ABEx® 2020ABEx® 2020

Product Highlights:
  • 10G Multi-Service Edge Aggregation Platform
  • Purpose-built for InfiniBand Extension over WAN and Grid Computing
  • Facilitates Network Migration and Security Implementations
  • Unprecedented Programmability and Scalability
Related Information:
Bay Microsystems is a pioneer in delivering deterministic switching and aggregation platforms for networking OEMs. The ABEx family of products provides unmatched line-rate performance based on revolutionary system architecture that combines high performance hardware and modular software to increase network availability and reduce operating costs. ABEx-2020 is based upon Bay’s Network Processing and Traffic Management IC technologies – Montego® and Biscayne®. The platform is built on a compact 2RU Advanced Telecommunications Computing Architecture (ATCA) chassis and offers multiservice capabilities at line rate.

ABEx® 2020 is a multiservice edge aggregation platform supporting multiple protocols including IP, Ethernet, PoS, ATM and InfiniBand. The system supports pluggable and configurable interfaces including:

  • OC48 (PoS, ATM)
  • OC192 (PoS, ATM)
  • 1GbE, 10GbE
  • 4x InfiniBand

The ABEx Advantage:

ABEx is designed from the ground up to provide the network mediation and interworking necessary for successful delivery of converged applications including video, voice and data. The ABEx platform is inherently secure and allows for all features and services to operate across many interface types without compromising performance. The platform addresses the hard-QoS requirements of the converged metro/access, core and storage markets with its comprehensive traffic management capabilities. The guaranteed service delivery and support for wide array of applications makes it a perfect fit for mission critical networks.

Target Applications:

ABEx supports a wide array of applications including:
  • SAN (InifiniBand) extension and grid computing over OC-48, OC-192, 10GbE
  • Edge Aggregation of ATM, PoS, IP, Gigabit Ethernet and Infiniband
  • Intelligent Demarcation
  • High speed visualization
  • Point-to-point and point-to-multipoint with VLANs, multicast and broadcast services
  • High speed streaming – unicast & multicast of voice, video and data with hard-QoS requirements
  • Multiservice gateway with protocol conversion at OC-192
  • Packet Service Provisioning Platform (PSPP) requiring deep packet inspection and classification
  • IP Routing, VPN, MPLS, VPLS networks
To learn more about Bay's Internetworking system solutions, please contact your Bay sales representative or refer to the ABEx® 2020 Product Brief. 

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