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Avaya Ethernet Routing Switch 8300 SeriesModular solution delivering compelling performance &

features for mid-tier enterprise core & high-end wiring

closet applications

The Avaya Ethernet Routing Switch 8300 continues to evolve into the core

switch of choice for the mid-sized enterprise campus, delivering simplified

yet superior networking, creating one network using less but more

intelligent equipment — increasing availability and performance while

minimizing costs. In addition, the Ethernet Routing Switch 8300 remains

a premier wiring closet switch for large networks, meeting and exceeding

the requirements of enterprises embarking on convergence as part of their

strategic plan for success.

FACT SHEET

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ETHERNET

ROUTING SWITCH

8300 HIGHLIGHTS

• Virtualizedandadvanced

IPRoutingfornetworkdesign

flexibility

• Enableslarge-scaleconvergence

deploymentsofIPTelephony,

UnifiedCommunicationsand

WirelessLANmobility

• Simplified,automatedoptimization

ofapplicationperformance

• SupportsAvaya’s“SwitchCluster”

technologyfordelivering99.999%

end-to-endresilientapplication

availability

• 6-&10-slotchassis,with1GbE

&10GbEpluggable,and10/100

&10/100/1000coppermodules;

class-leading10GbEportdensity

• OptionalredundantN-1Switch

FabricandN+1powersupplies

• “Pay-as-you-grow”optionsforboth

hardware&softwarecapabilities

• Standards-basedPower-over-EthernetwithDynamicPower

Management

• Enhancednetworksecuritywith

accesscontrolandhostintegrity

checkingdeliveredviaAvaya’s

IdentityEnginessolution

Flexible deployment

optionsThehighlyversatileEthernetRoutingSwitch

8300(ERS8300)offersawiderangeof

capabilitiesthatintegrateeasilyintomany

networkdesigns.Withitsperformance

andnetworkresiliencyfeatures,theERS

8300providesanexcellentoptionfor

thecoreofthemedium-sizedenterprise

network—offeringhigh-density1GbEand

10GbEinterfaceoptions,individualdevice

redundancy,anddeliveringoverallnetwork

andapplicationresiliency.Establishedand

newly-enhancedAccessSwitchfeatures

contributestotheERS8300remainingthe

platformofchoiceforlarge-scale,enterprise-

classdeploymentsthatvalueperformance,

density,securityandconvergence-friendly

capabilities.TheintroductionofBGP-Lite

andavailabilityofVRF-Liteforvirtualized

IPRoutingprovideasophisticatedsetof

capabilities—accommodating,forexample,

operationswithinairportauthorities,city

andstategovernment,andpostmergerand

acquisitionrequirementsinlargeenterprises.

Fornetworkdesignsthatrequireathird

“distribution”tier,theERS8300isanideal

optionwithhighdensityinterfaceoptionsand

highperformancedeliveredonarelatively

smallfootprint.

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The ERS 8300 series provides:

• High-density1GbEand10GbEpluggable

interfacesforcore,Distributionand

accessconnectivityrequirements

• High-performanceandlowlatencyto

allowoptimizedapplicationperformance

• Switchclusteringtoextendsub-second

fail-overandfullsessionload-sharing

acrossthenetworkinfrastructure—from

usertoapplication.

End-to-end applicationperformance and

availability

Inaconvergedworldreliabilitygoesbeyond

individualnodesandismeasuredatthe

applicationlevel,end-to-endacrossthe

network;providingtrustedanddependablefail-

overthatisconsistentlylessthanonesecond,

regardlessofthefailurescenario.Through

simplified,resilientsolutions,Avayaisuniquely

positionedtoaddressthisneed.

Switch Clustering

SwitchClusteringisAvaya’sadvanced

resilientsolution–utilizingtheSplitMulti-

LinkTrunking(SMLT)andRoutedSMLT

protocols–andprovidescompleteprotection

againstanyindividualcomponent,linkor

nodefailure.Thissolutionprovidesforsub-

secondrecoverycombinedwithusersession-

basedload-balancing—allleveraging

standards-baseddynamiclinkaggregation

attheedgeofthenetwork,bothuserand

server.DeployingtheERS8300inthecore

ofamid-tiernetworkistheidealsolutionfor

deliveringhighly-availableservices.

RoutedSMLTprovidesrapidfailoverfor

networksthatareusingdynamicLayer

3routingprotocols,isnotdependenton

theroutingprotocolused,andIPGateway

redundancyisachievedbysynchronizing

forwardinginformationbetweenSwitchCPUs.

Redundant & resilient

chassis-based solution

Asastand-alonedevice,ERS8300provides

anextremelyrobustplatformforresilient

networking.Thesystemsupportsdual

redundantSwitchFabric/CPUmodules,N+1

ACorDual-InputDCpowersupplies,and

hot-swappablemodulesandfantrays.

Precision performance

Real-timeapplicationsaresensitiveto

variableperformanceandarerelatively

bandwidth-intensive.Performanceis

closelylinkedtoreliabilitywithmanyofthe

designoptionsfortoday’snetworksbeinga

trade-offbetweenperformanceneedsand

reliabilityrequirements.Avaya’sERS8300

eliminatestheneedtochooseoneoverthe

otherbydeliveringhigh-speed,low-latency

performancewithsuperiorreliability.

Performance architectureAttheheartoftheERS8300,thereisa

passivebackplanedesignandadistributed

forwardingarchitecturethatleveragesthe

advantagesofdualN-1,active-activeSwitch

Fabrics.The720GbpsCrossbarandthe

8394SFSwitchFabricmoduledeliverupt

464Gbpsofgenuinedatathroughputand

345Mppsofframeforwardingperformance

perSwitch.Puttingthesefiguresintoa

businesscontext,anERS8300CoreSwitc

Clustercantransportmorethan60,000

average-sizedofficefilespersecond,and

stillnotbesubjecttocontention.

Advanced Quality-of-Service

TheERS8300’sQuality-of-Service(QoS)

featuresonlyallowmoreefficientuseof

bandwidthtooptimizeexistingnetwork

resourcesandcapabilities,andalsoprovidpacketclassificationandmarkingatthe

EdgesimplifiestheQoSsolutionattheCo

Byclassifying,prioritizing,policingand

markingLANtraffic,networkscandeliver

therightservicelevelsformission-critical

andquality-sensitiveapplications.TheER

8300provideseightqueuesperportand

advancedQoSfeaturessupporttheInterne

EngineeringTaskForce(IETF)Differentiat

Services(DiffServ)QoSarchitecture

standard—packetclassificationbasedon

thecontentsoftheIPPacketHeaderfields

(e.g.,voice,videoanddata).

Avaya Automatic QoSWithAvayaAutomaticQoSisenabled,an

ERS8300supportinganAvayaUnified

Communicationssolutionautomatically

recognizesthespecial,privateDifferentiat

ServiceCodePoint(DSCP)valuesused

bytheseapplications,andoptimizesthe

managementEgressQueues.Withoutthis

automatedfunctionality,operatorswould

needtohavedetailedknowledgeofhowQo

works,andalsotheprivateDSCPvalues,tenablemanualconfigurationforoptimized

Queueusage.Withthisfeature,theproces

isautomatedandoptimized,andprotects

againstmis-configuration.Theintroduction

ofAvayaAutomaticQoSsupportonthe

ERS8300willseethecorefunctionality

deliveredfirst,followedbyaccess

functionalityinasubsequentrelease.

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Model Port densities of up to:

8306Chassis

Upto36portsof10GbE,or208portsof1GbE(SFPPluggable),or192portsof10/100/1000(Copper)withorwithoutPoE,or96portsof100FX

8310Chassis

Upto68portsof10GbE,or400portsof1GbE(SFPPluggable),or384portsof10/100/1000(Copper)withorwithoutPoE,or192portsof100FX

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Traffic Policing & ShapingTrafficPolicingenablestheprovisioningof

differentservicelevelsbylimitingtraffic

throughputattheingress(inbound)portof

theERS8300.Thisfeatureallowslimitsto

beplacedupontheamountofbandwidththat

particularusersorapplicationscanpushinto

thenetwork.Anassociatedcapability,Custom

Auto-NegotiationAdvertisements(CANA),

allowsforonlyspecifiedconnectionratestobe

advertisedbyauto-negotiation,andtherefore

limitslow-prioritydevicestotheappropriate

connectionspeed.

TrafficShapingofferstheabilitytolimit

trafficonegress(outbound)fromtheERS

8300,typicallytocomplywithsomeform

ofservicetariff.Enterprisesworkingwith

ServiceProvidersorCarrierscanusethis

featurewhentheydeployEthernetasan

alternativetotraditionalFrameRelayorATM

WANaccesssolutions.

IP Filtering & Deep Packet Pattern

Matching

IPFilterscanbeusedtomanagetrafficandprovidesecurity,byallowingthatspecific

actionsareperformedwhendefinedcriteriaare

matched.Onlydatathatmatchesthepattern

isallowedtopassthroughthefilter,and

thesefilterscanbeusedtosettrafficpriority,

droporallowIPpackets,aswellasdefine

theconditionsformirroringtraffic(e.g.,IP

TelephonyinaContactCenterenvironment).

DeepPacketPatternMatchingisan

advancedimplementationoffilteringthat

allowsoperatorstomatchfieldsdeepwithin

thepacketbyspecifyingbothanoffsetandavaluetomatch.

Convergence and Unified

Communications

Therealityoftoday’snetworksisthat

differentapplicationsmustbegiventhe

qualityofserviceappropriatetotheir

differingneedsandrequirements.TheERS

8300facilitatesenterprises’transition

toconvergence-basedapplicationsby

implementingkeyenablingtechnologieswhile

minimizingcapitalandoperationalcosts.

Desktop GigabitManyenterprisesarelookingtotransition

fromFastEthernettoGigabitEthernetas

thedefaultfordesktopconnectivity.Gigabit

Ethernetoffersanalternativethatismore

strategic;asPCsgainmoreperformanceand

efficiency,thereisopportunitytoexploitthat

zonebetween100Mbpsand1Gbps.TheERS8300enablesaseamlesstransitionto

GigabitEthernetbyofferingequivalenthigh-

density10/100and10/100/1000modules

thatcanreadilyco-existinthesamesystem.

Standards-based

Power-over-EthernetPower-over-Ethernet(PoE)isincreasingly

becomingthedefaultsolutionforconnectivity

fortheconvergeddesktop,oftenin

combinationwithGigabitEthernet.The

ERS8300supportsthedeploymentofIPTelephony,WirelessLAN,andanythird-party

line-powereddevicebyofferingstandards-

basedPoEsupportonboth10/100and

10/100/1000interfacemodules.

Dynamic power managementToincreaseflexibilityandseethatthe

highestpriorityusersanddeviceshave

servicewhentheyneedit,ERS8300PoE

Modulessupportanoptiontoconfigure

theprioritylevelforpowerdelivery.Inthe

eventthattotalavailablepowerislessthen

thatgenerallyrequiredbythesumofall

thedevices,powerwillbedynamically—

notstatically—servedonthebasisofthe

configuredprioritylevel.

Device Auto Discovery

TheERS8300automaticallyrecognizes

theconnectionofanIPhandsetorother

convergencedeviceandimmediately

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NEW FOR THE v4.2

FEATURE RELEASE

Thefollowingfeaturesandhardware

havebeenaddedtotheERS8300’s

capabilitieswiththereleaseofv4.2

OperatingSystemsoftware:

• BorderGatewayProtocol(BGP-Lite)

• AvayaAutomaticQoS(Core)

• IPFlowInformationExport

• IGMPv3Snooping

• DHCPSnooping

• IPSourceGuard

• DynamicARPInspection

• VLANIPSpoofingPrevention

• BPDUFiltering

• VLACPGlobalConfiguration

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providespowertoit.Theswitchsupportstwo

schemes—Avaya’sAuto-Discovery&Auto-

Configuration(ADAC)andStandards-based

802.1AB.Thisflexiblecapabilityeasesthe

roll-outofconvergenceapplicationsand

devices,savingtimeandmoney.

Integrated access control securityLapsesorfailuresinnetworksecuritycan

haveacostlyimpactontheprofitabilityof

companies.Avayahasdevelopedamulti-

layeredstrategyforenhanceddefenseagainst

threatsfromexternalandinternalsources.

TheERS8300,akeyelementofthisstrategy,

supportscomprehensivesecurityservicesfor

accesscontrolattheaccesslayer.

802.1X/Extensible Authentication

ProtocolAvaya’scommitmenttoopenstandards

isprovenwiththeEthernetSwitching

portfolio’ssupportforIEEE802.1X/Extensible

AuthenticationProtocol(EAP)acrosstheentire

rangeofAccessSwitches.TheERS8300

hascomprehensive802.1X/EAPsupportwith

additionalenhancementssuchas:

• MultipleHostsMultipleAuthentications

(MHMA)

• MultipleHostsSingleAuthentication

(MHSA)

• GuestVLAN

• MixedEAP/Non-EAP

• CentralizedMAC-basedAuthentication

Theseenhancementscontributetoareadily

deployablesolutionthat’scompatiblewith

allstandards-compliantthird-party802.1X/

EAPproducts—providingenterpriseswitha

meansofeffectivelyauthenticatingaccessto

thenetwork.IdentityEnginesisAvaya’send-

pointsecurityandpolicycompliancesolution

—inspectingandassessing,andtherebycan

ensurecompliancetopolicyandenabling

remediationatthenetworkendpointsource,

priortofullnetworkaccess.

WithAvaya,theenterpriseisabletodefine

acceptablecriteriaforthesecuritysoftware

installedonPCs,testthesecriteriaandconfirmusercredentials—allbefore

theuserisgivenanyaccesstocorporate

serversandinformation.Anyfailuresor

inconsistenciesduringthecheckprocess

canberesolvedfromthesafetyofa

quarantinedremediationVLAN,andguest

userscanbegivenaccesstoanisolated

VLAN(forexample,Internet-onlyaccess).

Assumingsuccessfullogonandchecking,

theuser’sportisautomaticallyassignedto

theappropriateproductionVLAN,withthe

correctqualitysettings.

Enhanced usability &

flexibility

Withthenetworknowneedingtobecloselalignedwiththebusiness—oftensubject

toseasonalvariations,orchangesthrough

mergerandacquisitionactivity–the

networkneedstohavegreatflexibilityand

thecapabilitytoadaptwithoutimpacting

availability.Thehighly-versatileERS8300

includesacomprehensivesetoffeatures,

whichcontributetothemostcost-effective

solutionforenterprises.

Border Gateway Protocol (BGP-Lit

LargeprivateIPnetworkscanoften

havearequirementforsophisticatedIP

connectivity.Thiscouldbetheneedto

supportmultipleconnectionstoInternet

ServiceProviders,ortosatisfyarequireme

tojoinanumberoflargeinternalrouting

domainsandapplyaccesspolicy.

TheimplementationofBGP-Liteonthe

ERS8300isintendedtoprovideasub-se

ofthefullBGPcapability,initiallybeinga

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THE ‘AVAYA EDGE’

Throughembeddingfunctionalitywithinitsconvergednetworkingsolutions,Avayaiscreatinganewoperationalparadigmbuiltaround

synergistic,communications-enablednetworkingandsimplicityofdesign.The‘AvayaEdge’focusesonrenderingthenetworkeasyto

deployandequippedwithintelligencethatreducestheburdenofongoingmanageability,deliveringadditionalbenefitstobusinesses.

Real-timeapplicationenvironmentsrequirenetworkintelligenceandQuality-of-Service(QoS),whichallowsthenetworktounderstand

whattodowithhigh-prioritytrafficintimesofnetworkcongestion.However,theconfigurationofQoSacrossthenetworkcanbetime-

consumingandifincorrectlyexecuted,leadstoasub-standardsolutionforhigh-prioritytraffic.Avayadata,voiceandapplication

productscanbeenabledforoptimizedQoSacrossthenetworkthoughtheAvayaAutomaticQoSfeature.

EnablingtheAutomaticQoSfunctionalityseamlesslyconfiguresQoSonspecificAvayaIPPhones,CallServers&Applications,andEtherne

Switches.ThisallowsNetworkManagerstoeasilyconfigureQoSacrossanAvayaconvergedinfrastructurethroughafewsimplecommandsorasingleclickofthemouse,deliveringaconsistentandoptimizedQoSconfiguration.Thisapproachforsimpleandeffectivedeliveryof

optimizedend-to-endapplicationperformanceprovidesatangiblemanifestationofgenuinebusinessbenefitsofAvaya.

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reducedscaleimplementationofiBGP.The

featurewillsupportuptofourBGPPeers

connections,andupto8,000BGPRoutes.

TheBGP-Litefeatureisclassifiedasbeing

partoftheAdvancedLicensefeatureset.

Equal Cost Multi-Path (ECMP)TheERS8300nowsupportsloadsharingof

Layer3trafficbyconfiguringECMProuting

onuptofourindividuallinks.ECMPsupports

Static,andRIPandOSPFRoutingprotocols.

Multicast VLAN Registration (MVR)MulticastVLANRegistration(MVR)isa

featurethatenablesbettersupportforwide-

scaledeploymentofMulticastapplications

—clientPCsremainintheirseparate

VLANswhilessharingaccesstocommon

multicaststreams.

Integrated Time Domain

Reflectometer (TDR)

TheERS8300providesanintegratedTDRto

simplifytroubleshootingofthephysicalcopper

cableplant,enablingoperationstoquickly

identifyfaults,isolatingthesourceofproblems,

andhelpingensuremaximumuptimeofthe

network.Thisprovidesforremoteandnon-

invasivediagnosisofcablingissuessuch

ascableopens,cableshortsorimpedance

mismatchreporting.TheERS8300candetect

andreporttheseissueswithouttheneedto

unplugcablesoruseexpensivecabletesters

andadditionalpersonnel.

Pay-as-you-GrowWiththeintroductionofthetieredsoftware

licenseframework,Avayaenablescustomerstopayonlyforthefunctionalitythatmeets

theirbusinessneeds.Thisavoidsover-

investinginunnecessaryandunusedsoftware

featurefunctionality,yetprovidesaseamless

enhancementpathandinvestmentprotection.

Network ManagementTheERS8300canbemanagedbya

varietyofmanagementtools,offeringavery

flexibleoperationalenvironmentaccording

toindividualbusinessrequirements.These

include:dualCommandLineInterface(CLI),

theweb-basedEnterpriseDeviceManager,

SNMP-basedmanagement(SNMPv1,

v2&v3),EnterpriseSwitchManager

(ESM),EnterprisePolicyServices(EPS),

andtheevolvingUnifiedCommunication

Managementsolution.

Summary

TheEthernetRoutingSwitch8300

uniquelycombineshighperformancewith

rich,advancedservicesforconvergence

applicationstoenhance,protectand

simplifynetworkserviceandoperations.

Enterprisesseekingtomakestrategic

investmentsintheircampusLAN

infrastructurecannowcreatesolutionstha

willsupportbusinessgrowthforyearsto

come.Asaleadingproviderofend-to-end

solutionsthatspanvoice,data,application

andnetworkmanagement,Avayahasthe

expertisetohelpenterprisesincrease

profitability,streamlinebusinessoperation

andenhanceproductivity.

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Base Advanced Premier

Allfeatures,exceptthosedefinedasAdvancedorPremier

AllBasefeatures,plus:

•BGP-Lite*

•DeepPacketPatternMatching

•ECMP

•OSPF

•PIM-SM

•SLPP

•SMLT•RoutedSMLT

•VRRP

AllBaseandAdvancedfeatures,plus:

•VRF-Lite

*Newfeaturesforv4.2

To learn more

TolearnmoreaboutAvaya’sEthernetRoutingSwitch8300,pleasecontactyourAvayaAccountManagerorAvayaAuthorizedPartner.

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