After a long and winding road that started four years ago, the IEEE has today officially announced the ratification of the standard for 40 and 100 Gigabit Ethernet.  IEEE 802.3ba is the name of the official standard, which passed a final vote last Thursday from the 802.3 working group’s task…

…-232) per Control Module MAC Address Table Capacity 750,000 MAC addresses Ethernet IEEE 802.3 Ethernet IEEE 802.3u Fast Ethernet IEEE 802.3z GbE IEEE 802.1D MAC Bridges IEEE 802.1Q VLANs - Including .1p Priority IEEE 802.1ad Provider Bridging (Q-in-Q)     VLANs with full S-VLAN range…

…MAC addresses per Line Module Up to ten million MAC addresses per chassis Ethernet IEEE 802.3 Ethernet IEEE 802.3u Fast Ethernet IEEE 802.3z GbE IEEE 802.1D MAC Bridges IEEE 802.1Q VLANs - Including .1p Priority IEEE 802.1ad Provider Bridging (Q-in-Q)     VLANs with full S-VLAN range…

…Ping and Traceroute extensions to work over Pseudowires (PW VCCV) Carrier Ethernet OAM IEEE 802.1ag Connectivity Fault     Management (CFM) IEEE 802.3ah Ethernet in the First Mile (EFM) IEEE 802.1AB Link Layer Discovery Protocol     (LLDP) ITU-T Y.1731 Ethernet…

…;  NNI/UNI combo ports 1 x Console Port (RJ-45, EIA-561) Ethernet IEEE 802.3 Ethernet IEEE 802.3u Fast Ethernet IEEE 802.3z Gigabit Ethernet IEEE 802.1D MAC Bridges IEEE 802.1Q VLANs - Including .1p Priority IEEE 802.1ad Provider Bridging (Q-in-Q) VLAN     full S-VLAN range…

…ports 1 x Console Port (RJ-45, EIA-561) 5 x External Alarm Inputs Ethernet IEEE 802.3 Ethernet IEEE 802.3u Fast Ethernet IEEE 802.3z Gigabit Ethernet IEEE 802.1D MAC Bridges IEEE 802.1Q VLANs - Including .1p Priority IEEE 802.1ad Provider Bridging (Q-in-Q) VLAN     full S-VLAN range…

…10/100/1000M RJ-45 Management port 1 x Console Port (EIA-232, DB9) Ethernet IEEE 802.3 Ethernet IEEE 802.3u Fast Ethernet IEEE 802.3z Gigabit Ethernet IEEE 802.1D MAC Bridges IEEE 802.1Q VLANs - Including .1p Priority IEEE 802.1ad Provider Bridging (Q-in-Q)     VLANs with full S…

…10/100/1000M RJ-45 Management port 1 x Console Port (RS-232, DB9) Ethernet IEEE 802.3 Ethernet IEEE 802.3u Fast Ethernet IEEE 802.3z Gigabit Ethernet IEEE 802.1D MAC Bridges IEEE 802.1Q VLANs - Including .1p Priority IEEE 802.1ad Provider Bridging (Q-in-Q) VLAN full S-VLAN range VLAN tunneling (Q-in…

…   Management Port DB-9: 1 x Console Port (RS-232) Ethernet IEEE 802.3u Fast Ethernet IEEE 802.3x Ethernet Flow Control IEEE 802.3z Gigabit Ethernet IEEE 802.1D MAC Bridges IEEE 802.1Q VLANs - Including .1p Priority IEEE 802.1ad Provider Bridging (Q-in-Q)VLAN      - full…

…10/100/1000M RJ-45 Management port 1 x Console Port (EIA-232, DB9) Ethernet IEEE 802.3 Ethernet IEEE 802.3u Fast Ethernet IEEE 802.3z Gigabit Ethernet IEEE 802.1D MAC Bridges IEEE 802.1Q VLANs - Including .1p Priority IEEE 802.1ad Provider Bridging (Q-in-Q) VLANs with full S-VLAN range VLAN tunneling…