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Key Features and Benefits
Table 4 lists the features and benefits of the Cisco ME 3400E Series.
Table 4. Features and Benefits
Feature Benefit
Next-generation Ethernet
access switches for
Carrier Ethernet market
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All-front access provides ease of deployment and troubleshooting in the field.
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Compact form factor allows for deployment in space-limited areas.
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Support for dual-speed SFP transceivers (100BASE and 1000BASE) provides flexible
downlink/uplink options.
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Both AC and DC power options are available.
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Software is optimized for Carrier Ethernet access.
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Two software feature images help enable support for breadth of services.
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Software upgrade options allow service providers to purchase only the features needed today
while retaining the option to obtain other features through simple software upgrades.
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Upgrade options reduce operating expense by lowering the support costs for different
products and by reducing the number of different products needed for sparing.
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METROACCESS software feature image is designed for Layer 2 VPN services.
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METROIPACCESS software feature image is designed for Layer 3 VPN services.
Service Breadth
Intelligent Ethernet
demarcation
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Industry-standard OAM&P 802.1ag (CFM) feature supports end-to-end network monitoring
and troubleshooting. This reduces operating expense by reducing the site visits needed to
troubleshoot network problems.
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E-LMI enables service providers to communicate service configuration and status information
to the customer-edge device. Ethernet in the First Mile OAM&P (802.3ah) provides support for
monitoring, remote failure indication, loopback, and OAM discovery on the link between the
customer equipment and service provider network.
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Traffic loopback allows quick service activation and verification.
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Carrier-class redundancy features (Flexlink, RSTP, REP) support both hub-and-spoke and
ring networks.
Layer 2 VPN service
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Standard 802.1Q Tunneling creates a hierarchy of 802.1Q tags, helping service providers use
a single VLAN to support customers who have multiple VLANs while preserving customer
VLAN IDs and segregating traffic from different customers within the service provider
infrastructure.
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2-rate 3-color policer allows service providers to provide more flexible control on incoming
traffic rate.
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1:1 VLAN mapping gives service providers the flexibility to translate customer VLAN ID into a
service provider VLAN ID to support overlapping customer VLAN IDs.
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Selective QinQ (1:2 VLAN mapping) enables service providers to multiplex multiple services
on a single UNI (MEF EVPL for example).
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Inner-to-outer CoS value propagation for QinQ helps ensure that customer QoS setting is
honored in the service provider network.
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L2PT allows for transport of the customer’s control protocols, thereby allowing for
transparency across the service provider’s shared infrastructure.
Layer 3 VPN service
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Multi-VRF CE (VRF-lite) forms virtual packet-forwarding tables by associating one or more
Layer 3 interfaces with each VRF, allowing the creation of multiple Layer 3 VPNs on a single
Cisco ME 3400 Series switch. Interfaces in a VRF could be either physical, as in an Ethernet
port, or logical, as in a VLAN switch virtual interface (SVI), requiring the METROIPACCESS
feature image.
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IP Multicast support in Multi-VRF CE allows customers to migrate to VRF-lite without affecting
application and services that depend on IP Multicast.
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VRF-aware services (ARP, ping, SNMP, HSRP, uRPF syslog, traceroute, FTP, and TFTP)
help in managing individual VRFs.
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Support for multiple IP routing protocols (RIPv1/v2, EIGRP, OSPF, IS-IS, and BGPv4) offers
flexible options for peering between customers and service providers.