【Publish Date:2008-01-20】

Ethernity's ENET3000 offers full L3 to L2 service demarcation from customer network to carrier Metro Ethernet transport network, enabling pure L2 Metro Ethernet.

Lod, Israel – Jan 20th, 2008 – Ethernity Networks Ltd, a supplier of Access Flow Processors, first introduced its L3 and L4 support including Full NAT/PAT and router functionality . This functionality was integrated into the ENET3000, a family of low cost flow based processor and traffic manager solution integrated on ultra low cost FPGA (Altera's Cyclone).  The NAT/PAT solution is supported at the ENET3000 located at the Central Office, which include virtual router support and optional PPP termination. The NAT / PAT integrated on the ENET3000 offers service providers / carriers the ability to enhance their broadband service's billing and to offload this functionality from a residential gateway or CPEs, thus reducing Residential Network complexity , gaining control on customer network enabling to offer advanced services, and finally enabling quad play services at line rate, without extra cost at customer site. The Virtual router functionality enables service provider separation, while PPP termination enables the use of Layer 2 Metro Ethernet equipment for transport and DSLAM aggregation, eliminating the need for complex Layer 3 transport Network.

This solution provides complete network demarcation solution on a single chip for residential, SOHO and SMEs business users, providing Layer 3 services at the network edge, with Layer 2 Metro Ethernet transport services.

The ENET3000 solution fully supports all section of the TR-101 at up to 5Gbps, including PPPoA to PPPoE, together with L2/L3 switching/routing and advanced traffic management. Ethernity ENET decreases the total BOM of potential card, by using low cost DRAM Memories (DDR2), without the need for SRAM or QDR expensive memories. In addition it requires inexpensive flash for SW, integrated Search function supporting up to 128K search entries (Multiple fields out of 32 fields and configurable per flow), eliminating the need for external T-CAM or expensive RAM.

Pricing and availability:

The ENET3000 based on Cyclone 2 FPGA device is in full production at customers, while a solution based on Cyclone 3 is available for design . Design Kit includes SW drivers, CLI, API, FPGA binary code, customized pinout, schematics and Evaluation Board. Pricing is available upon request