Solutions for high-speed links packet brokering
Aster A-660 at a glance
- 10 Gb/s, 25 Gb/s, 40 Gb/s and 100 Gb/s packet brokering
- L2GRE/NVGRE tunnel encapsulation and de-capsulation
- L2-L4 filtering
- Inner IP filtering
- Up to 6.4Tb/s switching capabilities
- Traffic aggregation and replication
- Load Balancing
Telecom Operators are now upgrading to high speed 40Gb/s and 100Gb/s links to support the high-bandwidth applications and systems on which customers, business partners, subscribers and Internet of Things (IoT) implementers rely on and expect. NFV adoption and 5G roll out are pushing on the same direction: in this context, Network Visibility is still a must have, to provide the relevant data to monitoring and security tools.
Aster A-660C is the Microtel Innovation solution for high-speed links packet brokering:it hosts 64 x 40/100 Gb/s interfaces in 2U space.
The device stand out for being best in class solutions thanks to their L2GRE/NVGRE tunnel encapsulation and de-capsulation feature, which allows forwarding data traffic to the vProbes within the NFV Infrastructure and enables the capability of backhauling data to remote tools.
Moreover, they represent a very dense solution for 25 Gb/s packet brokering, being capable to host up to 128 x 25 Gb/s. In fact, they support breakout cables on the QSFP ports, to individual 4 x 25 Gb/s interfaces.
- Reduce CAPEX as you may use fewer monitoring tools by aggregating the traffic coming from multiple TAPs or SPAN ports
- Feed the monitoring tools with the right data, by filtering the network traffic up to L4 or using UDB filtering capabilities
- Deliver traffic to virtual probes, using GRE tunnel encapsulation capabilities
- Enable Service Providers to keep using their 10 Gb/s monitoring tools, by adapting the speed of 40 Gb/s and 100Gb/s data links
- Unify virtual and physical visibility, by decapsulating GRE virtual traffic and forwarding it to the existing monitoring tool farm
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| Product | ASTER A-660 | |
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| Technical data sheet | Aster A-660 | |
| PERFORMANCES | ||
| Switching Capacity | 6.4 Tb/s | |
| Max number of 100Gb/s ports | 64 | |
| Max number of 40Gb/s ports | 64 | |
| Max numbers of 25Gb/s ports | 64 | |
| Max number of 10Gb/s ports | 64 | |
| MODULE TYPE | ||
| 100Gb/s QSFP28 ports | 64 (maximum 16 to be used also as 4x25Gb/s) | |
| 40Gb/s QSFP+ ports | 64 (maximum 16 to be used also as 4x10Gb/s) | |
| L2-L4 NETWORK PACKET BROKER | ||
| L2-L4 filtering | ||
| UDB filtering | ||
| Traffic replication | ||
| Traffic aggregation | ||
| Load Balancing | ||
| L2GRE/NVGRE tunnel incapsulation and decapsulation | ||
| DEVICE MANAGEMENT | ||
| Web GUI | ||
| Real Time statistics and counter (for each input/output port) | ||
| SNMP alarms | ||
| PROTOCOLS | ||
| – IPV4, IPV6 | ||
| – SNMPV2 | ||
| – TACACS+ | ||
| – HTTPS | ||
| SYSTEM SPECIFICATION | ||
| Chassis | 2U | |
| AC Redundant power supply | ||
| DC Redundant power supply | ||
