Riverstone Networks announces the RS 38000 optical metro backbone router

Jan. 18, 2001
In a move to extend its hardware-enabled control and accountability features to the core of metro networks, Riverstone Networks announced the RS 38000 Optical Metro Backbone Router. The RS 38000 is the new flagship product in Riverstone's growing line of service creation platforms.

In a move to extend its hardware-enabled control and accountability features to the core of metro networks, Riverstone Networks announced the RS 38000 Optical Metro Backbone Router. The RS 38000 is the new flagship product in Riverstone's growing line of service creation platforms.

Designed to extend next generation services into the metropolitan core, the RS 38000 contains Riverstone's fourth-generation ASIC's, support for 10 Gigabit Ethernet, Gigabit Ethernet, SONET, WDM, as well as hardware-based Multi-Protocol Label Switching (MPLS) and full support for Resilient Packet Rings (RPR, IEEE 802.17). The RS 38000 enables service providers to deliver advanced applications and differentiated services to their customers while simplifying the deployment and management of metro backbone networks.

The new RS 38000Icombines a 170 Gbps non-blocking switch fabric, with hardware-based services such as metro optimized MPLS, bit-level bandwidth slicing and RPR. The RSU38000's hardware-based support for MPLS is optimized for metropolitan area networking applications and provides security and virtually unlimited scalability with end-to-end Virtual Private Networks (VPNs). With the RS 38000, service providers can dynamically provision from 10 Gbps all the way down toA1 Kbp on a per-port or per-flow basis and can partition metro-scale LANs into multiple virtual LANs for ease of management. The RS 38000 can support up to 16.7 million VLAN combinations and thus has the flexibility to add value to metro networks, regardless of service provider deployment model.

Supporting up to OC-192/10 Gigabit Ethernet capacity, the RS 38000 delivers added control, security and flexibility on both Greenfield and legacy networks. For service providers with legacy SONET networks, the RS 38000 supports SONET and DWDM to offer better use of optical bandwidth. For providers building out new optical networks, the RS 38000 allows the use of 10 Gigabit Ethernet for simple control of bandwidth from the edge of the Internet core all the way to the desktop.

By supporting the RPR standard (802.17), the RS 38000 combines SONET and the Ethernet. Sub 50-milisecond failover is combined with the lightweight data optimized, plug and play benefits of Ethernet. The RS 38000's RPR implementation allows service providers to drive down the cost of building optimized backbone rings, while still enjoying many of the benefits of SONET. With its full SONET interoperability, the RS 38000Uplaces Ethernet switching and routing directly on the SONET ring thereby allowing providers to reap the full benefits of end-to-end Ethernet network management.

The new RS 38000 is fully NEBS compliant and supports major core Internet routing protocols, including BGP-4, IS-IS, PIM and OSPF, making it able to handle virtually any type of network traffic. Riverstone's RapidOS software makes it easy to dynamically provision IP services, such as VPNs to individual customers, or even to create self-provisioning setups that customers can control via the Web. MPLS support for end-to-end connections adds an additional layer of security for VPN traffic.

The RS 38000 Optical Metro Backbone Router is now available.

About Riverstone Networks:

Riverstone Networks is a developer of routers and switches for metropolitan area network service providers.

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