High Performance Service Assurance for Ethernet and IP Networks
EtherNID® & MetroNID®Demarcation at the edge of the network provides assured, end-to-end SLAs and standards-based management to deliver carrier-grade Ethernet and IP services for even the most demanding applications.
Intelligent DemarcationAccedian Networks’ High Performance Service Assurance™ platform the EtherNID® and MetroNID® demarcation units, defi ne the boundaries of the network, enabling end-to-end service provisioning and assurance with carrier-grade performance.
The EtherNID and MetroNID units are based on Accedian’s wire-speed Fast-PAAs™ chip, a unique hardware-based engine that provides advanced performance testing and service creation capabilities in a low delay, carrier-grade, in-line hybrid test and network element for compact and cost-effi cient deployment at the boundaries of the network.
Unlike store-and-forward architectures, Fast-PAAs’ proprietary silicon design provides wire-speed pass-through performance without adding delay or delay variation, while at the same time providing microsecond measurement resolution and real-time processing for every packet fl owing through the unit.
With MEF 9+14 and NEBS Level 3 certifi cation, no moving parts and 3-way redundant power link protection, EtherNID and MetroNID units are truly carrier-grade. A variety of mounting options ease installation at customer premises, cell sites, central offi ces and aggregation nodes.
Product Highlights
Proprietary Hardware Design
• 1 µs measurement resolution
• Ultra-low delay performance
• Ideal for assuring real-time services
Service Assurance and Creation Features
• Establish SLA-backed Ethernet services, point-to-point and multi-point
• Enhanced fast and fl exible service creation by mapping any VLAN IDs to the same EVC.
• 1-way delay and delay variation, throughput, packet loss, availability and usage statistics
Test Set and Monitoring System Support
EtherNID Demarcation DeviceDesigned for service demarcation at the edge of your network, EtherNIDs offer advanced, high performance service assurance and creation directly from customer premises and cell-sites.
With a full range of Ethernet rates and interfaces, the EtherNID fi ts your network from end-to-end.
MetroNID Demarcation Device
Accedian’s high performance MetroNID demarcation device provides carrier-grade demarcation within metro and access networks. Designed for cellular hubs, aggregation nodes and CPEs, MetroNIDs segment, monitor and bridge diverse networks, delivering traffi c conditioning and performance monitoring visibility.
MetroNID
EtherNID
Metro/Access
WirelessBackhaul
Core/TransportNetwork
PartnerCarrier
CustomerLAN
CustomerLAN
GbEHandoff Point
Aggregation Node
HubCellSite
EtherNID® & MetroNID® - High Performance Service Assurance for Ethernet and IP Networks
Accedian Networks Inc. 2351 Alfred-Nobel, Suite N-410St-Laurent, Quebec, Canada H4S 2A9Toll free: 1-866-685-8181
09/12 – rev 5.0
Service Assurance Functioning
PAA™ and SLA-METER
RFC-2544 Automated
Test Suite and Reports
Intelligent Loopbacks
Per-Flow Statistics
Service Creation and Traffi c Conditioning
Service Mapping
Bandwidth Policy
Zero delay Traffi c shaping
Wire-speed fi ltering
Switch Free Aggregation
PAA1 PAA4
PAA2 PAA3
GbE linkGenerated Y.1731 Traffic
Customer Traffic
CIR
Scales to 100 endpoints – line, tree or mesh
Monitor 100s of Flows or SLAs
In-service throughput testing with no impact to customer traffi c
General Functionality
Jumbo Frames Support
All functions support Jumbo Frames up to 10,240 bytes at all rates (10/100/1000 Mbps).
3–Way Redundant Power
Units can be powered using 5VDC, or dual 24 / 48 VDC feeds, all mutually redundant.
Plug & Go™ Instant Provisioning
Automated zero-touch provisioning, auto-confi guration and inventory tracking capabilities.
SNMP v1 and v2c
SNMP v1 and v2c support for monitoring, alarms, OSS integration.
Dry-Contact Inputs4
Units support 2 dry-contact inputs accessible through an RJ-45 connector.
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