MainstreetXpress 50G Multiservice Switch

Steve McCaughan
AVP, 50G Program

March 9,1999

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Introducing the Newbridge 50G Multiservice Platform: Overview

IP-Centric: IP forwarding, POS, MPLS, CSR 18+ billable services supported on the multiservice platform Best-in-class Traffic Management delivered with Newbridge Silicon Scaleability and port density to maximize costeffectiveness

High Call Performance with focus on rerouting

Reliability and performance necessary for Class 4/5 voice switch replacement 46020 Newtork Management Core Switch features
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Introducing the Newbridge 50G Multiservice Platform: Positioning

Designed to be the foundation for the New Public Network, the MainStreetXpress 50G switch will enable service providers to:
provide capital asset protection for installed base of 12.8G 36170 nodes
cost-effectively meet the increasing demands that bursty bandwidth-intensive applications are placing on their networks aggressively attack the Business IP market, offering highly differentiated VPNs with multiple QoS cost-effectively grow voice networks in and out of region on a future-proof broadband platform

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Introducing the Newbridge 50G Multiservice Platform: Objectives

Retaining leadership in ATM multi-service networks Focusing on our core competencies Allowing virtually unlimited network scale Enabling world-class IP routed solutions Providing carrier-class network availability Significantly enhance call processing performance Significantly increase the density for high-speed interfaces

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50G Multiservices Switch: A Turbo-Charged IP Service Platform

Full Wire Speed IP support Distributed IP packet classification and forwarding
Multiple routing protocols: CSR, MPLS
S/W only upgrade on OC-3/STM-1 and OC-12/STM-4 to fully support MPLS

FNNI support Packet-over-SONET/SDH Gigabit Ethernet interfaces 8 priorities of QoS enabling IP VPNs
56,000,000 cells of distributed buffering to handle dynamic characteristics of IP traffic Multiservice Switch for Business-Class IP Services
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Newbridge Multiservice Platform: The Best in the Industry

18 services (and counting) can be deployed on the Newbridge multiservice platform:
IP (CSR, MPLS) Cell Relay Native LAN Leased/Private Lines Circuit Emulation Video Conferencing LMDS ISDN Compressed Voice Voice Frame Relay Managed LAN Interconnect Managed VPNs (IP, TDM, FR, ATM) Voice over Frame ADSL SMDS X.25, SNA Telemedicine (Video Transport)

Zero-risk investment: Application-proof , Future-proof

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Newbridge Multiservice Platform: 50G Architecture

Commercial 56Gbps Fabric to take advantage of upcoming capacity increases Newbridge TM ASIC solutions High re-use of 36170 S/W Applications based on Rel 4.X 14 Line Processing Card Slots with dual rear insertable I/O Cards 3.5Gbps per slot Redundant Common Control Slots Redundant Fabric Card Slots Redundant DC Power Feeds Redundant Cooling System 23 NEBs Compliant Packaging
2 Switches per Bay supported
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Newbridge Multiservice Platform: Physical Packaging

Redundant Power Feeds

Control Cards

UCS Cards

Redundant Fans

Front View
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Newbridge Multiservice Platform: Investment Protection

smooth migration path from 12.8G to 50G smooth migration from 50G to 320G
36180
ATM
OC192/STM-64

POS

Increasing switch capacity and interface speed

IP-only Network (e.g. IronCore)

36190-160G
ATM

POS

36170+
ISL ATM

36170 PS

36170/ 36177

Voice Switch

DS0

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Newbridge Multiservice Platform: Traffic Management

Non-blocking switch fabric Newbridge-designed TM ASIC - TITAN 8 different Qualities of Service (QoS)
CBR, 2 rt-VBR, 3 nrt-VBR, ABR ER and VS/VD, UBR

Configurable resource partitioning for QoS classes Per-VC shaping and queueing WFQ - Weighted Fair Queueing 256K connections per switch, growing to 1.8M 256 terminating-VPs per port Multipoint connection support: P-MP and MP-P Comprehensive network engineering statistics VC merge for IP services and applications Superiority in all aspects of Traffic Management
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Newbridge Multiservice Platform: Call Processing

3000 sustained calls per second (call set-up and teardown)

superior re-route and disaster recovery capabilities

Parallel Call processing capabilities
load proportional processing across all ports optimized for hot spot rerouting of failed trunks SVC hot redundancy Availability SVC S/W upgrades do not affect existing Calls

Processes more calls per second than a typical voice switch

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Newbridge Multiservice Platform: Carrier-Class Availability and Reliability

Fully redundant control, fabric, power, cooling synchronization and interfaces Five to Six 9s Availability in fully redundant 1:1 configurations Hitless Line Card S/W upgrades - datapath resiliency Hitless system upgrades with redundant configurations Interface Automatic Protection Switching (APS), 50 msec Path restoration using S-PVCs, S-PVPs and 46020 re-route Architectural simplification - fewer common control components Startup, Background and Directed diagnostics Reliability of a Core Switch with Service Capabilities of Good enough for public switched voice an Edge Switch
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Newbridge Multiservice Platform: Carrier-Class Availability and Reliability Zero-Capacity Line Card Redundancy
for networks which require a high level of availability and protection eliminates the bandwidth consuming Line Card Redundancy model optional in Rel 2 implemented through the addition of a second shelf and a hitless fabric upgrade full automatic data path integrity checks of the inactive Line Card Optional 14+14 Zero-Capacity Line Card Redundancy
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Newbridge Multiservice Platform: Quality Designed In Up Front

Quality is #1 Priority in 50G switch and SPG All applications/features are developed, integrated and tested on simulators before they are integrated onto the H/W Titan ASIC flow incorporates Simulation and Emulation to verify features prior to committing to Silicon New Product Verification team approves 50G switch release to customers based on their stringent box level testing

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Newbridge Multiservice Platform: Release 1 Port Density and Scalability

Increased Port Density up to 112 OC-3c/STM-1 UNI/NNI interfaces (with Integral IP Forwarding and Classification) per switch using 8 port line cards up to 28 OC-12c/STM-4 UNI/NNI interfaces (with Integral IP Forwarding and Classification) per switch using 2 port line cards up to 14 OC-48c/STM-16 NNI interfaces per switch Scalability

up to 28 ISLs of attached 36170 Peripheral Shelves

High Port Density and Scalability contributes to the overall cost-effectiveness of this switch
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Newbridge Multiservice Platform: Release 2 Port Density and Scalability

Increased Port Density Double the port densities of Release 1 for OC-3c/STM-1 and OC-12c/STM-4 interfaces
224 OC-3c/STM-1 56 OC-12c/STM-4

up to 14 OC-48c/STM-16 NNI interfaces per switch

up to 56 Gigabit Ethernet interfaces per switch using 4 port line cards Full compatibility between Rel 1 and Rel 2 Line Cards Scalability up to 56 ISLs of attached 36170 Peripheral Shelves High Port Density and Scalability contributes to the overall cost-effectiveness of this switch
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Newbridge Multiservice Platform: Rel 1 S/W Content

All 36170 Release 4.0 capabilities: advanced traffic management and policing ATM UNI 4.0 signaling for SVC's and S-PVCs, PNNI signaling as per ATM forum P-NNI-1.0 Static MPLS

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Unparalleled Vertical and Horizontal Scalability

Slot Capacity

Horizontal growth driven by capacity requirements Vertical growth driven by fanout requirements of low speed services and interface protection

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10 1.6 Gbps 12.8 Gbps Switching Capacity 51.2 Gbps

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