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ERX Overview

ERX Overview. Carrier Class Edge Switch Router. Unisphere Data Services Overview. Redstone incorporated in September 1997 Headquarters: Westford, Massachusetts Joined Unisphere Solutions, a US-based, wholly-owned subsidiary of Siemens AG in April, 1999

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ERX Overview

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  1. ERX Overview Carrier Class Edge Switch Router

  2. Unisphere Data Services Overview • Redstone incorporated in September 1997 • Headquarters: Westford, Massachusetts • Joined Unisphere Solutions, a US-based, wholly-owned subsidiary of Siemens AG in April, 1999 • The company is dedicated to addressing the challenges faced by service providers as they strive to keep pace with the rapid growth and demand for new services at the edge of the Internet

  3. Unisphere Data Services Overview • Redstone co-founders: • Jim Dolce: Former Vice President & General Manager, Remote Access Business Unit, Cascade Communications • Kurt Melden: Former co-founder and hardware development director, Cascade Communications • Chris Lawler: Former Vice President of Engineering, LAN Switching Division, 3Com Corp • Products: ERX700 and ERX1400 Edge Switch Routers and NMC-RX (EdgeControl) NMS

  4. Market Segmentation • Internet Edge • Where service providers “meet” their customers • For end-users: Dedicated Internet and VPN access • For service providers: • Service adaptation to IP • Policy management • IP VPN management • Statistics Harvesting • Accounting • IP routing with QoS “Between now and 2002, 2 million businesses and 30 million consumers will get connected to the Internet,” Forrester, 8/1998, Network Strategies

  5. First Generation Edge Solutions • Current generation of Edge products limit Internet access! • Limited density is exhausting POP space and power • Performance designed for larger packet sizes can’t keep up with today’s traffic demands • Lack of carrier features challenge ability to meet SLA commitments • No QoS control limits new services Cisco 7500 Ascend 9000 OC3/STM1 Internet Access Customers Cisco 7500 FT1/E1 T1/E1

  6. Next-Generation IP Edge Switch Router • High Density (low power, small size) to conserve scarce point-of-presence (POP) rack space • Hundreds of physical circuits/shelf • Thousands of logical circuits/shelf • High bandwidth capacity with 100% Wire Speed Performance • Hardware redundancy and other Carrier reliability features provide high availability required to meet SLAs • Supports wire speed QoS crucial to deployment of the business-grade Internet

  7. Industry Leading Density Available space in COs remains at a premium ! 7 ft Telco Rack ERX 1400 + 100% Wire Speed Efficiency + Full Hardware Redundancy + Support for QoS

  8. Wire Speed Performance Packet Distribution on the Internet Source: MCI Traffic Study, IEEE Network 11/97

  9. Wire Speed Performance • Growth in demand for bandwidth and function (e.g. QoS) is outpacing the performance of pure software routers based solely on RISC processors • Next Generation IP Edge Router designs require a precise blend of RISC and ASIC technology... • Ultimate flexibility of a RISC processor • Performance, density and cost benefits of a hardware solution • Edge Routers have less stringent forwarding requirements but demand more features and flexibility

  10. Fast, Flexible Architecture • ASICs and FPGAs per line card deliver hardware assist for maximum performance • Buffer and queue management • QoS scheduling • Address lookup • Flow classification and rate measurement • Statistics support • RISCs per line card for flexibility • L2/L3 packet header parsing and modifications • QoS, classification, and statistics control • Emerging standards support

  11. Carrier Reliability • NEBS Level 3 compliance • Full redundancy and hot swap • Distributed DC power and efficient power utilization (1KW for 924 T1s) • Front-to-back airflow • Midplane design means service uptime without cable moves • Modular software architecture supports dynamic upgrades • Storage of multiple images and configurations to ease service upgrades Benefit: Service Providers can safely deliver network reliability guarantees as part of SLAs

  12. ERX System Architecture SRP I/O I/O Adapter Modules I/O Module DS3 T1 E1 E3 OC3c/STM1 OC12c/STM4 Gigabit Ethernet Fast Ethernet Midplane Connection via passive Midplane Line Modules Line Modules CHT3 CT1/CE1 T3/E3 OC3c/STM1 OC12c/STM4 Gigabit Ethernet Fast Ethernet 5-10 Gbps Switch Route Processor (SRP) with optional redundant SRP

  13. Network Management EdgeControlTM CNM Web App 3rd Party and ISP Apps/OSS Policy Server(e.g. RADIUS, DHCP) dB Applications Command Line/Scripts Bulk Stats SNMP Traps SNMP Sets/Gets Access Methods ERX1400 ERX700 Any IP Path Elements

  14. Network Element Management Overview • Standards-based element management: SNMP, MIB support, and CLI • Cisco-interpreter CLI mode eliminates need for operator retraining and fully utilizes existing scripts • CLI scripting language automates standard configuration tasks • NMC-RX (EdgeControl), JAVA-based NMS with relational database eases network-wide policy control • Statistics and accounting information gathered down to the packet flow level

  15. NMC-RX (EdgeControl) Interface Examples

  16. Monitoring and Diagnostics • A full suite of tools to support ease of operation and speed problem resolution • Comprehensive statistics for all interfaces • Hard-wired hardware and firmware identification per line module, including revision level • Detailed event logging and event filtering • Diagnostic tests on power up or on command • Diagnostic tests for line modules and protocol types • Loopback tests at physical and logical levels • Test pattern generation at physical and logical levels • Dump capabilities for line modules and SRP

  17. Applications

  18. Next Gen POP Architecture SubscriberAccessSolutions Service Layer Infrastructure Network Solutions Edge Core SSS DHCP ERX-700/1400 PrivateLine CRX-64000 ServiceReadyNetworking Corporate Business RADIUS xDSL ATM/POSSTM-1 /STM4 Small/Medium Business ATM/POSSTM4/STM16 Cable SOHO, Residential Access DS1/DS3/OC3 E1/E3/STM1 Physical/Virtual 5-10 Gbps 20-80+ Gbps

  19. ERX Delivers the Network Edge STM-4 ATM Internet Service Provider Edge Network xDSL IP/PPP/ATM ERX 700/1400 STM-1 POS VPN Telco Network xDSL IP/Eth/PPP/ATM E1 IP/Frame Gig Ethernet Fast Ethernet STM-1 ATM ISP STM-4 POS E3 IP/PPP CLEC

  20. Internet Backbone Business Users Edge Core fE1 ERX 700/1400 ADM E1 Gig Eth ADM DACS SDH Ring STM1 POS/ATM nxT1 ADM STM4 POS/ATM T3/E3/E1 ATM/FR/PPP E3 Service Provider Network Telco Network Tier2/3 ISP Network Edge Applications: Private Line Aggregation

  21. Edge Applications: DSL Aggregation Consumer & Business Users (xDSL) CLEC ERX700/1400 IP/PPP/ATM ATM/FR ISP OC3/STM1 E3 FR/ATM STM-1 ATM OC12/STM4 IP/PPP/FR POS/ATM Gig Eth DSLAM IP/PPPoE/ATM VPN DHCP RADIUS IP/PPPoE/FR Access Network Provider Service Network Provider Internet BRAS support for PPP, PAP, CHAP, DHCP, and RADIUS

  22. ISP A ISP B OC3/STM1 ATM VPN ERX 700/1400 INTERNET ISP, ILEC, CLEC, Attack Carrier Network Outsourcing Internet Access Use Virtual Routers, MPLS, ATM /FR VCs and/or L2TP to “outsource” access

  23. Wholesaling Value-Add with SSC Content Provider ISP A SSC IP Network Corp VPN ERX 1400 Billing ASP Wholesaler can connect subscriber to any VPN on behalf of their partner, based on dynamic subscriber selection

  24. Tier-1 Provider Protocol Support • Full support for IP and IP routing • ICMP, IGMP, UDP, TCP, CIDR • 32,000 IP interfaces • Virtual routers with logically separate routing tables for VPN and wholesale applications • Completely distributed routing for wire-speed efficiency; all IP lookup and forwarding handled on line cards • Highly scalable routing protocols: BGP4, IS-IS, OSPF, and RIP

  25. BGP-4 Confederations, route reflectors, route damping, peer groups, etc. IS-IS Level-1/Level-2 routing Multiple areas, Metric extension, Selective redistribution, mesh groups, MD5, etc. OSPF Inter/Intra areas, Type1/Type2 external routes RIPv2 MPLS Access Lists, Route Maps, Route Redistribution Routing Protocol Support Highly scalable routing protocols optimized for large networks

  26. SDH/Sonet IP/ATM/SDH and IP/PPP/SDH Bellcore GR-253-CORE SONET or SDH PPP MTU LCP, IPCP, OSICP PAP, CHAP Frame Relay DTE/DCE LMI ATM LLC and VC mux AAL5 ILMI UBR and nrt-VBR OAM F5 Ingress/Egress Protocol Support All ports can support ingress or egress operations

  27. Grouping and applying VPN specific policies Identification/ VPN membership Transporting data to each VPN VoIP VPN ISP A VPN Corp A VPN Service Offering: IP VPNs ERX 700/1400 Support for both VPN and wholesaling applications

  28. ERX VPN Implementation Grouping and applying VPN specific policies Identification/ VPN membership Transporting data to each VPN Routing policy QoS policy Transport selection Other services ATM VCs MPLS tunnels L2TP tunnels IP Sec tunnels IP in IP tunnels Source interface Domain name IP header info MPLS label? Support for both VPN and wholesaling applications

  29. QoS Delivery The carrier edge aggregates and mediates QoS between thousands of subscribers at the entrance to the public network CPE Core ERX 700/1400 Edge Core Mark/label packets for proper treatment by the core Classify packets and enforce associated QoS policies Allocate uplink bandwidth and system resources to subscribers in relation to their service plan

  30. Service Offering: IP QoS • Best-Effort • Tiered Service • Maximum bandwidth (CARS) • Minimum bandwidth (CARS) • Weighted Fair Queuing (WFQ) • Gold, Silver, Bronze • WFQ with uplink protection • Gold, Silver, Bronze with minimum uplink guarantees The ERX provides QoS tools to create innovative service policies

  31. EDGE LAN EDGE WANCOREEDGE WAN EDGE LAN ERX 700/1400 ERX 700/1400 FE1, E3 FE1, E3 POS ATM ERX 700/1400 ERX 700/1400 FINE QoS QoS GWTOS QoSQoS GW FINE QoS IP QoS: End to End

  32. ERX Product Family

  33. Pricing & Availability ERX 700 • Price leadership across full range of interfaces • Base Configuration available now ERX 1400

  34. Backup Slides

  35. Next Gen POP Architecture SubscriberAccessSolutions Service Layer Edge Core Infrastructure Network Solutions SSS DHCP ERX-700/1400 PrivateLine ServiceReadyNetworking Corporate Business RADIUS xDSL ATM/POS ATM/POS Small/Medium Business CRX-64000AS Cable SOHO, Residential Access SMX-2100 PSTN PSDN Packet Telephony Solutions

  36. ADM ADM/ DACS ADM ADM Private Line Aggregation Edge Routing Switch Core Routing Switch E1, E3 OC3/STM1 POS SONET Ring ERX-700/1400 CRX-64000 ADM/DACS bundles DS1s into M13 format I

  37. DSLAM ATM DSLAM DSL Aggregation Access Network Provider Service Network Provider DS3/E3 ATM High Fan In Low Utilization (e.g. 2000 VCs) PSTN ATM End-to-End Broadband access architecture uses industry standard remote-access protocols such as PPP, IP, PAP, CHAP, and RADIUS

  38. Cable ISP Solution Consumer & Business Users (Cable Modem) Cable Service Provider HFC Network CLEC Ethernet ERX-700/1400 CMTS ISP/ RR/ @home ATM OC3/STM1 CMTS ATM OC12/STM4 Ethernet POS/ATM IP/PPPoE or L2TP Gig Eth / FE DHCP RADIUS VPN SSS SMX-2100 Key Internet PSTN Fiber Fiber Node Amplifier Splitter Tap

  39. Service provider originates VPN (via routing) as subscriber service End-user Service Provider Network DSLAM or RAS VPN 1 PPP Dial/xDSL Virtual Router RADIUS VPN 2 CMTS Policy Routing CableHFCNetwork RADIUS BGP/MPLS VPN 3 Proxy PPP Terminates PPP RADIUS T1/E1 and up Tunneling L2TPIPsecGRE VPN 4 RADIUS AAA RADIUS VPN Service: Dedicated Routes

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