Ethernet Solutions Modules

Technical information
System Capacities
CoreDirector FS
    640 Gb/s switching capacity over 16 payload slots
CoreDirector FSCI
    160 Gb/s switching capacity over 8 payload slots

ESLM Hardware
    Occupies one payload slot; Ethernet ports per module - 10 x GbE or
    1 x 10GbE; SONET/SDH VCG ports per module - 64 STS-1/3c-xV
    or VC-3/4-xV connections up to a total bandwidth of OC-192/STM-64;
    SFP transceivers - SX, LX; XFP transceivers - SR, LR, ER

Software Features at a Glance
Data Software
    Software-configurable SONET/SDH mapping (GFP-F, HDLC, LAPS X.86),
    VCAT - STS-1-xV/VC-3-xV or STS-3-xv/VC-4-Xv granularities, LCAS,
    Ethernet port protection

    ESLM Only: VLAN Switching based on 802.1q/ad/p S&C tags,
    VLAN translation based on push/pop/swap of tags, label reuse across
    interfaces Per Flow Traffic Policing to CIR/CBS and EIR/EBS based on
    MEF standards, 8 CoS levels per interface/VCG based on combination
    of Strict Priority and Weighted Fair Queing, WRED Profiles,
    IEEE 802.3ad Ethernet Link Aggregation

SONET/SDH Software
    Configurable SONET and SDH OAM, SONET/SDH translation,
    SONET/SDH multicast, automated link grooming

Optical Control Plane Intelligence
    Standards-based signaling and routing, automatic real-time resource discovery,
    intelligent mapping of services to resources, automatic resource activation/
    deactivation, mesh restoration, link aggregation, local span mesh restoration,
    crankback, OIF O-UNI 1.0

Optical Protection and Restoration

Options available to Data Services
    FastMesh® connection-level mesh restoration; 4F Virtual Line Switched Ring
    (VLSRTM), an intelligent version of 4F BLSR/MS-SPRing; Asymmetric VLSR;
    4F TLSR; 2F BLSR/MS-SPRing; 4F BLSR/MS-SPRing; APS/MSP (1+1, 1:N)
    and unprotected (0+1); UPSR, SNCP
Network Management
    Standards-based CORBA IDL interfaces, TMN-based architecture and
    information models, TL-1 craft interface for operational familiarity, IP or
    OSI over DCS extensions for management of subtended network elements
CoreDirector FS Node Manager
GUI-based element management
ON-Center® Core Switching Manager
Node and network management
ON-Center Service Level Manager
End-to-end TDM and Ethernet services management
CoreDirector Designer
    Off-line capacity planning, network validation, network optimization
    and node configuration, Universal OSS Gateway compliant with TMF-814 for
    operations integration

Physical Characteristics
ESLM Dimensions
    21.3" (H) x 1.3"(W) x 16.4" (D); 541.02 mm (H) x 33.02 mm (W) x 416.56 mm (D)
ESLM Weight
    12.2 lbs, 5.53 kg
GELM Dimensions
    21.3" (H) x 1.3"(W) x 16.4" (D); 541.02 mm (H) x 33.02 mm (W) x 416.56 mm (D)
GELM Weight
    10.2 lbs, 4.63 kg


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