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What are some of the performance/functionality features introduced in earlier versions of Nortel Application Switch Operating System?

April 26, 2017application features functionality introduced Nortel operating system PERFORMANCE Switch versions

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What are some of the performance/functionality features introduced in earlier versions of Nortel Application Switch Operating System?

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• Full Layer 7 SIP load balancing • Symantec’s Intelligent Network Protection • Support for WAP – Wireless Access Protocol • Support for Windows Terminal Services • Support for IBM’s Workload Manager • Support for Oracle Enterprise Manager • Support for Softricity’s SoftGrid • Connection Pooling (TCP Multiplexing) • P2P filtering and P2P rate limiting (ITM) • Enhanced Global Server Load Balancing • BOGON (bogus IP) filtering • TPS Enforcement point • Multi Packet Inspection allows “chaining” of patterns groups in ITM • Packet Counters • Contract Based Mirroring to isolate traffic for troubleshooting • High Availability – Stateful failover • Port teaming • VPN Load Balancing Persistence – “Glues” the IKE connection to the IPSec connection – perfect when VPN links flap • Buddy Server Health Check • IPv6 support • XML Configuration API • Hosted Overlap NAT Support • 802.1s and 802.1w – support for Multiple Spanning Tree (MSTP) and Rapid Spanning Tree (RSTP) respectively • FTP Transfer Sup