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Breaking News -
Networking:
Larscom Announces Upgrade Of Orion
7400 Product Family
Responding to emerging business opportunities for service providers to
deliver
Virtual LANs (VLANs) (the ability for enterprises to seamlessly connect
multi-location LANs) on Metro Ethernet networks, Larscom announced a
significant software upgrade for the Orion 7400 Ethernet over SONET (EoS)
multi-service access platform. With this product release, Larscom delivers a
complete solution for the customer premise that allows an unparalleled level
of Ethernet performance, and dynamic bandwidth allocation for a new class of
Ethernet services.
Service providers are currently challenged in supporting transparent VLAN
services to their multi-site enterprise customer base due to existing
limitations in their Ethernet network infrastructure. Larscom's Orion 7400
multi-service access platform is perfectly positioned to lead this new market
opportunity with three significant features: 1) Ethernet "Q-in-Q" VLAN Tagging
support; 2) Advanced Ethernet Performance Management for Service monitoring;
and 3) Dynamic WAN bandwidth allocation using LCAS capability.
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Additionally, the Orion 7400 Release 2 software breaks new ground by
providing
a full suite of SONET performance parameters for its 10/100 and Gigabit
Ethernet interfaces, enabling providers to support a variety of Service Level
Agreements (SLAs) by utilizing advanced performance reporting capabilities.
The Orion 7400 offers its comprehensive management capabilities via industry
standard TL1, SNMP and HTTP web GUI interfaces.
"This product release is a significant step forward in the delivery of
scalable, transparent VLAN services, in that it is the first EoS solution that
can support the extra large Ethernet frames generated by Ethernet switches.
Our service-provider customers have found that their legacy gear often does
not support frames this large, and are now turning to the Orion 7400," said
Gurdip Jande, vice president of marketing at Larscom Inc. "Our solution
enables providers to roll-out nested VLAN services over legacy SONET
equipment. This advantage has allowed the Orion 7400 to be deployed in VLAN
applications as well as the more traditional Ethernet WAN transport
applications."
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