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The Ethernet Routing Switch 4500 series (ERS 4500) provides genuine resilient stacking, Layer 2 switching and dynamic Layer 3 RIP and OSPF routing, and advanced convergence features. This enables the ERS 4500 series to deliver the scalability and resiliency required by today’s application-driven enterprise networks while reducing total operational costs. Indeed, ERS 4500 models are up to 40% more energy efficient than competitive products, ensuring superior total cost of ownership.

Convergence-readyFor Businesses looking to bring together their major forms of communication – data, voice and video – onto a single infrastructure, the ERS 4500 delivers the functionality that makes converging these technologies simple.

Through support for standards-based Power-over-Ethernet (IEEE 802.3af PoE), power can be delivered to IP phones, wireless access points, networked CCTV cameras and other powered devices. This eliminates the need to have separate power supplies

for each unit, thereby reducing cabling and management costs when there are adds, moves or changes. Additionally, with Avaya’s auto-discovery and configuration capability (ADAC), the ERS 4500 can automatically configure the switch to apply the correct Quality-of-Service (QoS) and VLAN settings, making mass IP phone deployments quick and easy. Standards-based 802.1AB auto-discovery can also be used for non-Avaya devices.

The new suite of advanced QoS enhancements deliver unsurpassed control to those network scenarios that require granular and sophisticated capabilities with the management of egress queue shaping, the mutation of DiffServ Code Point values on egress, the definition of filter sets using both Layer 2 and Layer 3 (IP) criteria, and the ability to fully optimize the schema for queue and buffer management. Collectively these new QoS capabilities empower the ERS 4500 Series to deliver the most comprehensive application quality management solution of any product in this class.

Ethernet Routing Switch 4500 SeriesThe Avaya Ethernet Routing Switch 4500

Series is a Stackable system providing high-

performance, convergence-ready, secure and

resilient Ethernet switching connectivity. Available as a range of 11 model variants supporting

10/100 and 10/100/1000 switching and routing, Power-over-Ethernet and 10 Gigabit Ethernet

uplink options, the Ethernet Routing Switch 4500 Series is ideally suited for Enterprise wiring

closet and other network edge deployments.

FACT SHEET

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HIGHLIGHTS OF THE

ETHERNET ROUTING SWITCH

4500 SERIES

• Resilient — Solid stacking, distributed trunking

and power redundancy

• Efficient — Reduced power consumption,

simplified converged deployments through

PoE, advanced QoS and IP Phone port auto-

configuration

• Powerful — Wire-speed performance, high-

capacity stacking; 40Gbps per switch and up to

320Gbps per stack, and up to 400 ports

• Secure — Comprehensive standards-based

802.1X, advanced filtering and Avaya’s Identity

Engines solution

• Flexible — Mix-and-match best-in-class

stacking capabilities; Fast Ethernet and Gigabit

Ethernet in the same stack, and 1GbE and

10GbE uplinks

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Automatic QoSWith Automatic QoS, an Ethernet Routing Switch 4500 supporting certain Avaya Unified Communications solutions automatically recognizes the special, private Differentiated Service Code Point (DSCP) values used by these applications and optimizes the management of egress queues. Without this automated functionality, operators would need to have detailed knowledge of how QoS works, and also the private DSCP values, to enable manual configuration for optimized queue usage. This feature can help ensure that the process is automated and optimized, and protects against mis-configuration. With v5.4, Automatic QoS functionality has been further extended through simultaneous interoperability with options such as 802.1AB MED and Avaya’s Auto-Detect & Auto-Configuration.

Intelligent stacking

solution delivering

scalability, flexibility,

resilience and performanceAvaya’s intelligent stacking architecture not only provides high-bandwidth unit-to-unit connections without consuming user ports, but it also allows flexible stacking of any combination of up to eight switches from within the ERS 4500 range. This creates an ideal solution for enterprises with fast Ethernet

or Gigabit Ethernet users – or a combination of both – deployed or planned. As a single stacked entity, all switches are managed via a single IP Address and offer the same high resilience and common feature set, simplifying management and deployment across the network and the enterprise.

The ERS 4500 combines high-resiliency with high-performance stacking, delivering up to 320Gbps throughput. Intelligent bi-directional

traffic flows between switches, can help ensure that the most efficient paths are used for traffic forwarding. Added to this, the ability to distribute trunks or aggregations across different units in the stack can ensure that even in the unlikely event of a switch or link failure, traffic continues to flow virtually uninterrupted for the remaining units in the stack.

For seamless scalability, the ERS 4500 can deliver up to 400 ports, meeting almost any

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New features with the v5.4 Software

The following features and enhancements have been added to the ERS 4500 capabilities

with the release of v5.4 Operating System software:

• Energy Saver

• RIP & OSPF Routing with Route Policies

• Advanced QoS with shaping, mutation, multiple criteria filter sets, profiling,

& queue/buffer management

• IP Flow Information Export

• ADAC & 802.1AB MED interoperability with Automatic QoS

• Enterprise Device Manager

• Multi-Link Scaling

• Time Domain Reflectometer

• Pay-as-you-Grow Software Licensing

• Additional SFP support plus numerous incremental operational features and enhancements

AVAYA ENERGY SAVER

The Avaya Energy Saver solution aligns the consumption of energy to the use of devices and building occupancy. It manages the power

that devices consume, “dimming” consumption during off-peak periods – much like a lighting control system – and even turning off low-

priority devices that are no needed after-hours. The energy usage profile of the typical Enterprise means that there is great potential to

deliver further incremental energy efficiencies – up to a further 20% – by intelligently pruning off-peak power consumption, all without

the need for any hardware change or investment overhead. Avaya Energy Saver can be administered directly on individual Switches or,

more commonly, centrally managed by the Enterprise Policy Manager component of Avaya Unified Communications Management.

Looking at the big picture, Avaya offers a complete solution of energy-efficient equipment together with the necessary tools to further

align the energy consumption of the network with its genuine usage requirements. By combining the energy efficiencies embedded with

the ERS 4500 Series products with intelligent management of the network via Energy Saver, Avaya achieves the highest levels of energy-

efficiency on offer.

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wiring closet requirements of scalability and port speed flexibility, allowing the network infrastructure to grow as the business requirements change.

Securing access at the edge The ERS 4500 offers a wide range of flexible security options that help to ensure that only authorized personnel gain access to a company’s LAN. Whether it is through use of an IEEE 802.1X-based EAP Client or through a device’s MAC Address, network managers can validate that only those who have successfully been authenticated have access to specified resources. The ERS 4500 can also be used in conjunction with Avaya’s innovative Identity Engines portfolio solution for advanced, standards-based, policy-based and centralized user/device authentication.

For further flexibility, the ERS 4500 can support the authentication of multiple devices/users on a single port. For example, if a user’s PC connects into the network via an IP phone (Figure 1), the PC and the IP phone can both be independently authenticated on that port. Additionally, if your company frequently has visiting users, support for a guest VLAN allows these non-authenticated users to still use the network but to only have access to those resources that have been predefined for the guests, such as Internet access.

Advanced security services also enable the ERS 4500 to actively protect the network against malicious network attacks by protecting DHCP services (DHCP snooping), verifying and filtering ARP traffic via in-hardware processing (Dynamic ARP inspection), restricting IP traffic to registered end devices (IP Source Guard) as well as controlling the flow of Spanning Tree BPDUs within the network (BPDU Filtering).

The ERS 4500 supports advanced packet classification and deep packet filtering of up to 128 bytes. These powerful filtering capabilities can block unwanted network traffic while ensuring that mission-critical traffic is forwarded with minimum delay.

Secure and simplified

network managementAvaya’s Ethernet Switch software is supported on all ERS 4500 models delivering simplified network operations and management by having a single image operate on any mixture of models in a stack. This eliminates the need to worry about different software versions and capabilities on different products. The software image needs only to be loaded to the base unit of the stack, which automatically loads it to other switches. Even as switches are added to an existing stack, the ERS 4500 software will help to that the new switch diagnostics and software are appropriately upgraded to the software running on the stack.

The on-board USB port enables network administrators to quickly and easily upload or download a configuration file via a USB stick. This allows the same configuration to either be deployed across several switches, making configuration of new switches seamless or serving as a backup in case a switch were to fail. The USB port also allows for quick upload of new software images or quick staging of new units through a simplified configuration capability.

For added security, both the USB and consoles ports can be locked to prevent unauthorized intrusion.

The ERS 4500 supports secure management through access control lists, Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMPv3), Secure Shell (SSHv2), and RADIUS and TACACS+ authentication when connecting to the switch or stack.

The ERS 4500 Series can be managed by a variety of management tools, creating

a flexible operational environment based on business requirements. These include: standardized Command Line Interface (CLI), Web-based Enterprise Device Manager (EDM), SNMP-based management (SNMPv1, v2 & v3), and the evolving Unified Communication Management (UCM) framework for comprehensive, centralized, and multi-facetted network management. UCM is based on Common Services – authentication and access control, audit, etc – and then a number of integrated plug-in AJAX-based applets that deliver seamless task-specific capabilities all with a consistent look and feel: Configuration & Orchestration Management; Visualization, Performance, & Fault Management; Enterprise Policy Manager; IP Flow Manager; and Network Resource Manager.

Provision Wizards and other labor-saving tools ensures faster service activation and more consistent approach to configuration; this has the added benefit of reducing human-error as templates are pre-populated with best-practice recommendations or mandatory values. The entire framework is context-based which enables a faster, more accurate and highly-intelligent approach to delivering both device-centric and network-wide management services.

Redundant power supportAdding Avaya’s Redundant Power Supply 15 (RPS 15) allows the ERS 4500 to deliver the stable, redundant power support crucial for today’s high-availability, mission-critical environments. The RPS 15 chassis can support up to three 600 watt power supply modules. Each module can provide redundant power support to one ERS 4500 PoE switch or up to four non-PoE models.1

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Figure 1. Typical enterprise converged connectivity

1 A DC connecting cable is required to connect from an ERS 4500 to an RPS 15 power supply; for non-PWR models, a DC-DC converter is also required.

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Deployments in converged networks are greatly simplified through dynamic power management of the PoE ports, with the load sharing and redundant power offered by Avaya’s RPS 15. Combined, these features are designed to allow that devices requiring PoE can be added to the network without power ever becoming an issue.

Lifetime warrantyAvaya includes Industry-leading warranty services for the portfolio of Stackable Ethernet Routing Switches, including the ERS 4500 Series products. We provide complimentary next-business-day shipment of failed hardware

– including fans and power supplies – for the full life of the product; all countries will receive next-business-day shipping to replace failed hardware. Avaya also offers complimentary basic technical support: Level 1 the supported lifecycle of the product and up to Level 3 for the first days after purchase. This includes support for the shipped software version, with an optional Software Release Service available to provide access to new feature releases.

SummaryAvaya is uniquely positioned to provide an end-to-end solution for converged networks.

The Ethernet Routing Switch 4500 series, along with other Avaya products, can increase profitability, streamline business operations, increase productivity, lower costs and help gain a competitive edge.

Learn moreTo learn more about the Ethernet Routing Switch 4500 series, please contact your Avaya Account Manager or Avaya Authorized Partner. Or, visit us online at avaya.com.

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Avaya Ethernet Routing Switch 4500 Series

Model Link and Uplink Ports2

ERS 4526FX 24 x 100BASE-FX plus 2 x Combo 10/100/1000BASE-T or 100/1000BASE-SFP

ERS 4526T 24 x 10/100BASE-TX plus 2 x Combo 10/100/1000BASE-T or 100/1000BASE-SFP

ERS 4526T-PWR 24 x 10/100BASE-TX PoE plus 2 x Combo 10/100/1000BASE-T or 100/1000BASE-SFP

ERS 4550T 48 x 10/100BASE-TX plus 2 x Combo 10/100/1000BASE-T or 100/1000BASE-SFP

ERS 4550T-PWR 48 x 10/100BASE-TX PoE plus 2 x Combo 10/100/1000BASE-T or 100/1000BASE-SFP

ERS 4524GT 24 x 10/100/1000BASE-T, including 4 x Combo 10/100/1000BASE-T or 100/1000BASE-SFP

ERS 4524GT-PWR 24 x 10/100/1000BASE-T PoE, including 4 x Combo 10/100/1000BASE-T or 100/1000BASE-SFP

ERS 4548GT 48 x 10/100/1000BASE-T, including 4 x Combo 10/100/1000BASE-T or 1000BASE-SFP

ERS 4548GT-PWR 48 x 10/100/1000BASE-T PoE, including 4 x Combo 10/100/1000BASE-T or 1000BASE-SFP

ERS 4526GTX 24 x 10/100/1000BASE-T, including 4 x Combo 10/100/1000BASE-T & 1000BASE-SFP, plus 2 x 10GBASE-XFP

ERS 4526GTX-PWR 24 x 10/100/1000BASE-T PoE, including 4 x Combo 10/100/1000BASE-T or 1000BASE-SFP, plus 2 x 10GBASE-XFP

2 ERS 4500 Series models that support the 100/1000BASE-X SFP capability, namely 4526FX, 4526T, 4526T-PWR, 4550T, 4550T-PWR, 4524GT, 4524GT-PWR, also support the T1 Ethernet over TDM Pluggable Transceiver.

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Specifications

General & Performance• Switch Fabric performance: 48.8 to 184 Gbps

• Frame forwarding rate: 6.6 to 72 Mpps

• Latency: 9 µsec

• Jitter: 12-14 µsec

• Frame length: 64 to 1518 Bytes (802.1Q Untagged), 64 to 1522 bytes (802.1Q Tagged)

• Jumbo Frame support: up to 9,000 Bytes (802.1Q Tagged)

• Multi-Link Trunks: up to 32 Groups, with 8 Links per Group

• VLANs: up to 256 Port/Protocol/802.1Q-based

• Multiple Spanning Tree Groups: 8

• MAC Address: up to 8k

• DHCP Snooping: up to 1,024 table entries

• ARP Entries: up to 1,792

• IP Interfaces: up to 64

• IPv4 Routes: up to 512

• OSPF Instances: up to 4

• OSPF Adjacencies: up to 16

Pluggable Interfaces• 1000BASE-T up to 100m over CAT5E or

better UTP Cable (RJ-45)

• 1000BASE-SX up to 550m reach on MMF (Duplex LC)

• 1000-BASE-LX up to 550m reach on MMF, and up to 10 km on SMF (Duplex LC)

• 1000BASE-XD CDWM up to 40 km reach on SMF (Duplex LC)

• 1000BASE-ZX CDWM up to 70 km reach on SMF (Duplex LC)

• 1000BASE-EX up to 120 km reach on SMF (Duplex LC)

• 1000BASE-BX up to 10 and 40 km reach variants on SMF (LC)

• 100BASE-FX up to 2km reach over MMF (Duplex LC)*

• Ethernet-over-T1 up to 2,874m reach over 22AWG Cable (RJ-48C)*

• 10GBASE-SR up to 300m reach over MMF (Duplex LC)

• 10GBASE-LRM up to 220m over FDDI-grade MMF (Duplex LC)

• 10GBASE-LR/LW up to 10km reach over SMF (Duplex LC)

• 10GBASE-ZR/ZW up to 80km reach over SMF (Duplex LC)

Note: Pluggables thus denoted “*” are supported on the ERS 4526FX, 4526T, 4526T-PWR, 4524GT, & 4524GT-PWR models only.

IEEE & IETF Standards

Compatibility• IEEE 802.1D Spanning Tree Protocol

• IEEE 802.1p Prioritizing

• IEEE 802.1Q VLAN Tagging

• IEEE 802.1X EAPoL

• IEEE 802.1ab Link Layer Discovery Protocol

• IEEE 802.3 Ethernet

• IEEE 802.3u Fast Ethernet

• IEEE 802.3x Flow Control

• IEEE 802.3z Gigabit Ethernet

• IEEE 802.3ab Gigabit Ethernet over Copper

• IEEE 802.3ad Link Aggregation

• RFC 768 UDP

• RFC 791 IP

• RFC 792 ICMP

• RFC 793 TCP

• RFC 826 ARP

• RFC 854 Telnet

• RFC 894 IP over Ethernet

• RFC 951 BootP

• RFC 1058 RIP v1

• RFC 1112 IGMPv1

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• RFC 1157 SNMP

• RFC 1213 MIB-II

• RFC 1271 RMON

• RFC 1350 TFTP

• RFC 1493 Bridge MIB

• RFC 1583 OSPF v2

• RFC 1757 RMON

• RFC 1850 OSPF v2 MIB

• RFC 1945 HTTP v1.0

• RFC 2131 BootP/DHCP Relay Agent

• RFC 2236 IGMPv2

• RFC 2328 OSPF v2

• RFC 2453 RIP v2

• RFC 2474 DiffServ

• RFC 2475 DiffServ

• RFC 2665 Ethernet MIB

• RFC 2674 Q-BRIDGE-MIB

• RFC 2737 Entity MIBv2

• RFC 2819 RMON MIB

• RFC 2863 Interfaces Group MIB

• RFC 2865 RADIUS

• RFC 2866 RADIUS Accounting

• RFC 3046 DHCP Relay Agent Information Option

• RFC 3410 SNMPv3

• RFC 3411 SNMP Frameworks

• RFC 3412 SNMP Message Processing

• RFC 3413 SNMPv3 Applications

• RFC 3414 SNMPv3 USM

• RFC 3415 SNMPv3 VACM

• RFC 3576 RADIUS

• RFC 3917 IP Flow Information Export

• RFC 3993 DHCP Subscriber-ID sub-option

• RFC 3954 NetFlow Services Export v9

• RFC 4022 TCP MIB

• RFC 4113 UDP MIB

• RFC 4293 IPv6

• RFC 4673 RADIUS Dynamic Authorization Server MIB

Weights & Dimensions• Height: 4.45 cm (1.75 in) – 1RU

• Width: 43.82 cm (17.25 in)

• Depth: 36.9 cm (14.53 in)

• Weight: 5.0 to 6.4 kg (11 to 14 lb)

Power Specifications• Input Voltage: 100-240 VAC

• Input Current

– 3 to 6.5 A @ 100-120 VAC

– 1.5 to 3.3 A @ 200-240 VAC

• Power Consumption: 150 to 470 W

• Thermal Rating: 188 to 788 Btu/h

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Environmental Specifications• Operating temperature: 0°C to 50°C

(32°F to 104°F)

• Storage temperature: -40°C to 85°C (-13°F to 158°F)

• Operating humidity: 0 to 95% maximum relative humidity, non-condensing

• Storage humidity: 10 to 90% maximum relative humidity, non-condensing

• Operating altitude: 0 to 3,048 m (0 to 10,000 ft) maximum

• Storage altitude: 0 to 12,192 m (0 to 40,000 ft) maximum

• Acoustic Noise: less than 45 db at 35°C

Safety Agency Approvals• Global basis for certification: IEC 60950

current edition with all CB member deviations

• Europe: EN60950 (CE Marking)

• Mexico: complies with NOM

Electromagnetic Emissions

& Immunity• Global basis for certification: CISPR

22-1997 Class A & CISPR 24:1997

• US: complies with FCC CFR47 Part 15

• Canada: complies with ICES Class A

• Europe: complies with EN 55022 Class A; EN 55024; EN 300386 V1.3.3 Class A

• European Union & EFTA: complies with EN 55022; EN 55024; EN 61000-3-2; EN 61000-3-3

• Japan/Nippon: complies with VCCI

• Taiwan: complies with BSMI CNS 13428 & 14336, Class A

• Korea: complies with MIC Class A

Redundant Power• Redundant Power Supply 15 Chassis

• Redundant Power Supply 15 600W Power Supplies

• DC-to-DC Converter & Non-PoE Connecting Cable for use with non-PoE Switches

• PoE Connecting Cable for use with PoE Switches

MTBF Values• 214,542 to 311,104 hours

(24.49 to 35.31 years)

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