1, 10, and 40 Gigabit per second port speeds- Modular hardware design with four slots allows expansion from 24, 48, or 72 ports to full 96 port capacity
- Supports up to 4096 separate VLANs
- Wire speed L2 and L3 forwarding
Overview of the MDX4090
Engineered to meet the stringent performance and reliability needs of carriers and Telco operators, the MDX4090 is a compact, high density IP Media switch and router. The MDX4090 supports up to ninety-six 1G or 10G Ethernet ports as well as four ultra-high speed 40G Ethernet trunks. Using industry-standard SFP and QSFP pluggable optical interfaces, the unit is intended to grow as your business needs and network traffic change.
Benefits of the MDX 4090
- Highly reliable, field proven switching/routing technology
- Cost effective design with high port density
- Combines video streams and TCP/IP data traffic over a single unified network
- Simplified and automated configuration for rapid deployment and expansion
- Full SNMP management and provisioning under the Media Links NMS management system
- High reliability/availability, including redundant power supplies and redundant upstream and downstream links, loop detection, and storm control
- Software Defined Networking (SDN) ready for true network programmability
- Hot swappable power supplies and fans
- Supports Precision Time Protocol (PTP) for in-studio workflows and end-to-end IP transport
- Static and dynamic power saving modes for reduced energy consumption
- Available API/SDK to control VLANs, ports, and configuration information
Key Features of the MDX 4090
- 1428Mbps packet forwarding rate
- Media Rapid Flow Protocol for ultra-fast switching
- Ideal for core or aggregation switching
- Low power consumption with static or dynamic power saving features
- Guaranteed bandwidth control including shaping
- 100% Quality of Service (QoS) and non-blocking architecture for full line rate on all ports
- Layer 2/3 hardware switching core, IPv4/IPv6 unicast and multicast hardware routing
- Ultra Low Latency switching
- Pluggable electrical or optical port interfaces
- Port and MAC VLANs
- Non-disruptive VLAN provisioning and seamless multicast joins
- High port density in a compact 2RU chassis form factor
- Numeric front panel LED status indicator
- Redundant power supplies
- 1G electrical or 10G optical ports, four 40Gb ports
- Modular design, expandable to 96 ports in 24 port increments
- SD memory card for local log file, firmware, and configuration storage
- Loop detection and storm control
Applications for the MDX 4090
- Traffic aggregation and local/WAN switching
- Layer 2 & Layer 3 core switching
- 4K video transport
- Core networks for media organizations and media outlets
- Contribution video and end-to-end transport, including distribution
- Remote production and file-based workflows