Nortel ERS 5698-TFD Product Brief
The Nortel ERS 5698TFD-PWR is a high-performance, resilient Ethernet switch designed for demanding enterprise environments. With its 96 Gigabit Ethernet ports, including 6 combo ports for fiber or copper connections, and 2 10 Gigabit Ethernet ports for high-speed uplinks, this switch provides exceptional connectivity and scalability. Advanced features like Layer 3 routing, PoE+ support, and robust security measures make it an ideal solution for businesses seeking a reliable and versatile networking infrastructure.
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Product Brief
Nortel Ethernet Routing Switch 5000 Series
Resilient, high-performance premium switching for the Edge, Aggregation or small Core
The Nortel Ethernet Routing Switch
5000 Series is a set of high-performance
Stackable LAN Switches providing the
resiliency, security and convergence
readiness required for today’s high-end
Wiring Closets, high-capacity Data
Centers and smaller Core environments.
Nortel’s industry-leading resilient
Stacking technology provides high-avail-
ability for delay-sensitive and business-
critical data and voice applications. Up
to eight Ethernet Routing Switch 5000
units can form a resilient Stacked solu-
tion, manageable as a single entity, of up
to 400 ports, with maximized uptime
even if an individual Switch within the
Stack should fail.
Scalable, resilient and
flexible Ethernet Switching
Recognizing that networking require-
ments vary from business to business —
with differing needs at the Edge, Core
and Distribution Layer, Nortel offers
the highly flexible Ethernet Routing
Switch 5000 Series (ERS 5000); encom-
passing the original 5500 models and
the new 5600 models, combining to
offer a versatile portfolio of ten models.
This provides Enterprises the ability
to choose the model that best fits their
networking requirements (see Table 1
for details).
The ERS 5000 Series features 100%
cross-portfolio Stacking compatibility.
The original ERS 5500 models feature a
Stacking capacity of 80Gbps per Switch
and up to 640Gbps for a full Stack of
eight Switches, and the new ERS 5600
models introduce an enhanced Stacking
capacity of 144Gbps per Switch and
1.152Tbps for a full Stack. This is
unprecedented in the Industry and
ensures optimal performance for delay-
sensitive application traffic traversing
the Stack.
Table 1. Nortel Ethernet Routing Switch 5000 Series
Model Link and uplink ports
ERS 5510-24T 24 x 1000BASE-T, including 2 x Combo 1000BASE-T/1000BASE-SFP
ERS 5510-48T 48 x 1000BASE-T, including 2 x Combo 1000BASE-T/1000BASE-SFP
ERS 5520-24T-PWR 24 x 1000BASE-T with Power-over-Ethernet, including 4 x Combo
1000BASE-T/1000BASE-SFP
ERS 5520-48T-PWR 48 x 1000BASE-T with Power-over-Ethernet, including 4 x Combo
1000BASE-T/1000BASE-SFP
ERS 5530-24TFD 24 x 1000BASE-T, including 12 x Combo 1000BASE-T/1000BASE-SFP,
plus 2 x 10GBASE-XFP
ERS 5632FD 24 x 100/1000BASE-SFP plus 8 x 10GBASE-XFP
ERS 5650TD 48 x 1000BASE-T plus 2 x 10GBASE-XFP
ERS 5650TD-PWR 48 x 1000BASE-T with Power-over-Ethernet plus 2 x 10GBASE-XFP
ERS 5698-TFD 96 x 1000BASE-T, including 6 x Combo 1000BASE-T or
100/1000BASE-SFP, plus 2 x 10GBASE-XFP
ERS 5698TFD-PWR 96 x 1000BASE-T with Power-over-Ethernet, including 6 x Combo
1000BASE-T or 100/1000BASE-SFP, plus 2 x 10GBASE-XFP Ethernet Routing Switch 5600 Series
Ethernet Routing Switch 5500 Series
Nortel Ethernet Routing Switch 5000 Series
Resilient, high-performance premium switching for the Edge, Aggregation or small Core
The Nortel Ethernet Routing Switch
5000 Series is a set of high-performance
Stackable LAN Switches providing the
resiliency, security and convergence
readiness required for today’s high-end
Wiring Closets, high-capacity Data
Centers and smaller Core environments.
Nortel’s industry-leading resilient
Stacking technology provides high-avail-
ability for delay-sensitive and business-
critical data and voice applications. Up
to eight Ethernet Routing Switch 5000
units can form a resilient Stacked solu-
tion, manageable as a single entity, of up
to 400 ports, with maximized uptime
even if an individual Switch within the
Stack should fail.
Scalable, resilient and
flexible Ethernet Switching
Recognizing that networking require-
ments vary from business to business —
with differing needs at the Edge, Core
and Distribution Layer, Nortel offers
the highly flexible Ethernet Routing
Switch 5000 Series (ERS 5000); encom-
passing the original 5500 models and
the new 5600 models, combining to
offer a versatile portfolio of ten models.
This provides Enterprises the ability
to choose the model that best fits their
networking requirements (see Table 1
for details).
The ERS 5000 Series features 100%
cross-portfolio Stacking compatibility.
The original ERS 5500 models feature a
Stacking capacity of 80Gbps per Switch
and up to 640Gbps for a full Stack of
eight Switches, and the new ERS 5600
models introduce an enhanced Stacking
capacity of 144Gbps per Switch and
1.152Tbps for a full Stack. This is
unprecedented in the Industry and
ensures optimal performance for delay-
sensitive application traffic traversing
the Stack.
Table 1. Nortel Ethernet Routing Switch 5000 Series
Model Link and uplink ports
ERS 5510-24T 24 x 1000BASE-T, including 2 x Combo 1000BASE-T/1000BASE-SFP
ERS 5510-48T 48 x 1000BASE-T, including 2 x Combo 1000BASE-T/1000BASE-SFP
ERS 5520-24T-PWR 24 x 1000BASE-T with Power-over-Ethernet, including 4 x Combo
1000BASE-T/1000BASE-SFP
ERS 5520-48T-PWR 48 x 1000BASE-T with Power-over-Ethernet, including 4 x Combo
1000BASE-T/1000BASE-SFP
ERS 5530-24TFD 24 x 1000BASE-T, including 12 x Combo 1000BASE-T/1000BASE-SFP,
plus 2 x 10GBASE-XFP
ERS 5632FD 24 x 100/1000BASE-SFP plus 8 x 10GBASE-XFP
ERS 5650TD 48 x 1000BASE-T plus 2 x 10GBASE-XFP
ERS 5650TD-PWR 48 x 1000BASE-T with Power-over-Ethernet plus 2 x 10GBASE-XFP
ERS 5698-TFD 96 x 1000BASE-T, including 6 x Combo 1000BASE-T or
100/1000BASE-SFP, plus 2 x 10GBASE-XFP
ERS 5698TFD-PWR 96 x 1000BASE-T with Power-over-Ethernet, including 6 x Combo
1000BASE-T or 100/1000BASE-SFP, plus 2 x 10GBASE-XFP Ethernet Routing Switch 5600 Series
Ethernet Routing Switch 5500 Series
ERS 5600 Switches can be Stacked
with one another or with any Ethernet
Routing Switch 5500 unit, and when
connected to an adjacent ERS 5500, the
ERS 5600 automatically adjusts to the
ERS 5500’s Stack bandwidth of 80Gbps.
This enhanced flexibility provides the
opportunity to mix and match port
configurations based on operations needs,
while preserving any existing ERS 5500
investments.
ERS 5000 models come with two
in-built auto-sensing Stacking connec-
tions — implementing sophisticated
Queuing — for simple, cost-effective
and efficient Stacking. This design frees
uplink ports for dedicated connectivity
to the backbone. The ERS 5000’s high-
performance architecture guarantees
optimized throughput across Ports,
Uplinks and Stacking connectors.
Ethernet Routing Switch
5000 deployment scenarios
Ethernet Routing Switch 5000 is a flex-
ible solution that can be deployed in a
variety of Enterprise environments. These
include:
High-density Wiring Closet
With its non-blocking design, high-
density GbE and integrated 10GbE port
options, the Ethernet Routing Switch
2
5000 Series is perfectly suited as a Wiring
Closet solution for high-availability LAN
edge User connectivity. Up to eight ERS
5000 Switches can be combined into a
single Stack with each ERS 5600 unit
providing two 10GbE XFP ports for
high-capacity uplinks to the Core or
aggregation layers of the network. ERS
5698 models provide even greater cost,
space and energy efficiency with their
ultra-dense Gigabit-to-the-Desktop
capacity and the added flexibility of up
to 6 SFP ports per Switch for long-reach
fiber optic connections. With the ability
to support Power-over-Ethernet across
all its ports, the ERS 5000 Series is an
effective and flexible Wiring Closet/
Edge solution in support of Desktop and
powered devices.
High-performance Data Center edge
The high-performance, low-latency and
high-availability requirements of the
modern Data Center make the ERS
5000 Series a perfect solution for Server
access and consolidation. By utilizing
the ERS 5000’s innovative ‘Horizontal
Stacking’ capability — a Switch at the
top of each Server rack, Stacked ‘hori-
zontally’ — the ERS 5000 Series can
support cost-effective, high-density
Server connections. Up to 400 Gigabit
ports and multiple 10GbE uplinks per
Stack can be deployed in this manner
(see Figure 1).
Figure 1. Ethernet Routing Switch 5000 in Horizontal
Stacking/Data Center application
Nortel has continued to evolve and
perfect its Enterprise Stackable portfolio
into a truly resilient, high-performance
Stacking solution. Nortel’s Ethernet
Routing Switch 2500, 4500, and 5500
and 5600 product lines all incorporate
key capabilities designed to deliver a
‘Stackable Chassis’ solution, including:
• Ease of growth/management:
Extending capacity is easy; simply cable
a new unit into the Stack, and the Stack
configuration is automatically updated.
The Stack acts as a single entity that
can be managed via a single IP Address.
• Scalable performance: The high-
performance design of Nortel’s
Stackable Switches along with their
high-speed Stack connections (up to
144Gbps per Switch/1.152Tbps per
Stack) ensure that the Stack scales
proportionally as each new unit is
added.
• Optimal path forwarding: A bi-
directional, multi-path forwarding
algorithm between Switches ensures
that the shortest, most optimal path
is chosen for each flow of traffic. This
design offers a clear performance
advantage over the basic logical Ring
or Token approaches used by other
vendors.
• No single point of failure: Stack
operation is unaffected by the failure
of any unit in the Stack. Each unit’s
independent Switch Fabric along with
distributed, redundant power ensures
continuous operation of the Stack.
Individual Stack units can easily be
replaced — i.e., a ‘virtual hot-swap’
capability — without impacting Stack
operations (a feature known as ‘Auto-
Unit Replacement’).
• Switch Clustering: Switch Clustering
(based on Nortel’s SMLT technology)
can be enabled on the ERS 5000 Series
to enhance overall resiliency of the
Stack solution, providing load-balancing
and sub-second failover.
Nortel’s innovative,
resilient Stackable
architecture
DMLT to Core/Distribution
DMLT to Core/Distribution
IST
with one another or with any Ethernet
Routing Switch 5500 unit, and when
connected to an adjacent ERS 5500, the
ERS 5600 automatically adjusts to the
ERS 5500’s Stack bandwidth of 80Gbps.
This enhanced flexibility provides the
opportunity to mix and match port
configurations based on operations needs,
while preserving any existing ERS 5500
investments.
ERS 5000 models come with two
in-built auto-sensing Stacking connec-
tions — implementing sophisticated
Queuing — for simple, cost-effective
and efficient Stacking. This design frees
uplink ports for dedicated connectivity
to the backbone. The ERS 5000’s high-
performance architecture guarantees
optimized throughput across Ports,
Uplinks and Stacking connectors.
Ethernet Routing Switch
5000 deployment scenarios
Ethernet Routing Switch 5000 is a flex-
ible solution that can be deployed in a
variety of Enterprise environments. These
include:
High-density Wiring Closet
With its non-blocking design, high-
density GbE and integrated 10GbE port
options, the Ethernet Routing Switch
2
5000 Series is perfectly suited as a Wiring
Closet solution for high-availability LAN
edge User connectivity. Up to eight ERS
5000 Switches can be combined into a
single Stack with each ERS 5600 unit
providing two 10GbE XFP ports for
high-capacity uplinks to the Core or
aggregation layers of the network. ERS
5698 models provide even greater cost,
space and energy efficiency with their
ultra-dense Gigabit-to-the-Desktop
capacity and the added flexibility of up
to 6 SFP ports per Switch for long-reach
fiber optic connections. With the ability
to support Power-over-Ethernet across
all its ports, the ERS 5000 Series is an
effective and flexible Wiring Closet/
Edge solution in support of Desktop and
powered devices.
High-performance Data Center edge
The high-performance, low-latency and
high-availability requirements of the
modern Data Center make the ERS
5000 Series a perfect solution for Server
access and consolidation. By utilizing
the ERS 5000’s innovative ‘Horizontal
Stacking’ capability — a Switch at the
top of each Server rack, Stacked ‘hori-
zontally’ — the ERS 5000 Series can
support cost-effective, high-density
Server connections. Up to 400 Gigabit
ports and multiple 10GbE uplinks per
Stack can be deployed in this manner
(see Figure 1).
Figure 1. Ethernet Routing Switch 5000 in Horizontal
Stacking/Data Center application
Nortel has continued to evolve and
perfect its Enterprise Stackable portfolio
into a truly resilient, high-performance
Stacking solution. Nortel’s Ethernet
Routing Switch 2500, 4500, and 5500
and 5600 product lines all incorporate
key capabilities designed to deliver a
‘Stackable Chassis’ solution, including:
• Ease of growth/management:
Extending capacity is easy; simply cable
a new unit into the Stack, and the Stack
configuration is automatically updated.
The Stack acts as a single entity that
can be managed via a single IP Address.
• Scalable performance: The high-
performance design of Nortel’s
Stackable Switches along with their
high-speed Stack connections (up to
144Gbps per Switch/1.152Tbps per
Stack) ensure that the Stack scales
proportionally as each new unit is
added.
• Optimal path forwarding: A bi-
directional, multi-path forwarding
algorithm between Switches ensures
that the shortest, most optimal path
is chosen for each flow of traffic. This
design offers a clear performance
advantage over the basic logical Ring
or Token approaches used by other
vendors.
• No single point of failure: Stack
operation is unaffected by the failure
of any unit in the Stack. Each unit’s
independent Switch Fabric along with
distributed, redundant power ensures
continuous operation of the Stack.
Individual Stack units can easily be
replaced — i.e., a ‘virtual hot-swap’
capability — without impacting Stack
operations (a feature known as ‘Auto-
Unit Replacement’).
• Switch Clustering: Switch Clustering
(based on Nortel’s SMLT technology)
can be enabled on the ERS 5000 Series
to enhance overall resiliency of the
Stack solution, providing load-balancing
and sub-second failover.
Nortel’s innovative,
resilient Stackable
architecture
DMLT to Core/Distribution
DMLT to Core/Distribution
IST
Nortel’s Switch Cluster solution can
further enhance overall resiliency
through the addition of a second
horizontally-Stacked ‘Top-of-Rack’
Switch. Connected Servers can then be
‘dual-homed’ to separate Stacks of ERS
5000 Switches, which in turn appear
as a single, logical Switch to the rest of
the network. This enables active-active
connections, load-balancing and sub-
second failover across the Stacks. These
features make the ERS 5000 Series a
truly cost-effective Data Center solution
that combines always-on resiliency with
high-performance connectivity.
Highly scalable small Core
The Ethernet Routing Switch 5000
Series can also serve as a high-
performing, feature-rich small Core
solution. With high-density 10GbE and
SFP ports (up to 64 10GbE and 192 SFP
ports per Stack), the ERS 5530-24TFD
and 5632FD models are particularly
well-suited to small Core applications.
Coupled with dynamic routing protocol
support (RIP/OSPF) – and field-
replaceable, redundant power in the
5600 models — the ERS 5000 Series
can provide low-cost, resilient small
Core solutions.
The ERS 5000 Series can further act
as a Switch Cluster supporting other
ERS 2500, 4500 or third-party access
Switches (see Figure 2) using Nortel’s
Switch Clustering technology (SMLT).
ERS 5000s in this configuration can
provide up to 800 ports and over 2.3
Terabits of always-on performance —
while enabling full use of all Switches
and links across the network.
Convergence-ready
capabilities
Power-over-Ethernet
The Ethernet Routing Switch 5520-
24T-PWR, 5520-48T-PWR, 5650TD-
PWR and 5698TFD-PWR models
provide standards-based Power-over-
3
Ethernet (PoE) and are designed to power
devices such as IP Phones, Wireless
Access Points, IP CCTV Cameras,
security and lighting devices, and access
control devices such as badge readers.
Full interoperability with all Standards-
based equipment means these Switches
have the flexibility to power devices
from any vendors; ERS 5000 Switches
can supply up to 15.4 Watts per port, as
defined in the IEEE 802.3af Standard.
Link Layer Discovery Protocol and
Auto Detection/Auto Configuration
The Ethernet Routing Switch 5000
Series combines the functionality of the
Link Layer Discovery Protocol (LLDP)
and Auto Detection/Auto Configuration
(ADAC) to detect and configure Nortel
IP Phones. The implementation includes
the Location Type-Length-Value (TLV)
DMLT to Core/Distribution
Trunks distributed
between Switches
in a Stack
Trunks distributed between
Switches in a Cluster
Ethernet Routing
Switch 5632FD
Ethernet Routing
Switch 2500
Switch Cluster
Figure 2. Ethernet Routing Switch 5000 Series in a small Core application,
with ERS 2500 or 4500 Series Switches at the Edge
delivering resiliency and efficiency
Only Nortel’s Industry-leading resilient ‘FAST’ architecture delivers the high-availability
crucial for delay-sensitive and business-critical data, voice and video.
The following new features and
enhancements have been added to the
ERS 5000 Series capabilities with the
release of v6.1 Operating System software:
• Nortel Automatic QoS
• Granular and Dynamic QoS
• Stack Health Check
• 802.1X Dynamic Authorization
Extensions to RADIUS (RFC 3567)
• T1 Ethernet over TDM SFP Transceiver
• Traffic-based Broadcast and Multicast
Storm Control
• De-Licensing IPFIX
• And more than 30 additional Operability
features and enhancements
New features for the
v6.1 Release
further enhance overall resiliency
through the addition of a second
horizontally-Stacked ‘Top-of-Rack’
Switch. Connected Servers can then be
‘dual-homed’ to separate Stacks of ERS
5000 Switches, which in turn appear
as a single, logical Switch to the rest of
the network. This enables active-active
connections, load-balancing and sub-
second failover across the Stacks. These
features make the ERS 5000 Series a
truly cost-effective Data Center solution
that combines always-on resiliency with
high-performance connectivity.
Highly scalable small Core
The Ethernet Routing Switch 5000
Series can also serve as a high-
performing, feature-rich small Core
solution. With high-density 10GbE and
SFP ports (up to 64 10GbE and 192 SFP
ports per Stack), the ERS 5530-24TFD
and 5632FD models are particularly
well-suited to small Core applications.
Coupled with dynamic routing protocol
support (RIP/OSPF) – and field-
replaceable, redundant power in the
5600 models — the ERS 5000 Series
can provide low-cost, resilient small
Core solutions.
The ERS 5000 Series can further act
as a Switch Cluster supporting other
ERS 2500, 4500 or third-party access
Switches (see Figure 2) using Nortel’s
Switch Clustering technology (SMLT).
ERS 5000s in this configuration can
provide up to 800 ports and over 2.3
Terabits of always-on performance —
while enabling full use of all Switches
and links across the network.
Convergence-ready
capabilities
Power-over-Ethernet
The Ethernet Routing Switch 5520-
24T-PWR, 5520-48T-PWR, 5650TD-
PWR and 5698TFD-PWR models
provide standards-based Power-over-
3
Ethernet (PoE) and are designed to power
devices such as IP Phones, Wireless
Access Points, IP CCTV Cameras,
security and lighting devices, and access
control devices such as badge readers.
Full interoperability with all Standards-
based equipment means these Switches
have the flexibility to power devices
from any vendors; ERS 5000 Switches
can supply up to 15.4 Watts per port, as
defined in the IEEE 802.3af Standard.
Link Layer Discovery Protocol and
Auto Detection/Auto Configuration
The Ethernet Routing Switch 5000
Series combines the functionality of the
Link Layer Discovery Protocol (LLDP)
and Auto Detection/Auto Configuration
(ADAC) to detect and configure Nortel
IP Phones. The implementation includes
the Location Type-Length-Value (TLV)
DMLT to Core/Distribution
Trunks distributed
between Switches
in a Stack
Trunks distributed between
Switches in a Cluster
Ethernet Routing
Switch 5632FD
Ethernet Routing
Switch 2500
Switch Cluster
Figure 2. Ethernet Routing Switch 5000 Series in a small Core application,
with ERS 2500 or 4500 Series Switches at the Edge
delivering resiliency and efficiency
Only Nortel’s Industry-leading resilient ‘FAST’ architecture delivers the high-availability
crucial for delay-sensitive and business-critical data, voice and video.
The following new features and
enhancements have been added to the
ERS 5000 Series capabilities with the
release of v6.1 Operating System software:
• Nortel Automatic QoS
• Granular and Dynamic QoS
• Stack Health Check
• 802.1X Dynamic Authorization
Extensions to RADIUS (RFC 3567)
• T1 Ethernet over TDM SFP Transceiver
• Traffic-based Broadcast and Multicast
Storm Control
• De-Licensing IPFIX
• And more than 30 additional Operability
features and enhancements
New features for the
v6.1 Release
which provides a mechanism to enable
Emergency Location Services for IP
Phones (for example, ‘Enhanced 911’).
Auto-discovery is extended with Media
Endpoint Discovery (LLDP-MED)
to automatically perform power and
VLAN assignments for enabled devices.
Nortel further extends the use of this
protocol by coupling it with the ability
to automatically configure Quality-
of-Service (QoS) settings and VLAN
membership when a Nortel IP Phone is
detected. This ensures fast and easy IP
Phone deployments across the network.
Nortel Automatic QoS
With Nortel Automatic QoS, an ERS
5000 Series Switch supporting a Nortel
Unified Communications solution
automatically recognizes the special,
private Differentiated Service Code
Point (DSCP) values configurable for
these applications, and optimizes the
management of Egress Queues. Without
this automated functionality, Operators
would need to have detailed knowl-
edge of how QoS works, and also the
private DSCP values, to attempt manual
configuration for optimized Queue
operation. This feature ensures that the
process is automated and optimized,
and protects against mis-configuration.
Dynamic and Granular QoS
The ERS 5000 Series features advanced
ASIC designs enabling fined-grained
control of the QoS Egress Queues.
This has benefits in deployments where
changes to Queue settings need to be
made in order to optimize how the
network supports specific application
behavior. Being able to make on-the-
fly changes to Queue management,
without the need for a reset, dramati-
cally enhances the practical effective-
ness of the network. And ERS 5600
models further extend these capabilities
by supporting granular Egress Queue
Shaping, in addition to Shaping at the
port level.
Resilient operations —
redundant power and
auto-unit replacement
Field-replaceable Power Supplies
The Ethernet Routing Switch 5600
models support integrated AC or DC
power supplies for improved redun-
dancy and uptime. The 5632FD and
5650TD models support two and ERS
5698TFD models support three inte-
grated, field-replaceable supplies. This
power supply design offers not only
N+1 power redundancy and/or supple-
mentary PoE power, but also provides
savings in valuable rack space and
reduction in overall system, servicing
and sparing costs.
The ERS 5500 models support the
external Redundant Power Supply 15
solution, providing a similar capability
for power redundancy and/or supple-
mentary PoE power, although requiring
additional real estate within the rack.
Automatic Unit Replacement
The Ethernet Routing Switch 5000
Series supports Automatic Unit
Replacement (AUR), a virtual hot-swap
functionality that allows Engineers to
quickly and easily replace failed units in
the Stack. When a unit is replaced, the
configuration and software image are
automatically synchronized with that
saved by the Stack Base Unit for the
failed Switch. This minimizes manual
intervention as well as any interruption
to neighboring Users within the Stack.
The ERS 5000 Series also supports the
ability to load a software image into the
Base Unit of the Stack and have it auto-
matically propagated to other Switches
in the Stack; this further simplifies Stack
management.
4
The ‘Nortel Edge’
Through embedding functionality within its converged networking solutions, Nortel is creating a new operational paradigm built around
synergistic, communications-enabled networking and simplicity of design. The ‘Nortel Edge’ focuses on ensuring that the network is
easy to deploy and adds an intelligence that reduces the burden of ongoing manageability, delivering additional benefits to businesses.
Real-time application environments require network intelligence and QoS, which allows the network to understand what to do with
high-priority traffic in times of network congestion. However, the configuration of QoS across the network can be time-consuming and
if incorrectly executed, leads to a sub-standard solution for high-priority traffic. Nortel data, voice and application products can be
enabled for optimized QoS across the network though the Nortel Automatic QoS feature.
Enabling the Automatic QoS functionality seamlessly configures QoS on Nortel IP Phones, Call Servers and Applications, and Ethernet
Switches. This allows network managers to easily configure QoS across a Nortel converged infrastructure through a few simple
commands or a single click of the mouse — delivering a consistent and optimized QoS configuration. Delivering simple and effective
optimization for end-to-end application performance; a tangible manifestation of genuine business benefits of Nortel.
Emergency Location Services for IP
Phones (for example, ‘Enhanced 911’).
Auto-discovery is extended with Media
Endpoint Discovery (LLDP-MED)
to automatically perform power and
VLAN assignments for enabled devices.
Nortel further extends the use of this
protocol by coupling it with the ability
to automatically configure Quality-
of-Service (QoS) settings and VLAN
membership when a Nortel IP Phone is
detected. This ensures fast and easy IP
Phone deployments across the network.
Nortel Automatic QoS
With Nortel Automatic QoS, an ERS
5000 Series Switch supporting a Nortel
Unified Communications solution
automatically recognizes the special,
private Differentiated Service Code
Point (DSCP) values configurable for
these applications, and optimizes the
management of Egress Queues. Without
this automated functionality, Operators
would need to have detailed knowl-
edge of how QoS works, and also the
private DSCP values, to attempt manual
configuration for optimized Queue
operation. This feature ensures that the
process is automated and optimized,
and protects against mis-configuration.
Dynamic and Granular QoS
The ERS 5000 Series features advanced
ASIC designs enabling fined-grained
control of the QoS Egress Queues.
This has benefits in deployments where
changes to Queue settings need to be
made in order to optimize how the
network supports specific application
behavior. Being able to make on-the-
fly changes to Queue management,
without the need for a reset, dramati-
cally enhances the practical effective-
ness of the network. And ERS 5600
models further extend these capabilities
by supporting granular Egress Queue
Shaping, in addition to Shaping at the
port level.
Resilient operations —
redundant power and
auto-unit replacement
Field-replaceable Power Supplies
The Ethernet Routing Switch 5600
models support integrated AC or DC
power supplies for improved redun-
dancy and uptime. The 5632FD and
5650TD models support two and ERS
5698TFD models support three inte-
grated, field-replaceable supplies. This
power supply design offers not only
N+1 power redundancy and/or supple-
mentary PoE power, but also provides
savings in valuable rack space and
reduction in overall system, servicing
and sparing costs.
The ERS 5500 models support the
external Redundant Power Supply 15
solution, providing a similar capability
for power redundancy and/or supple-
mentary PoE power, although requiring
additional real estate within the rack.
Automatic Unit Replacement
The Ethernet Routing Switch 5000
Series supports Automatic Unit
Replacement (AUR), a virtual hot-swap
functionality that allows Engineers to
quickly and easily replace failed units in
the Stack. When a unit is replaced, the
configuration and software image are
automatically synchronized with that
saved by the Stack Base Unit for the
failed Switch. This minimizes manual
intervention as well as any interruption
to neighboring Users within the Stack.
The ERS 5000 Series also supports the
ability to load a software image into the
Base Unit of the Stack and have it auto-
matically propagated to other Switches
in the Stack; this further simplifies Stack
management.
4
The ‘Nortel Edge’
Through embedding functionality within its converged networking solutions, Nortel is creating a new operational paradigm built around
synergistic, communications-enabled networking and simplicity of design. The ‘Nortel Edge’ focuses on ensuring that the network is
easy to deploy and adds an intelligence that reduces the burden of ongoing manageability, delivering additional benefits to businesses.
Real-time application environments require network intelligence and QoS, which allows the network to understand what to do with
high-priority traffic in times of network congestion. However, the configuration of QoS across the network can be time-consuming and
if incorrectly executed, leads to a sub-standard solution for high-priority traffic. Nortel data, voice and application products can be
enabled for optimized QoS across the network though the Nortel Automatic QoS feature.
Enabling the Automatic QoS functionality seamlessly configures QoS on Nortel IP Phones, Call Servers and Applications, and Ethernet
Switches. This allows network managers to easily configure QoS across a Nortel converged infrastructure through a few simple
commands or a single click of the mouse — delivering a consistent and optimized QoS configuration. Delivering simple and effective
optimization for end-to-end application performance; a tangible manifestation of genuine business benefits of Nortel.
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