Alcatel OmniSwitch 6850 Family
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Alcatel's AccessGuardian is a security framework that enables network-wide and user-based
security by automatically detecting and authenticating the 802.1X and non-802.1X supplicants
connected to a single port, in any combination. This provides users proactive security by
preventing unauthorized network access or restricted access for remediation. In addition to
improved network security, Alcatel's AccessGuardian reduces to zero the time a network
administrator spends for adding or moving users.
In addition to proactive security provided by Alcatel’s AccessGuardian, the Alcatel OmniVista
2770 Quarantine Manager provides reactive security by using alerts from Alcatel OmniSwitch
and third-party intrusion detection and prevention systems to identify malicious attacks and
then swiftly handling them through automatic containment and remediation.
High Availability
The OmniSwitch 6850s virtual chassis minimizes network downtime, reduces operational
complexity and cost and increases availability for mission-critical applications by removing
single points of failure.
The OS6850s resiliency is provided through a superior architecture offering physical and
functional redundancy everywhere:
• Virtual chassis that provide management functionality and automatic election of
primary and secondary managers
• Redundant backup power supplies
• Fault tolerant loop stacking
• Hot swappable chassis, power supplies, SFPs and XFPs
• Image rollback to automatically re-load previous configurations and software versions
• Hitless loading of optional advanced routing software without re-booting
IPv6 Support
Many leading industry analysts, such as Gartner Group and Burton, have indicated that it is not
a matter of if, but when IPv6 will be a requirement for enterprise networks. By including it in
current purchases, a network manager extends the life of existing equipment and prevents future
expenses that would be required to upgrade to a switch that supports IPv6.
The OS6850 family provides full IPv6 support with hardware-based forwarding for wire-rate
speeds, classification and tunneling to address various corporate and U.S. federal government
Department of Defense (DoD) requirements for IPv6. Flexibility is provided through a choice of
deploying IPv4, IPv6, or IPv4/IPv6 without compromising switch performance. The OS6850s
offer both native IPv6 routing and extensive support of IPv6 tunneling mechanisms, including
configured, 6-in-4, and ISATAP tunneling.
IPv6 will eventually be
a requirement for
enterprise networks. By
including it in current
purchases, a network
manager extends the life
of existing equipment and
prevents future expenses.
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