has a long history generating applications. ATM or Multiprotocol Label Switching in supporting MPLS on the Passport (MPLS)? In many cases the answer is product line and driving industry Comprehensive network both, depending on the application. MPLS standardization. management What about integrating at the optical Passport 20000 uses Nortel Networks Many service providers are now contem- layer to reduce network complexity Preside network management system, plating network convergence at the and cost? No matter which direction which includes the Preside Multiservice optical layer. Passport 20000 can be is chosen, Passport 20000 can be used Data Manager—an open, flexible used in switched optical networks as to seamlessly evolve the network. network management system that an Optical UNI Client that provides provides management applications for Passport 20000 is the industry’s only signaling connections directly over facilitating revenue generation and cost true multiservice switch supporting a the optical layer. This enables ongoing control. With Preside Multiservice wide variety of revenue-generating ser- high-capacity networking over ATM Data Manager, service providers can vices, including: Frame Relay, ATM, to directly interwork with the optical take advantage of comprehensive fault IP, IP-VPNs, Layer 2 VPNs, MPLS, core, thus reducing network and management, simplified end-to-end wireless, voice and circuit emulation operational complexity. —unsurpassed in the industry. provisioning, and detailed configura- tion management for high quality customer care.

3 The Passport 20000 solutions portfolio

Multiservice Core network evolution—Meet customer demand and evolve your network by capitalizing on the enhanced fabric capacity and higher-speed trunking of the Passport 20000. The proven reliability of Passport helps to ensure a seamless evolution of the core multiservice network for revenue-generating data applications.

Multiservice over MPLS—Provide a smooth evolution path for today’s investment to leverage future technologies as they mature.

Packet Voice Gateway (PVG)—Integrate packet voice and data traffic into the existing public network infrastructure, while simultaneously providing toll-quality voice and bandwidth savings.

Wireless Data Networks—Deliver industry-leading packet networking benefits to current and emerging next-generation wireless networks, including those based on TDMA, GSM, GPRS, UMTS, CDMAOne, and Passport 20000 Shelf View CDMA2000 radio technologies.

IP-VPN services—Take advantage of the expanding demand for network Preside Multiservice Data Manager out-sourcing service with Passport IP—the industry’s leading solution for delivers an extensive set of data for usage high-margin, secure, policy-based IP-VPN services. Passport offers a core billing, enabling rigorous SLA reporting. agnostic solution, supporting IP-VPNs over both ATM and MPLS, and It can also be easily integrated with OSS scales to thousands of VPNs per node with the new VPN Extender Card. systems in the service provider’s manage- Packet/optical integration—Enable more intelligent integration with the ment environment to further complement optical layer of the network to leverage innovations that help minimize their service fulfillment, assurance, and network operations costs. billing functions.

Layer 2 services—Capture a significant share of the rapidly growing Frame Summary Relay and ATM service markets with the industry’s most versatile selection Nortel Networks Passport 20000 Multi- of interface cards. service Switch is an industry-leading multiservice device supporting a wide variety of revenue-generating services on a single switch. These services include "Passport 20000 allows us to continue profiting from our Frame Relay, ATM, IP, IP-VPNs, Layer 2 existing network and evolve, as market demands, to support VPNs, MPLS, wireless, voice, and circuit emulation. The Passport 20000 provides next-generation capabilities for multimedia applications. the reliability, scalability, and flexibility No other single core switch offers the diversity and service providers require in order to remain competitive in today's market versatility of services supported on Passport 20000." and to successfully evolve their networks for future demand. —Hugh Cross, senior vice president of Network Services, Cable & Wireless Jamaica

4 Passport 20000 key technical specifications—services ATM services - SVCs, SPVPs, SPVCs, PVPs, and PVCs - UNI 3.0, 3.1, 4.0 with interworking ILMI 4.0, AINI - Point-to-multipoint (logical and spatial) - Inverse multiplexing over ATM (IMA) n x DS-1/E1 - VPT (Virtual Path Termination) ATM traffic management services ATMF service categories (TM4.1) - CBR, VBR (rt/nrt), UBR, UBR with MDCR, GFR Shaping and UPC enhancements - Dual leaky bucket traffic shaping (inverse UPC) and policing - DGCRA, separate stats for GCRA1 and GCRA2 UPC violations Congestion management - EPD/PPD/LPD, W-RED (per connection, virtual circuits in virtual path) - AAL5 auto detection Advanced queuing and scheduling - Eight quality-of-service classes per link/channel - Per connection WFQ (weighted fair queuing) for each class Performance monitoring - Cell loss ratio, availability ratio, cell transfer delay ATM networking - IISP, PNNI, AINI - SPVCs and SPVPs across UNI, IISP, and PNNI interfaces - PNNI DBR (Domain-based re-routing) and EBR (Edge Based re-routing) - PNNI path and connection trace MPLS networking - Signaling: LDP, RSVP-TE and CR-LDP - Routing: OSPF, OSPF-TE, ISIS, ISIS-TE IP services - IP-VPNs (1000s of VPNs per node) - DiffServ-compliant IP class of service - IP-VPN accounting - IP filtering - Routing protocols: OSPF, RIPv1, RIPv2, ISIS, BGP-4, MPBGP-4 Packet voice services - Voice over ATM (AAL-2 or AAL-1) and voice over IP options - ITU-T G.164 and G.165 compliant tone detection - ITU-T G.165 and G.168 compliant echo cancellation (ECAN) - PRI signaling support (ANSI/ETSI), CAS signaling support - Voice encoding and compression algorithms: ITU-T G.711 PCM, G.726 ADPCM or G.729 A/B CS-ACELP - Meets stringent voice networking availability standards (GR-412, GR929, GR-1110) - Silence suppression, comfort noise generation, and dynamic down speeding - 56/64-kbps clear-channel fax and modem support - Integrated and offered through Nortel Networks carrier voice over IP portfolio Circuit emulation services - ATM CES 2.0 (AAL1), structured and unstructured - DS-3 structured, channelized to the DS-0 - DS-1, structured and unstructured - PVCs, SVCs, and SPVCs Frame Relay services - FR UNI and NNI (FRF.1, FRF. 2) - (ITU-T, ANSI, Frame Relay and Vendor Forum) - Frame Relay usage-based accounting and detailed statistics - X.121 and E.164 addressing schemes - PVCs and SVCs - Closed user groups (CUGs), signaled per DLCI and per port - SVC call redirection and huntgroups (FRF.4) - FR-ATM service and network inter-working (FRF.8 and FRF.5) - Multilink Frame Relay (MLFR) (FRF.16) downspeeding 5 Passport 20000 key technical specifications—physical interfaces ATM Interfaces - IMA (nxDS-1/nxE1), DS-3/E3, DS-3/E3 ch, OC-3c/STM-1, OC-12c/STM-4, OC-48c/STM-16, (ATM UNI/NNI and MPLS) OC-192c/STM-64c Packet over SONET (POS) - OC-3c/STM-1, OC-12c/STM-4, OC-48c/STM-16, OC-192c/STM-64 interfaces IP interfaces and transport - DS-3/E3, DS-3ch, OC-3c/STM-1, OC12c/STM-4, OC-48c/STM-16, OC-192c/STM-64 - Gigabit Ethernet, 10 Gigabit Ethernet - VPN Extender Card - FR (RFC1490), PPP (RFC1661), ATM (RFC1483R/RFC1483B termination) Ethernet interfaces - Gigabit Ethernet, 10 Gigabit Ethernet Frame Relay interfaces - DS-3, DS-3ch, STM-1ch Circuit emulation interfaces - Multi-port T1/E1, DS-3ch and OC3/STM1ch interface options - Structured and unstructured Packet Voice Gateway - TDM: DS3ch, OC-3/STM-1ch with T1 and E1 interface options interfaces - Packet: Passport ATM and IP interfaces listed above plus integrated Gigabit Ethernet on voice services processor (VSP)

Packaging and power Standards compliance - Telcordia GR-1089-CORE, GR63- CORE - Safety: CSA C22.2 no. 950, EN 60950, UL 1950 - EMC: EN 55022/FCC Part 15B Class A, EN 300 386-2 Class B - Seismic: up to Zone 4 - ETSI/NEBS compliant Dimensions - Nortel Networks supplied cabinet 2125 mm x 600 mm x 600 mm (h x w x d) (83.66" x 23.62" x 23.62") or standard 23" EIA rack - Shelf: 798 mm x 534 mm x 549 mm (h x w x d) (31.4" x 21" x 21.6") Smart cable management - Cable management guides and trays; rear cabling for power and alarms Power - -48 VDC/-60 VDC nominal voltage - AC power option available Alarm systems - Frame- and shelf-level Major, Minor, Power, and Fan alarms

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