RAD Has a Radical Ethernet Module
RAD Data Communications Ltd. is coming to Ethernet Expo this week with a device that adds Carrier Ethernet demarcation powers to just about any type of system.
Announced just before Halloween, the MiNID would be a great way to infect the world's networks and spread Carrier Ethernet like the zombie plague.
Strangely, RAD didn't word it like that....
Still, the device's potential was enough to land it on the shortlist for Best New Product (Telecom) in Light Reading's Leading Lights awards for 2012 -- the winners for which are being announced Wednesday night, by the way.
The MiNID is a 1Gbit/s SFP module, "SFP" being the small-form pluggable interface format that's common to a lot of networking gear. It could slot into base stations or Cisco Systems Inc. (Nasdaq: CSCO) Catalyst switches, to give two examples, says Yacov Cazes, RAD's director of business development.
One reason operators might want to do this is for control, as a demarcation device can provide service monitoring or SLA verification. The MiNID could also be a way to monitor Layer 2 performance when traffic goes through a router, Cazes suggests.
Even so, the MiNID isn't intended to replace the network interface devices (NIDs) provided by the likes of Accedian Networks Inc. or Omnitron Systems Technology Inc. -- or RAD, for that matter. To fully replace those devices, the MiNID would need to add traffic management, Cazes says.
RAD isn't manufacturing optical modules on its own. To create a MiNID, RAD attaches its Carrier Ethernet-capable device to any SFP. That way, RAD doesn't need to provide MiNIDs for a variety of ranges and fiber types. In addition, it can work with gear, such as Cisco's, that runs a compatibility check on optics.
The MiNID is due to start shipping in the first quarter of 2013.
RAD will be talking more about the MiNID at Ethernet Expo, which runs Nov. 6 through Nov. 8 in New York City.
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