DM4100 - Series: Datasheet DM4100 - Ver 35 - Apr/2017
DM4100 - Series: Datasheet DM4100 - Ver 35 - Apr/2017
The DM4100 line has a commutation matrix of up to 224Gbit/s in the 48 ports model and 152Gbit/s in
the 24 ports model. The entire L2, L3 (IPv4/v6) and MPLS packet switching is always performed in
hardware and in wire speed, in order to ensure low switch latency. The filter/meter/ACL functions are
performed by the ASIC, without impact at the CPU performance or packet forwarding.
Layer 2 and Layer 3 protocols are implemented in software in order to assemble the MAC, IP route
and MPLS label push/pop/swap tables.
The DM4100 models provide high capacity of RAM memory in order to allow a high capacity for table
storage in software (RIB, MRIB, LRIB, L2RIB, etc.), ensuring more than twice of capacity than the
hardware supplies (FIB, MFIB, LFIB, L2FIB, etc.). Besides that, it also provides a high processing
performance (CPU), enabling it to support elevated protocol sessions values, route processing and
rapid convergence of traffic in hardware.
IP/MPLS Networks(1)(4)
The DM4100 line supports IP routing (IPv4/v6) and both static and dynamic routing - RIP, RIPng,
OSPF(v3) and BGPv4.
DM4000 may be used in MPLS network as LER (Label Edge Router) or LSR (Label Switch Router).
For the MPLS infrastructure, it is possible the establishment of LSPs or MPLS tunnels through LDP or
RSVP-TE protocols, with FRR support, as well as LDP over RSVP-TE tunneling feature support.
LSPs may be assembled over interfaces 1Gbit/s (electrical or optical), 10Gbit/s (XFP) and interfaces
802.3ad (LAG).
Using LDP infrastructure, it is possible to use the VPN services in configuration such as: point-to-point
(VPWS), point-multipoint (VPLS) and in hierarchical mode (H-VPLS), named L2VPNoLDP.
Using RSVP infrastructure, it is possible to implement the service L2VPN-TE, which use a RSVP tunnel
as destination (L2VPNoRSVP). If the infrastructure contains the LSP and RSVP protocols, this service
is named L2VPNoLDPoRSVP.
Stacking3
It is possible to stack up to eight pieces of equipment so that, from the management point of view,
the units behave as a single switch with more ports. The features will become available among
different units in a transparent manner, such as VLANs, logic ports, QoS and ports monitoring.
In order to ensure a high availability for the solution, the stacking may be implemented by forming a
ring among the elements, providing protection in a failure situation. In this situation, any unit can
operate as the master (1:N protection).
The DM4100 PoE models allow passing electric power through its Ethernet Interfaces, according to
IEE 802.3at e IEEE802.3af standards, transmitting data and energy along Cat.5e ou Cat.6 cables.
Without external power source (RPU), the switches can provide up to 15,4W (IEEE802.3af) on all
ports or up to 34,2W (IEEE802.3at) on half of the ports. With the external RPU accessory (RPU), it
possible to supply up to 34,2W on all ports of the switch.
The DM4100 has eight queues per port, implementing QoS in hardware, without impact in the system
performance.
The QoS policies are implemented through many techniques, such as: priority algorithms, which
define that a certain data flow will always have a higher priority, assign priority levels to each queue,
determine minimum forwarding rates or a combination of these methods.
The traffic classification can be performed via VLANs, input ports, IEEE 802.1p standard, IP
Precedence or DSCP fields, TCP and UDP ports, among other.
QoS policies can be applied to physical or logic interfaces.
The filter/meter/ACL functions are performed by the ASIC, without impact in the CPU performance or
in the packets forwarding.
The bandwidth control has an 8kbit/s granularity at the CIR (Committed Information Rate) and PIR
(Peak Information Rate) and may be applied to the incoming or outgoing traffic of ports or to a
certain packet flow by means of filters.
The filters are quite flexible features, allowing multiple matches and actions on the packets. Some of
the filter options supported are listed below:
Match: 802.1p, all, destination-ip, destination-mac, destination-port, dscp, ethertype,
protocol, source-ip, source-mac, source-port, tos-bits, tos-precedence, vlan, etc.
Action: Permit, deny, 802.1p, 802.1p-from-tos, counter, drop-precedence, dscp, egress-block,
int-802.1p, pkt-802.1p, pkt-802.1p-from-tos, redirect-port, etc.
The DM4100 line has mechanisms to ensure operation and maintenance security on the installed
network. Besides the usage of encryption in the communication protocols, it is possible to specify by
means of filters which workstations in the network may access the equipment on an administrative
level.
Using local (at least 4000 lines) and remote Syslog, user authentication, authorization and accounting
(AAA) via RADIUS and TACACS+, alarm notice by e-mail, single clock via SNTP and protection against
Denial of Service attacks (DoS/DDoS). In additional DM4100 implements the port authentication of
multiple users via 802.1x, having 1024 users per device and 256 users per port.
For Metro Ethernet applications there are also: limitation of MAC numbers per port and per VLAN,
protection mechanisms on L2 and L3 protocols against network attack, bandwidth limitation for
broadcast and multicast traffic and Destination Lookup Failure (DLF).
VLANs
Virtual LANs may be built on DM4100 Switches using all of the 4094 VLANs(10) defined in IEEE 802.1q
standard simultaneously, offering double tagging (Q-in-Q) functionality as well as define VLAN per
protocol, MAC address and IP subnet.
The DM4100 Switch family also provide the feature Private VLAN. The Private VLAN feature enables
to define sub-domains where the sub-domain members are able to communicate or not between
each other, according the sub-domain type: Isolated or Community. In addition it is possible to
define Promiscuous members that can communicate with all members of the Private VLAN.
The DM4100 allows the Access Control Lists (ACLs) / Filters creation in hardware, with multiples
comparison parameters and action, which enable the modification, forwarding, discard or
prioritization of packages in logical and physical interfaces. The product has ingress and egress filters
which perform layer 2, 3 and 4 matches, such as: source IPv4/v6, destination IPv4/v6, TCP/UDP
source port, TCP/UDP destination port, protocol, source and destination MAC address, DSCP mark,
etc. The filters are capable to associate executed actions in hardware. For example: discard of
packages, remark of priority 802.1q, bandwidth limitation, etc.
Filters can be associated to the counter resource in order to obtain packets statistics and/or
send/received bytes. This information can be viewed through CLI interface, as well as being exported
through the management interface SNMP. The many match options make possible a great variety of
monitoring modes of data flow, VLAN/VPN traffic, etc.
Protection Mechanisms
In layer 2 are available the Spanning Tree protocols, including Rapid Spanning Tree (RSTP), which
has shorter conversion times, Multiple Spanning Tree (MSTP) for better resource allocation and
greater scalability, as well as the protocols of Ethernet Automatic Protection Switching (EAPS),
Ethernet Ring Protection Switcing (ERPS), and ITU-T G.8032 (including Amendment A) protocols,
which are specific for sub-50ms protection in Ethernet rings. Using the Link Aggregation (LAG)
feature, it is possible to group physical ports to form logical ports, with automatic load balancing and
time recovery under 200ms. This way, it is possible to build topologies featuring protection and quick
failure recovery for Metro Ethernet applications.
Troubleshooting
The DM4100 Series offers many resources to assist the operator in the monitoring and, problems or
abnormalities solution in the network or equipment performance.
Multicast L2 e L3
Designed to multicast applications, the DM4100 forward the multicast packages of L2 and L3 in
hardware. It supports the protocols IGMP v1/v2/v3, MLD v1/v2, PIM-SM with support in hardware for
PIM-Register messages encapsulation, in accordance with RFC4601 and the PIM-SSM function,
according RFC4607. It also supports Designated Router (DR) election and Rendezvous Point (RP)
configuration by static mode or via BootStrap.
L2 and L3 multicast applications are supported through 4,096 L2/L3 IP groups. Are also implemented
the IGMP multicast protocol (snooping and query functions), MLDv1/v2, MVR feature and PIM
protocol.
OAM Ethernet
DM4100 Series support End-to-End OAM (CFM) according IEEE 802.1ag and ITU-T Y.1731. Thus, it is
possible to perform a proactive monitoring of connectivity (Continuity Check) and failure isolation by
Loopback Messages (L2 ping) and Linktrace Message (L2 traceroute).
The equipment provides support Point-to-Point OAM (EFM), according IEEE 802.3ah standard. It
enables the failure indication, including Dying Gasp, Unidirectional Link and Critical Event. The EFM
works with configurable PDU gaps, ensuring interoperability with other trademarks.
FTTx Applications
The DM4100 Series feature the provision of Fiber-to-the-Wherever services, since the equipment
ports have SFP interfaces, allowing the use of different types of optical modules accordingly to the
fiber type, speed and distance chosen.
The DATACOM SFP, SFP+ and XFP modules are tested to fulfill the INF-8074i and IEC60825-1
Specification. Non-approved modules do not guarantee the correct operation of the equipment and
can damage the interface cards. From Firmware version 12,4 onwards, DATACOM equipment family
will allow the usage of non-homologated SFPs. However, in previous firmware versions the DATACOM
equipment will check if the SFP is homologated and if not, it will perform the lockout of the module.
Contact the technical support of DATACOM to further information about the risks of usage of non-
homologated SFP and the possibility of unlock them.
The power sources for the have the following characteristics (according to above table):
- Redundant AC/DC Hotswap: removable power source unit, with AC 100V ~240V 50Hz/60Hz or DC 48V/60V +-20% input;
- Internal AC + Optional RPU: internal fixed power source unit with AC 100V~240V 50Hz/60Hz input;
The following table shows the internal tables and interfaces capacities of the DM4100 products:
Characteristics Details
Flow Control Backpressure in half duplex; PAUSE (IEEE 802.3x) in full duplex
Command Line Interface (CLI) via SSHv2 (IPv4/IPv6), Telnet (IPv4/IPv6) and Console
RJ45, USB(1) or RS232
OAM (EFM – IEEE 802.3ah, CFM – IEEE 802.1ag, Y.1731 and E-LMI)
Traffic Monitoring via SNMP to interface traffic and CPU usage and processor
memory
NTP / SNTP
IEEE 802.1x with guest vlan, restricted vlan and vlan assignment
Security Syslog Local and Remote with support to Multiples Syslog Servers
Voice VLAN
Backup-Link
Loopback Detection
BPDU Guard
Link flap
Equivalent use to non-aggregated links for L2, L3, MPLS and QoS functions
Link Aggregation
Configurable Load Balance Criteria (i.e MAC, IP, etc.)
Allow Link Aggregation groups with ports from different switches in a stacked
configuration
Aging L2
Captive Portal
IEEE
802.3 10 BASE T
ISO
MEF
IETF
RFC5942 IPv6 Subnet Model: The Relationship between Links and Subnet Prefixes
Routing
RFC2385 Protection of BGP Sessions via the TCP MD5 Signature Option
Multicast
RFC4541 Considerations for Internet Group Management Protocol (IGMP) and Multicast
RFC4601 Listener
Protocol Discovery (MLD)
Independent Snooping
Multicast Switches
– Sparse Mode (PIM-SM)
MPLS
QoS
RFC3670 Information model for describing network device QoS datapath mechanism
MIB e SNMP
RFC1215 A Convention for Defining Traps for use with the SNMP
RFC1650 Definitions of Managed Objects for the Ethernet-like IF Types using SMIv2
RFC2674 Definitions of Managed Objects for Bridges with Traffic Classes, Multicast Filtering
and
and Virtual
Virtual LAN
LAN Extensions
Extensions
RFC4363 Definitions of Managed Objects for Bridges with Traffic Classes, Multicast Filtering
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