Port Trunking Provides Higher Availability
TheVES-1124 supports IEEE 802.3ad with load distribution control and fail over recovery. The VES-1124 distributes traffic to each trunk port based on the source and destination MAC addresses, and thus balances the traffic load.
VLAN Offers Both Security and QoS (Quality of Service)
The VLAN feature in the VES-1124 offers the benefits of both security and performance. VLAN provides better security by isolating traffic between different users. Different services can be tagged and mapped into different priority queues. Thus, Quality of Service can be achieved and improved.
Multicasting Optimizes Bandwidth Utilization
The IGMP snooping feature only forwards traffic to subscribers who request multicast traffic. This prevents the unnecessary forwarding of multicast traffic to all subscribers, thereby optimizing bandwidth utilization for bandwidth-consuming application such as broadcast video.
Rate Limiting Allows Service Differentiation
In order to fulfill the needs of different customers, service providers need a network infrastructure that combines guaranteed performance and flexibility in service provisioning. Rate limiting on both Ethernet and VDSL ports allow service providers to offer tiered service.
Access Control Enhances Network Security
The VES-1124 supports not only 802.1x port-based access control for subscriber authentication, but also allows system administrators to define a limited number of MAC addresses that can access the network from a particular port. This feature denies unauthorized devices from accessing and communicating through the switch, highly enhancing network security. An additional access control feature is the capability to limit the number of users (MAC addresses) that can access the network simultaneously on a per-port basis, allowing the service provider to offer flexible billing plans.
Clustering Simplifies Network Configuration and Management
The clustering management design enables system administrators to configure and manage up to 24 units of the VES-1124 through a single IP address. This enables service providers to start with a minimal initial investment and add more equipment as customers increase. Network expansion can be accomplished without increasing management efforts.
Configuration and Management Simplifies Daily Operation
The VES-1124 also offers service providers extensive management capabilities. The Web-based management interface of the VES-1124 offers an easy-to-use platform, independent management, and configuration options. The VES-1124 supports SNMP and MIBs, both of which can be managed via standard-based management software. In addition to remote management capabilities, a console port is available for local management. |
