Nortel Ethernet Routing Switch 8600 and Ethernet Routing Switch 5520/5530, Performance Evaluation of Nortel Resilient Terabit Cluster Solution

Sponsor: Nortel
Resilient Terabit Cluster Solution

Abstract

Nortel commissioned The Tolly Group to evaluate the Nortel Resilient Terabit Cluster Solution, a combination of resilient hardware and software in the Nortel Ethernet Routing Switch 8600.

Nortel demonstrated the resiliency and rapid failover to alternate paths of the Nortel Resilient Terabit Cluster Solution during link outages. Nortel also demonstrated the aggregate bidirectional switch throughput and latency of the cluster solution, as well as several key functions, including advanced filtering and Universal Serial Bus (USB) configuration support designed to facilitate use of the cluster devices which benefit applications such as ERP, CRM and VoIP.