LINX turns to Nokia for 400GbE IP interconnection and peering
Nokia says that the London Internet Exchange (LINX) will use members of the technology providers’ 7750 Service Router (SR) platform portfolio to support 400 Gigabit Ethernet (400GbE) IP interconnection and peering. LINX will use the platforms to provider higher-speed, lower-latency connectivity for its more than 950 member companies.
In the UK, LINX operates in 16 locations across London as well as in regional exchanges in Wales, Manchester, and Scotland. LINX will deploy Nokia’s 7750 SR-7s edge routers with FP silicon in three of its London locations. The deployments will support 400GbE immediately, with a roadmap to even greater transmission rates. Nokia says the FP silicon on which the edge routers are based will enable traffic engineering that will avoid performance degradation as network traffic increases. To aid such network reliability goals, LINX will integrate the 7750 SR-7s platforms into its network automation framework via an open source driver that Nokia developed with LINX.
“Our partnership with Nokia highlights LINX’s commitment to delivering high-speed IP interconnection and peering for its members,” commented Richard Petrie, CTO and executive director at LINX. “The scalability and capabilities of Nokia’s IP routing platforms and the integration with our automation platform will enable us to respond to our members’ needs more quickly, offering them better connectivity, improved network performance, and more control.”
“LINX is experiencing greater demand for its market-leading interconnection services than ever before. We are pleased LINX has chosen Nokia’s market-leading 400GbE IP routing technology to help ensure its infrastructure is as up to date as possible and that it remains at the forefront of the IXP industry,” Manuel Ortiz Fernandez, senior vice president of EMEA webscale business at Nokia, concluded.
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