Transition Networks Inc., the fiber access technology expert, announced the launch of its newest portfolio of ION Network Interface Devices (NIDs). The x2220, x3220 and x3230 families are specifically designed to help telecoms and cable providers generate and preserve revenues when delivering Ethernet services. With this announcement, Transition Networks expands its carrier class and enterprise network product portfolios by expanding The ION Platform, which is an intelligent, high-density, multi-protocol system that supports a variety of network interface devices and media conversion modules.

With the growing demand for Ethernet services, the new ION NID products enable service providers to offer tiered services with end-to-end Service Level Agreements (SLAs), while increasing customer satisfaction and keeping capital expenses (CapEx) to a minimum. These new ION NIDs create a clear demarcation point between the provider and customer network, as well in carrier-to-carrier networks. These new ION NIDs can be used in conjunction with The ION Platform or as standalone devices.

“Customers continue to put more demands on service providers for faster and cheaper Ethernet services, but they still require Service Level Agreements (SLAs),” said Patrick Schaber, Director of Marketing at Transition Networks. “These new ION Network Interface Devices provide a cost-effective way to meet these demands and address wide-scale deployment challenges while still providing the features service providers require such as; Service OAM, Link OAM, Performance Monitoring, C-TAG/S-TAG support, Quality of Service (QoS) bandwidth allocation and remote diagnostics.”

With key features like Link OAM and Service OAM capabilities, Transition Networks’ ION NIDS ensure rapid detection and isolation of potential service related problems. The ability to have trouble detection and resolution from a central Network Operations Center (NOC) dramatically reduces operating expense (OpEx) and results in a quicker Mean Time to Repair (MTTR), with the end result being a happier customer.

Product Features These ION NIDs support up to 10k jumbo frames and bandwidth allocation to limit upstream and downstream traffic. The ION NIDs offer complete Ethernet OAM support including 802.3ah (Link OAM). The x3230 series include Ethernet OAM support for 802.1ag (Service OAM) and Y.1731 (Performance Monitoring) to ensure visibility across the entire network.

IEEE 802.1p Quality of Service (QoS) is included on the latest ION NIDs to allow service providers to offer different classes of services to customers as well as full VLAN support, including double tagging (Q-in-Q). Service providers are also able to select the Ethertype of the S-TAG.

Configuration, management and monitoring of the ION NIDs can be performed from a web-browser, command line interface (CLI), via telnet or the console port, or with a 3rd party SNMP system.