When Your Network Is Your Business

Force10 Networks’ Traverse® and TraverseEdge®

family of multiservice transport platforms deliver
new levels of versatility, reliability and performance to transport
networks. Beyond enabling carriers and other service providers
to increase bandwidth capacity, while packet optimizing their
optical networks, the flexible Force10 solutions support
TRAVERSE 2000
the delivery new Ethernet/IP-based services
TRAVERSE 1600
more rapidly and efficiently.

Force10 Traverse
products are
MEF Certified

Technical
Acceptance
and Buy
American status
by the RUS

TRAVERSE 1600

TRAVERSE 600

Force10 enables customers to evolve their transport networks

to a more cost-effective, packet-based infrastructure.

TRAVERSEEDGE 206
Optical IP/MPLS Core
10/100, GbE or OC-N/STM-N, T3/E3
10 GbE Interfaces or T1/E1 Interfaces

Enterprise Enterprise
Services Services

Broadband Broadband
TRAVERSEEDGE 100 Aggregation Aggregation

Mobile Mobile
Backhaul Backhaul

New IP-based Legacy TDM-based

TRAVERSEEDGE 50 Data, Video & Voice Services Data, Video & Voice Services

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Transport
Product
Specifications
SUMMARY
Chassis: TraverseEdge 50 TraverseEdge 100 TraverseEdge 206 Traverse 600 Traverse 1600 Traverse 2000
Total Capacity (Gbps) 1.25 5 5 25 75 95
Switching Architecture Fixed Fixed Fixed Distributed Distributed Distributed
Chassis Height (RU) 1 2 2 4.5 11 11
RUS Accepted and Buy American Status Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Temperature Hardened Yes Yes Yes — — —
NEBS Certification Level 1 2 3 3 3 3

Interfaces:
10/100Base-T 14 6 4 64 192 256
GbE — 2 8 20 60 80
10 GbE — — — — 6 8
OC-3/STM-1 2 (1+1 Trunk) 2 (1+1 Trunk) 8 66 226 290
OC-12/STM-4 — 2 (1+1 Trunk) 8 20 56 74
OC-48/STM-16 — 2 (1+1 Trunk) 2 (1+1 Trunk) 6 14 20
OC-192/STM-64 — — — — 7 9
DS1 92 28 14 112 336 448
E1 92 21 — — — —
DS3/EC-1 Transmux — — — 48 144 192
DS3/EC-1/E3 Clear Channel 3 3 8 96 288 384
FXS 24 — — — — —
RS-232 Serial 28 — — — — —

Carrier Ethernet Features:

Integrated Ethernet Switching — 1.25 Gbps/Shelf 2.5 Gbps/Shelf 20 Gbps 60 Gbps 80 Gbps
MEF Compliance — — MEF-9 MEF-9, MEF-14 MEF-9, MEF-14 MEF-9, MEF-14
Ethernet Protection — Equipment Protection Equipment Protection Equipment and Service Protection (CEP) Equipment and Service Protection (CEP) Equipment and Service Protection (CEP)
Rate-shaping — Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
VLANs — Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
VLAN Stacking (Q in Q) — — — Yes Yes Yes
RSTP — Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
ERRP — — Yes — — —
GFP Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
HO-VCAT Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
LO-VCAT Yes Yes — Yes Yes Yes
LCAS Yes Yes — Yes Yes Yes

Optical Features:
Protocol SONET or SDH SONET or SDH SONET SONET or SDH SONET or SDH SONET or SDH
Linear Protection 1+1 APS/MSP 1+1 APS/MSP 1+1 APS 1+1 APS/MSP 1+1 APS/MSP 1+1 APS/MSP
Unidirectional Ring Protection UPSR/SNCP UPSR/SNCP UPSR UPSR/SNCP UPSR/SNCP UPSR/SNCP
Bidirectional Ring Protection — — — BLSR/MS-SPR BLSR/MS-SPR BLSR/MS-SPR
High Order Bandwidth Management STS-1, VC-3, VC-4 STS-1, STS-3c, VC-3, VC-4 STS-1, STS-3c, STS-12c STS-1, STS-3c, VC-3, VC-4 STS-1, STS-3c, VC-3, VC-4 STS-1, STS-3c, VC-3, VC-4
Low Order Bandwidth Management VT1.5, VT2, VT6, VC-11, VC-12 VT1.5, VC-12 VT1.5 VT1.5, VT2, VC-11, VC-12 VT1.5, VT2, VC-11, VC-12 VT1.5, VT2, VC-11, VC-12
Point-to-point Topology Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Linear Add/Drop Topology Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Ring Topology Yes Yes Yes (Interconnected and Subtending) Yes (Interconnected and Subtending) Yes (Interconnected and Subtending) Yes (Interconnected and Subtending)
Mesh Topology — — — Yes Yes Yes
Hybrid Topology — — — Yes Yes Yes
OC-48/STM-16 DWDM or CWDM Optics — — — — Yes Yes
OC-192/STM-64 DWDM Optics — — — — Yes Yes