Allied Telesis AT-8516F/SC Series User manual

Solutions | Fiber Connectivity
Allied Telesis Fiber Connectivity Solutions
Secure, Intelligent Infrastructure for Fiber Networks

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So - you've decided you need fiber…
Whatever your fiber needs, Allied Telesis can help you achieve them.
At Allied Telesis we know that today's service providers offer
increasingly advanced customer packages, with IP Triple Play -
the convergence of voice, video and data - requiring greater
bandwidth and reliability. An Allied Telesis Fiber-To-The-Home
or Fiber-To-The-Premises solution provides you with reliable,
future-proof next-generation broadband network infrastructure.
With our solutions, your network is not only capable of the
high bandwidth and prioritizing of critical data that is necessary
today, but is also ready for tomorrow's sophisticated next
generation applications.
If you are an enterprise business, then bandwidth, security and
value are your major concerns. Bandwidth is imperative with
new users and new applications all fighting for space and
threatening to jam older networks. Security is non-negotiable. In
today's technology-dependent world, infrastructure is
vulnerable, and network security is critical. Fiber alone meets
both of these requirements, while still providing the value that
must be factored into any business plan.
Celebrating 20 years of leading-edge fiber products, Allied
Telesis has the broadest portfolio in the industry.You can easily
build your fiber network with Allied Telesis products, including
switches, routers, multiservice platforms and gateways, media
converters, optical pluggables, and Network Interface Cards
(NICs) for desktops and laptops. From the PC to the core, we
have your fiber network covered.
Allied Telesis products are designed to meet your fiber
connectivity needs, and enhance your business - whatever your
business. Read on to find out how.
Fiber Applications and Allied Telesis Products
Whether you want:
nAggregation bandwidth for your enterprise business
nIP Triple Play services delivered to your customer’s home
nMaximum data security
nNoise immunity for your manufacturing environment
Allied Telesis industry leading fiber products, as shown below,
provide the ideal solution.
Fiber Connectivity |Secure, Intelligent Infrastructure for Fiber Networks
One network, limitless capacity and multiple
services for the next 100 years!
FTTx
Manufacturing
(noise immunity)
Aggregation
of Uplinks SwitchBlade
®
x908
(XEM-1XP & XEM-2XP)
iMAP 9000 Series
10GbE
AT- x 900-24XS
AT-9924SP
1GbE
AT- x 900-48FS
AT- 8 516F
iMAP 9000 Series
iMG/iBG Series
100M
Fiber applications using our products

Allied Telesis have got your fiber needs covered
Whatever your fiber network needs, Allied Telesis have the ideal
solution.
Fiber-To-The-Home (FTTH) and Fiber-To-The-
Premises (FTTP)
Service providers today have increased bandwidth requirements,
thanks in large part to offering customers converged voice, video
and data services.The Allied Telesis range of fiber products
provide this superior capacity, but that's not all they do for you.
They also offer excellent network resilience, and great, low cost-
per-port value. Factor in the future proof nature of a fiber
infrastructure, and an Allied Telesis IP Triple Play FTTH or FTTP
solution ticks all your requirement boxes.
Allied Telesis fiber switches offer the carrier-grade Ethernet
Protection Switching Ring (EPSR) resiliency protocol. EPSR allows
several switches to form a protected ring with sub-50ms failover.
This feature is perfect for high performance in service provider
access networks, with super-fast recovery ensuring high-quality
content delivery, and guaranteed customer satisfaction.
With 48 100X SFP ports and four Gigabit SFP uplinks, best-in-
class Quality of Service (QoS), 50°C operating temperature,
and dual hot swappable AC or DC power supplies, our high
density low-cost-per-port AT-x900-48FS switch is the perfect
solution for FTTH. Advanced IP multicast and QoS features
allow you to manage the delivery of IP Triple Play content,
guaranteeing the seamless delivery of delay-sensitive
applications like voice and video.The AT-x900-48FS boasts high
reliability, providing maximum uptime, whether in a central office
or roadside cabinet.The main ports support both single BiDi
100BX and dual-fiber 100FX hot swappable SFPs, and the four
uplink ports supportGigabit fiber or copper SFPs.
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10 Gigabit
1 Gigabit
100
FTTH
AT-x900-24XS
AT-x900-24XS
AT-x900-24XS
AT-x900-24XS
AT-x900-48FS
AT-x900-48FS
iMG600
Residence
Apartments
EPSR
EPSR
10GbE
Ethernet Protected Transport EPSR
Fiber-To-The-Home (FTTH) and Fiber-To-The-Premises (FTTP)

Allied Telesis offers operators of all sizes seamless migration
from existing copper infrastructure to next-generation fiber-
based broadband with its state-of-the-artmultiservice
architectures and technologies. Current investments are
protected and leveraged forward using the latest in DSL in
combination with passive and active FTTH topologies from one
unified system, known as the integrated Multiservice Access
Platform (iMAP). To maximize footprint and coverage,
operatorsmaychoose to initiallyconnect subscribers over
copper lines and gradually migrate them over to fiber as the
network build progresses and the economics allow for the
upgrade. Furthermore, Allied Telesis offers the industry’s best
range of multiservice IP Triple Play customer premise equipment
engineered to align with fiber build schedules and timelines.
These solutions are known as the intelligent Multiservice
Gateways (iMG) for residential subscribers and the intelligent
Business Gateways (iBG) for SMB end-customers.
Other Allied Telesis products that support FTTH and FTTP include:
nAT-9924SP multilayer IPv4 and IPv6 Gigabit switch
nAT-x900-24XS advanced Gigabit Layer 3+ expandable switch
nSwitchBlade®x908 advanced Layer 3 modular switch
niMG 600 series intelligent Media Gateways
niMAP 9000 series integrated Multiservice Access Platforms
niBG 900 series intelligent Business Gateways
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Central
Office
iMAP 9700 Remote Cabinet
w/ MiniMAP 9100
Protected GbE
Transport EPSR
Splitter
Passive Optical
Splitter
VDSL2 /
ADSL2+
POTS
E1
G.SHDSL
POTS /
VDSL
IP Ethernet Multiservice
Access Platform
Powered Device
Migration From Copper to Fiber

Fiber-To-The-Desk (FTTD)
An Allied Telesis FTTD solution is ideal for Federal networks
such as Security, Government, and Defence, thanks to fiber
having the inherent ability to balance your bandwidth and
security needs with your budgetary concerns.
Security concerns plaguing you? Fiber is ideal for confidential and
even top-secret classifications because it is nearly impossible to
tap without detection. Highly reliable, it is also immune to
EMI/RFI interference and unsusceptible to lightning strikes - in
fact, it is vulnerable only to catastrophic failures such as a cable
cut. Complementing the inherent security of fiber, all Allied
Telesis switches incorporate a comprehensive security feature
set for intelligent filtering, ensuring data integrity and protection.
Budget woes forcing you to do more with less? No problem. An
FTTD networkcan be centralized and run over distances of up
to 2000m.That means fewer required links, less equipment,
easier troubleshooting and reduced overall operating costs.
Got an application explosion hitting your desktops? Fiber has that
covered too. Data consumption almost doubles each year, and
fiber is the only media with the bandwidth to handle that growth
well into the future.The ability to exponentially increase capacity
simply by upgrading terminating equipment eliminates the need
for expensive changes to building infrastructure or cabling.
The AT-x900-48FS switch is the ideal solution for FTTD,
satisfying both security and budget requirements. With 48 100X
SFP ports and four Gigabit SFP uplinks, front-to-back cooling,
and dual hot swappable ACor DC power supplies, the
AT-x900-48FS switch delivershigh reliability and low-cost-per-
port. To complement your fiber switches Allied Telesis has the
industry's most comprehensiveportfolio of fiber Network
Interface Cards (NICs) - right up to Gigabit speed.
Other Allied Telesis products that support FTTD are:
nAT-8516F/SC Layer 2+ managed Fast Ethernet switch
nAT
-9924SP multilayer IPv4 and IPv6 Gigabit switch
nAT-x900-24XS advanced Gigabit Layer 3+ expandable switch
nSwitchBlade x908 advanced Layer 3 modular switch
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1 Gigabit
100
AT-x900-48FS
AT-x900-24XS
Fast Ethernet
over Fiber
Gigabit
Ethernet
over Fiber
AT-9924SP
Aggregation
Edge Core
Main Servers
Local Server
Gig Fiber NICs
Fiber NICs
Fiber-T
o-The Desk (FTTD)

10 Gigabit Ethernet
Do you need more speed on your network? 10 Gigabit Ethernet is
the fastest and most up to the minute of all the Ethernet
standards, offering maximum data throughput for your network
core.The arrival of 10 Gigabit Ethernet, also known as 10GbE,
highlights the growing demand for bandwidth to meet the
needs of the latest business applications and the increasingly
complex nature of data.
The Allied Telesis SwitchBlade x908 industry leading modular
switch offers 10GbE expansion modules and hot swappable XFPs
that provide high-speed, high-capacity fiber links. 10 Gigabit
capable expansion module options are the AT-XEM-1XP 1 x
10GbE (XFP) module, and the future AT-XEM-2XP 2 x 10GbE
(XFP) module.With eight high-speed expansion bays, delivering a
new generation of high performance, the SwitchBlade x908
provides for up to 16 10GbE connections, all fully non-blocking
and operating at wirespeed.
Combined with the x900 series expandable switches, the
SwitchBlade x908 provides a 10 Gigabit core ensuring a
powerful network infrastructure for the most demanding
applications.
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10 Gigabit Ethernet
AT-x900-24XS
AT-x900-24XS AT-x900-24XS
Stacking
10 Gigabit
1 Gigabit
Link Aggregation
SwitchBlade x908
Network
Core

Aggregation of Gigabit Uplinks
Large enterprise networks often incorporate switches at the
aggregation layer, in order to aggregate the uplinks from the
edge switches that send data to the network core and
application servers as required. As most edge switches typically
contain Gigabit uplink ports, a fiber-capable Gigabit switch is the
ideal solution at your aggregation layer.
If you have a geographically widespread network, such as a
university campus, fiber can aggregate your Gigabit network
connections from remote departments and buildings. Where
required, we can support distances of up to 40 kilometres.
With Gigabit Ethernet on every port, the highly-featured
AT-9924SP multilayer IPv4 and IPv6 Gigabit switch brings the
high performance and value of fiber to your aggregation layer.
For even more flexibility, the AT-x900-24XS advanced Gigabit
Layer 3+ expandable switch provides the same advanced
feature set with a future proof expandable hardware design.
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Aggregation of Gigabit Uplinks
1Gigabit
10/100
Link Aggregation
8600
Series
AT-9924SP
8000S
Series
8000S
Series
Network Core
Aggregation Layer
Edge

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Manufacturing and Noise Immunity
In Industrial environments, Electromagnetic Interference (EMI)
can be a big problem. Motors, welders and other industrial
equipment generate a tremendous amount of electrical noise
that can cause major problems with copper cabling. Using fiber
in your network ensures complete noise immunity against
EMI/RFI interference.
With an all-fiber network, busy industrial and manufacturing
environments can rest assured that data is uncompromized,
regardless of any commercial or industrial machinery operating
in close proximity.
With the added benefits of no Electromagnetic Compatibility
(EMC) emission, no ground loops, and industrial-level protection
against lightning and high voltage surge environments, fiber can
be installed confidently in any environment.
The AT-x900-48FS and the Layer 2+ managed AT-8516F/SC
switches provide all-fiber Fast Ethernet switching with Gigabit
uplinks. Where more Gigabit connectivity is required, the
AT-9924SP and AT-x900-24XS switches are ideal.

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Allied Telesis Products
This suite of high quality connectivity products has been
designed specifically to meet the unique challenges of fiber,
provides optimum security and reliability, and guarantees both a
short and long term return on your investment.
10 Gigabit Ethernet Switches
SwitchBlade x908 advanced Layer 3 modular switch
n8x60Gbps expansion bays
AT-x900-24XS advanced Gigabit Layer 3+ expandable switch
n2x60Gbps expansion bays
n24 x 1000X SFP ports
Gigabit Ethernet Switches
AT-x900-24XS advanced Gigabit Layer 3+ expandable switch
n2x60Gbps expansion bays
n24 x 1000X SFP ports
AT-9924SP Layer 3+ IPv4 and IPv6 Gigabit switch
n24 x 100/1000X SFP ports
SB4000 series Layer 3+ modular chassis switches
n2xswitch controllers
n4or 8 x line cards
Fast Ethernet Switches
AT-x900-48FS advanced Fast Ethernet Layer 3+ switch
n48 x 100X SFP ports (fiber only)
n4 x 1000X SFP uplinks
AT-8516F/SC Layer 2+ managed Fast Ethernet switch
n16 x 100FX (SC) ports
n2xuplink module bays
SwitchBlade x908
AT-x900-24XS
AT-x900-48FS
Switches

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intelligent Business Gateway
The iBG 900 series full-featured business multiservice gateways
and routers are designed for cost-effective delivery of advanced
IP communication services over a copper or fiber infrastructure.
intelligent Multiservice Gateway
The iMG 600 series full-featured active and passive Ethernet
multiservice gateways provide cost-effective delivery of
advanced IP
Triple Play voice, video and data services.
IP/Ethernet-based Multiservice Access Platform (iMAP)
The iMAP 9000 series carrier-grade, IP/Ethernet networking
solution effectively supports IP Triple Play services
simultaneously over both copper and fiber infrastructure.
iMAP
iMAP 9000 series
iMG 600 series
iBG & iMG
iBG 900 series

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Optical Modules - XFPs, SFPs and GBICs
Awide range of Allied Telesis optical modules are available for use
in applicable products.
Media Converters
Converteon™ managed media conversion system
n18 slot 2RU media conversion chassis
AT-MCF2000 managed media conversion chassis
n2 x multi-channel blades providing 24 independent channels
MC1000 and 100 series media converters
n2port unmanaged, standalone Gigabit or Fast Ethernet fiber media
converters
Network Interface Cards
2900SX series Gigabit Ethernet fiber PCI NICs
2700FX series Fast Ethernet fiber PCI NICs
AT-2801FX 100FX fiber PCMCIA NIC
Network Interface Cards
Optical Networking
Media Conversion
Media Conversion
NICs

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