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Smplcy, ease use and bes alue.
Glbal Cssngs pl Nanal and MeplanEene seces s exense and ncludes
GlbalCssng Eespee, Glbal Cssng Eelneand Glbal Cssng Bespke Eene.
Cllecely,ese seces pde:
> Unpecedened secuy
> A cce dedcaed saed bandwd
> Flexble bandwd upgades
> Pn-Pn, Pn-Mulpn Mulpncnnecy
> Pp-Pp and Pemse-Pemse sece and-
> Sngle Pn Cnac all Wde Aea Newkequemens
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BENEFitS oF iMPLEMENtiNG EthErNEt SErviCES
Flexbly - Pay or what you need now rather than whatyou may need
in the uture, by selecting the CDR that bestts your specic
requirements. Upgrade this in hours and
then pay or the additional bandwidth as your businessneeds
grow.
reduced Dwnme - The beauty o Ethernet is realisedwhen you want
to change the CDR between any o yourlocations - no truck roll is
required, no physical changesare needed and thereore downtime
during upgrades ispractically eliminated.
Cs Sangs - Ethernet services are more cost eectivethan legacy
WAN services and Ethernet interaces areextremely low cost (most
Routers include them in basecongurations now). The ease o managing
a transparentEthernet LAN/WAN improves cost savings through the
useo existing LAN management tools and skilled resource.
reenue Genean - With the bottlenecks removed inthe WAN,
businesses can use the increase in capacity todeliver new or
enhanced services that will generatepreviously unavailable
revenues.
Cnsldan - Servers have traditionally been dispersedthroughout
the network, due to bottlenecks in the WAN,to provide end users
with better response times. Toassist with management and
maintenance, networkmanagers have had to employ third party
providers withcostly maintenance and support agreements. By
removingthe bottleneck, Ethernet changes the rules,
allowingconsolidation o server resources into
centralisedlocations.
Busness Cnnuy - Ethersphere has extremelyfexible service
delivery options to ensure your locationsare always connected - be
it dual tail circuits or evenusing VPLS to add your DR site into
the same VLAN as
the hub site.
WhAt iS EthErSPhErE?
Eespee s a fexble, eslen, cs eeceLaye 2 managed Eene sece pdng
cnnec-y beween w me lcans m 1Mb 1Ggab. Eespee uses reslen Packe
rng(rPr) ecnlgy dele Eene e MPLS.
Global Crossing has extensive National and Metropolitancoverage
throughout the UK via over 100 Points oPresence (PoPs). You choose
10Mb, 100Mb or Gigabit
Ethernet connection rom which Global Crossing createssecure
Virtual Connections (VCs) to all o your locations.Global Crossing
then allocate a Committed Data Rate(CDR) to each VC to meet your
specic requirements.Global Crossing oers competitive Service
LevelAgreements due to the highly resilient build o ourEthersphere
network inrastructure. Should a ailureoccur RPR oers signicant
protection through RingWrap. Ring Wrap is used in the event o a bre
break orhardware ault - Ethersphere switches automaticallywrap the
dual counter rotating rings to ensure connec-tivity is restored (in
less than 50ms). In addition to theresilient nature o RPR, low
latency is ensured throughSpatial Reuse Protocol - the core
switches are aware othe destination or all trac and will always
take the mostecient route.
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a epuan beng b cs eece and elable. Cnsaned many yeas e LAN
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EthErSPhErE At A GLANCE
Sece opns
Pn Pn - A transparent Ethernet connection betweenany two
locations allowing extension o the LAN betweensites. This service
supports both untagged and tagged VLANtrac as described in
IEEE802.1Q.
Pn-Mulpn/Mulpn -By nominating a hub site allremote sites connect
back using VCs. Global Crossing al-locate unique VLAN IDs to each
location, which are attached
to Ethernet rames on ingress to the network, these are
thenstripped on egress ensuring your trac (and any local
VLANinormation) is delivered securely across our network.
Secuy
All customer ports are physically separate. By utilisingMPLS in
our core network we create Label Switched Pathsbetween our backbone
switches. We allocate unique VirtualLAN (VLAN) Identiers to each
location and create uniqueVCs between each port ensuring data is
secure at all times.Ethersphere is a layer 2 service and is
incapable o beingcompromised by potentially insecure layer 3
(Internet) trac.
Feaues
Ethersphere oers signicant improvements over legacyWAN
solutions.
> Cnnecy 10Mbps, 100Mbps, 1000Mbps interaces.CDR in highly
granular increments.
> Secue - Ethernet over MPLS with unique VLAN
IDverication.
> Pemance-Reports Available online daily, weeklyor
monthly.
> reslenRPR uses Ring Wrap and steering unctionalityto oer
sub 50ms restoration.
> Lw Laency RPR uses Spatial Reuse Protocol to routetrac
across the shortest path to ensure data is deliveredin the shortest
timerame possible.
> Scalable Bandwidth upgrades in hours rather than daysor
weeks.
FEAtUrE
Connectivity options
Committed Data Rates(per Virtual Connection)
Tail Circuits
Interaces
Backbone Technology
Service Availability Target
Fault Response Target
Fault Restoration Target
Delivery Targets
Coverage
Contract Period
Customer Service
Ethernet Service availability may vary by location. Errors and
Omissions excepted. Contents correctat time o press. April 2007
Global Crossing
EthErSPhErE oPtioNS
10Mbps, 100Mbps, Gigabit
10Mbps: 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10Mbps100Mbps: 10, 15, 20, 25, 30, 35,
40, 50,75,100MbpsGigabit100 - Gigabit in linear steps
10Mbps, 100Mbps, Gigabit
10/100-RJ45, Gigabit- Optical (GBIC)
Layer 2 MPLS over RPR
99.99% Pop to Pop99.9% premise-to-premise
4 hours
8 hours
20 working days Pop-to-Pop65 working days Premise-to-Premise
National UK including Metro London
1-5 years
Central support and proactivemanagement available 24 x 7 x
365
Global CrossingRosalind HouseJays Close
ViablesBasingstokeHampshireRG22 4BSUnited KingdomT +44 (0)1256
858685F +44 (0)1256 858601www.globalcrossing.com
Global CrossingGutleutstr.17560327 Frankurt am MainGermanyT +49
(0)69 238 05 90F +49 (0)69 238 05 926www.globalcrossing.com
