With a mix of new products and product enhancements, Nortel Networks has significantly expanded the e-business capability of its Passport multiservice IP (Internet Protocol) WAN (wide area network) switches.
The core product in this announcement is the Passport 2430, a cost-effective solution for small and medium-sized businesses as well as large companies with remote branches. Other announcements include Passport 4400 Release 4.0, which includes new voice-over-IP (VoIP) capabilities, and Passport 6400 Release 7.0, with a new functional processor for enhanced transport of IP traffic over ATM (asynchronous transfer mode) backbone networks.
"Nortel Networks is building a high-performance Internet," says Mark McCallum, systems engineer of Nortel Networks Enterprise Solutions in South Africa. "These announcements represent another step toward making that vision a reality. By offering IP-related functionality and security features, the Passport family supports Nortel Networks` Open IP initiatives and makes it easier to conduct e-business."
The Passport family`s IP-related capabilities increase its support for e-business by lowering costs; enhancing reliability, security and quality of service (QoS); and enabling businesses to offer customers a greater range of IP services. They enhance Passport`s ability to combine voice and data traffic over switched WAN services, and enable cost reductions by eliminating the need for mission-specific voice and data networks.
The Passport 2430 multiservice access switch provides flexibility and high performance to businesses in a wide range of sizes and market niches. Small and medium-sized businesses can deploy the 2430 as the primary router, and it can serve large companies as a small branch office solution. E-business demands more and more bandwidth and speed, and the Passport 2430 helps provide these economically.
Passport 4400 Release 4.0 adds VoIP support to the 4400`s existing voice-over-Frame-Relay capability. This enables greater flexibility in forwarding voice or data traffic, and makes it easier for Passport to co-exist with other router networks.
The new ATM IP functional processor added by Passport 6400 Release 7.0 greatly enhances the performance of IP traffic routed over ATM. This is important because, although applications are converging upon IP within enterprise LAN and campus environments, most backbone networks are expected to remain based on ATM for the foreseeable future.
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