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End-to-End Trac Separation for Security or
Regulatory Reasons
For security or regulatory reasons enterprises may need to
separate trac end to end. Examples include protecting
credit card transactions, medical equipment or surveillance
cameras from other network trac or, in any vertical,
separating VoIP and managing it independently.
With its integrated VRF capabilities, Extreme Fabric
Connect allows Layer 3 networks to be deployed easily
across the fabric and kept isolated end to end.
This, in addition to Mac-in-Mac encapsulation at the edge,
can deliver the multiple networks required and oer
additional security oer additional security by helping to
prevent breaches like VLAN jumping.
Integrated Video Surveillance, Video Distribution
and Digital Signage
Verticals such as transportation, government and hospitality
often rely on video surveillance technology to protect
people and products and, while it is evolving toward
multicast, video surveillance still relies largely on unicast
trac. VSP 4000 supports both types of surveillance
networks - without requiring additional IGPs or PIM
protocols. In addition, VSP 4850GTS-PWR+ and VSP
4450GSX-PWR+ devices, which also support IEEE 802.3at
PoE+, can power new point tilt and zoom cameras.
Extreme Fabric Connect technology is built from the
ground up to handle Multicast trees eciently since
Broadcast and Multicast forwarding are inherent functions
within Ethernet. Enabling the network to instantiate point-
to-point, point-to-multi-point and any-to-any connectivity
services on demand, Extreme Fabric Connect oers a
highly ecient, scalable, more resilient way to distribute
multicast to support IPTV, digital signage or multicast
enabled video surveillance networks.
Additionally, VOSS supports the Extreme Fabric Connect-
PIM Gateway. This feature enables seamless bi-directional
interoperability between Fabric Connect and a standards-
based PIM Multicast Routing environment. While traditional
PIM - Protocol Independent Multicast - is notoriously
restrictive, complex, and unstable, it was, unfortunately, the
only option if an organization needed to route IP Multicast
trac. Fabric Connect completely changes the Multicast
paradigm, making this flexible to plan, simple to deploy,
stable to operate. Now, organizations operating a legacy
IP Multicast environment—either the PIM-SM or PIM-
SSM—can implement Fabric Connect and enjoy seamlessly
co-existence pending an eventual transition away from PIM.
This feature is flexible, supports high-availability options,
and enables organizations to deploy and retire technology
at their own pace. The VSP 4000 Series supports the
Interface functionality component of the Fabric Connect-
PIM Gateway feature.
System Compatibility
From a software perspective, the VSP 4000 Series was
introduced with the VOSS 4.1 unified software release; this
is, therefore, the minimum level of software available to
operate the Switch. The recent VOSS 7.1 release delivers
Application Telemetry.
Application Telemetry
Application Telemetry is a unique feature of
ExtremeAnalytics that enables the ExtremeSwitching
infrastructure to participate in the forwarding and
analysis of network application flows. By combining
packet flow information from the VSP switch along with
deep packet inspection abilities of ExtremeAnalytics, it
provides actionable insights into network and application
performance. This all without the need for expensive
sensors or collectors. With this release, an Application
Telemetry agent on the VSP can now work in tandem
with ExtremeAnalytics to deliver granular visibility into
application performance, users, locations and devices.
Extreme Management Center
The network is the lifeblood of your business: it powers
transformational applications and energizes your most
vital asset, your people; integrating wired and wireless
infrastructures, it delivers continuity and mobility; its
dependability is intrinsically coupled with organizational
success. Extreme Management Center gives you actionable
insights, granular visibility, and automated control over
users, devices, and applications.
Leveraging the dexterity that only a genuine single-pane-
of-glass platform can enable, Extreme Management Center
empowers you to deliver a superior quality of experience
to all of your stakeholders. It works across your entire
infrastructure, wired and wireless, from the access edge
to the private cloud, giving you a true 360-degree view of
your network, devices, applications, and users. Extreme
Management Center is the integrated toolset that enables
your business to go to the next level.