Cajun™ P330
The Modular Stackable Switching System
Building a powerful network
has never been simpler.
The Cajun P330 Stackable Switching
System provides modular
functionality and port density, carrier-
level reliability and building-block
simplicity at a stackable switch price
for the first time.
The modularity and power give you
the basis for building a network from
the closet to the backbone.
One of the key considerations of
implementing any new technology is
TCO – Total Cost of Ownership. In
other words, how much it costs to
buy and maintain. Lucent designed
the Cajun P330 for low TCO. To add
more ports and multilayer capability –
simply plug in and carry on.
The modular features and ease of
expansion, in combination with
RealNet™ Rules policy management
and full standards compliance, make
the Cajun P330 part of the
infrastructure for your converged
network. Now you can combine your
voice and data networks without
headaches, knowing that the Cajun
P330 was designed for convergence
from the start.
Highlights
Stack Features
● Octaplane™ 8 Gbps stacking
fabric
● Up to 400 10/100 ports in a
stack. Designed to support up to
640 10/100 ports.
● Hot-Swappable
● Stack redundancy
● Backup Power Supply
● Fully standards compliant
Basic Features
● Standard auto-negotiation
● LAG (Link Aggregation Group)
● LAG Redundancy
● Port Redundancy
● Congestion Control
● 802.1Q/p VLAN and priority
Network Management
● CajunView™ network
management
● Cajun P330 Manager
● CLI (Command Line Interface)
● Embedded Web management*
Network Monitoring
● SMON Switch Monitoring
● RMON – four groups
*future
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Redundant
LAG

Modular Functionality
10/100 Mbps Ethernet
The Cajun P330 Stackable Switching
10/100 Mbps Ethernet
System provides unique modular
functionality in stackable form and at
Gigabit Ethernet
a workgroup stack price. with LAG

Port Density
The Cajun P330 is designed to
support up to 640 10/100Base-Tx, 10/100 Mbps Ethernet

140 100Base-FX or 40 1000Base-X

100 Mbps
ports in a single stack. This port Ethernet 4x100 Mbps
(Fiber) with LAG
density outclasses other stacking LAG
systems and provides the growth
potential and versatility you need.
Gigabit Ethernet
with LAG
Multilayer Switching
By simply adding a fully-featured Cajun P550
4x100 Mbps
Cajun P330R stackable multilayer LAG

switch to a stack, you can provide

your network with powerful and
straightforward Layer 3 and Layer 4
switching for voice, video and data.
Multitechnology
The Cajun P330 Switching System
allows you to implement
10/100/1000 Mbps Ethernet and
ATM access in the same stack so you
can use existing backbone
infrastructures. Moreover, since the
Cajun P330 is a true stack solution,
you can use existing uplinks in the
stack to the backbone when you add
switches to the stack.
No Single Point of Failure
Lucent has brought modular switch
resilience to stackable switches. The
Cajun P330 Stackable Switching
System offers redundancy at stack,
LAG and port levels to ensure
uninterrupted data flow.
The Cajun P330 Backup Power
Supply (BUPS) enures an equally
uninterrupted power supply to the
stack. Finally, there are two fans to
ensure that overheating will not
constitute a single point of failure.
Simplicity Convergence
Even the best technology can become One of the most exciting directions
frustrating and under-deployed if it is for networks is convergence – the use
difficult to use. Lucent has made the of a single network for voice, video
Cajun P330 easy to deploy. Adding and data services. In order to
more ports, multilayer switching and implement convergence, your
uplinks is as simple as stack and go. network infrastructure should
The Cajun P330 stackable provide the necessary QoS
switches are self- (Quality of Service)
configuring: there are SAFER™ (Switch
no DIP switches or Architecture for
jumpers. Extreme Resiliency)
Implementing technology, 100%
multilayer reliability and ease
switching is just of management.
as easy. Lucent Policy
EZ2route™ Management
technology makes RealNet Rules policy
zero-configuration management gives
routing a reality – no you the power to
more obscure control and implement
configuration parameters. smart voice and data transfer over
The Cajun P330 Switching System your network by intelligent QoS
extends from the closet to the capabilities and security.
backbone. Multilayer, multi- QoS
technology switching along with
scalability and flexibility mean that One of the most important
the P330 fits in anywhere on the characteristics for a converged
network. network is QoS. Therefore, Lucent
designed the Cajun P330 to provide
better than carrier-level QoS from the
start.
RealNet Rules policy management,
multiple levels of priorities and IEEE
802.1p priority tagging ensure that
QoS is enforced by the Cajun P330R.
This means that data and voice
receive the necessary level of service.
Security*
No less important a factor is security –
Layer 2 and Layer 3 Access Security
ensure that sensitive data is kept from
prying eyes.
SAFER - 100% Reliability
Lucent SAFER technology ensures the
100% network availability needed for
converged services.
Carrier-Class Switch
In order to ensure easy integration of
the Cajun P330 Switching System in
existing telephony infrastructure,
Lucent has developed 48 VDC
versions of the basic units and BUPS.
In addition the Cajun P330 is
designed to meet NEBS standards.
These specially developed units
feature the same
SAFER technology as
other members of the
Cajun P330 system.
The Octaplane
Switching Fabric
Each Cajun P330 switch
has an expansion slot at
the rear for the 8 Gbps
Octaplane™ stacking
fabric.
The use of a separate
expansion slot for the
Octaplane means that
all the front panel ports
are available for
network connections.
The SAFER
Stackable Switch
With the increasingly
important role of
networks in today’s
businesses, the need for resilience is
spreading from the network backbone
to the distribution and closet
switches.
Recognizing this need, Lucent has
added its unique SAFER™ technology
features to the Cajun P330 stackable
switching system. SAFER technology
ensures that your network is up all
the time.
The Cajun P330 Stackable Switching
System incorporates a range of
redundancy, resilience and hot
swapping features to keep the stack
operating smoothly.
Octaplane Stack Redundancy
In the unlikely event that a Cajun
P330 switch or Octaplane link should
fail, stack integrity is maintained. The
broken link is bypassed and data
transmission continues uninterrupted.
The single management IP address for
the stack is also preserved for
uninterrupted management and
monitoring.
LAG and Port
Redundancy
Not only do LAGs
provide intrinsic load-
sharing for resiliency
and load balancing for
performance, but you
can also define one
LAG to be redundant
to any other LAG in
the stack for the
ultimate in resiliency.
The same level of
redundancy can also
be implemented at
the port level.
Hot-Swappable
You can remove or
replace any unit
within the stack
without disrupting
operation or
performing stack-level
reconfiguration. You
can therefore adapt the P330 to your
requirements on the fly and with a
down-time which is second to none.
Backup Power Supply
Each Cajun P330 basic unit comes
with a Backup Power Supply (BUPS)
connector. If the internal power
supply should fail, the Cajun P330
BUPS (available separately), will
automatically supply power to the
switch for uninterrupted operation.
Fans
The Cajun P330 base unit fans have
integrated sensors which provide
advance warnings of fan failure via
management .
Network Management Agent
(NMA) Redundancy
Each of the integral NMAs in the
stack can serve as the stack NMA
while other NMAs act as redundant
agents in “hot” standby. If the “live”
NMA fails then a backup will be
activated instantaneously.
Virtual Sideband Management
In order to provide management with
physical protection from network
problems and hackers, the Cajun
P330 allows you to manage it using a
virtual sideband network. Any port
can be assigned as a sideband port to
the NMA.
Standards Compliance
The Cajun P330 Stackable Switching
System is fully IEEE standards-
compatible for VLAN, priority,
Spanning Tree, Flow Control and
Gigabit Ethernet for trouble-free
interoperability with other standards-
compliant equipment.
Cajun P330 Features
VLANs
The Cajun P330 VLANs are fully IEEE
802.1Q compliant and can handle up
to 3k tagged VLANs.
*future
Priority
The Cajun P330 supports eight levels
of priority tags through two priority
queues and supports IEEE 802.1p
tagging.
LAG – Link Aggregation Group
LAG provides increased bandwidth
and redundancy for critical high-
bandwidth applications such as inter-
stack links and connections to servers.
You can aggregate the bandwidth of
up to eight 10/100Base-Tx ports, two
100Base-FX or 1000Base-X ports to
provide a single full duplex high-
speed link of up to 4 Gbps.
Load sharing ensures that if one of
the port connections fails, the other
connections will assume the load
seamlessly.
Load balancing guarantees that the
traffic load at any level will be evenly
divided among all the LAG links.
Congestion Control
Congestion control is a key element
of maintaining network efficiency as
it prevents resource overload.
The Lucent Cajun P330 supports
congestion control on all Ethernet
ports, using the following:
● Back Pressure in half duplex mode.
● IEEE 802.3x Flow Control in full
duplex mode.
Auto-Negotiation
Every 10/100 port on the Cajun P330
supports Auto-Negotiation which
automatically detects and supports
the operating mode and speed of a
connected device. Auto-negotiation is
also supported on the Gigabit
Ethernet ports.
This means that you can simply
connect the Cajun P330 to Ethernet
or Fast Ethernet equipment at full or
half duplex without configuration.
Spanning Tree
The Cajun P330 supports the IEEE
802.1D standard Spanning Tree
Protocol. This protocol detects and
eliminates logical loops in the
network and automatically places
some ports on standby to form a
network with the most efficient
pathways.
IP Multicast*
The Cajun P330 will support IP
Multicast filtering with IGMP
snooping in future products. This
filtering provides more efficient
switching of IP multicast traffic e.g.,
from a video server or the Internet.
Network Management
Lucent realizes the importance of
comprehensive network management
as a key component of today’s
networks. Therefore we have
provided multiple ways of managing
the Cajun P330 to suit your needs.
Cajun P330 Manager
Cajun P330 switches come with free
management software as standard.
This program, which uses the Lucent
CajunView™ graphical interface,
allows you to manage a Cajun P330
stack without purchasing additional
software.
CajunView
When you need extra control and
monitoring or wish to manage other
Cajun Campus equipment, then the
CajunView network management
suite is the answer. This suite
provides the ease-of-use and features
necessary for optimal network
utilization.
Web Management*
The Cajun P330 will also support
embedded Web management so you
can manage P330 stacks using a
standard browser from anywhere on
the network.
CLI
The Cajun P330 CLI (command line
interface) is consistent with other
Cajun Campus products for greater
ease of use.
Remote Access
You can operate the CLI from a
terminal or computer which is
connected to the P330 via secure
Telnet through the “Master Agent” or
through the serial interface.
Network Monitoring
SMON
The Cajun P330 supports Lucent’s
ground-breaking SMON Switched
Network Monitoring, which the IETF
has now adopted as a standard
(RFC2613). SMON provides an
unprecedented top-down monitoring
of switched network traffic at the
following levels:
Protocol Distribution
Subnet/Network Monitoring
(Subnet Statistics)
User
Monitoring
(Host
Statistics)
This top-down approach gives you
rapid troubleshooting and
performance trending to keep the
network running optimally.
RMON
The Cajun P330 supports the
standard RMON groups 1, 2, 3 and 9:
● Statistics
● History
● Alarms
● Events
Port Mirroring
The Cajun P330 provides port
mirroring for additional network
monitoring functionality. You can
filter the traffic by VLAN and mirror
either incoming traffic to the source
port or both incoming and outgoing
traffic. This allows you to monitor the
network traffic you need.
*future
Multilayer Switching*
Adding Multilayer switching to a
Cajun P330 stack is as simple as
plugging in a Cajun P330R. This
switch not only provides all the
Layer 2 benefits of the Cajun P330
switching family, but also adds
Layer 3 and Layer 4 switching for an
entire stack.
The multilayer switching uses the
information within the Ethernet
packets in combination with
RealNet Rules policy management to
provide end-to-end QoS. The Cajun
P330R tags packets with QoS
according to the application and
policy of the packet. As a true
routing-capable switch, the Cajun
P330R enforces access rules on IP
packets.
The Cajun P330R has two modes of
operation: Router and EZ2route.
Routing Mode
The Cajun P330R can function as a
regular LAN IP router and it supports
the necessary routing protocols such
as RIP, OSPF, ARP, ICMP and
DHCP/BOOTP relay for plug and play
IP connectivity to DHCP clients.
EZ2route Mode
Lucent EZ2route technology employs
the power and simplicity of the Cajun
P330R system for routing.
The P330R performs Layer 3
switching functions without requiring
the administrative overhead
associated with regular routers.
P330R Layer 3 switching is based on
automatic learning in which the
switch is not a routing entity. In other
words, without all the usual router
complications. The P330R is not
known to the stations as their router,
is not configured as a router and does
not run routing protocols or perform
resource-hungry route calculations.
Reliable Routing Multilayer Network Management
Lucent has extended SAFER and Monitoring
technology to the Cajun P330R in You can manage the the Cajun P330R
router mode. The P330R supports with the Router Manager. The Cajun
OSPF which allows a number of paths P330R is also manageable by the
to be defined and supports VRRP CajunView network management
which gives router redundancy. system and is fully integrated with
Policy-based Switching RealNet Rules for policy
management.
Since the Cajun P330R is a multilayer
switch, it can enforce centralized It is also possible to configure and
network policies using RealNet Rules monitor the P330R using the CLI .
policy management. The CLI can be accessed in a number
of ways for maximum flexibility:
The Cajun P330R can enforce policy through secure Telnet directly to the
per packet or per flow according to P330R IP address, by secure Telnet
four criteria: the IEEE 802.1p priority through the “Master Agent” or
tag in the incoming packet, the Diff- directly through the serial interface.
Serv byte (TOS field) in the IP header
The P330R supports a Cajun P550-
of the incoming packet,the packet's
like CLI for ease of use and
source or destination IP address
consistency with other members of
matching a configured priority policy
and the packet source or destination the Cajun Campus.
TCP/UDP port number being in a SMON II
predefined range. The Cajun P330R also features
Policy is enforced by the Cajun P330R unique SMON II (RMON II) hardware
according to the support. After SMON
source and SMON II Top-Down Monitoring was established as a
destination of the standard, Lucent is now
Protocol Distribution
application and working on SMON II,
according to the the next generation of
application type. Each Lucent switched network
Subnet/Network Monitoring
(Subnet Statistics)
packet is allocated the right monitoring. It brings SMON
priority and QoS. capabilities to Layer 3.
User SMON II allows you to monitor
Monitoring
(Host
Statistics) protocol distribution and provides
information on individual IP hosts
and matrices of IP traffic. *future
Cajun P330
Cajun P330
Video Booth
Cajun P330R Multilayer Switch Cajun P330R Multilayer Switch
Cajun P550
Internet
Cajun P330
Video Server
Cajun P330R Multilayer Switch
ATM Access* Cajun P330 Cajun P330

You can also enjoy all the benefits of

the Cajun P330 in networks with
10/100 Mbps Ethernet
ATM backbones. ATM access will be 10/100 Mbps Ethernet

supported by a series of expansion ATM

OC-12
modules for the Cajun P330 family.
The ATM access range includes dual
speed (OC-3/OC-12) or single speed
(OC-3) modules with single ports.
The port types are MMF or SMF 10/100 Mbps Ethernet

according to your needs. ATM

OC-3
4x100 Mbps
ATM LAG
OC-3
ATM
OC-3

ATM
OC-12 Cajun M770
Multifunction Switch

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*future E6360. 9/99