Foundry Networks CPE & MTU Products - NetIron M2404 MPLS Metro Access Switches

NetIron M2404 MPLS Metro Access Switches

Cost-effective MPLS-based end-to-end service delivery at the access edge for FTTx / ETTx, multi-play, and Multi-Tenant Unit (MTU) applications
Powerful service-enabling features providing carrier-class sub-50 msec resiliency and multi-level hierarchical QoS (H-QoS) for advanced Service Level Agreements
24 Fast Ethernet ports (all-fiber or all-copper), 2 1-GbE fiber/copper combo ports, and 2 1-GbE enhanced uplink ports in a compact 1 Rack Unit (RU) design with wire-speed performance

Overview
Features
Specifications
System Options
Literature

Overview

The evolution of MPLS-based metro services from the early adopters phase to today's mainstream, brings with it the need for cost-effective and compact solutions for the network edge. In the rapidly growing area of Metropolitan Area Networks (MANs), several applications benefit from the extension of MPLS-based service delivery to the edge of the network, and the NetIron M2404 family does exactly that, while also addressing the tight constraints of space, power, and cooling found in many deployment scenarios.

The NetIron M2404 is a high-density, versatile, compact MPLS metro access switch family. Occupying a single Rack Unit (RU), the NetIron M2404 metro access switches are part of Foundry's NetIron family of products that are engineered to meet the expanding requirements of service providers. The device features 24 10/100 ports, two 1-GbE fiber/copper combo ports, and two enhanced services 1-GbE ports. It is available in both fiber and copper (RJ-45) models. In addition, the fiber model uses pluggable optics, allowing a range of optics to be used in both single-strand and dual-strand fiber networks. These capabilities make the NetIron M2404 switches the most versatile MPLS MTU devices available in the industry today. The NetIron M2404 metro access switches, together with the NetIron MLX metro routers and NetIron XMR core routers, make the NetIron product family a complete MPLS-enabled solution that addresses the gamut of service provider needs.

Features

Configuration

1 RU compact service provider grade metro access switches
All-Fiber (SFP) and all-Copper (RJ-45) models for maximum deployment versatility
Hot-pluggable, redundant power supplies

Switching

802.1Q, service-based Q-in-Q, RSTP, and MSTP support
Multicast support including IGMP snooping and Multicast VLAN Registration (MVR)

MPLS

MPLS signaling support with LDP and RSVP-TE for Traffic Engineering
OSPF and static routing for MPLS network setup
Advanced MPLS capabilities extend the benefits of MPLS to the edge:
- MPLS Traffic Engineering (TE)
- MPLS Fast Reroute for sub-50 millisecond convergence
Wire-speed edge (PE) and core (P) Label Switching Router functionality
H-VPLS support (with spoke VLL) on enhanced Gigabit Ethernet ports

Metro Ethernet Services

Support for Ethernet Private Line (EPL), Ethernet Virtual Private Line (EVPL), and Ethernet LAN (E-LAN) services as defined by the Metro Ethernet Forum (MEF)
Transparent LAN Service (TLS) delivery using service-based Q-in-Q from UNI interfaces to NNI interfaces
VLAN-ID translation

QoS

3-level Hierarchical QoS (H-QoS) on enhanced 1-GbE interfaces
Configurable tail-drop or WRED support for congestion management and precedence dropping (tunable via configuration)
Supports hybrid queue servicing disciplines: Strict Priority + Weighted Round-Robin, and Weighted Fair Queuing
Per queue per port QoS statistics support on enhanced network ports

SLA, Security, and Policy Enforcement

Rate limiting with accounting
Hierarchical dual rate traffic shapers
Layer 3 and Layer 2 ACLs
Hardware-based packet filtering
802.1x authentication

Wide Range of Service Provider Applications

Simultaneous delivery of business and residential services
Wireless base station backhaul
Fiber to the Home (FTTH) and Ethernet to the Home (ETTH)
Aggregation of EFM services
IPTV deployments

Specifications

IEEE Compliance

802.3 Ethernet
802.3u Fast Ethernet
802.3x Flow Control
802.3z Gigabit Ethernet
802.3ad Link Aggregation
802.1Q VLAN Tagging
802.1D Bridging
802.1s Multiple STP
802.1w Rapid STP
802.3ah Link-Layer OAM
802.1ag Connectivity Fault Management

RFC Compliance - OSPF

RFC 2328 OSPF v2
RFC 1587 OSPF NSSA
RFC 1765 OSPF Database Overflow

RFC Compliance - IP Multicast

Multicast VLAN Registration (MVR)
IGMP snooping (MAGMA draft)

RFC Compliance - General Protocols

RFC 768 UDP
RFC 783 TFTP
RFC 791 IP
RFC 792 ICMP
RFC 793 TCP
RFC 826 ARP
RFC 854 TELNET
RFC 894 IP over Ethernet
RFC 1122 Host Requirements
RFC 1519 CIDR
RFC 2132 DHCP (client)
RFC 1591 DNS (client)

RFC Compliance - Other

RFC 2819 RMON
RFC 2865 RADIUS
RFC 2869 RADIUS Extensions

RFC Compliance - MPLS

RFC 3031 MPLS Architecture
RFC 3032 MPLS Label Stack Encoding
RFC 2205 RSVP v1 Functional Specification
RFC 2209 RSVP v1 Message Processing Rules
RFC 3209 RSVP-TE
RFC 3036 LDP Specification
RFC 3063 MPLS Loop Prevention
RFC 4090 Fast Reroute Extensions to RSVP-TE for LSP Tunnels; partial support: bypass style

RFC Compliance - L2VPN and PWE3

draft-ietf-l2vpn-l2-framework Framework for Layer 2 Virtual Private Networks
draft-ietf-l2vpn-requirements Service Requirements for Layer 2 Provider Provisioned Virtual Private Networks
draft-ietf-l2vpn-vpls-ldp Virtual Private LAN Services over MPLS (VPLS Spoke)
draft-ietf-pwe3-arch PWE3 Architecture
draft-ietf-pwe3-ethernet-encap Encapsulation Methods for Transport of Ethernet Frames Over IP/MPLS Networks
draft-ietf-pwe3-control-protocol Pseudowire Setup and Maintenance using LDP

RFC Compliance - OAM

IEEE 802.1ag Connectivity Fault Management
IEEE 802.3ah EFM-OAM
MEF OAM support (MEF Draft)

Network Management

IronView Network Manager (INM) element management
Integrated Standard-based Command Line Interface (CLI)
Telnet
SNMP v1, v2c and V3
SNMP MIB II
RMON

Element Security Options

AAA
RADIUS
Secure Shell (SSH v2)
TACACS/TACACS+
IEEE 802.1x Port-Based Authentication
Username/Password (Challenge and Response)
Bi-level Access Mode (Standard and EXEC Level)

Environmental

Operating Temperature: 0 °C to 45 °C (32 °F to 113 °F)
Relative Humidity: Up to 95% non-condensing
Storage Temperature: -20 °C to +60 °C (-4 °F to 140 °F)
Storage Relative Humidity: Up to 95% non-condensing

System Options

Part Number	Description
NI-M2404F-AC	NetIron M2404F Metro Access Switch with 1 AC Power Supply
NI-M2404C-AC	NetIron M2404C Metro Access Switch with 1 AC Power Supply
NI-M2404F-DC	NetIron M2404F Metro Access Switch with 1 DC Power Supply
NI-M2404C-DC	NetIron M2404C Metro Access Switch with 1 DC Power Supply
NI-M2404-ACPWR	NetIron M2404 AC Power Supply
NI-M2404-DCPWR	NetIron M2404 DC Power Supply