Chiaro Networks

1. Chiaro Networks Dr. Eyal Shekel March 2003 CHIARO CONFIDENTIAL

2. Chiaro’s Enstara Overview • Scalable capacity • 6.3 Tb/s capacity • 315X315 STM-64 equivalent • STM-1 thru STM–64 PoS, GigE • Fully compatible protocols • Unicast: BGP, OSPF, IS-IS • Multicast: PIM, MBGP, MSDP • MPLS: RSVP-TE, LDP, FRR • Quality of Service • 8 queue levels per port • Stateful Assured Routing (STAR™) • Stateful protocol protection extended to BGP, ISIS, OSPF, Multicast, and MPLS • Partitions • Key for network consolidation preserving operational boundaries Chiaro Networks Ltd. Proprietary Information

3. Program- mable I/O Program- mable I/O Crossbar Switch Program- mable I/O Program- mable I/O Global Arbitration Control Plane Optical Switching – Electronic routing • Scalable • Single to multi-chassis • Scale • Non-blocking crossbar • Single hop • Deterministic latency • Single hop • Programmable • “Soft” forwarding • ASICs with programmable network processors • Fault Tolerant • Hardware & software Chiaro Networks Ltd. Proprietary Information

4. Introduction – Optical Switch Module • 64x64 strictly non-blocking switch • Optical Phase Array Technology • Net switch-over time < 20nsec • Typical Loss ~ -13dB • Typical cross-talk ~ -30dB • Full manufacturing line • Fully integrated in IP router • Over a year in production • Telecordia compliance Chiaro Networks Ltd. Proprietary Information

5. Optical Switch Current GRID participation • LambdaGrid OptIPuter • GRID Testbed • Cal-(IT)2 • UCSD • www.calit2.net • www.chiaro.com Chiaro Networks Ltd. Proprietary Information