Virtual Services Platform 9000

Avaya Virtual Services Platform 9000 or VSP 9000 is a modular chassis combination hardware router and switch, used in enterprise data networks, and data centers, manufactured by Avaya

Avaya

Avaya Inc. is a privately held computer networking, information technology and telecommunications company that is a global provider of business communications systems. The international head quarters is in Basking Ridge, New Jersey, United States...

. The chassis supports 240 10 Gigabit Ethernet

10 Gigabit Ethernet

The 10 gigabit Ethernet computer networking standard was first published in 2002. It defines a version of Ethernet with a nominal data rate of 10 Gbit/s , ten times faster than gigabit Ethernet.10 gigabit Ethernet defines only full duplex point to point links which are generally connected by...

 ports and is designed to support 40 Gigabit Ethernet and 100 Gigabit Ethernet

100 Gigabit Ethernet

40 Gigabit Ethernet, or 40GbE, and 100 Gigabit Ethernet, or 100GbE, are high-speed computer network standards developed by the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers . They support sending Ethernet frames at 40 and 100 gigabits per second over multiple 10 Gbit/s or 25 Gbit/s lanes...

 ports speeds over a 100 Terabit per second switch cluster.

• 100 Terabit (100 Tbps) Quad Switch Cluster Architecture
• 27 Tbps per switch fabric bandwidth
• Shortest Path Bridging
• Provider link state bridging
  Provider link state bridging
  Provider Link State Bridging is a proposal brought by Nortel to the IEEE 802.1aq Shortest Path Bridging Working Group. It combines IEEE 802.1ah MACinMAC, the IS-IS routing protocol, and the techniques of filtering database population specified by IEEE 802.1Qay Provider Backbone Bridge Traffic...
  
  
• Split multi-link trunking - Up to 480 trunks with up to 16 links per trunk group

See also

• Avaya
  Avaya
  Avaya Inc. is a privately held computer networking, information technology and telecommunications company that is a global provider of business communications systems. The international head quarters is in Basking Ridge, New Jersey, United States...
  
  
• Avaya Government Solutions
• Avaya Professional Credential Program
• Shortest Path Bridging
• Terabit Ethernet
  Terabit Ethernet
  Terabit Ethernet or 1TbE is a phrase used in current media to describe the next possible speed of Ethernet above 100 Gigabit Ethernet speeds. Facebook, and Google are a few companies that have expressed a need for 1TbE...
  
  

Further reading

• Chad Berndtson (June 09, 2011) Westcon Sees Inroads With Avaya Data Networking CRN

http://news.techworld.com/networking/3228514/avaya-counters-cisco-with-vsp-9000-switch/

External

• Virtual services platform 9000 overview