Datasheet
6
Alcatel-Lucent OmniSwitch 6850E
ALCATELLUCENT ENTERPRISE DATA SHEET
Layer-3 routing and multicast
IPv4 routing
• Multiple VRF for network segmentation
and Inter-VRF route leaking
• Static routing, Routing Information
Protocol (RIP) v1 and v2
• Open Shortest Path First (OSPF) v2,
Intermediate System-to-Intermediate
System (IS-IS), Border Gateway Protocol
(BGP) v4
• Generic Routing Encapsulation (GRE) and
IP/IP tunneling
• Graceful restart extensions for OSPF and
BGP
• VRRP v2
• DHCP relay (including generic UDP relay)
• ARP
IPv6 routing
• Static routing
• Routing Information Protocol Next
Generation (RIPng)
• OSPF v3
• BGP v4 (with extensions to IPv6 routing)
• Graceful restart extensions for OSPF
and BGP
• IS-IS v6
• Multi Topology Routing in IS-IS (M-ISIS)
• VRRP v3
• Neighbor Discovery Protocol (NDP)
• DHCP relay for IPv6
IPv4/IPv6 multicast
• Internet Group Management Protocol
(IGMP) v1/v2/v3 snooping for optimized
multicast traffic
• Protocol Independent Multicast – Sparse
Mode (PIM-SM)/Protocol Independent
Multicast – Dense Mode (PIM-DM)
• Distance Vector Multicast Routing Protocol
(DVMRP)• Multicast Listener Discovery
(MLD) v1/v2 snooping for optimized
multicast traffic
Metro Ethernet access
• Ethernet services support per IEEE
802.1ad Provider Bridges (also known as
Q-in-Q or VLAN stacking):
¬ Service VLAN (SVLAN) and Customer
VLAN (CVLAN) transparent LAN services
¬ Ethernet network-to-network interface
(NNI) and user network interface (UNI)
services
¬ Service Access Point (SAP) profile
identification
¬ CVLAN to SVLAN translation and
mapping
• Ethernet OA&M compliant with ITU
Y.1731 and IEEE 802.1ag version 8.1
for connectivity fault and performance
management and IEEE 802.3ah EFM for
link OA&M
• Service Assurance Agent (SAA) for SLA
compliance validation
• Customer provider edge (CPE) test head
traffic generator and analyzer tool used
in the metro Ethernet network to validate
customer Service Level Agreements (SLA)
• TR-101 PPPoE Intermediate Agent
allowing for the PPPoE network access
method
• MAC-Forced Forwarding support according
to RFC 4562
• Private VLAN feature for user traffic
segregation
• DHCP Option 82: Configurable relay agent
information
• IP Multicast VLAN (IPMVLAN) for
optimized multicast replication at the edge
saving network core resources
• Optimized Ethernet access services
delivery
¬ Network bandwidth protection against
overload of video traffic
¬ Multicast streams isolation from multiple
content providers over the same
interface
• MEF 9 and 14 certified
• Managed by Alcatel-Lucent 5620 Service
Aware Manager
Data center networking
• Dynamic Virtual Network Profiles (vNP)
• Alcatel-Lucent OmniVista™ 2500 Virtual
Machine Manager (VMM) and Virtual
Network Profiles (vNP) integration
SUPPORTED STANDARDS
IEEE standards
• IEEE 802.1D (STP)
• IEEE 802.1p (CoS)
• IEEE 802.1Q VLANs
• IEEE 802.1ad Provider Bridges (Q-in-Q/
VLAN stacking)
• IEEE 802.1ag (Connectivity Fault
Management)
• IEEE 802.1ak (Multiple VLAN Registration
Protocol)
• IEEE 802.1s MSTP
• IEEE 802.1w RSTP
• IEEE 802.1X Port Based Network Access
Control
• IEEE 802.3i 10Base-T
• IEEE 802.3u Fast Ethernet
• IEEE 802.3x (Flow Control)
• IEEE 802.3z Gigabit Ethernet
• IEEE 802.3ab 1000Base-T
• IEEE 802.3ac VLAN Tagging
• IEEE 802.3ad (Link Aggregation)
• IEEE 802.3ae 10G Ethernet
• IEEE 802.3af Power over Ethernet
• IEEE 802.3at PoE Plus
ITU-T standards
• ITU-T G.8032: Draft (June 2008) Ethernet
Ring Protection
• ITU-T Y.1731 OA&M fault and performance
management
IETF standards
IPv4
• RFC 2003 IP/IP Tunneling
• RFC 2784 GRE Tunneling
OSPF
• RFC 1253/1850/2328 OSPF v2 and MIB
• RFC 1587/3101 OSPF NSSA Option
• RFC 1765 OSPF Database Overflow
• RFC 2154 OSPF MD5 Signature
• RFC 2370/3630 OSPF Opaque LSA
• RFC 3623 OSPF Graceful Restart
RIP
• RFC 1058 RIP v1
• RFC 1722/1723/1724 /2453 RIP v2 and
MIB
• RFC 1812/2644 IPv4 Router Requirements
• RFC 2080 RIPng for IPv6
BGP
• RFC 1269/1657 BGP v3 & v4 MIB
• RFC 1403/1745 BGP/OSPF Interaction
• RFC 1771-1774/2842/2918/3392 BGP v4
• RFC 1965 BGP AS Confederations
• RFC 1966 BGP Route Reflection
• RFC 1997/1998 BGP Communities
Attribute
• RFC 2042 BGP New Attribute
• RFC 2385 BGP MD5 Signature
• RFC 2439 BGP Route Flap Damping
• RFC 2545 BGP-4 Multiprotocol Extensions
for IPv6 Inter-Domain Routing
• RFC 2796 BGP Route Reflection
• RFC 2858 Multiprotocol Extensions
for BGP-4
• RFC 3065 BGP AS Confederations









