Juniper showcases 100GbE interface card

PORTLAND, USA: Juniper Networks has introduced a new 10-port, 10-Gigabit Ethernet (GbE) physical interface card (PIC) for its T1600 Series core router.

The 10x10GbE PIC, says Juniper, will deliver the highest density of 10GbE interfaces on a core router, as well as unique Intelligent Oversubscription capabilities, enabling customers to reduce costs and increase efficiency. With the new 10x10GbE PIC and the previously announced 100GbE PIC, the T1600 will support multiple options for 100 Gbps.

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In a multivendor demonstration at Supercomputing '09 in Portland, OR, 100-Gbps of test data (generated by an Ixia test set) was transmitted from Portland to Seattle through a single slot on the Juniper Networks T1600 Series core router, populated with the new 10x10GbE PIC via an Infinera optical system, over Level 3 and Internet2's nationwide fiber-optic network.

These 100-Gbps demonstrations represent the continued advances made by the joint initiative -- announced last year at SC08 -- between the US Dept. of Energy's Energy Sciences Network (ESnet), Internet2, Infinera, Juniper Networks, and Level 3 Communications.

The five organizations announced an initiative to work together to develop and deploy 100GbE services with the ultimate goal of implementing a fully operational 100GbE network. 

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High-capacity 100GbE interfaces and high-density 10GbE interfaces are increasingly required to leverage virtualization to consolidate network architectures, particularly as core routers are increasingly used to aggregate more edge and access network links.

This demonstration, says Juniper, is the first instance of a fully featured IP/MPLS router supporting a 100GbE interface.

The high-density, oversubscribed Ethernet interfaces available on the new 10x10GbE PIC can be used to aggregate client-facing access interfaces or to provide efficient connectivity in and between virtualized routers. The T1600 can support a total of sixteen 10x10GbE PICs per chassis, for a total of 160 10GbE interfaces in a half-rack -- more than twice that of the closest competitor. As many as 80 of these interfaces can operate at line-rate speed, or the T1600 can be oversubscribed at a 2:1 ratio.

General availability of the new 10x10GbE PIC is expected in the first quarter of 2010.