Metro Ethernet Routing Switch 8600

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colspan="2" bgcolor="#0E48AF" | align="center" colspan="2" style="font-size: larger;" | MERS 8600CO
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colspan="2" bgcolor="#0E48AF" | Metro Ethernet Routing Switch 8610CO
style="vertical-align: top;" | Height: | 35.0 in. (88.9 cm)
Width: | 17.4 in. (44.2 cm)
Depth: | 23.7 in. (60.2 cm)
Weight (empty): (fully loaded): | 184 lb (83.5 kg) 315 lb (142.9 kg)
Rack mountable: | Yes, 19-inch standard rack

Metro Ethernet Routing Switch 8600 or MERS 8600 is a modular chassis router and/or switch manufactured by Nortel now acquired by Ciena. The MERS 8600 supports the Provider Backbone Bridges (PBB), Provider Backbone Transport (PBT) technologies and carrier class Operations Administration & Maintenance (OAM) tools.

[http://www2.nortel.com/go/solution_assoc.jsp?segId=0&parId=0&catId=0&rend_id=17102&contOid=100188013&prod_id=55120 Provider Backbone Bridges (PBB) and Provider Backbone Transport (PBT); Technology overview]{{dead link|date=January 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}

Configurable as a 1.440 Terabit Switch cluster using SMLT and RSMLT protocols,[https://web.archive.org/web/20080219000122/http://products.nortel.com/go/product_assoc.jsp?segId=0&parId=0&catId=null&rend_id=1825&contOid=100175078&prod_id=44781&locale=en-US Ethernet Routing Switch 8600 Technical Specifications] cluster failover (normally less than 100 millisecond).{{cite web | url=http://www.tolly.com/ts/2007/Nortel/ERSswitches/Tolly207171NortelERSwitchSMLT.pdf | title=Evaluation of Resilient Routing Switches for Real-Time Multimedia Traffic with Microsoft Live Communications Server 2005 and Nortel MCS 5100 | publisher=The Tolly Group | access-date=2007-10-02 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110725220334/http://www.tolly.com/ts/2007/Nortel/ERSswitches/Tolly207171NortelERSwitchSMLT.pdf | archive-date=2011-07-25 | url-status=dead }}

BT uses the MERS 8600 PBB/PBT technologies in its 21st Century Network (21CN)[https://www.lightwaveonline.com/network-design/packet-transport/article/16672236/nortel-wins-role-in-bts-21cn Nortel wins role in BT's 21CN] and India has selected this platform for the most extensive IP network ever deployed by an international airport in India.[http://www.webwire.com/ViewPressRel.asp?aId=47600 Mial Chooses Nortel For New Communications Infrastructure At Mumbai’s Chha Trapati Shivaji International Airport]

The MERS 8600 has 3 chassis options

• 8006, 6-slot chassis for backbones of low density or high space premium
• 8010, 10-slot chassis for high availability and high scalability
• 8010CO, 10-slot NEBS-compliant chassis.

The chassis can be configured with one or two CPU modules (8692SF), and is normally configured with two or three load balancing power supplies.