Procket Networks, a start-up based in Milpitas, California announced new performance and feature enhancements to its PRO/8801 and PRO/8812 routers, including new capabilities in system management, network security, and system availability. The enhancements include:
- the ability to deploy IPv6 based services along side current IPv4 services with no performance hit. The new software release enables Procket to support simultaneous IPv4 and IPv6 throughput of 960 Gbps in the PRO/8812 and 80Gbps in the PRO/8801.
- Substantial performance improvements to Procket's Policy Control List feature -- providing wire-speed throughput for 2500 line access lists over four OC192c interfaces
- MPLS facility based fast reroute, providing near-instant recovery for failed links in the network.
- enhanced high availability features for the Route Processor modules in the PRO/8812 routing platform.
- Statistical Packet Reporting, enabling per-flow industry-standard accounting of network traffic
- Multicast enhancements including Bidirectional PIM, enabling high bandwidth 'many-to-many' communications
- The Procket platforms are based on a customized chipset that includes a fully programmable 40 Gbps network processor and a Terabit Switch Engine. The scalable chipset can be used in platforms that range from 80 Gbps to 960 Gbps. The PRO/8801 router features 80 Gbps of total capacity and can support up to 40 high speed interfaces in a chassis that takes up 1/8 of a rack. The PRO/8812 router features 960 Gbps of total capacity and a forwarding rate of 1.2 billion packets per second. The routers support OC-3c, OC-12c, OC-48c, OC-192c, Gigabit Ethernet and 10 Gigabit Ethernet interfaces. All Procket routers use common line cards and media adapters, and the company estimates that its systems offer a reduction in power consumption and floor space of up to 50%. Procket's software is designed with self-monitoring, self-correcting, self-configuring, and self-protecting features. The company said its software is portable, platform- and processor-independent, and fully interoperable with existing IP routing software, including MPLS.
- As of March 2002, Procket Networks had raised $272 million in funding.
