User Manual

ALCATELLUCENT
OMNISWITCH 6855
HARDENED LAN SWITCH
Alcatel-Lucent OmniSwitch™ 6855 Hardened LAN Switch (HLS) models are industrial grade,
managed, Gigabit and 10 Gigabit Ethernet switches designed to operate reliably in harsh
electrical environments and severe temperatures.
This superior, rugged hardware design,
coupled with the widely deployed and
field-proven Alcatel-Lucent Operating
System (AOS), makes the OmniSwitch 6855
ideal for industrial and mission-critical
applications that require wider operating
temperature ranges, more stringent EMC/
EMI requirements and an optimized
feature set for high security, reliability,
performance and easy management.
The target applications for these versatile
LAN switches are power utilities, trans-
portation and traffic control systems,
industrial factory floor installations,
video surveillance systems and outdoor
installations, all of which require gigabit
backbone connectivity.
FEATURES BENEFITS
Ruggedized hardware design Operates at a wider temperature range from -40°C to +75°C, with-
stands greater shock, vibrations, temperature and EMI/EMC tests
Convection cooling for fanless models or temperature triggered
fans for 24 port models
Increased reliability, and lower acoustic levels
Power over Ethernet (PoE) support on all copper models Enables converged applications by providing power to IP phones,
surveillance cameras, and wireless access points
Redundancy at all levels including power supplies, software
and hot-swappable. Small Form Factor Pluggable (SFP) modules
A field-upgradeable solution that makes the network highly available
and reduces operating expenses
Wire-rate switching and routing at gigabit speeds. Advanced
services incorporated in the operating system (OS): quality of
service (QoS), access control lists (ACLs), L2/L3, VLAN stacking,
and IPv6
Outstanding performance when supporting real-time voice, data, and
video applications for converged scalable networks
Extensive security features for network access control (NAC),
policy enforcement and attack containment
Fully secures the network at the edge, at no additional cost
Hardware-based virtual routing and forwarding (VRF) support on
OmniSwitch 6855-U24X
Enterprise-wide cost reduction through hardware consolidation
to achieve network segmentation and security without additional
hardware installation
Advanced, out-of-the-box auto- configuration, Link Layer
Discovery Protocol (LLDP) network policies and dynamic VLAN
allocation
Automated switch setup and configuration, and end-to-end VLAN
provisioning support cost-effective installation and deployment
Ready for Metro Ethernet access: VLAN stacking, multicast switch-
ing, Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) snooping/ option
82, ITU-T Y.1731, IEEE 802.1ag, IEEE 802.3ah and MAC-Forced
Forwarding (MEF 9/14 compliant)
Simplifies Metro Ethernet network OA&M for service providers