January 30, 2008 - Irvine, CA - TC Communications announced its JumboSwitch Gigabit Ethernet Multi-Service Access Platform (MSAP)product family.
The center piece of the JumboSwitch family is an industrial hardened (-40°C to 80°C), fully-managed and easily scalable Gigabit Ethernet switch that is ideal for Utility & SCADA environments. The JumboSwitch integrates up to seven hot-swappable Ethernet, Voice & Data interface cards onto a Gigabit backbone Ethernet fiber optic network.
Currently available Interface cards include 10/100/1000M Ethernet (SFP copper or fiber optic); T1/E1 (TDMoIP); Serial Data (RS-232/422/485); and, VoIP (FXO & FXS). Future interfaces will include T3/E3 & DI/DO.
The JumboSwitch also offers a unique VoIP–LANex package, LAN exchange, enabling all VoIP phones (if less than 100) to work the same as extension lines connected to a virtual PABX, providing basic but reliable call processing functions without the need of additional Call Managers or SIP Servers.
Management, networking and security features are extensive, including STP, RSTP, SNMP (v1,& v2), VLAN, IGMP Snooping, Port Rate Control, QoS, etc. The JumboSwitch supports all popular topologies including redundant ring, bus, string, star and add/drop multiplexing. It is available in 2U and 4U (rack) versions.
Based on the most advanced Ethernet/IP, VoIP and TDMoIP technologies currently available, the JumboSwitch product family simplifies network engineering, enhances reliable performance of legacy TDM interfaces and reduces capital investment and operating expenses for all industrial customers.
Compared to the complicated hierarchies of SONET or SDH based systems, the JumboSwitch drastically reduces operational expenses since it totally eliminates unnecessary hardware layers, thus simplifying installation, maintenance and troubleshooting.
The JumboSwitch makes network design easy and straight forward. Legacy network products, e.g. T1/E1, T3/E3, RS-232/RS-485 & Ethernet, can co-exist harmoniously on the same platform with more advanced products like GigaE fiber ports, Turbo Serial for relay communication, and LANex, a virtual VoIP PBX.
Configurations are flexible and easily determined by the network engineers. For example, it could be configured as a 10/100/1000M Ethernet 42-port redundant ring switch with any combination of fiber or copper ports. Or, it could be configured with 12 channels of Ethernet, 8 channels of T1/E1, 8 channels of phone and 4 channels of RS-232.
The JumboSwitch offers a unique VoIP–LANex package, LAN exchange, enabling all VoIP phones (if less than 100) to work the same as extension lines connected to a virtual PABX, providing basic but reliable call processing functions without the need of additional Call Managers or SIP Servers.
Victor Liang, V.P. Sales & Marketing, noted that the JumboSwitch offers users outstanding price-performance ratios for their communication networks.
“JumboSwitch substantially reduces capital expenditures by maximizing bandwidth usage and eliminating unnecessary hardware hierarchies,” Mr. Liang said. “And, compared to SONET/SDH solutions, users will be pleasantly surprised by the drastic reduction in operational expenditures.”
