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April 28, 2008
Alcatel-Lucent Expands Its OmniSwitch 6850 LAN Switch Family
By Anshu Shrivastava TMCnet Contributing Editor
Alcatel-Lucent (News - Alert) has introduced the Alcatel-Lucent OmniSwitch 6855 Hardened LAN switch.
This new Gigabit Ethernet switch, according to Alcatel-Lucent, is specifically built for IP
network deployments where environmental operating conditions are unusually demanding.
A hardened, fully managed OmniSwitch 6855 has been engineered to meet “stringent operating requirements” such as working in temperatures of -40 deg C up to +75 deg C, and “purpose-built to withstand challenging shock, vibration and electrical conditions,” like Industrial EMI/EMC (News - Alert), IEEE1613, IEC61850.
Company officials pointed out that this new offering is the first “industrial grade Ethernet switch that offers up to 24 Gigabit copper and fiber port densities in a single RU high chassis.”
OmniSwitch 6855 is available in four models with replaceable and redundant AC and DC power supplies. The four models are OS6855-U10, a half-size rack mountable, fanless, 10 ports fiber model; OS6855-14, 14 ports copper model; OS6855-U24, a full-size 24 ports rack mountable fiber model; and OS6855-24, a copper model.
Officials explained that all copper models support four Power over Ethernet (POE) ports that can provide connectivity to POE devices such as video surveillance camera, wireless access points, card readers, sensors or other special purpose powered devices.
Part of OmniSwitch 6850 LAN Switch family, OmniSwitch 6855 supports wire speed performance for IPv4 and IPv6 traffic. Also features extended security and resiliency ensuring network response time, infrastructure longevity and support for a variety of mission-critical services and applications, according to officials.
Eric Penisson, vice president for large and mid enterprise solutions at Alcatel-Lucent, stated in a press release that the new state-of-the-art hardened Ethernet switch meets the growing demand for always-on, secure and converged communication infrastructure expansion beyond the enterprise campus to environmentally challenged locations.
“In addition, embedded traffic anomaly detection puts OmniSwitch products ahead of the competition; Green technology recognition and MEF certification validates our commitment to open standards and eco (News - Alert)-friendly systems,” he added.
The OmniSwitch 6855 Hardened Gigabit LAN Switch is now available for metro/carrier deployments requiring support for a full suite of services and advanced QoS.
Anshu Shrivastava is a TMCnet Contributing Editor.
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This new Gigabit Ethernet switch, according to Alcatel-Lucent, is specifically built for IP
network deployments where environmental operating conditions are unusually demanding. A hardened, fully managed OmniSwitch 6855 has been engineered to meet “stringent operating requirements” such as working in temperatures of -40 deg C up to +75 deg C, and “purpose-built to withstand challenging shock, vibration and electrical conditions,” like Industrial EMI/EMC (News - Alert), IEEE1613, IEC61850.
Company officials pointed out that this new offering is the first “industrial grade Ethernet
switch that offers up to 24 Gigabit copper and fiber port densities in a single RU high chassis.”OmniSwitch 6855 is available in four models with replaceable and redundant AC and DC power supplies. The four models are OS6855-U10, a half-size rack mountable, fanless, 10 ports fiber model; OS6855-14, 14 ports copper model; OS6855-U24, a full-size 24 ports rack mountable fiber model; and OS6855-24, a copper model.
Officials explained that all copper models support four Power over Ethernet (POE) ports that can provide connectivity to POE devices such as video surveillance camera, wireless access points, card readers, sensors or other special purpose powered devices.
Part of OmniSwitch 6850 LAN
Switch family, OmniSwitch 6855 supports wire speed performance for IPv4 and IPv6 traffic. Also features extended security and resiliency ensuring network response time, infrastructure longevity and support for a variety of mission-critical services and applications, according to officials. Eric Penisson, vice president for large and mid enterprise solutions at Alcatel-Lucent, stated in a press release that the new state-of-the-art hardened Ethernet switch meets the growing demand for always-on, secure and converged communication infrastructure expansion beyond the enterprise campus to environmentally challenged locations.
“In addition, embedded traffic anomaly detection puts OmniSwitch products ahead of the competition; Green technology recognition and MEF certification validates our commitment to open standards and eco (News - Alert)-friendly systems,” he added.
The OmniSwitch 6855 Hardened Gigabit LAN Switch is now available for metro/carrier deployments requiring support for a full suite of services and advanced QoS
. Anshu Shrivastava is a TMCnet Contributing Editor.
Don’t forget to check out TMCnet’s White Paper Library, which provides a selection of in-depth information on relevant topics affecting the IP Communications industry. The library offers white papers, case studies and other documents which are free to registered users. Today’s featured white paper is, Best Practices in Agent Retention brought to you by Enkata.
