Vivace Networks announced new redundancy features for its ASIC-driven Viva5100 Multi-Service IP switch, including several unique Layer 3 capabilities. These include:
- Hitless IP forwarding during switch over of route processor and management processor for connected, static and dynamic routing for true non-stop forwarding to protect mission critical traffic.
- Layer 2 redundancy for Ethernet, ATM, Frame Relay, and HDLC services on an IP Switch.
- Graceful and Hitless online software upgrades
- Static and Dynamic ARP redundancy for growing IP/Ethernet services offered over 10/100, GE and 10GE interfaces
- Redundant OSPF, OSPF-TE, ISIS, ISIS-TE, RSVP, LDP, Martini, and management databases while preserving per-interface, connection statistics and alarms across switchovers.
- VPN circuit redundancy protecting both Layer 2 and Layer 3 services, enabling service providers to offer stringent Service Level Agreements even for IP VPNs.
Vivace’s Viva5100 already provides redundant hardware elements, such as the route processor, management processor and switch fabric.
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- Earlier this month, Tellabs announced plans to acquire Vivace Networks, a start-up building multiservice edge switches, for $135 million in cash and employee stock options.
Vivace Networks’ Multiservice IP switches are designed for delivering native Frame Relay, ATM, Ethernet and IP services. The Vivace platform, which is already in deployment by a Tier 1 US carrier, uses five custom ASICs to provide deterministic Layer 2 switching and “hard�? QoS with Layer 3 routing at 10 Gbps rates. The system’s deep packet processing tracks millions of carrier-defined customer flows and provides service differentiation down to the application layer.
Vivace’s flagship Viva5100 switch scales to 320 Gbps of full-duplex switching in half of a 7 foot rack. A multi-chassis system could scale up to 256 customer ports at 10 Gbps. The company is also shipping a Viva1050 model with 16 Gbps of port density and measuring 3 rack units in height.
