DAILY NEWS AND INFORMATION FOR THE GLOBAL GRID COMMUNITY / JUNE 23, 2003: VOL. 2 NO. 25    ( Table of Contents )

Breaking News - Networking:

Marconi Deploys Its IP Technology In Production Network

Marconi announced that it has deployed its ASX-4000 switch-router as a core router in a new production network at the University of New Hampshire InterOperability Laboratory (UNH-IOL). The UNH-IOL network carries IP (Internet Protocol) traffic over a multi-vendor, multi-protocol, geographically dispersed network.

This UNH-IOL project, called Moonv6, is designed to demonstrate the security and reliability of IP version 6 (IPv6), in cooperation with the worldwide IP community. Marconi's participation will demonstrate that live applications running over a production network interoperate between IPv6 and IP version 4 (IPv4) protocols. UNH-IOL faculty and students and researchers at other universities and in the industry are using the new network for their everyday computing requirements.

"Marconi's ASX-4000 is operating in the production network at the University of New Hampshire's InterOperability Laboratory, where it is acting as a core router in a multi-vendor network running IP traffic," said Ben Schultz, Managing Engineer at the UNH-IOL.

Marconi is collaborating with the UNH-IOL to implement the new network with its ASX-4000 switch-router, running various IP routing protocols, including OSPF (Open Shortest Path First) and BGP (Border Gateway Protocol), while operating as a core router connecting devices from other vendors that are running IPv6.

"At SUPERCOMM 2003 our products were at the core of the successful demonstration of scalable MPLS (Multiprotocol Label Switching) by the MPLS/Frame Relay Alliance. Today's announcement of our involvement with the University of New Hampshire showcases our IP technology in the core of a production network," said Tom Murray, vice president of marketing for Marconi's Broadband Routing and Switching group. "Marconi's entire line of switch-routers, including its 480 (960 Gbps half-duplex) Gbps BXR-48000, support IP routing and MPLS service delivery, enabling customers to migrate their legacy traffic to packet-based networks, based on market demand."