Nortel 8600 Core Switch High performance, convergence-ready, modular Gigabit switch

Converged applications which increase employee productivity and your bottom line require a resilient, secure, and intelligent network. The Nortel Ethernet Routing Switch 8600 combines Terabit performance with Nortel's unique reliability technologies to create the basis of a Resilient Terabit Cluster solution.

The chassis-based Ethernet Routing Switch 8600 scales up to 240 Gigabit Ethernet ports and 24 10 Gigabit Ethernet ports as well as enabling LAN connectivity for ATM, PoS, and Wave Division Multiplexing technologies.

Features & Benefits

• Features & Benefits
  
• 720 Gigabit architecture delivers Terabit performance in resilient clusters for performance available network wide.
  
• Unique resiliency technologies ensure maximum uptime for increase employee productivity and efficiency.
  
• Integrated security with support for thousands access control lists and built in firewalls provides “end to end” data integrity and control.
  
• Line rate 10 Gigabit Ethernet programmable packet processors ensure a low total cost of ownership over time.
  15,000 independent hardware queues per system supplies granular traffic control.
  
• Line rate forwarding for all 10 Gigabit Ethernet interfaces means no dropped voice or video calls.
  
• Half a million route entries for full internet route support provides scalability in routing applications.
  
• 240 non-blocking Gigabit Ethernet ports.
  
• 24 non-blocking 10 Gigabit Ethernet ports.
  
• High performance flexible solution allows you to:
  Use the network as a competitive advantage for your company.
  Drive business innovation from within your organization.
  Improve customer satisfaction with integrated web applications.
• Ensure data integrity and security for traffic on your network.

Additional Information

     Nortel Switch 8600 Data Sheet PDF