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Passport 7400
Multiservice Switch
Overview
The Nortel Networks Passport 7400 Series of Multiservice Switches offer a versatile, reliable and scalable
networking platform - delivering high-performance, cost savings, investment protection and management
simplicity. The versatile Passport 7400 switches are ideal for access adaptation and backbone switching-
supporting ATM, frame relay, IP routing and switching, MPLS, circuit emulation and voice services. The
series includes the 16-slot Passport 7480 and the 5-slot Passport 7440, the switches offer multiservice access
consolidation for speeds up to OC-3 and deliver flexible growth and high availability through a scalable
redundant hardware architecture.
Customer Profile
Enterprise customers are able to take advantage of
the attributes of the Nortel Networks Passport 7400
Series of Multiservice Switches. Providing a versatile,
reliable and scalable networking platform, the
Passport 7400 series delivers high-performance,
cost savings, investment protection and
management simplicity to Enterprise and Service
Provider network environments. Ideal for access
adaptation and backbone switching, the Passport
7400 series supports ATM, frame relay, IP routing
and switching, MPLS, circuit emulation and voice
services. Typical target customers include those in
the following sectors: Finance, Government, Utilities
and Call Centres.
Typical Applications
Passport 7400 series supports all common
applications required in the Enterprise customer
environment. Typical applications include:
• Backbone switching solution for branch access
• Voice/Fax networking for PBX
• LAN services (IP)
• Provide layer 2 connectivity (eg ATM, FR)
for existing data equipment/network
• Video conferencing
• Packet Voice Gateway (PVG)
Key Points
Nortel Networks Passport 7400 are scalable
multi-service solution that allows integration of
LAN/WAN services into a single easily managed
solution over leased lines, public/private frame
relay or ATM. Key values include:
• Bandwidth Savings. Achieve bandwidth
savings through dynamic bandwidth allocation,
voice (8K) and data compression, silence
suppression, fax demodulation and optimised
LAN access protocols.
• QoS Optimisation. Passport supports Multiple
Priority System (MPS) to allow dynamic traffic
management based on application characteristic
and QoS priorities.
• Branch Office Consolidation. Passport 7400
provides consolidation for ATM, voice, fax,
video, LAN and data services across a single
network link.
• Scalability. The high density MSA32 FP and
the 4-port MVP FP provide scalable, flexible,
cost-effective multiservice and voice solutions.
Network-wide, Passport 7400 can support
thousands of nodes.
• Support for port speeds from DSO through to
and including STM-1
• Low Cost of Operations. Passport 7400
supports switched virtual circuits, avoiding a
large number of provisioned connections and
dynamically providing the best available
traffic path.
• Capacity. Passport PVG converts conventional
circuit-switched voice traffic to Packet voice for
succession network evolution.