High Performance Service Assurance for Ethernet

and IP Networks

EtherNID
EtherNID® & MetroNID®
Demarcation at the edge of the network provides assured, end-to-end
SLAs and standards-based management to deliver carrier-grade Ethernet
and IP services for even the most demanding applications.
Intelligent Demarcation
Accedian Networks’ High Performance Service Assurance™ platform the EtherNID®
and MetroNID® demarcation units, define the boundaries of the network, enabling
MetroNID end-to-end service provisioning and assurance with carrier-grade performance.
The EtherNID and MetroNID units are based on Accedian’s wire-speed Fast-PAAs™
chip, a unique hardware-based engine that provides advanced performance testing
and service creation capabilities in a low delay, carrier-grade, in-line hybrid test and
network element for compact and cost-efficient deployment at the boundaries of
the network.
Unlike store-and-forward architectures, Fast-PAAs’ proprietary silicon design
provides wire-speed pass-through performance without adding delay or delay
variation, while at the same time providing microsecond measurement resolution
and real-time processing for every packet flowing through the unit.

Product Highlights
Proprietary Hardware Design Hub
• 1 µs measurement resolution Cell
Site
Wireless
• Ultra-low delay performance Backhaul GbE
• Ideal for assuring real-time services Handoff Point
Core/Transport
Service Assurance and Creation Features Network Customer
LAN
• Establish SLA-backed Ethernet services, Metro/ Partner
point-to-point and multi-point Customer Access Carrier
LAN Aggregation Node
• Enhanced fast and flexible service
creation by mapping any VLAN IDs
to the same EVC.
• 1-way delay and delay variation,
throughput, packet loss, availability
and usage statistics
With MEF 9+14 and NEBS Level 3 certification, no moving parts and 3-way redundant
Test Set and Monitoring System Support power link protection, EtherNID and MetroNID units are truly carrier-grade. A variety
of mounting options ease installation at customer premises, cell sites, central offices
and aggregation nodes.

EtherNID Demarcation Device MetroNID Demarcation Device

Designed for service demarcation at the edge of your network,
EtherNIDs offer advanced, high performance service assurance
and creation directly from customer premises and cell-sites.
With a full range of Ethernet rates and interfaces, the EtherNID
fits your network from end-to-end.
Accedian’s high performance MetroNID demarcation device provides
carrier-grade demarcation within metro and access networks.
Designed for cellular hubs, aggregation nodes and CPEs, MetroNIDs
segment, monitor and bridge diverse networks, delivering traffic
conditioning and performance monitoring visibility.
 EtherNID® & MetroNID® - High Performance Service Assurance
for Ethernet and IP Networks

Service Assurance Functioning
PAA™ and SLA-METER
RFC-2544 Automated
Test Suite and Reports
Intelligent Loopbacks
Per-Flow Statistics
General Functionality
Jumbo Frames Support
All functions support Jumbo Frames up
to 10,240 bytes at all rates (10/100/1000
Mbps).
3–Way Redundant Power
Units can be powered using 5VDC, or dual
24 / 48 VDC feeds, all mutually redundant.
SNMP v1 and v2c
SNMP v1 and v2c support for monitoring,
alarms, OSS integration.
Dry-Contact Inputs4
Units support 2 dry-contact inputs
accessible through an RJ-45 connector.

Plug & Go™ Instant Provisioning

Service Creation and Automated zero-touch provisioning,
Traffic Conditioning auto-configuration and inventory tracking
Service Mapping capabilities.

Bandwidth Policy

Zero delay Traffic shaping

Wire-speed filtering

Switch Free Aggregation

PAA2 PAA3

PAA1 PAA4

Scales to 100 endpoints –

line, tree or mesh

Monitor 100s of Flows

Accedian Networks Inc. or SLAs
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High Performance Service Assurance, Performance
Assurance Agent, MetroNID, EtherNID, MetroNODE
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Accedian Networks may, from time to time, make
changes to the products or specifications contained
herein without notice. Some certifications may be In-service throughput testing with no impact to customer traffic
pending final approval, please contact Accedian
Networks for current certifications.

09/12 – rev 5.0