Accedian EtherNID EE, Administrator'S Manual

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1: Introduction
1 Introduction
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Introducing the EtherNID
The growing demand for Ethernet Services is exploding everywhere. Carriers contending in this competitive market space
are faced with several challenges:
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Setting a clear Demarcation Point between the Customers' and the Carriers' Ethernet Network.
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Implementing Operations, Administration and Maintenance (OAM), to reduce operational expenses and minimize
truck-roll.
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Offering Carrier-Grade Reliability.
All of this while optimizing end-to-end Network Performance and keeping capital expenses at a minimum.
Accedian's EtherNID Demarcation Point offers a solution to address these challenges by implementing standards-based
Ethernet OAM and loop-back capabilities as part of the industry's first Line-Powered Ethernet NID (patent pending).
Installed in-line on the Ethernet media, the EtherNID implements a transparent fail-safe bypass, meeting the reliability
objectives that carriers have come to expect from telecom demarcation units.
Furthermore, Accedian's EtherNID’s unique Fast-Thru™ architecture minimizes packet-jitter and latency, two parameters
critical in real-time applications such as Voice and Video over IP, especially when adding cascaded network devices.
The EtherNID comes equipped with two Monitor Ports where external test equipment can be connected to perform non-
intrusive troubleshooting, thus offering independent Monitoring Access to each direction independently, a function that
carriers are used-to with traditional demarcation devices but lacking from current Ethernet service delivery methods.
Additionally, the EtherNID allows combining both signal directions on a single Monitor Access port by using a Port
Mirroring function.
The Performance Assurance Agent™ (PAA™) allows measuring and tracking End-to-End SLA parameters such as
Latency, Jitter, Packet Loss and Availability in a continuous manner, while the service is running.
The EtherNID interacts seamlessly with Ethernet OAM compliant devices, comes with an embedded Web Server User
Interface and can be optionally managed directly via SNMP.
Designed cost effectively for volume deployment, the EtherNID allows for systematic installation on every customer
Ethernet line and therefore obtaining a consistent look & feel across the network.