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DAILY NEWS AND INFORMATION
FOR THE GLOBAL GRID COMMUNITY /
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Breaking News -
Networking:
Procket Release Enables
Wire-Speed, Reliable IP Services
Procket Networks, a leading provider of high performance Internet Protocol
(IP) routers, announced significant new performance and feature enhancements
to its PRO/8801 and PRO/8812 routing platforms, including new capabilities in
system management, network security, and system availability. PRO/1 Modular
Service Environment Release 2.3, available immediately, allows network
operators to deploy QoS, MPLS Layer 2 VPN, and comprehensive IPv6-based
services.
The unique design of Procket's PRO/1 software enables each routing protocol
to
run independently, allowing memory protection for unmatched stability and
uptime for services. This separates the PRO/8000 series routers from incumbent
core router offerings. Procket has proven in customer networks and third-party
testing to provide high performance routing and new services/features with
superior reliability to the incumbents.
Quality of Service (QoS) is a set of technologies that allow packets to be
classified, policed, (re)marked, shaped and prioritized. These capabilities in
turn allow users to offer multiple services requiring varying degrees of
delay, jitter, loss and bandwidth guarantees over a common network
infrastructure. Sample services requiring QoS include VOIP (Voice over IP),
VOD (Video on Demand), and Internet gaming. Procket's QoS implementation does
not affect wire-speed forwarding performance.
A Layer 2 MPLS VPN provides a way to emulate existing telecommunications
services (such as Frame-Relay, ATM, and TDM) over packet-switched networks, as
well as point-to-point Ethernet service. In Release 2.3, Ethernet and Ethernet
VLAN pseudo wires are supported.
With Release 2.3, PRO/8000 series routers support comprehensive IPv6
routing
protocols, including static routing, OSPFv3, IS-IS for IPv6, BGP4 for IPv6,
and RIPng, hence allowing users to build larger and more reliable IPv6
networks.
In addition to these enhancements, the PRO/1 Modular Service Environment
now
offers a number of other significant features, including:
- Fast-Reroute enhancement
- Hardware support for Bidirectional PIM ("Bi-Dir PIM")
- BGP soft-reconfiguration inbound
- File commit candidate-configuration confirmed < minutes
- Encrypting Username Passwords
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