Availability/performance
- Superior architecture for OS6850 resiliency including virtual chassis, redundant power, fault tolerant stacking, hot-swappable chassis, power supplies, transceivers and image rollback;
- Dual IPv4 and IPv6 support, which extends the life cycle, future proofs the network and satisfies the most stringent government and defense requirements (DoD);
- Differentiated quality of service (QoS) for mission critical applications.
Manageability/Ease of deployment
- Same CLI, Webview, SNMP, OmniVista as for any AOS switch;
- Various models covering all needs from 10/100 to GigE and 10GE with redundant and replaceable power supplies available among a broad choice of AC, DC, standard PoE or high power PoE PS.
Security
- Alcatel-Lucent Access Guardian as a security framework for network-wide and user-based security with auto-sensing authentication (802.1X, MAC, Rules);
- Traffic anomaly detection to monitor network traffic in real-time, detect malware and anomalies, report and quarantine offending ports;
- Alcatel-Lucent OmniVista Quarantine Manager support for automatic containment and remediation upon identification of malicious attacks by switches or third-party intrusion detection and prevention systems.
Ethernet Access Services
- Comprehensive Metro Ethernet features set such as VLAN stacking, Ethernet OAM, multicast VLANs for Ethernet access deployments supporting residential and business metro/triple-play applications.
Layer-3 Gigabit Ethernet chassis with 44 RJ-45 ports individually configurable to 10/100/1000Base-T, four combo ports, and two dedicated stacking ports. A 126-W AC or 120-W DC power supply respectively is included in the bundle.
