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EION Open IP Environment Forwarding Engine (FE) receives and forwards Protocol Data Units (PDUs) through network interfaces based on a forwarding table that provides the best route to the packet destination.
Forwarding Engine (FE) Highlights and Literature
EION Open IP Environment Forwarding Engine module is available in three different packages described below. Other product briefs offer more detailed information about VRRP, IS-IS, DiffServ QoS, NAT/PAT and PPP.
- Basic Software Forwarding Engine provides the following key features:
- IPv4 packet per RFC 1812, Unicast and multicast PDU routing, Support for Virtual Router Redundancy Protocol (VRRP),
- Support for Intermediate System to Intermediate System (IS-IS) protocol, An application programming interface (API) for interaction with other Open IP Environment modules, Portability to any third-party platform that provides packet capture and output facilities as well as input handlers and output drivers for Ethernet cards, Forwarding of OSI (IS-IS) packets and Reusability as a template for creating new forwarding engines.
- Software Forwarding Engine with integrated DiffServ QoS provides the following key features: Differentiated Services Quality of Service (DiffServ QoS), All features described in the Basic Forwarding Engine.
- Software Forwarding Engine with NAT/PAT and PPP provides the following key features: Network Address Translation/Port Address Translation (NAT/PAT), Point-to-Point Protocol (PPP), IPv4 packet per RFC 1812, Unicast PDU routing, An application programming interface (API) for interaction with other Open IP Environment modules and Portability to any third-party platform that provides packet capture and output facilities as well as input handlers and output drivers for Ethernet cards.
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Forwarding Engine (FE) Technical Specifications
RFC and Draft Support
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Forwarding Engine (FE) Buying Options
Forwarding Engine– Standalone Licensing
- Forwarding Engine can be licensed as a standalone protocol to
work with your existing product infrastructure.
- You can purchase outright for a product type or you can take advantage of our ‘pay-as-you-sell’ model to reduce your upfront cost.
Forwarding Engine– Integrated Platform Licensing
- Forwarding Engine can be licensed as part of EION’s platform
offering to reduce your total cost.
- You can purchase outright for a product type or you can take advantage of our ‘pay-as-you-sell’ model to reduce your upfront cost.
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Forwarding Engine (FE) Service and Support
Covers the cost of ongoing updates, patches, etc. Price is tied to level of support.
EION offers three levels of Support and Maintenance
| Basic Service Package |
- software updates
- phone and email access
- accessible 8 hours a day during the 5 weekdays
- next day response
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| Gold Service Package |
- software updates
- phone, email and pager access
- accessible 12 hours a day during the 5 weekdays
- same day response
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| Platinum Service Package |
- software updates
- phone, email and pager access
- accessible 24 hours a day and 7 days a week
- 4 hour response
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Engineering Services - Forwarding Engine
| Consulting |
Features, frameworks, protocols,
system integration, etc.
Deliverables: Documentation, software and advice
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| Custom
Development |
Features, frameworks, protocols,
system integration, etc.
Deliverables: Software & associated components
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| Testing and
Certification
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Compliance to RFCs
Assurance of good behaviour
Assurance of interoperability between the device and
the global internet
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