MERS 8600CO Metro Ethernet Routing Switch 8610CO Height: 35.0 in. (88.9 cm) Width: 17.4 in. (44.2 cm) Depth: 23.7 in. (60.2 cm) Weight (empty):(fully loaded): 184 lb (83.5 kg)315 lb (142.9 kg) Rack mountable: Yes, 19-inch standard rack Metro Ethernet Routing Switch 8600 or MERS 8600 is a modular chassis router and/or switch manufactured by Nortel now acquired by Ciena. The MERS 8600 supports the Provider Backbone Bridges (PBB), Provider Backbone Transport (PBT) technologies and carrier class Operations Administration & Maintenance (OAM) tools. Provider Backbone Bridges (PBB) and Provider Backbone Transport (PBT); Technology overview
Configurable as a 1.440 Terabit Switch cluster using SMLT and RSMLT protocols, Ethernet Routing Switch 8600 Technical Specifications cluster failover (normally less than 100 millisecond).
BT uses the MERS 8600 PBB/PBT technologies in its 21st Century Network (21CN)Nortel wins role in BT's 21CN and India has selected this platform for the most extensive IP network ever deployed by an international airport in India.Mial Chooses Nortel For New Communications Infrastructure At Mumbai’s Chha Trapati Shivaji International Airport
The MERS 8600 has 3 chassis options 8006, 6-slot chassis for backbones of low density or high space premium 8010, 10-slot chassis for high availability and high scalability 8010CO, 10-slot NEBS-compliant chassis.
The chassis can be configured with one or two CPU modules (8692SF), and is normally configured with two or three load balancing power supplies.
Modules
CPU Modules 8692omSF Switch Fabric and CPU 8692 with Expansion Mezzanine card, Supports 50 ms fail-over on NNI trunks with MultiLink Trunking 8692omSF Switch Fabric 8691 omSF Switch Fabric and CPU Module
10 Gigabit Ethernet 8683 XLR, 3 ports 10 Gigabit Ethernet XFP (LAN PHY only)
Packet Over SONET 8683POSM, POS Baseboard supports up to 6 OC-3 or 3 OC-12 ports
VPN Modules 8668 VPN Module
Gigabit Ethernet 8630 GBR, 30 ports 1000 BaseX small form factor pluggable interfaces (SX, LX, CWDM, TX) 8608GBM, 8-port Gigabit Ethernet, GBIC-based 8608GTM, 8 ports 1000BASE-T, fixed Gigabit Ethernet
100/10 Megabit Ethernet 8632TXM, 32 ports 10/100 plus 2 GBIC ports 8648TXM, 48 10/100TX ports
See also Ciena Metro Ethernet Wavelength-division multiplexing Provider Backbone Bridges Provider Backbone Transport
References
External links
Metro Ethernet Routing Switch 8600 -Broken Resilient Terabit Cluster - Always on Networking - Broken