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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

options

ThehighlyversatileEthernetRoutingSwitch8300(ERS8300)offersawiderangeofcapabilitiesthatintegrateeasilyintomanynetworkdesigns.Withitsperformance

andnetworkresiliencyfeatures,theERS8300providesanexcellentoptionforthecoreofthemedium-sizedenterprisenetwork—offeringhigh-density1GbEand10GbEinterfaceoptions,individualdeviceredundancy,anddeliveringoverallnetworkandapplicationresiliency.Establishedandnewly-enhancedAccessSwitchfeaturescontributestotheERS8300remainingtheplatformofchoiceforlarge-scale,enterprise-classdeploymentsthatvalueperformance,density,securityandconvergence-friendlycapabilities.TheintroductionofBGP-LiteandavailabilityofVRF-LiteforvirtualizedIPRoutingprovideasophisticatedsetofcapabilities—accommodating,forexample,operationswithinairportauthorities,cityandstategovernment,andpostmergerandacquisitionrequirementsinlargeenterprises.

Fornetworkdesignsthatrequireathird“distribution”tier,theERS8300isanidealoptionwithhighdensityinterfaceoptionsandhighperformancedeliveredonarelativelysmallfootprint.

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The ERS 8300 series provides:

• High-density1GbEand10GbEpluggableinterfacesforcore,Distributionandaccessconnectivityrequirements

• High-performanceandlowlatencytoallowoptimizedapplicationperformance

• Switchclusteringtoextendsub-secondfail-overandfullsessionload-sharingacrossthenetworkinfrastructure—fromusertoapplication.

End-to-end application

performance and

availability

Inaconvergedworldreliabilitygoesbeyondindividualnodesandismeasuredattheapplicationlevel,end-to-endacrossthenetwork;providingtrustedanddependablefail-overthatisconsistentlylessthanonesecond,regardlessofthefailurescenario.Throughsimplified,resilientsolutions,Avayaisuniquelypositionedtoaddressthisneed.

Switch ClusteringSwitchClusteringisAvaya’sadvancedresilientsolution–utilizingtheSplitMulti-LinkTrunking(SMLT)andRoutedSMLTprotocols–andprovidescompleteprotectionagainstanyindividualcomponent,linkornodefailure.Thissolutionprovidesforsub-secondrecoverycombinedwithusersession-basedload-balancing—allleveragingstandards-baseddynamiclinkaggregationattheedgeofthenetwork,bothuserandserver.DeployingtheERS8300inthecore

ofamid-tiernetworkistheidealsolutionfordeliveringhighly-availableservices.

RoutedSMLTprovidesrapidfailoverfornetworksthatareusingdynamicLayer3routingprotocols,isnotdependentontheroutingprotocolused,andIPGatewayredundancyisachievedbysynchronizingforwardinginformationbetweenSwitchCPUs.

Redundant & resilient

chassis-based solutionAsastand-alonedevice,ERS8300providesanextremelyrobustplatformforresilientnetworking.ThesystemsupportsdualredundantSwitchFabric/CPUmodules,N+1ACorDual-InputDCpowersupplies,andhot-swappablemodulesandfantrays.

Precision performance

Real-timeapplicationsaresensitivetovariableperformanceandarerelativelybandwidth-intensive.Performanceiscloselylinkedtoreliabilitywithmanyofthedesignoptionsfortoday’snetworksbeingatrade-offbetweenperformanceneedsandreliabilityrequirements.Avaya’sERS8300eliminatestheneedtochooseoneovertheotherbydeliveringhigh-speed,low-latencyperformancewithsuperiorreliability.

Performance architectureAttheheartoftheERS8300,thereisapassivebackplanedesignandadistributedforwardingarchitecturethatleveragestheadvantagesofdualN-1,active-activeSwitchFabrics.The720GbpsCrossbarandthe

8394SFSwitchFabricmoduledeliverupto464Gbpsofgenuinedatathroughputand345MppsofframeforwardingperformanceperSwitch.Puttingthesefiguresintoabusinesscontext,anERS8300CoreSwitchClustercantransportmorethan60,000average-sizedofficefilespersecond,andstillnotbesubjecttocontention.

Advanced Quality-of-ServiceTheERS8300’sQuality-of-Service(QoS)featuresonlyallowmoreefficientuseofbandwidthtooptimizeexistingnetworkresourcesandcapabilities,andalsoprovidepacketclassificationandmarkingattheEdgesimplifiestheQoSsolutionattheCore.Byclassifying,prioritizing,policingandmarkingLANtraffic,networkscandelivertherightservicelevelsformission-criticalandquality-sensitiveapplications.TheERS8300provideseightqueuesperportandadvancedQoSfeaturessupporttheInternetEngineeringTaskForce(IETF)DifferentiatedServices(DiffServ)QoSarchitecturestandard—packetclassificationbasedonthecontentsoftheIPPacketHeaderfields(e.g.,voice,videoanddata).

Avaya Automatic QoSWithAvayaAutomaticQoSisenabled,anERS8300supportinganAvayaUnifiedCommunicationssolutionautomaticallyrecognizesthespecial,privateDifferentiatedServiceCodePoint(DSCP)valuesusedbytheseapplications,andoptimizesthemanagementEgressQueues.Withoutthisautomatedfunctionality,operatorswouldneedtohavedetailedknowledgeofhowQoSworks,andalsotheprivateDSCPvalues,toenablemanualconfigurationforoptimizedQueueusage.Withthisfeature,theprocessisautomatedandoptimized,andprotectsagainstmis-configuration.TheintroductionofAvayaAutomaticQoSsupportontheERS8300willseethecorefunctionalitydeliveredfirst,followedbyaccessfunctionalityinasubsequentrelease.

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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 & ShapingTrafficPolicingenablestheprovisioningofdifferentservicelevelsbylimitingtrafficthroughputattheingress(inbound)portoftheERS8300.Thisfeatureallowslimitstobeplacedupontheamountofbandwidththatparticularusersorapplicationscanpushintothenetwork.Anassociatedcapability,CustomAuto-NegotiationAdvertisements(CANA),allowsforonlyspecifiedconnectionratestobeadvertisedbyauto-negotiation,andthereforelimitslow-prioritydevicestotheappropriateconnectionspeed.

TrafficShapingofferstheabilitytolimittrafficonegress(outbound)fromtheERS8300,typicallytocomplywithsomeformofservicetariff.EnterprisesworkingwithServiceProvidersorCarrierscanusethisfeaturewhentheydeployEthernetasanalternativetotraditionalFrameRelayorATMWANaccesssolutions.

IP Filtering & Deep Packet Pattern

MatchingIPFilterscanbeusedtomanagetrafficandprovidesecurity,byallowingthatspecificactionsareperformedwhendefinedcriteriaarematched.Onlydatathatmatchesthepatternisallowedtopassthroughthefilter,andthesefilterscanbeusedtosettrafficpriority,droporallowIPpackets,aswellasdefinetheconditionsformirroringtraffic(e.g.,IPTelephonyinaContactCenterenvironment).

DeepPacketPatternMatchingisanadvancedimplementationoffilteringthatallowsoperatorstomatchfieldsdeepwithinthepacketbyspecifyingbothanoffsetandavaluetomatch.

Convergence and Unified

Communications

Therealityoftoday’snetworksisthatdifferentapplicationsmustbegiventhequalityofserviceappropriatetotheir

differingneedsandrequirements.TheERS8300facilitatesenterprises’transitiontoconvergence-basedapplicationsbyimplementingkeyenablingtechnologieswhileminimizingcapitalandoperationalcosts.

Desktop GigabitManyenterprisesarelookingtotransitionfromFastEthernettoGigabitEthernetasthedefaultfordesktopconnectivity.GigabitEthernetoffersanalternativethatismorestrategic;asPCsgainmoreperformanceandefficiency,thereisopportunitytoexploitthatzonebetween100Mbpsand1Gbps.TheERS8300enablesaseamlesstransitiontoGigabitEthernetbyofferingequivalenthigh-density10/100and10/100/1000modulesthatcanreadilyco-existinthesamesystem.

Standards-based

Power-over-EthernetPower-over-Ethernet(PoE)isincreasinglybecomingthedefaultsolutionforconnectivityfortheconvergeddesktop,oftenincombinationwithGigabitEthernet.TheERS8300supportsthedeploymentofIPTelephony,WirelessLAN,andanythird-partyline-powereddevicebyofferingstandards-basedPoEsupportonboth10/100and10/100/1000interfacemodules.

Dynamic power managementToincreaseflexibilityandseethatthehighestpriorityusersanddeviceshaveservicewhentheyneedit,ERS8300PoEModulessupportanoptiontoconfiguretheprioritylevelforpowerdelivery.Intheeventthattotalavailablepowerislessthenthatgenerallyrequiredbythesumofallthedevices,powerwillbedynamically—notstatically—servedonthebasisoftheconfiguredprioritylevel.

Device Auto DiscoveryTheERS8300automaticallyrecognizestheconnectionofanIPhandsetorotherconvergencedeviceandimmediately

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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.Theswitchsupportstwoschemes—Avaya’sAuto-Discovery&Auto-Configuration(ADAC)andStandards-based802.1AB.Thisflexiblecapabilityeasestheroll-outofconvergenceapplicationsanddevices,savingtimeandmoney.

Integrated access control securityLapsesorfailuresinnetworksecuritycanhaveacostlyimpactontheprofitabilityofcompanies.Avayahasdevelopedamulti-layeredstrategyforenhanceddefenseagainstthreatsfromexternalandinternalsources.TheERS8300,akeyelementofthisstrategy,supportscomprehensivesecurityservicesforaccesscontrolattheaccesslayer.

802.1X/Extensible Authentication

ProtocolAvaya’scommitmenttoopenstandardsisprovenwiththeEthernetSwitchingportfolio’ssupportforIEEE802.1X/ExtensibleAuthenticationProtocol(EAP)acrosstheentirerangeofAccessSwitches.TheERS8300hascomprehensive802.1X/EAPsupportwithadditionalenhancementssuchas:

• MultipleHostsMultipleAuthentications(MHMA)

• MultipleHostsSingleAuthentication

(MHSA)

• GuestVLAN

• MixedEAP/Non-EAP

• CentralizedMAC-basedAuthentication

Theseenhancementscontributetoareadilydeployablesolutionthat’scompatiblewithallstandards-compliantthird-party802.1X/EAPproducts—providingenterpriseswithameansofeffectivelyauthenticatingaccesstothenetwork.IdentityEnginesisAvaya’send-pointsecurityandpolicycompliancesolution—inspectingandassessing,andtherebycanensurecompliancetopolicyandenablingremediationatthenetworkendpointsource,priortofullnetworkaccess.

WithAvaya,theenterpriseisabletodefineacceptablecriteriaforthesecuritysoftwareinstalledonPCs,testthesecriteriaandconfirmusercredentials—allbeforetheuserisgivenanyaccesstocorporateserversandinformation.AnyfailuresorinconsistenciesduringthecheckprocesscanberesolvedfromthesafetyofaquarantinedremediationVLAN,andguestuserscanbegivenaccesstoanisolatedVLAN(forexample,Internet-onlyaccess).Assumingsuccessfullogonandchecking,theuser’sportisautomaticallyassignedto

theappropriateproductionVLAN,withthecorrectqualitysettings.

Enhanced usability &

flexibility

Withthenetworknowneedingtobecloselyalignedwiththebusiness—oftensubjecttoseasonalvariations,orchangesthroughmergerandacquisitionactivity–thenetworkneedstohavegreatflexibilityandthecapabilitytoadaptwithoutimpactingavailability.Thehighly-versatileERS8300includesacomprehensivesetoffeatures,whichcontributetothemostcost-effectivesolutionforenterprises.

Border Gateway Protocol (BGP-Lite)LargeprivateIPnetworkscanoftenhavearequirementforsophisticatedIPconnectivity.ThiscouldbetheneedtosupportmultipleconnectionstoInternetServiceProviders,ortosatisfyarequirementtojoinanumberoflargeinternalroutingdomainsandapplyaccesspolicy.

TheimplementationofBGP-LiteontheERS8300isintendedtoprovideasub-setofthefullBGPcapability,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,andEthernet

Switches.ThisallowsNetworkManagerstoeasilyconfigureQoSacrossanAvayaconvergedinfrastructurethroughafewsimplecommands

orasingleclickofthemouse,deliveringaconsistentandoptimizedQoSconfiguration.Thisapproachforsimpleandeffectivedeliveryof

optimizedend-to-endapplicationperformanceprovidesatangiblemanifestationofgenuinebusinessbenefitsofAvaya.

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reducedscaleimplementationofiBGP.ThefeaturewillsupportuptofourBGPPeersconnections,andupto8,000BGPRoutes.TheBGP-LitefeatureisclassifiedasbeingpartoftheAdvancedLicensefeatureset.

Equal Cost Multi-Path (ECMP)TheERS8300nowsupportsloadsharingofLayer3trafficbyconfiguringECMProutingonuptofourindividuallinks.ECMPsupportsStatic,andRIPandOSPFRoutingprotocols.

Multicast VLAN Registration (MVR)MulticastVLANRegistration(MVR)isafeaturethatenablesbettersupportforwide-scaledeploymentofMulticastapplications—clientPCsremainintheirseparateVLANswhilessharingaccesstocommonmulticaststreams.

Integrated Time Domain

Reflectometer (TDR)TheERS8300providesanintegratedTDRtosimplifytroubleshootingofthephysicalcoppercableplant,enablingoperationstoquicklyidentifyfaults,isolatingthesourceofproblems,andhelpingensuremaximumuptimeofthenetwork.Thisprovidesforremoteandnon-invasivediagnosisofcablingissuessuchascableopens,cableshortsorimpedancemismatchreporting.TheERS8300candetectandreporttheseissueswithouttheneedtounplugcablesoruseexpensivecabletestersandadditionalpersonnel.

Pay-as-you-GrowWiththeintroductionofthetieredsoftwarelicenseframework,Avayaenablescustomerstopayonlyforthefunctionalitythatmeets

theirbusinessneeds.Thisavoidsover-investinginunnecessaryandunusedsoftwarefeaturefunctionality,yetprovidesaseamlessenhancementpathandinvestmentprotection.

Network ManagementTheERS8300canbemanagedbyavarietyofmanagementtools,offeringaveryflexibleoperationalenvironmentaccordingtoindividualbusinessrequirements.Theseinclude:dualCommandLineInterface(CLI),theweb-basedEnterpriseDeviceManager,SNMP-basedmanagement(SNMPv1,v2&v3),EnterpriseSwitchManager(ESM),EnterprisePolicyServices(EPS),andtheevolvingUnifiedCommunicationManagementsolution.

Summary

TheEthernetRoutingSwitch8300uniquelycombineshighperformancewithrich,advancedservicesforconvergenceapplicationstoenhance,protectandsimplifynetworkserviceandoperations.EnterprisesseekingtomakestrategicinvestmentsintheircampusLANinfrastructurecannowcreatesolutionsthatwillsupportbusinessgrowthforyearstocome.Asaleadingproviderofend-to-endsolutionsthatspanvoice,data,applicationsandnetworkmanagement,Avayahastheexpertisetohelpenterprisesincreaseprofitability,streamlinebusinessoperationsandenhanceproductivity.

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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.Or,visitusonlineatavaya.com.

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