ERS 868C XLRS 12PT 10G XFP MOD ROHS Converged applications, which increase employee productivity and your bottom line, require a resilient, secure and intelligent network. The Ethernet Routing Switch 8600 series combines terabit performance with Nortel's unique reliability technologies to create the basis of a resilient terabit cluster solution and to provide enterprises with a truly unified communications network. Simplified resilient VPN services across the campus/metro are easier to deploy to support multiple customers through Nortel's innovative technology solution that runs over existing IP infrastructure without the expense and complexity associated with MPLS. The chassis-based Ethernet Routing Switch 8600 offers intelligent layer 2-7 switching, internal firewall and intrusion detection system capabilities, scales up to 384 Gigabit Ethernet ports and 96 10 Gigabit Ethernet ports as well as enables WAN connectivity for ATM, PoS, and wave division multiplexing technologies to provide a solid foundation for future network growth.