Switches

9900 Series
Multi-layer IPv4 and IPv6 Gigabit Switches

AT-9924T
24 x 10/100/1000T copper ports and 4 x 1000X SFP combo ports

AT-9924T/4SP
24 x 10/100/1000T copper ports and 4 x 1000X SFP combo ports, high performance IPv6

AT-9924SP
24 x 1000X SFP ports

9900 series industry-leading Management stacking • Private VLANs, providing security and port
isolation of multiple customers using the same
features VLAN
Stacking provides CLI-based management of
The 9900 series reaches new and unmatched up to nine switches with the same effort as for • Supports 4096 Layer 3 interfaces
heights in performance, flexibility, and reliability. one switch.The Allied Telesyn solution uses • Supports 10kbyte Jumbo frame size 3

Packaged in a 1RU standard rackmount chassis, open standards interfaces as stacking links so • A Compact Flash port, accessible via the front
all 9900 switches incorporate a switching core that many switches can be stacked across panel, which conveniently enables configurations
and other information to be stored for backup,
that yields wirespeed Layer 3 IPv4 routing, different sites, which is not possible using the and for use on other switches
exceptional Quality of Service (QoS) features, proprietary stacking cable solutions. Also, the • Asynchronous management port available via the
and a robust hardware design with hot- use of open standards interfaces avoids the front panel for ease of access
swappable dual power supplies.The AT- use of expensive specialised hardware with • Gigabit SFP ports will support any combination
9924T/4SP is capable of high performance limited topologies. of 10/100/1000T, 1000SX, 1000LX, 1000ZX or
1000ZX CWDM SFPs
hardware-based Layer 3 IPv6 routing.
Reliability • Full environmental monitoring, with alerts to
Policy-based Quality of Service network manager in case of failure of any PSU or
Dual internal hot-swappable load-sharing FAN
Comprehensive, low latency QoS features power supplies provide ultimate space-saving • Extensive wirespeed traffic classification
operating at wirespeed provide flow-based reliability and redundancy for maximum service • Policy-based QoS features
traffic management with full classification, uptime. Both 110/240V AC and -48vDC PSU • Min / max bandwidth control with bandwidth
prioritisation, traffic shaping and min/max versions are available. There is no requirement slice resolution down to 1kbps for QoS Traffic
classes
bandwidth profiles. The AT-9924 QoS features for an external RPS, and combined with front-
are ideal for service providers wanting to to-back cooling and a 1RU height, the AT-9924 • Buffered max bandwidth control at egress on all
ports, and on each of 8 egress queues per port
ensure maximum availability of premium voice, is perfect for the high-density rack
• Two rate three colour (green, yellow, red)
video and data services, and at the same time environment where conditions are demanding bandwidth metering, with burst sizes for
manage customer Service Level Agreements and space is at a premium. improved TCP-IP bandwidth limiting performance
(SLAs). For enterprise customers, the AT-9924 • Low switching latency, ideal for voice and multi-
QoS features protect productivity by media applications
Key features
guaranteeing performance of business-critical • Advanced routing protocols OSPF, BGP4, RIP
• Huge capabilities and flexibility compressed into and RIPv2, DVMRP, PIM-SM, PIM-DM
applications including VoIP services, and help 1RU form factor
• MSTP (IEEE 802.1s) 4

restore and maintain responsiveness of • Front to back cooling for optimum rack/cabinet
• Port trunking (IEEE 802.3ad LACP)
enterprise applications in the networked airflow
• Port mirroring
workplace. • Operating temperature extends to 50ºC (122ºF)
• Wirespeed multicasting
• Internal dual hot-swappable AC or DC load-
IPv6 capability sharing power supplies remove the need for an • Management stacking with open standards based
expensive and rack space wasting RPS interfaces
The AT-9924T/4SP is one of the few switches
• Layer 2 and 3 IPv4 switching and routing at • SSH for secure management
on the market today that can provide high- wirespeed • IEEE 802.1x support
performance IPv6 unicast and multicast • High-performance hardware-based Layer 3 IPv6 • SNMPv3
routing, and IPv6 QoS features. The unicast and multicast routing 1
• TACACS+
AT-9924T/4SP delivers advanced IPv6 • Provides up to 256K Layer 3 IPv4 address table
capabilities allowing IPv6 early-adopters to get entries 2
a head start in the migration to next • Supports full 4096 VLANs with VLAN double
tagging
generation IPv6 networks.
9900 Series, Multi-layer IPv4 and IPv6 Gigabit Switches
Power to perform ENVIRONMENTAL ETHERNET
SPECIFICATIONS IEEE 802.1D MAC Bridges
The AT-9924 top-of-the-line multi-layer switch Operating Temp: 0ºC to 50ºC IEEE 802.2 Logical Link Control
is part of a series built to meet the needs of (32ºF to 122ºF) 7 IEEE 802.3u 100T
Storage Temp: -25ºC to 70ºC IEEE 802.3x Full-duplex operation
high performance network services. Together
(-13ºF to 158ºF) IEEE 802.3ab 1000T
with Allied Telesyn's advanced software feature Operating Humidity: 5% to 80% IEEE 802.3ac VLAN TAG
set, AlliedWare™, the AT-9924 is a superior non-condensing IEEE 802.3ad (LACP) Link Aggregation
high-density Gigabit switching solution, bringing Storage Humidity: 5% to 95% IEEE 802.1Q Virtual LANs
true intelligence to the network. non-condensing IEEE 802.1v VLAN Classification by
Operating Altitude: 10,000ft Protocol and Port
1
On the AT-9924T/4SP when fitted with the ACC-01 IPv6
accelerator card.
RFC 894 Ethernet II Encapsulation
PHYSICAL DIMENSIONS IEEE 802.3z Gigabit Ethernet
2
For 256K Layer 3 IPv4 address table entries, either the 256 Height: 44.5mm (1.75") 8
MB SDRAM or 512MB SDRAM (AT-9924T/4SP only) must GENERAL ROUTING
be fitted. Width: 440mm (16.7")
Depth: 440mm (16.7") 9 RFC 1918 IP Addressing
3
When Jumbo frame support is enabled, the MRU is 9714 RFC 791 IP
bytes for ports operating at 10/100Mbps, and 10,240 bytes Mounting 19" rackmountable,
(10kbytes) at 1Gbps. 1 RU form-factor RFC 950 Subnetting, ICMP
RFC 1812 Router Requirements
4
Multiple Spanning Tree Protocol (MSTP) will be available in a
future software release. Weight: RFC 1122 Internet Host Requirements
AT-9924T 6.8kg or 7.7kg packaged 10 RFC 792 ICMP
AT-9924SP 6.8kg or 7.7kg packaged 10 RFC 1256 ICMP Router Discovery
PERFORMANCE AT-9924T/4SP-A 7.4kg or 8.9kg packaged 11 Messages
AT-9924T and AT-9924SP AT-9924T/4SP-P 7.8kg or 9.3kg packaged 11 RFC 1288 Finger
• Switching capacity 48Gbps RFC 2131 DHCP
PSU Weight (AT-PWR01-80) (DC): 1.0kg
• Forwarding rate 35.7Mpps RFC 1542 BootP
PSU Weight (AT-PWR02-xx) (AC): 1.0kg
RFC 826 ARP
AT-9924T/4SP Fan only module weight (AT-FAN01): 0.6kg
RFC 925 Multi-LAN ARP
• Switching capacity 68Gbps RFC 3232 Assigned Numbers
ELECTRICAL APPROVALS AND
• Forwarding rate 35.7Mpps RFC 2661 L2TP
COMPLIANCES
Up to 256K IPv4 routes EMC RFC 2822 Internet Message Format
Up to 16,000 MAC addresses EN55022 class A, FCC class A, VCCI class A, RFC 903 Reverse ARP
4,000 VLANs AS/NZS CISPR22 class A RFC 1027 Proxy ARP
Up to 512MB CPU SDRAM (AT-9924T/4SP) Immunity: RFC 793 TCP
Packet buffer memory: EN55024, EN61000-3-2/3, CNS 13438 Class A RFC 768 UDP
• AT-9924T and AT-9924SP 64MB AppleTalk
• AT-9924T/4SP 160MB Safety Standards: RFC 2390 Inverse Address Resolution
16MB Flash memory UL60950-1, CAN/CSA-C22.2 No. 60950-1- Protocol
03, EN60950-1, EN60825-1, AS/NZS 60950 RFC 1332 The PPP Internet Protocol
RELIABILITY Certification: UL, cUL, TUV Control Protocol (IPCP)
MTBF RFC 1570 PPP LCP Extensions
AT-9924T and AT-9924SP COUNTRY OF ORIGIN
RFC 1661 The Point-to-Point Protocol
1 PSU: 130,000 hours 5 Singapore
(PPP)
2 PSUs: 240,000 hours 5
STANDARDS AND PROTOCOLS RFC 1762 The PPP DECnet Phase IV
Control Protocol (DNCP)
AT-9924T/4SP BGP-4 RFC 1877 PPP Internet Protocol
1 PSU: 100,000 hours 6
RFC 1771 Border Gateway Protocol 4 Control Protocol
2 PSUs: 200,000 hours 6
RFC 3065 Autonomous System Extensions for Name
POWER CHARACTERISTICS Confederations for BGP Server Addresses
AC: RFC 1997 BGP Communities Attribute RFC 1962 The PPP Compression
Voltage: 100-240V AC ±10% RFC 1998 Multi-home Routing Control Protocol (CCP)
auto-ranging RFC 2842 Capabilities Advertisement RFC 1968 The PPP Encryption
Frequency: 47-63Hz with BGP-4 Control Protocol (ECP)
RFC 2858 Multiprotocol Extensions RFC 1974 PPP Stac LZS Compression
DC: for BGP-4 Protocol
Voltage: 40-60vDC RFC 2918 Router Refresh Capability RFC 1978 PPP Predictor Compression
for BGP-4 Protocol
POWER CONSUMPTION
RFC 2439 BGP Route Flap Damping RFC 1990 The PPP Multilink Protocol
AT-9924T 75 Watts RFC 2385 Protection of BGP sessions
(256 BTU/hour) maximum (MP)
via the TCP MD5 Signature RFC 2125 The PPP Bandwidth
AT-9924SP 75 Watts option
(256 BTU/hour) maximum Allocation Protocol (BAP) /
AT-9924T/4SP-A 90 Watts ENCRYPTION The PPP Bandwidth
(307 BTU/hour) maximum FIPS 46-3 DES Allocation Control Protocol
AT-9924T/4SP-P 125 Watts FIPS 46-3 3DES (BACP)
(427 BTU/hour) maximum FIPS 180 SHA-1 RFC 2132 DHCP Options and
FIPS 186 RSA BOOTP Vendor Extensions
RFC 2104 HMAC RFC 2516 A Method for Transmitting
PPP over Ethernet (PPPoE)
RFC 1552 PPP Internetworking Packet
eXchange Protocol IPXCP
9900 Series, Multi-layer IPv4 and IPv6 Gigabit Switches
IP MULTICASTING MANAGEMENT OSPF
RFC 2236 IGMPv2 RFC 1155 MIB RFC 1245 OSPF protocol analysis
RFC 1075 DVMRP RFC 1157 SNMP RFC 1246 Experience with the OSPF
draft-ietf-idmr-dvmrp-v3-9 DVMRP RFC 1213 MIB-II protocol
RFC 1112 Host Extensions RFC 1643 Ethernet MIB RFC 1583 OSPFv2
RFC 1812 Router Requirements RFC 1493 Bridge MIB RFC 1587 The OSPF NSSA option
RFC 2715 Interoperability Rules for RFC 2790 Host MIB
QOS
Multicast Routing Protocols RFC 1573 Evolution of the Interfaces
RFC 2362 PIM-SM Group of MIB-II RFC 1349 Type of Service in the IP
draft-ietf-pim-dm-new-v2-04 PIM-DM RFC 2338 VRRP Suite
draft-ietf-pim-sm-v2-new-09 PIM-SM RFC 1757 RMON (groups 1,2,3 and 9) RFC 2205 Reservation Protocol
RFC 2665 Definitions of Managed RFC 2211 Controlled-Load
IPv6
Objects for the Ethernet- RFC 2475 An Architecture for
draft-ietf-ngtrans-hometun-01 IPv6 over IPv4 like Interface Types Differentiated Services
tunnels for home to Internet access RFC 2674 Definitions of Managed IEEE 802.1p Priority Tagging
RFC 3596 DNS Extensions to support Objects for Bridges with RFC 2697 A Single Rate Three Colour
IPv6 Traffic Classes, Multicast Marker
RFC 1981 Path MTU Discovery for IPv6 Filtering and Virtual LAN RFC 2698 A Two Rate Three Colour
RFC 2375 IPv6 Multicast Address Extensions (VLAN) Marker
Assignments RFC 2580 Conformance Statements RIP
RFC 2460 IPv6 for SMIv2
RFC 2080 RIPng for IPv6 RFC 1058 RIPv1
RFC 2578 Structure of Management RFC 1723 RIPv2
RFC 3513 IPv6 Addressing Architecture Information version 2 (SMIv2)
RFC 2461 Neighbour Discovery for RFC 2096 IP Forwarding Table MIB SECURITY
IPv6 RFC 2012 SNMPv2 MIB for TCP using IEEE 802.1x Port-based Network
RFC 2462 IPv6 Stateless Address SMIv2 Access Control
Auto-configuration RFC 2011 SNMPv2 MIB for IP using draft-ylonen-ssh-protocol-00.txt SSH Remote
RFC 2463 ICMPv6 SMIv2 Login Protocol
RFC 2464 Transmission of IPv6 RFC 1657 Definitions of Managed RFC 1779 X.500 String Representation
Packets over Ethernet Objects for BGP-4 using of Distinguished Names
Networks SMIv2 RFC 2459 X.509 Certificate and CRL
RFC 2472 IPv6 over PPP RFC 1515 Definitions of Managed profile
RFC draft-vida-mld-v2-08 Multicast Listener Objects for IEEE 802.3 MAUs RFC 2511 X.509 Certificate Request
Discovery (MLD) for IPv6 RFC 2856 Textual Conventions for Message Format
draft-ietf-ngtrans-introduction-to-ipv6- Additional High Capacity RFC 2559 PKI X.509 LDAPv2
transition-06 An overview of the introduction Data Types RFC 2587 PKI X.509 LDAPv2 Schema
of IPv6 in the Internet RFC 2579 Textual Conventions for RFC 2510 PKI X.509 Certificate
RFC 2526 Reserved IPv6 Subnet SMIv2 Management Protocols
Anycast Addresses RFC 1212 Concise MIB definitions RFC 2585 PKI X.509 Operational
RFC 3484 Default Address Selection RFC 2576 Coexistence between v1, Protocols
for IPv6 v2, and v3 of the Internet- PKCS #10 Certificate Request Syntax
RFC 2710 Multicast Listener standard Network Standard
Discovery (MLD) for IPv6 Management Framework draft-IETF-PKIX-CMP-Transport-Protocols-01
RFC 2711 IPv6 Router Alert option RFC 3164 Syslog Protocol Transport Protocols for CMP
RFC 2766 NAT-PT RFC 3410 Introduction and RFC 2865 RADIUS
RFC 2529 Transmission of IPv6 over Applicability Statements for RFC 2866 RADIUS Accounting
IPv4 Domains without Internet-standard RFC 1492 TACACS
Explicit Tunnels Management Framework draft-grant-tacacs-02.txt TACACS+
RFC 2893 Transition Mechanisms for RFC 3411 An Architecture for RFC 1413 IDP
IPv6 Hosts and Routers Describing SNMP RFC 1858 Fragmentation
RFC 3056 Connection of IPv6 Management Frameworks
Domains via IPv4 Clouds SERVICES
RFC 3412 Message Processing and RFC 2821 SMTP
RFC 3315 DHCPv6 Dispatching for the SNMP
RFC 3646 DNS Configuration options RFC 2049 MIME
RFC 3413 SNMP Applications RFC 1985 SMTP Service Extension
for Dynamic Host RFC 3414 User-based Security Model
Configuration Protocol for RFC 1305 NTPv3
(USM) for SNMPv3 RFC 1510 Network Authentication
IPv6 (DHCPv6) RFC 3415 View-based Access Control
RFC 3587 IPv6 Global Unicast RFC 2156 MIXER
Model (VACM) for the SNMP RFC 854 Telnet Protocol Specification
Address Format RFC 3416 Version 2 of the Protocol
RFC 3633 IPv6 Prefix options for RFC 855 Telnet Options Specifications
Operations for SNMP RFC 856 Telnet Binary Transmission
Dynamic Host RFC 3417 Transport Mappings for the
Configuration Protocol RFC 857 Telnet Echo option
SNMP RFC 858 Telnet Suppress Go Ahead
RFC 2365 Administratively Scoped IP RFC 3418 MIB for SNMP
Multicast Option
draft-ietf-bridge-8021x-00.txt Port Access RFC 1091 Telnet terminal-type option
RFC 3306 Supported IPv6 standards Control MIB
RFC 3307 Allocation Guidelines for RFC 1179 Line printer daemon
IPv6 Multicast Addresses protocol
RFC 1350 TFTP
 9900 Series, Multi-layer IPv4 and IPv6 Gigabit Switches

RFC 932 Subnetwork addressing The AT-9924T/4SP also includes a fan only Where xxxx = 1610
scheme module (this is a blanking module containing 1590
RFC 1945 HTTP/1.0 cooling fans that occupies the spare PSU 1570
position. It must be fitted when a second 1550
SSL
PSU is not present in the AT-9924T/4SP). 1530
RFC 2246 The TLS Protocol version 1.0
1510
draft-freier-ssl-version3-02.txt SSLv3 IPV6 ACCELERATOR CARD
1490
AT-ACC01 IPv6 accelerator card.
STP / RSTP 1470
(A minimum of 512MB of SDRAM is required
IEEE 802.1Q 2003 MSTP (IEEE 802.1s) 12
1310
if this card is to be fitted)
IEEE 802.1w 2001 RSTP
POWER SUPPLY UNITS
IEEE 802.1t 2001 802.1D maintenance NB: Specifying the AT-9924T/4SP-P-xx will
Spare hot-swappable load-sharing power
ensure that the IPV6 accelerator card will be
supply modules for the 9900 series of
X.25 factory fitted. Ordering of this card
RFC 1356 Multiprotocol Interconnect switches
separately will require it to be retro-fitted to
on X.25 and ISDN in the an AT-9924T/4SP-A-xx, which must be AT-PWR01-80
Packet Mode performed by a qualified service technician. -48vDC power supply module
ITU-T Recommendations X.25 (1988), X.121
(1988), X.25 SDRAM AT-PWR02-xx
AT-SD128A-00 128MB SDRAM AC power supply module
5
MTBF is measured and calculated according to the
Telcordia methodology, for data-path components only, (Not applicable for
with AT-PWR02 AC PSU(s) installed. AT-9924T/4SP) Where xx = 10 for U.S. power cord
20 for no power cord
6
MTBF is measured and calculated according to the
Telcordia methodology, for data-path components only, AT-SD256A-00 256MB SDRAM 30 of U.K. power cord
with AT-PWR02 AC PSU(s) installed, and no ACC01 40 for Asia/Pacific
installed. AT-SD512A-00 512MB SDRAM
power cord
7
0ºC to 40ºC (32ºF to 104ºF) for AT-9924T/4SP with (Only applicable for
50 for European
ACC01 installed. AT-9924T/4SP)
power cord
8
With rubber feet height is 51mm (2.00").
The AT-9924T and the AT-9924SP are
AT-FAN01-00
9
This depth measurement excludes the PSU handles. shipped with 128MB of SDRAM, which
Spare Fan Only Module (FOM) for the
10
One PSU. provides capacity up to 15K IPv4 routes.
AT-9924T/4SP
11
One PSU and one fan only module. The AT-9924T/4SP-A is shipped with 256MB
AT-9924FL3UPGRD-xxx
12
Multiple Spanning Tree Protocol (MSTP) will be available in of SDRAM that provides capacity for up to
AT-9924 full Layer 3 upgrade:
a future software release. 256K IPv4 routes.
• RSVP
The AT-9924T/4SP-P is shipped with 512MB • DVMRP
of SDRAM that provides capacity for up to • VRRP
ORDERING INFORMATION • PIM-SM
256K IPv4 routes and 64K IPv6 routes.
AT-9924T-xx • PIM-DM
24 x 10/100/1000T and 4 x 1000X SFP With 256MB SDRAM the AT-9924T and the
combo ports and 128MB of SDRAM factory AT-9924SP support up to 256K IPv4 routes. AT-9924ADVL3UPGRD-xxx
fitted. 9900 series advanced Layer 3 upgrade:
COMPACT FLASH • IPv6
AT-9924SP-xx Please contact your Allied Telesyn sales • BGP-4
24 x 1000X SFP ports and 128MB of representative for availability.
SDRAM factory fitted. AT-AR-VLANDTAG-00-xxx
SFP MODULES
AT-9924 VLAN double tagging (Q-in-Q /
AT-9924T/4SP-P-xx AT-MG8T
Nested VLANs) upgrade:
24 x 10/100/1000T and 4 x 1000X SFP 100m 10/100/1000T SFP (Copper, 100m at
• VLAN double tagging
combo ports. IPv6 hardware version with 1000Mbps, RJ45 connectors)
512MB of SDRAM and an IPv6 accelerator AT-AR-3DES-00-xxx (for SSL and SSH)
AT-MG8SX
card factory fitted. AT-9924 3DES upgrade:
550m 1000SX SFP (850nm, 2 to 550 metres
• 3DES
AT-9924T/4SP-A-xx with 50/125 um fibre, 2 to 275 metres with
24 x 10/100/1000T and 4 x 1000X SFP 62.5/125 um fibre) Where xxx = 00 for 1 shot
combo ports. IPv4 hardware version with 001 for 1 MTAC
AT-MG8LX10
256MB of SDRAM and support for ACC-01 005 for 5 MTACs
10km 1000LX SFP (1310nm, 2m to 10 km
IPv6 accelerator card for future upgrade to 010 for 10 MTACs
with 9 um SM fibre, 2m to 550m with 50 um
high speed IPv6 capability. 025 for 25 MTACs
MM fibre, 2m to 550m with 62.5 um MM
050 for 50 MTACs
Where xx = 10 for U.S. power cord fibre)
100 for 100 MTACs
20 for no power cord AT-MGZX 250 for 250 MTACs
30 for U.K. power cord 80 km 1000ZX SFP (1550nm, 80 km with
40 for Australian power cord An MTAC (Multi-Time Access Server Code)
9 um SM fibre)
50 for European power cord licence gives a number of generations on the
80 for 48vDC power supply AT-SPZX80/xxxx WebGen licensing server.
80km 1000ZX CWDM SFP (Wavelengths of
All 9900 series switches include a single PSU 1610nm to 1470nm (20nm intervals) and
module. 1310nm, 80 km with 9 micron SMF, LC
connector)

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