
Alcatel OmniSwitch 6850 Family
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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 provides 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.
RoHS compliancy **
Alcatel’s OmniSwitch 6850 family is among the first hardware to be in compliance with the new
European Community’s directive - Restriction on Hazardous Substances in Electrical and Electronic
Equipment (RoHS) – which requires electronic equipment to be free of six hazardous substances by
July 2006.
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.
**Check with your local Alcatel sales rep for availability.
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