
8
1Limited to DHCP Relay only
2Limited to DNS Client Support only
3NTP client, unicast mode only
Performance specications
• Systemarchitecturebandwidth:720Gbps
• Sub100msfailover(requires8692SFwithSuperMezz)
• Framelength:64to1,518bytes(IEEE802.1QUntagged),64to
1,522 bytes (IEEE 802.1Q Tagged)
• Jumboframesupport:Upto9.6kbytes
(IEEE 802.1Q Tagged)
• Multi-LinkTrunks:Upto128trunks
with 8 links per group with 8692SF +
R/RS-Modules/Mode
• VLANs:Upto4,000port-orprotocol-based;perVLANTagging
option
• IPMulticast:Upto4,000S,G
• Multiplespanningtreegroups:Upto64(STGs)
• SMLTandRSMLT(RoutedSplitMulti-LinkTrunking)
• SinglePortSplitMulti-LinkTrunking
Network protocol and
standards compatibility
IEEE
• IEEE802.1DSpanningTreeProtocol
• IEEE802.1pPriorityQueues
• IEEE802.1QVLANTagging
• IEEE802.1sMultipleSpanningTreeProtocol(MSTP)
• IEEE802.1wRapidSpanningTreeProtocol(RSTP)
• IEEE802.1vVLANClassicationbyProtocolandPort
• IEEE802.1xEthernetAuthenticationProtocol
• IEEE802.3CSMA/CDEthernet
(ISO/IEC8802-3)
• IEEE802.3ab1000BASE-TEthernet
• IEEE802.3ab1000BASE-LXEthernet
• IEEE802.3ab1000BASE-ZXEthernet
• IEEE802.3ab1000BASE-CWDMEthernet
• IEEE802.3ab1000BASE-SXEthernet
• IEEE802.3ab1000BASE-XDEthernet
• IEEE802.3ab1000BASE-BXEthernet
• IEEE802.3adLinkAggregationControlProtocol(LACP)
• IEEE802.3ae10GBASE-XXFP
• IEEE802.3i10BASE-T–Autonegotiation
• IEEE802.310BASE-TEthernet
• IEEE802.3u100BASE-TXFastEthernet(ISO/IEC8802-3,
Clause 25)
• IEEE802.3u100BASE-FX
• IEEE802.3uAuto-negotiationonTwistedPair(ISO/IEC8802-3,
Clause 28)
• IEEE802.3xFlowControlontheGigabitUplinkport
• IEEE802.3zGigabitEthernet1000BASE-SX
and LX
IETF RFCs
Layer 2 features ATM / POS
• RFC1332IPCP(POSmodule)
• RFC1471LCP(POSmodule)
• RFC1473NCP(POSmodule)
• RFC1474BridgeNCP(POSmodule)
• RFC1552IPXCP(POSmodule)
• RFC1638BCP(POSmodule)
• RFC1661PPP(POSmodule)
• RFC1989PPPLinkQualityMonitoring
(POS module)
• RFC2558Sonet/SDH(POSmodule)
• RFC2615PPPoverSonet/SDH
(POS module)
IPv4 Layer 3 / Layer 4 Intelligence
• RFC768UDPProtocol
• RFC783TFTPProtocol
• RFC791IPProtocol
• RFC792ICMPProtocol
• RFC793TCPProtocol
• RFC826ARPProtocol
• RFC854TelnetProtocol
• RFC894AstandardfortheTransmissionofIPDatagramsover
Ethernet Networks
• RFC896CongestioncontrolinIP/TCPinternetworks
• RFC903ReverseARPProtocol
• RFC906BootstraploadingusingTFTP
• RFC950InternetStandardSubnettingProcedure
• RFC951/RFC2131BootP/DHCP
• RFC1027UsingARPtoimplementtransparentsubnetgateways/
Nortel Subnet based VLAN
• RFC1058RIPv1Protocol
• RFC1112IGMPv1
• RFC1253OSPF
• RFC1256ICMPRouterDiscovery
• RFC1305NetworkTimeProtocolv3Specication,
ImplementationandAnalysis3
• RFC1332ThePPPInternetProtocolControlProtocol(IPCP)
• RFC1340AssignedNumbers
• RFC1541DynamicHostCongurationProtocol1
• RFC1542ClaricationsandExtensionsfortheBootstrapProtocol
• RFC1583OSPFv2
• RFC1587TheOSPFNSSAOption
• RFC1591DNSClient
• RFC1631NAT(NetworkAddressTranslation)—onlywithWSM
• RFC1695DenitionsofManagedObjectsforATMManagement
v8.0 using SMIv2
• RFC1723RIPv2–CarryingAdditionalInformation
• RFC1745BGP/OSPFInteraction
• RFC1771/RFC1772BGP-4
• RFC1812RouterRequirements
• RFC1866HTMLv2Protocol
• RFC1965BGP-4Confederations
• RFC1966BGP-4RouteReectors
• RFC1998AnApplicationoftheBGPCommunityAttributein
Multi-home Routing
• RFC1997BGP-4CommunityAttributes
• RFC2068HypertextTransferProtocol
• RFC2131DynamicHostControlProtocol(DHCP)
• RFC2138RADIUSAuthentication
• RFC2139RADIUSAccounting
• RFC2178OSPFMD5cryptographicauthentication/OSPFv2
• RFC2205ResourceReSerVationProtocol(RSVP)—v1Functional
Specification
• RFC2210TheUseofRSVPwithIETFIntegratedServices
• RFC2211SpecicationoftheControlled-LoadNetworkElement
Service
• RFC2236IGMPv2forsnooping
• RFC2270BGP-4DedicatedASforsites/singleprovide
• RFC2283MultiprotocolExtensionsforBGP-4
• RFC2328OSPFv2
• RFC2338VRRP:VirtualRedundancyRouterProtocol
• RFC2362PIM-SM
• RFC2385BGP-4MD5authentication
• RFC2439BGP-4RouteFlapDampening
• RFC2453RIPv2Protocol
• RFC2475AnArchitectureforDifferentiatedService
• RFC2597AssuredForwardingPHBGroup
• RFC2598AnExpeditedForwardingPHB
• RFC2702RequirementsforTrafcEngineeringOverMPLS
• RFC2765StatelessIP/ICMPTranslationAlgorithm(SIIT)
• RFC2796BGPRouteReection—AnAlternativetoFullMesh
IBGP
• RFC2819RemoteMonitoring(RMON)
• RFC2858MultiprotocolExtensionsforBGP-4
• RFC2918RouteRefreshCapabilityforBGP-4
• RFC2961RSVPRefreshOverheadReductionExtensions
• RFC2992AnalysisofanEqual-CostMulti-PathAlgorithm
• RFC3031MultiprotocolLabelSwitchingArchitecture
• RFC3032MPLSLabelStackEncoding
• RFC3036LDPSpecication
• RFC3037LDPApplicability
• RFC3065AutonomousSystemConfederationsforBGP
• RFC3210ApplicabilityStatementforExtensionstoRSVPfor
• RFC3215LDPStateMachine
• RFC3270Multi-ProtocolLabelSwitching(MPLS)Supportof
Differentiated Services
• RFC3376InternetGroupManagementProtocol,v3
• RFC3392CapabilitiesAdvertisementwithBGP-4LSP-Tunnels
• RFC3443TimeToLive(TTL)ProcessinginMulti-ProtocolLabel
Switching (MPLS) Networks
• RFC3569AnoverviewofSource-SpecicMulticast(SSM)
• RFC3917RequirementsforIPFlowInformationExport(IPFIX)
• RFC4364BGP/MPLSIPVirtualPrivateNetworks(VPNs)
• RFC4379DetectingMulti-ProtocolLabelSwitched(MPLS)Data
Plane Failures
• BFD:IETFBidirectionalForwardingDetectiondraftforIPv4and
IPv6 (Single Hop)
IPv4 Multicast
• RFC1075DVMRPProtocol
• RFC1112IGMPv1forrouting/snooping
• RFC1519ClasslessInter-DomainRouting(CIDR):anAddress
Assignment and Aggregation Strategy
• RFC2236IGMPv2forrouting/snooping
• RFC2362+somePIM-SMv2extensions(PIM-SM)
• RFC2385ProtectionofBGPSessionsviatheTCPMD5Signature
Option
• RFC2547BGP/MPLSVPNs
• RFC3446:AnycastRendevousPoint(RP)mechanismusing
Protocol Independent Multicast (PIM) and Multicast Source
Discovery Protocol (MSDP)
• RFC3618MulticastSourceDiscoveryProtocol(MSDP)
• RFC3768VirtualRouterRedundancyProtocol(VRRP)
IPv6
• IPv6requires8692SFandSuperMezzDaughtercardand
R/RS-Modules
• RFC1881IPv6AddressAllocationManagement
• RFC1886DNSExtensionstosupportIPversion6
• RFC1887AnArchitectureforIPv6UnicastAddressAllocation
• RFC1981PathMTUDiscoveryforIPv6
• RFC2030SimpleNetworkTimeProtocol(SNTP)v4forIPv4,
IPv6 & OSI
• RFC2373IPv6AddressingArchitecture
• RFC2375IPv6MulticastAddressAssignments
• RFC2460InternetProtocol,v6(IPv6)Specication
• RFC24614Neighbor Discovery
• RFC2462IPv6StatelessAddressAutoconguration
• RFC2463InternetControlMessageProtocol(ICMPv6)forthe
Internet Protocol v6 (IPv6) Specification
• RFC2464TransmissionofIPv6PacketsoverEthernetNetworks
• RFC2474DenitionoftheDifferentiatedServicesField(DSField)
in the IPv4 and IPv6 Headers
• RFC2526ReservedIPv6SubnetAnycastAddresses
• RFC2710MulticastListenerDiscovery(MLD)forIPv6
• RFC2740OSPFforIPv6
• RFC2893ConguredTunnelsandDualStackRoutingperport
• RFC2893TransitionMechanismsforIPv6HostsandRouters
• RFC3056ConnectionofIPv6DomainsviaIPv4Clouds
• RFC3363RepresentingInternetProtocolVersion6Addressesin
DNS3
• RFC3484DefaultAddressSelectionforIPv6
• RFC3513InternetProtocolVersion6(IPv6)Addressing
Architecture
• RFC3587IPv6GlobalUnicastAddressFormat
• RFC3596DNSExtensionstoSupportIPv6
• RFC3587IPv6GlobalUnicastAddressFormat
• RFC3590SourceAddressSelectionfortheMulticastListener
Discovery (MLD) Protocol
• RFC3596DNSExtensionstosupportIPversion6
• RFC3810IPv6Multicastcapabilities
• SSH/SCP,Telnet,Ping,CLI,JDMsupport
for IPv6
Platform
• RFC1305(NTPclient/unicastmodeonly)
• RFC1340AssignedNumbers
• RFC1350TheTFTPProtocol(Revision2)
Quality of Service (QoS)
• RFC2474/RFC2475DiffServSupport
• RFC2597/RFC2598DiffServperHopBehavior
• NortelAutomaticQoS
Network management
• RFC1155SMI
• RFC1157SNMP
• RFC1215ConventionfordeningtrapsforusewiththeSNMP
• RFC1269DenitionsofManagedObjectsfortheBorderGateway
Protocol:v3
• RFC1271RemoteNetworkMonitoringManagementInformation
Base
• RFC1304DenitionsofManagedObjectsfortheSIPInterface
Type
• RFC1354IPForwardingTableMIB
• RFC1389RIPv2MIBExtensions
• RFC1565NetworkServicesMonitoringMIB
• RFC1757/RFC2819RMON
• RFC1907SNMPv2
• RFC1908Coexistencebetweenv1&v2oftheInternet-standard
Network Management Framework
• RFC1930Guidelinesforcreation,selection,andregistrationofan
Autonomous System (AS)
• RFC2571AnArchitectureforDescribingSNMPManagement
Frameworks
• RFC2572MessageProcessingandDispatchingfortheSimple
Network Management Protocol (SNMP)
• RFC2573SNMPApplications
• RFC2574User-basedSecurityModel(USM)forv3oftheSimple
NetworkManagementProtocol(SNMPv3)
• RFC2575View-basedAccessControlModel(VACM)forthe
Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP)
• RFC2576Coexistencebetweenv1,v2,&v3oftheInternet-
standard Network Management Framework
MIBs
• RFC1212ConciseMIBdenitions
• RFC1213TCP/IPManagementInformationBase
• RFC1213MIBII
• RFC1354IPForwardingTableMIB
• RFC1389/RFC1724RIPv2MIBextensions
• RFC1398DenitionsofManagedObjectsfortheEthernet-Like
Interface Types
• RFC1406DenitionsofManagedObjectsfortheDS1andE1
Interface Types
• RFC1414IdenticationMIB
• RFC1442StructureofManagementInformationforversion2of
the Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMPv2)
• RFC1447PartyMIBforv2oftheSimpleNetworkManagement
Protocol bytes)
4Router support only. Host will be supported with infinity 2.0
5Partially implemented