Ether-1000 Unit

Built for critical ethernet communications
Unparalleled network security and performance for mission critical applications, creating up to four distinct Ethernet WANs, each with its own configurable, dedicated bandwidth and tightly controlled access privileges. 

Flexible port granularity and a wide range of 10/100/1000 Mb/s fiber optic and copper interface connection choices for Ethernet devices tailor equipment solutions to individual site requirements. The Ether-1000 unit is an application interface unit of the Lentronics Multiplexers digital transport and access system, designed specifically for electric utilities, pipeline, transportation and heavy industrial telecommunication requirements.

The Ether-1000 unit provides integrated intelligent multi-port switch features and Ethernet over SONET/SDH (EoS) transport, delivering secure, priority based, Gigabit Ethernet (GigE) LAN extension services.

Redundant configurable bandwidth (CBW) interface connections to a JungleMUX SONET or TN1U/TN1Ue SDH node’s optical transceiver units, enable protected SONET/SDH transport of Ethernet frames at incremental rates from 50 Mb/s to 1.2 Gb/s.

Key Features & Benefits

• SONET/SDH traffic segmentation Eliminates contention amongst competing critical and non-critical services through the use of discrete EoS pipes. Each is secured for containment of the assigned application and is scalable to meet performance requirements.

• Port-based traffic containment Guarantees isolation between specific user-defined ports to achieve secure traffic separation, across the fiber ring, without relying solely on potentially compromised IEEE 802.1Q tags.

• Ultra-fast path switching Lentronics EoS implementation enables frames, ring-wide, to be automatically re-routed in < 5ms upon primary fiber path failure, minimizing downtime for mission critical applications.

• Comprehensive traffic shaping Unique policies ensure ‘Front-of-Queue’ priority is applied to latency sensitive traffic e.g. GOOSE, IEC 61850, IEEE 1588 precision timing.

• Secure tags Special tags created by the Ether-1000 unit carry security and performance enablers and are protected within the SONET/SDH overhead. As a result, they cannot be hacked. With this technique, the original packet integrity is preserved, eliminating any risk of external unauthorized access.