Introduction - Avaya VSP 9000 Technical Configuration Manual

1. Introduction

This Technical Configuration Guide describes a solution comprised of the Avaya Virtual Services Platform
9000 (VSP 9000) and the Coraid EtherDrive™ SRX4200 Ethernet SAN array.
The VSP 9000 is a new Ethernet Switching platform for Super Large Campus environments and
Enterprise Data Centers. This platform offers an unmatched architecture that scales from an initial 8.4
Terabits per second to an Industry-leading 27 Terabits per second. The VSP 9000 delivers industry-
leading performance and scalability, with immediate support for very high-density 1 and 10 GbE, in
addition to being future-ready for the emerging 40 and 100 GbE standards. The fully scalable architecture
helps ensure that network capacity seamlessly scales in line with performance requirements, without
complex or expensive re-engineering.
The VSP 9000 architecture is ultra-reliable and has the following features that help ensure uninterrupted
business operations:
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Fully redundant hardware, including the control processor and switch fabric modules, that ensure
no single point-of-failure
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Switch Clustering delivering deterministic millisecond failover resiliency for instantaneous
recovery from any individual failure without impacting user applications
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Layer 2 and 3 network virtualization services providing support for multiple customers and user
groups on the same platform
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Network failover in less than 20 milliseconds
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Instantaneous re-route across all ports to minimize packet loss
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"In-service control plane integrity check" and "rapid failure detection and recovery of data path"
for system-level health check and self-healing capabilities
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Hitless patching eliminating the requirement to reload the complete system image, thereby
minimizing maintenance down time
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Flight Recorder style logging capability to help with continuous real-time monitoring of internal
control message flows
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Key Health Indicators to provide system operators with a view of system health on all levels: OS,
system applications /protocols I/O modules, ports and the forwarding path
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Ability to remotely update flash images
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Shortest Path Bridging – de-couples infrastructure from connectivity services and ensures
predictability for all network services
Coraid is redefining the fundamental economics of storage with Ethernet SAN solutions that provide
enterprises of all sizes with a flexible tier of high-performance, scale-out storage. The Coraid EtherDrive
SRX Series storage arrays deliver performance up to 1,800 MB/sec, with multiple 10 GbE connections
per shelf, providing a 5-8x price performance advantage over other SAN storage solutions. EtherDrive
SRX scales to multiple petabytes, uniquely delivering the fundamental building blocks necessary to build
the next generation SAN infrastructure for a range of applications including server virtualization, high-
performance computing, and cloud storage.
Dec 2010
VSP 9000 with Coraid EtherDrive SRX-Series
Storage Appliances TCG
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