The Nimbra 320 MSR is a compact one-box access solution for true multiservice transport of media and data services, targeting the increasing demand for transport of real-time sensitive media and data applications with guaranteed QoS.
With 8 built-in Gigabit Ethernet ports, 2 SFP trunk ports and one slot for Nimbra 300 series plug-in units, Nimbra 320 provides QoS transport over either SDH/Sonet or IP/MPLS/Ethernet networks for a large variety of data and media applications. Available service interfaces include: Ethernet, ASI, SDI, AES/EBU, STM-1, E1/T1 and DS3/E3. The integrated trunk ports can be configured as either OC-3/STM-1, OC-12/STM-4, OC-48/STM-16 or 10/100/1000 IP/Ethernet. This gives the Nimbra 320 an unprecedented flexibility and superior cost efficiency.
- Lossless routing. From ingress port to egress port, a Nimbra MSR never loses a single packet. Lossless routing is possible thanks to dedicated QoS allocation per service, together with Net Insight’s unique time synchronization.
- QoS enhanced links. At each hop, the Nimbra MSR performs specific tasks to improve the QoS of the underlying IP network. This functionality consists of Forward Error Correction to reduce packet loss, traffic shaping to facilitate resource allocation and resynchronization to reduce jitter and wander.
- Service-centric network management. In a Nimbra MSR network, each service can be provisioned, monitored and protected individually, on demand and on an end-to-end basis.
- Multi-service. The Nimbra 320 supports a broad range of services, such as studio and broadcast video, data and voice, on the same platform.
- Guaranteed QoS. Services enjoy guaranteed quality of service, independent of network load. This translates to much higher utilization of the infrastructure, without loss of QoS.
- Advanced Ethernet functionality. Nimbra 320 supports 8 GE/FE ports with built-in switching (optional) between the 8 external ports and up to 119 logical ports towards the backplane with a total up-link capacity of up to 2.4 Gbps. It supports Ethernet (Virtual) Private Line/LAN/Tree services to fit virtually all services carried over Ethernet.
- Carrier class. The Nimbra 320 is designed to meet demanding operator requirements on availability and ease of handling and provides flexible options for protection switching. Extensive fault and performance monitoring supervises Ethernet (or native video) services and provides consolidated 15min/24h reports for SLA support.
All features and characteristics including QoS and automatic end-to-end routing are maintained in combined networks where the Nimbra 320 is typically placed at access sites, connecting to the larger Nimbra 600 series MSRs in central parts of the network.