Lucent CBX 500; a reliable, versatile multiservice WAN switch
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Platform details
The Lucent CBX 500 is a multiservice WAN switch that provides many of the core features needed by your carrier and service provider network – and it does it with impressive reliability and versatility.
This 5Gbps switch delivers support for IP switching, frame relay, 100Mbps Ethernet and ATM, and each CBX 500 supports 30 configurable IMA bundles.
The CBX 500 supports 96,000 cell buffers per I/O module and it can handle 1,000 VPNs per switch. Elsewhere you’ll find MPLS support to ensure that your data is always routed efficiently, alongside intelligent cell-rate monitoring and a quad-plane switch architecture.
Lucent’s custom silicon delivers 128K cell buffers and VNN packet routing for congestion management. The CBX 500 has VPC/PVC point-to-point, point-to-multipoint and MPT capabilities, and the feature set means your systems will benefit from delay mitigation, loss ratio limitations and VPN support – and custom options for your network’s connections.
The CBX 500 is a 16-slot switch unit that can be augmented with power supply redundancy, too, so you can ensure that your network will be protected in the event of power outages.
Specifications
The multiservice CBX 500 switch provides or supports the following features:
| Multiprocessor and custom silicon design for highest performance and throughput |
| Quad-plane switch architecture with 128K cell buffers to ensure the highest level of data integrity |
| VPC/PVC Point-to-Point, Point-to-Multipoint, and Multipoint-to-Point Tunnel (MPT) |
| Frame Relay and Internet Protocol (IP) services based on the multi-protocol label switching (MPLS) standard |
| Rapid UpgradeTM, Resilient Frame Network-to-Network Interface (NNI), and PVC Redirect capability |
| Up to 16K virtual circuits (VCs) per ATM I/O module |
| Up to 1000 virtual private networks (VPNs) per switch |
| Up to 96K additional cell buffers per I/O module for per-VC queuing |
| Advanced traffic management and connection admission control (CAC) algorithm for increased network-resource use and efficiency |
| ATM virtual channel connection (VCC) and internetworking services |
| Cell rate monitoring for network accounting and design |
| Guaranteed hardware multicast and Quality of Service (QoS) |
| Logical multicasting on all cell-based modules (T1/E1 through OC-12c/STM-4) |
| Early packet discard (EPD)/partial packet discard (PPD) on all cell-based modules (available for non-real time traffic traversing the VBR-NRT or ABR/UBR queues) |
| Automatic protection switching (APS) intracard port redundancy on OC-3c/STM-1 and OC-12c/STM-4 modules |
| Optional redundant switch processors (SPs) with Stratum 3 holdover timing system and modified reset latch feature, equipped with up to 128 Mbytes of RAM for high-speed switching |
| Optional redundant power supplies for high-reliability networking |
| Protocol translation features |
| Usage-based billing capability |
| Congestion management based on Lucent’s VNN packet routing for large network support, which includes: – End-to-end delay – Cell delay variation and cell loss ratio – Administrative path control – Virtual private networks (VPNs) – Sophisticated support for point-to-multipoint connections |
| Support for the four ATM service classes: – Constant bit rate (CBR) – Variable bit rate-real-time (VBR-RT) – Variable bit rate-non-real time (VBR-NRT) – Available bit rate/unspecified bit rate (ABR/UBR) |
| ATM flow-control processing support enabling service providers to manage traffic proportionately on a per-circuit basis (for ABR, UBR, and VBR-NRT service classes) according to service level agreements |
| Ten quality-of-service (QoS) classes implemented via hardware buffers (one CBR, four VBR-RT, four VBR-NRT, and one ABR/UBR) |
| SVC support for UNI 3.0, UNI 3.1, and IISP interfaces |
| Addressing support for E.164, network service access point (NSAP), data country code (DCC) ATM end-system addresses, and international code designator (ICD) ATM end-system addresses |
| Explicit forward congestion indicator (EFCI) marking and checking |
| Interim Link Management Interface (ILMI) and address registration on each port |
| Three system-timing modes: recovered, external, or internal |
| Four transmit timing and synchronization modes: loop, recovered, external, or internal |
| Flexible ATM access services between E1 and STM-1 line speeds |
| Connect to DSLAMs, wireless network access concentrators, CPE, and other Lucent or non-Lucent equipment |
| High port density, with support for 63 User to Network Interface (UNI) or Network to Network Interface (NNI) E1 ports per module |
| Up to 30 software-configurable IMA bundles containing one to eight E1 links |
For even more platform details, see the Lucent CBX 500 Datasheet
Popular products
| Part Number | Description | HECI | OEM |
|---|---|---|---|
| 11075L | 408120137 CBX500 OC3 ATM Processor | BAC3881EAA, BAC3280FAA | Lucent Technologies |
| 11073A | Module, Card CBX 500 DS3 ATM | BAI47CGBAA, BAI4NCGFAA | Lucent Technologies |
| 11075l-128 | CBX-500 4-Port OC3/STM1 ATM Flow Control Processor Card APS Capable W/128MB RAM | BAC3282EAA, BAC3882EAA | Lucent Technologies |
| 11076a-128 | CBX-500 1-Port OC12/STM4 ATM Flow Control Processor Card VP Shaping w/QOS and 128MB RAM | BAA5BDDAAA | Lucent Technologies |
| 11101 | CBX-500 DS3 Frame IO | n/a | Lucent Technologies |
| 11102 | CBX-500 DS3 Frame IO | n/a | Lucent Technologies |
| 11111 | CBX-500 DS3 FR Connector Panel | n/a | Lucent Technologies |
| 11120 | CBX-500 DS3 FR Top 1024 PR | n/a | Lucent Technologies |
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