The Nimbra 688 houses 80 Gbps (160 Gbps in future) redundant switch planes, redundant node control units and redundant power feeding together with 16 slots for traffic interface modules. It is NEBS level 3 compliant and features multiple failure resilience mechanisms with service granularity to ensure integrity of the data transport under all circumstances.
The Nimbra MSRs have the unique ability to treat each service individually - making the network truly aware of each service. The system is housed in a 10 RU frame and is highly adaptable, scalable and configurable:
- Lossless routing and QoS enhanced links
- Connect to any IP/Ethernet, SDH/SONET or optical trunk line
- Highest bandwidth utilization possible with 100% Quality of Service
- Sub-Mbps granularity for all services with variable bandwidth (Ethernet, ASI, JPEG2000)
- End-to-end provisioning and easy network expansion
- Multiple failure recovery mechanisms
- Fully compatible with the entire range of Nimbra products
- Point-to-multipoint support with any level of forking
- Control with our Nimbra Vision™ Network Management System or your own NMS via SNMP
Complementing the Nimbra 680 high density MSR, the Nimbra 688 typically forms the high capacity backbone layer in a Service Aware Media Network, aggregating and switching traffic from for instance Nimbra 300 series access nodes. Its additional capacity and ability to hold up to 16 interface modules makes the Nimbra 688 perfect for aggregating and switching large volumes of traffic.