ECS3810-26T Engineered for Superior Service Demarcation, Extension, and Aggregation

January 6, 2012 /India PRwire/ -- Edge-Core Networks Corporation (www.edge-core.com), a professional networking solution provider offering a complete range of enterprise-level and service provider/carrier Ethernet networking equipment and services to partners around the world, recently announced the launch of the ECS3810-26T, a Layer 2 Fast Ethernet carrier grade switch consisting of 24 Fast Ethernet ports and 2 Gigabit combo (RJ-45/SFP) ports.

The switch is designed to enable service providers to deliver managed converged services such as voice, video, and data over Ethernet and IP networks. A member of Edge-Core Networks' ECS 3500 Series of innovative, cost-efficient Layer 2 Fast Ethernet switches, the ECS3810-26T delivers flexible Quality of Service (QoS), advanced Operation, Administration, and Maintenance (OAM), and support for extended temperature range environments among other carrier-friendly features.

"Edge-Core Networks is proud to introduce our newest Layer 2 Fast Ethernet access switch, the ECS3810-26T," explained Garfield Hsieh, Edge-Core Networks' PLM Manager. "This feature-rich carrier-grade switch allows our customers to enhance network performance and increase value. For example, our Green Ethernet suite of power saving features produces savings seen each month when the power bill is due. And because all new managed switches running EdgeCOS, Edge-Core Networks' robust, native software platform, support IPv6, the ECS3810-26T is positioned for superior performance in both today and tomorrow's networks."

Key Features and Benefits:

l Service Monitoring and Management

Support for IEEE 802.1ag Connectivity Fault Management (CFM) and OAM functions and mechanisms for Ethernet-based networks (ITU-T Y.1731) mean service providers can monitor end-to-end services, identify connectivity and performance issues, and isolate problems from a remote location without having to dispatch an engineer onsite. The switch also provides the capability to monitor service availability, including delayed and dropped packets, for verifying SLA conformance for billing purposes, and providing advance indication of performance degradation before a service outage occurs.

l Carrier-Class Design

A carrier-grade aggregation switch, the ECS3810-26T offers advantages such as the ease of access with the location of all interfaces on the front panel, dual inputs for AC and DC power, fan-less design, and Green Ethernet technology that significantly reduces power consumption. In addition, the switch can operate in temperatures ranging from 0° to 65°, and when loss of power is detected, dying gasp support allows 200ms for the switch to notify the system administrator by SNMP trap.

l IPv6 Management

The switch supports Internet Protocol version 6 (IPv6), a suite of protocols and standards developed by the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) to replace IPv4's impending problem of IP address exhaustion. Specific benefits include dual protocol stacking, allowing IPv4 and IPv6 to co-exist in the same device and network, and tunneling, allowing IPv6 packets to traverse through legacy IPv4 networks.

l Continuous Availability

Support for G.8032 Ethernet Ring Protection Switching (ERPS) enables a network to detect and recover from incidents without impacting users. This loop avoidance allows the switch to meet the most demanding quality and continuous availability requirements--and when problems do occur, rapid recovery time is as low as 50ms.

l Virtual Private Network

The ECS3810-26T supports Layer 2 VPN by use of Q-in-Q in which an IEEE 802.1Q tag from a customer VLAN is encapsulated in a second IEEE 802.1Q tag from a service provider network. The switch also supports Layer 2 Protocol Tunneling for Spanning Tree Protocol (STP), Cisco Discovery Protocol (CDP), Link Layer Discovery Protocol (LLDP), VSI Discovery and Configuration Protocol (VDP), and Per VLAN Spanning Tree (PVST+), with Cisco proprietary multicast address replacement.

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About Edge-Core Networks Corporation

Edge-Core Networks Corporation is a professional networking solution provider offering a complete range of enterprise-level and service provider/carrier Ethernet networking equipment and broadband services to partners around the world. Headquartered in Hsinchu Science Park in northern Taiwan, Edge-Core was originally established in 2004 as part of the Accton Technology Group responsible for global branded business. In 2010, Edge-Core was spun-off into an independent subsidiary.

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