Bay Networks Inc, with the help of its Xylogics Inc acquisition (CI No 2,744), has announced its first family of remote access server products designed to help manage Internet Points of Presence. The products, which include the Remote Annex 6300, th e system 5000 MSX and accompanying Remote Access System Modules, are the first from a newly-formed Internet/Telecom Business Unit. The products’ purpose is to enable Internet service providers to integrate high-performance routing, switching and dial access into a single system. Bay claims Internet service providers will be able to support 360 simultaneous dial-in users. The Xylogics Remote Annex 6300 is a stand-alone mixed traffic remote access server that supports up to 30 analog or ISDN use rs over a primary rate ISDN connection. It supports 32 integrated V.34 digital modems alongside dial-in access from ISDN terminal adapters, PC Cards or ISDN route-rs; multiple networking protocols including Point-to-Point Protocol (TCP/IP, Novell IP X and AppleTalk), ARA, Serial Line and Compressed Serial Line Internet Protocol, host protocols such as Unix, Digital Equipment Corp and IBM Corp and a range of ISDN wide area network-based protocols. Network management comes as support for Annex Ma nager graphical user interface and Windows NT tools as well as Bay’s Optivity network management suite. The 6300 offers support for Radius, Bay’s ACP centralized Unix-based security server, NT domain authentication and options for token-based system s such as Kerberos, SecurID and Enigma Safe-Word. With 24 V.34 modems, the 6300 lists for $25,000 and is out now. Described as a low-cost multiservice access system, the System 5000 MSX features replaceable modules, hot swappable capabilities, red undant power supplies, and compliance with NEBS standards, which means that it can be used in a telecommunications environment. The three Remote Access System Modules can be inserted into the eight or 14-slot versions of the System 5000 MSX to provi de dial access for a range of users and remote access devices. Systems start with support for 32 modems and a single Primary Rate Interface and scale to 180 modems, 12 Primary Rate Interfaces and up to 360 simultaneous remote connections. The module s are the Remote Annex Primary Rate Interface which covers mixed traffic remote access; the Remote Annex CTI uses channelized T-1 digital line which carries as much as 24 analog lines and the Remote Annex/Async module for supporting 24 analog ports. There are additional modules available to support routing, switching and shared media traffic. The System 5000 MSX with 6 Primary Rate Interfaces or channelized T-1s with 144 V.34 modems lists for $117,100, and ships in about 90 days time.
