ioPLEX IP Access Gateway
Route anything over IP. IoPLEX powers transparent delivery of critical data circuits and services over packet-switched networks via industry-standard pseudowire emulation end-to-end (PWE3) encapsulation.
KEY FEATURES
High reliability and availability: 1 to 1 redundancy, hot-swap for all modules, no single point of failure.
Dual GigE interfaces (optical or copper) for packet network uplink, with IPv4 and IPv6 support.
I/O module options include E1/T1, multi-protocol serial (EIA-530, EIA/TIA-449, EIA/TIA-232, V.35, X.21), NTSC analog and SDI video, DS3, and SONET/SDH.
Assured Delivery(TM) for critical data via diverse path routing, packet reordering, and intelligent reconstruction at endpoints
Supports isochronous I/O with automatic rate tracking
High-quality, low-latency, robust video compression using JPEG2000
APPLICATIONS
High-port-density IP gateway for point-to-point pseudowire circuit emulation
Replaces legacy TDM multiplexers, enabling migration to packet-switched core networks
Low-latency telemetry and command distribution for mission operations center and range applications
Video/audio multiplexing & distribution
Encrypted high-speed serial data multiplexing and distribution
The ioPLEX is an affordable, high-performance IP access gateway that offers support for more data types, higher aggregate throughput and better operational reliability than other circuit emulation devices on the market today. Featuring Assured DeliveryTM, in which diverse-path routing, packet reordering, intelligent reconstruction and other technologies are employed to guarantee data delivery, ioPLEX is ideal for applications in which data loss during network transit is simply unacceptable. Designed to move up to 2 Gbps of data across the network and generally introducing less than a millisecond of added latency into multiplexed streams, ioPLEX is also appropriate for very high rate and/or high-priority data circuits.
Common Equipment
Chassis and Power Supplies
- Low-profile 2U height, 19-inch rack-mount, 11.3in deep enclosure
- Up to two CPUs and two network modules
- Four to six 3U front access I/O modules (depending on CPU and network redundancy)
- Four rear access 6U I/O modules
- Dual Star control and data planes
- Redundant power supplies 110/220 VAC or -48 VDC input power with independent power entry
- Hot-swap fan tray with blowers providing side-to-side cooling; fan speed monitored by CPU
CPU Modules
- 400 MHz PowerPC 440 processor w/128 MB RAM
- 10/100 Mbps Ethernet and serial interface
- Onboard 256 MB CompactFlash
- Linux OS for configuration and control
- Stratum 3 internal reference
- Primary and secondary reference fail-over, Holdover and Freerun
- Timing Distribution Module
- Dual external reference timing inputs (BITS, RS-422 or IRIG) mini-BNC & RJ45
Management Interfaces
- 10/100 Mbps Ethernet interface RJ-45 connector
- Web-based browser user interface
- Command Line Interface (CLI) using Secure Shell (SSH) or console serial interface
- SNMPv3 Alarm and Fault Management
- Multi-level username/password access control with LDAP-based authentication
Diagnostics
- BERT test using fixed patterns and port loop
- Network throughput test with real-time performance monitor
- User defined port loop capabilities
- Complete battery of automated self-diagnostic tests, run at start-up and/or manually
Network Interface Modules
Gigabit Ethernet Module
- 10/100/1000Base-T RJ-45 electrical with auto-sense detect or 1000Base-SX/LX SFP optical
- IEEE 802.3x-compliant flow control; Automatic link speed, duplex, and flow control negotiation
- Packet Switched Network support for routed UDP/IP, Switched Ethernet VLAN, and MPLS using IETF Pseudowire Protocols
- Quality of Service (QoS) 4 levels; Class of Service (CoS) DiffServ for UDP/IP, VLAN for Ethernet, and EXP for MPLS
- Diverse Path Routing
- Support for IPv4 and IPv6 capable.
Optical and High Speed Serial Module
- OC3/STM-1 SFP optics, SM, MM, SC connector
- RS-422, TTL, or Differential ECL capable
- Packet Switched Network support for ATM
- Quality of Service (QoS)
- PVC; Symmetric/Asymmetric
- APS protection switching
Quad Serial I/O Module
- Four full duplex serial ports with high density smart serial connectors
- Synchronous or isochronous serial data at rates from 75 bps to 20 Mbps per port with automatic rate tracking
- Port types: EIA-530, EIA-530A, EIA/TIA-449, EIA/TIA-232, V.35, X.21
- Transmit timing modes: Auto-rate, adaptive, loop, and local timing
- Receive timing modes: Line, recovered, and local timing
- Transport of handshaking control signals
Video I/O Module
- Two broadcast quality video ports, mini-BNC
- Support for NTSC and SDI video formats
- Hardware-based JPEG2000 compression and decompression
- Configurable compression mode and output data rates
- End-to-end latency of less than 50 msec
E1/T1 I/O Module
- Processor module supports up to 2 each LIMs
- 12-port Line Interface Module (LIM), RJ48
- Channelized n x DS0
- Unstructured interface
DS3/STS-1e I/O Module
- Two port Channelized DS3 or STS-1e interface, mini-BNC connector
- Channelized n x DS1
- Channelized n x DS0
- Unstructured interface
Optical and High Speed Serial Module
- OC3/STM-1 SFP optics, SM, MM, SC connector
- RS-422, TTL, or Differential ECL capable
- Synchronous or isochronous serial data at rates up to 32 Mbps with automatic rate tracking
- Differential ECL rates up to 150 Mbps
- APS protection switching
Gigabit Ethernet I/O Module
- 10/100/1000Base-T RJ-45 electrical with auto-sense detect or 1000Base-SX/LX SFP optical
- IEEE 802.3x-compliant flow control; automatic link speed, duplex: and flow control negotiation
- Bridging
- ioPLEX IP Access Gat