Wednesday, 7 June 2006

Juniper Rolls Out New Ethernet Services Card For M-and T-series

Juniper Networks Inc. has announced new Ethernet Services products, which the company claims would reduce the cost and complexity for service providers deploying and migrating legacy networks and services to Ethernet.

The new Ethernet Services cards provide high-density Ethernet interfaces and advanced, fine-grained quality of service (QoS) functionality in a modular system that can be added incrementally and non-disruptively to existing M- and T-series routing platforms.

By combining Juniper Networks’ proven strengths in routing with next-generation Ethernet technology, the new Ethernet Services cards enable service providers to introduce new, high-value services over Ethernet while concurrently reducing capital and operational costs.

The new Ethernet Services cards support Juniper Networks new Ethernet Services Engine technology, a modular software and hardware platform that provides a feature set optimised for next-generation, Ethernet-based services for the M- and T-series routing platforms. The Ethernet Services Engine offers QoS and traffic management features that meet the performance requirements of both broadband business services and residential multiplay services.

The new Ethernet Services interface card portfolio consists of four cards designed to give service providers the ability to deploy the optimal solution for their unique service requirements.

Specifically, the product family consists of a 4-port Gigabit Ethernet card supporting up to 4:1 oversubscription, an 8-port Gigabit Ethernet card supporting up to 2:1 oversubscription, an 8-port Gigabit Ethernet card supporting line rate performance on all interfaces and a single port 10 Gigabit Ethernet Type card supporting line rate performance.