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Overview :
Aricent MPOA-Server (MultiProtocol Over ATM) software is a portable implementation of the ATM Forum MPOA specification. It consists of the MPOA Server (MPS) and the Next Hop Server (NHS) components. It provides Target Resolution services to the MPOA Clients (MPC) and the Next Hop Clients (NHC).
Features :
- Supports Multiple Server Incarnations
- Support for Interoperability with Next Hop Resolution Protocol (NHRP) only devices.
- Supports IP and IPX protocols.
- Supports Route Record option for Optimal Shortcut VCC establishment.
- Supports Route Record suppression in NHS.
- Optimized Ingress/Egress Functionality in MPS.
- Support for handling incoming shortcuts and subsequent data on behalf of Egress Nodes.
- Point-to-Multipoint support for Keep Alive protocol.
- Supports MPOA Trigger functionality.
- Support for Static Route Cache in NHS for reachability into non-MPOA ATM networks (E.g., IPOA).
- Supports LRU (Least Recently Used) policy for efficient VCC management.
- Support for Next Hop Clients.
- Provides support for UNI 3.0, UNI 3.1 and UNI 4.0 Signaling.
- Provides Standard and Extended DLPI support for Higher and Lower Layers.
- Seamless integration with Aricent UNI and Aricent LANE2.
- Provides complete management capabilities based on SNMP.
- Provides portable buffer management and timer management libraries.
Benefits :
Aricent MPOA-Server reduces the time to market for OEMs and VARs who wish to support the MultiProtocol Over ATM functionality on their routers or switches.
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