Nortel Networks Passport 20000 Multiservice Switch
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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