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Customer Profile
• Enterprise network centres
• Small to medium enterprises as a
single node
• Large enterprises as a stacked node
Typical Applications
Multiprotocol branch access routing where a large
range or number of interfaces is required. Core
router for small to medium enterprises as a single
node, for large enterprises as a stacked node.
Key Points
• The ASN is a stackable router that provides
scaleable and cost-effective solutions for
enterprise networks
– Integrate multiple (up to 4), stacked units for
management as a single router
– Maximise connectivity and enhance
interoperability through the ASN’s support of
all major networking and bridging protocols,
wide area services and IBM standards
– Meet the connectivity needs of remote and
campus offices with ASN’s LAN and WAN interfaces
Features and Benefits
• Simplified installation management through:
– Nortel Networks Optivity
– Bay Command Console
– SPEX-HS
– EZ Install, EZ Update Optimised network
performance with:
– Data compression
– Bandwidth reservation
– Bandwidth-on-demandFast packet cache
• Redundant power
– High-performance processor
– LAN and serial Interfaces
– Progressive traffic management
– Hardware-based data compression coprocessor
net module
BayRS Access Stack Node (ASN) 39
BayRS Access
Stack Node (ASN)
Overview
Nortel Networks Access Stack Node (ASN) is a stackable router that provides cost-effective solutions for
Enterprise network centres. Nortel Networks Switched Internetworking Services (BaySIS) operating in the
ASN offers features for today's evolving internetworks with migration to the future of switched
intra– and internetworking.
Multiple units of ASNs stacked together are seamlessly integrated for management as a single router.
This architecture eases the management of a growing network because adding interfaces beyond a unit's
capacity does not require replacement of routers - or additional complexity - in the network. A stack of
four ASNs supports up to 48 network interfaces with forwarding performance up to 200,000 packets per
second (pps).
The ASN maximises connectivity and enhances interoperability by supporting all major network and
bridging protocols, wide area services and IBM standards. Additionally, the ASN's fault-resilient system
software ensures high network availability.