The T1600 uses the same components as the T640 and offers a seamless upgrade path that takes less than 90 minutes and is non-service affecting. “The challenge that service providers have is that this massive growth in scale and these requirements for taking service control mean that in many cases their installed legacy routers with a few 10 gigabit interface capability are going to need to be replaced over the next 12 to 24 months,” said Sardella. “Given this need to upgrade, what’s important is to be able to make a seamless upgrade, to be able to protect the investment they have made as much as possible in interfaces, infrastructure and operating processes. What we have is a unique system for upgrading with a kit from a T640 to a T1600 that is able to be done in service without disrupting any services.”

     Like the T640 and all T, M and J series routers, the T1600 also uses the JUNOS operating system, including the recently introduced point-to-multipoint MPLS capabilities for core video distribution, improvements in optical network integration, as well as 10gigabit Ethernet optical interfaces and 40gbps interface cards.