OmniSwitch 6860 (E)

Alcatel-Lucent OmniSwitch™ 6860 Stackable LAN Switches (SLS) are compact, high-density Gigabit Ethernet (GigE) and 10 GigE platforms designed for the most demanding converged networks. In addition to high performance and availability, the OS6860(E) offers enhanced quality of service (QoS), user authentication, deep packet inspection (DPI), and comprehensive security features to secure the network edge while accommodating user and device mobility with a high degree of integration between the wired and wireless LAN. The enhanced models of the OmniSwitch 6860 family also supports emerging services such as application fingerprinting for network analytics and up to 60 watts of Power over Ethernet (PoE) per port, making it ready to meet the evolving business needs of enterprise networks. These versatile LAN switches can be positioned: At the edge of mid- to large-sized converged enterprise networks At the aggregation layer In a small enterprise network core In the data center for GigE server connectivity and SDN applications The OmniSwitch 6860 family consists of these models: OS6860E-P24, OS6860E-P48, OS6860E-24, OS6860E-48, OS6860E-U28, OS6860-P24, OS6860-P48, OS6860-24, OS6860-48.

• Secure, versatile LAN switches to meet on-campus business needs
• Versatile features and models offering high density Gigabit and 10 Gigabit interfaces
• Up to 8 switches can be connected using Virtual Chassis technology to create a single chassis-like entity with up to 32 10Gigabit uplinks and 384 Gigabit ports
• IEEE 802.3af and 802.3at compliant PoE of 30 W per port on all ports
• The enhanced models of OS6860 family support up to 60W of PoE per port on 4 ports
• Hardware-accelerated Deep Packet Inspection (DPI) available on all models
• Application monitoring and fingerprinting is available on the enhanced models
• Advanced Unified Access features for converged campus network solutions in application fluent networks
• Integrated Policy with dynamic User Network Profiles
• Extensive security features for network access control (NAC), policy enforcement and attack containment SIP Fluency to provision and monitor QOS treatment of SIP flows
• Airgroup™ Network Services for Bonjour speaking devices
• Enables deployment of comprehensive and secure BYOD services in enterprise networks*:
• Advanced guest management capabilities
• Device on-boarding and automated 802.1x provisioning
• Device posture/health check and fingerprinting
• Application management
• OmniSwitch 6860 is SDN ready: Supporting programmable AOS RESTful APIs, OpenFlow and OpenStack allows the creation of specialized services

*Requires Aruba ClearPass

Secure, versatile LAN switches to meet on-campus business needs

• With the variety of interfaces and models, the OmniSwitch 6860 family meets any customer configuration needs and offers excellent investment protection and flexibility
• The OmniSwitch 6860 Virtual Chassis increases system redundancy, resiliency, and high availability while simplifying deployment, operations and management of the network
• With advanced PoE capabilities and high density of PoE ports, the OS6860 is ideal for converged campus deployments. It offers deployment flexibility, simplifing the wiring and reducing the time to deploy a variety of edge devices
• The OS6860 application monitoring capability provides network administrators with a comprehensive viewof the applications running in the network, enabling optimization and control of network performance
• With its advanced capabilities, the OS6860 shows outstanding performance when supporting real-time voice, data, and video applications
• OS6860E offers flexible deployment options and enables the network for BYOD deployments and zero-touch guest management
• OS6860E supports SDN for fast deployment of new network services Future proofs enterprise investment and enables interoperability with third party solutions