Product Brief
The Nortel Application Switch with OS 24.0
The Nortel Application Switch with
Operating System (OS) 24.0 sets a new standard in application availability, performance and security. Designed from the ground up for load balancing and application acceleration, the Nortel
Application Switch provides enterprises with unprecedented control over applications and the networks on which they run.
The Nortel Application Switch does far more than just balance network traffic.
The switch’s filtering and traffic management technology provides fine grain control over how your network is used
— for better control, increased productivity and greater cost savings. IT managers can determine how much or how little bandwidth to reserve for mission-critical applications such as IP, voice over IP (VoIP), video streaming, wireless and more.
The Nortel Application Switch with OS 24.0 has been optimized for high-demand applications such as VoIP,
Web services, wireless, streaming audio and video, SIP support, and support for WAP, MSTP, RSTP and more.
The Nortel Application Switch provides comprehensive resiliency support for voice, data and video in the event of link, node and site failures, by using true active/active failover.
What makes Application
Switch OS outstanding?
The Nortel Application Switch with OS
24.0 integrates routing and switching by forwarding traffic at Layer 2 speed using
Layer 4-7 information. The result is sophisticated load balancing that is based not only on network traffic volume, but also on the nature of the traffic, server responsiveness, CPU utilization and server health.
The offering supports multiple applications and services on a single platform:
• Load balancing and Layer 2-7 content switching
• Application acceleration and Secure
Sockets Layer (SSL) offload
• Security with integrated IPS and
Denial of Service (DoS) protection
• Disaster recovery/high availability
• Bandwidth management and traffic shaping
• Rogue application management
• WAN link load balancing — multi-homing
Flexible, scalable and built for the future, the OS 24.0 provides extraordinary control over application traffic. Unlike many other application switches, the
Nortel Application Switch can be deployed at Layer 2, allowing deployment without changing your existing
IP addressing scheme.
Exceptional features
The Application Switch with OS 24.0
offers rich features to deliver enhanced security, greater application availability and higher performance.
Application optimization
• Simplified and Intuitive web GUI for easy configuration and management
• Local and global server load balancing with health checks and persistence
• Virtual server-based load balancing with up to 1,024 virtual servers, each distributing up to eight different services
• Filtered-based load balancing
• Content-based load balancing
• WAN link load balancing
• VoIP (SIP) call server load balancing
• Wireless Application Protocol (WAP) load balancing
• Real Time Streaming Media (RTSP) load balancing
• Multiple and Rapid Spanning Tree
Protocol (MSTP and RSTP) support
• Web services (XML/SOAP) inspection/redirection
• Sophisticated filtering rules
• TCP connection optimization and multiplexing
• Domain Name Server (DNS) load balancing
• Lightweight Directory Access Protocol
(LDAP) server load balancing
• Bandwidth management and traffic shaping 1
• Cache redirection and load balancing
• Disaster recovery through instant failover with persistence and DC support
• Management virtualization
• IPv6 Layer 4 load balancing support
• SSL acceleration
• Full network address translation
• Supports up to 2,048 packet filtering rules and 1,024 real servers
Application integration
• Tested Solution with Microsoft Office
Communication Server (OCS)
• Tested solution for Microsoft’s Live
Communication Server and supports
Windows Terminal Services
• Tight integration with IBM’s
Enterprise Workload Manager and
DataPower XML Security
• Tested and integrated with
Softricity, Oracle, SAP, BEA and other applications
• Open XML Application Programming
Interface
Application-layer security
• Symantec ™ Intelligent Network
Protection with LiveUpdate to detect network intrusions 2
• Extensive DoS protection (TCP, IP,
UDP, ICMP) 3
• Bogus IP (Bogon) filtering 3
• Deep packet inspection with custom filtering
• ACL filtering
• Detect and block rogue applications 1
• Enforcement point for Nortel’s Threat
Prevention System (TPS)
• SSL Virtual Private Network (VPN) remote access 4
• Firewall, VPN and IDS load balancing
1 Requires Intelligent Traffic Manager (ITM) or
Bandwidth Management (BWM) license
2
Requires ITM and Symantec Intelligent
Network Protection license
3 Updated quarterly; DoS or ITM license required
4
Model 2424-SSL E only
2
The Nortel Application Switch with OS 24.0 has been tested and certified to support a wide range of applications from leading vendors such as Microsoft,
IBM, Oracle and SAP.
Nortel Application Switches
Application Switches 3408E 2424E 2424-SSL E
Total ports
10/100 Ethernet ports
10/100/Gigabit
Ethernet ports
Concurrent sessions
Layer 7 performance
(sessions per second)
Layer 4 performance
(sessions per second)
Virtual server support
Real server support
Policy filters
Integrated SSL acceleration
Integrated SSL VPN
DC power option
12
0
12
4,000,000
51K*
110K*
1,024
1,024
2,048 no no yes
28
24
4
4,000,000
51K*
110K*
1,024
1,024
2,048 no no yes
28
24
4
4,000,000
51K*
110K*
1,024
1,024
2,048 yes yes** yes
* Using real-world test scenarios with zero session loss
** 50 users included, licence required for 100, 250, 500 and 1,000 user options
2216E
18
16
2
2,000,000
30K*
40K*
1,024
1,024
2,048 no no no
2208E
10
8
2
1,000,000
15K*
20K*
1,024
1,024
2,048 no no no
The Application Switch
OS portfolio
Appliances
• Application Switch 3408E
• Application Switch 2424E
• Application Switch 2424-SSL E
• Application Switch 2216E
• Application Switch 2208E
Licenses
• Symantec ™
Protection 2
Intelligent Network
• Advanced DoS Protection
• Bandwidth Management
• Intelligent Traffic Management
• Link Optimizer
• Global Server Load Balancing
• Upgrade key for 2424-SSL E
• SSL VPN for 2424-SSL E
The Nortel and
Symantec
™
team
Jointly developed by Nortel and Symantec ™ , the Nortel
Application Switch with
Symantec ™ Intelligent
Network Protection offers enterprises an advanced application switch with the ability to both optimize and secure network traffic. It achieves this by integrating
Nortel’s deep packet inspection and switching technology with Symantec’s powerful intrusion detection and prevention expertise.
This unique solution adds real-time protection against the latest threats to Nortel’s powerful application switching and optimization products.
Technical specifications
• IP routing interfaces: 256
• VLANs: 2,048
• Default gateways: 259
• Trunk groups: 12
Network protocol and standards compatibility
• 10BASE-T/100BASE-TX/1000BASE-TX
(IEEE 802.3-2000)
• 1000BASE-SX/LX (IEEE 802.3z)
• Spanning Tree (IEEE 802.1d, including 802.1S
and 802.1W)
• VRRP
• Logical link control (IEEE 802.2)
• Flow control (IEEE 802.3x)
• Link negotiation (IEEE 802.3z)
• Link aggregation (IEEE 802.3ad)
• VLANs (IEEE 802.1Q)
• Frame tagging (IEEE 802.1Q) on all ports when VLANs enabled
• SNMP v3, Enterprise MIB
• IPv4 and IPv6
• RIPv1, v2
• OSPF
• BGP v4
• TFTP (RFC 783)
• BootP (RFC 1542)
• BootP (RFC 951)
• Telnet (RFC 854)
• EtherChannel-compatible trunking
• Jumbo frames
Power, environment and dimensions
• Auto-ranging power supply: 100-240
VAC @ 2 Amps, 50-60 Hz
• DC versions available (see table)
(-40) – (-75) VDC @ 5A, 150W (max)
• Maximum power consumption:
150 Watts at 40° C
• Environmental temperature: 0° to 40° C
(+32° to +104° F)
• Relative humidity: 85% maximum, non-condensing
• W 17.3 in (440.0 mm) x H 1.75 in
(43.8 mm) x D 20.0 in (508.0 mm)
• Weight: 21.0 lbs (9.53 Kg)
Certifications
EMC (Electromagnetic requirements)
• USA: FCC Part 15, Subpart B Class A
• Australia: AS/NZS 3548, Class A
• Canada: ICES-003
• Japan: VCCI Class A
• Europe: EN 55022, Class A
• Europe: EN55024, with EN61000
• Taiwan: BSMI/CNS 13438, Class A
• Korea: MIC No 2001-116
• Rest of World: CISPR 22 Class A and CISPR24
Safety
• IEC 60950 (International)
• National Deviation per CB Member Countries to IEC 60950
• UL 1950 (USA)
• CSA 22-2, No. 60950-00 (Canada)
• EN 60950 (Europe)
• RoHS compliant
3
Ordering information
The standard Nortel Application Switch with OS 24.0 ships as an integral part of every Application Switch. Advanced Denial of Service Protection, Global Server Load
Balancing, Bandwidth Management, Intelligent Traffic Management, Symantec ™
Intelligent Network Protection, Link Optimizer, 2424-SSL E Upgrade Key and SSL
VPN licenses are ordered separately.
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Toronto, Ontario M9C 5K1 Canada
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In Europe:
Nortel
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Maidenhead Berkshire SL6 3QH, UK
Phone: 00 800 8008 9009
In Asia:
Nortel
United Square
101 Thomson Road
Singapore 307591
Phone: (65) 6287 2877
Nortel is a recognized leader in delivering communications capabilities that make the promise of Business Made Simple a reality for our customers. Our next-generation technologies, for both service provider and enterprise networks, support multimedia and business-critical applications. Nortel’s technologies are designed to help eliminate today’s barriers to efficiency, speed and performance by simplifying networks and connecting people to the information they need, when they need it. Nortel does business in more than 150 countries around the world. For more information, visit Nortel on the Web at www.nortel.com
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