Sun Netra Value
Sun Netra Systems are ruggedized for superior reliability in extreme environments, and offer exceptional scalability in the rackmount and ATCA blades form factors across processing, memory, and I/O. And, they give you more choices than any other Service Provider offering. Here are some of the distinguishing characteristics of the Sun Netra line:
The broadest product portfolio of NEBS Level 3 Certified carrier-grade servers
NEBS certification ensures that the server's design and manufacturing quality satisfy the telecommunications industry's strictest standards for reliability and availability under extreme conditions, including temperature, humidity, shock, and vibration.
Rackmount and ATCA blade servers form factors
Two distinctly different form factors fill separate needs for all growing Service Providers. Rackmount systems are self-contained and provide economic scalability and incremental growth, one box at a time. The ATCA blade servers offer exceptional compute density and flexibility by allowing you to mix and match up to twelve blades with different processors running the Solaris Operating System, Windows, or Linux, in the same enclosure. The ATCA blades often provide the most flexible and scalable approach to rolling out new subscriber services such as the reference architecture for WiMAX based on the Sun Unified Network Platform.
Best-in-class Intel Xeon, AMD Opteron, and UltraSPARC performance
Choose the processor that's best for your application set to optimize not just performance, but also power consumption, cooling efficiency, and multithreading capabilities.
Operating system choices: the Solaris OS, Windows, Linux
While the Solaris OS is the top choice of global Service Providers, Sun also provides and fully supports the other popular carrier-grade choices, which will broaden with the pending availability of the first CG Linux for UltraSPARC servers.
Consolidation and virtualization platforms
The ultra-dense design of the rackmount servers such as the Netra T5440 server, coupled with the dramatic space and power efficiency, make these servers ideal consolidation and virtualization platforms. The Netra ATCA systems, holding up to twelve blades with different processors running several operating systems in the same chassis, are the virtualization choice for customers looking for carrier-grade blade choices.
Unique carrier-grade software suites, solutions, and technologies
Our telco-optimized software solutions give you an umbrella of coverage and integrated capabilities within one support service, including Sun System Management, Sun Netra Dataplane Suite, and MySQL Carrier Grade Edition, and of course, a vast offering of open source software.
NEBS-certified storage arrays
While we fully endorse all of our StorageTek storage arrays for Service Providers, you can further ensure the rugged quality of your systems with our NEBS certified StorageTek Arrays:
Sun Services specifically for Service Providers
Built on Sun's industry-leading experience with Service Providers, Sun Services anticipates your needs and offers unique programs to optimize system performance and availability, Sun Consolidation/Virtualization services, and Sun Eco Innovation solutions to cut energy costs through eco-friendly datacenters. Better yet, the highly acclaimed Sun Customer Ready program delivers fully configured, ready-to-run systems built to your specs.
Big advantages for Network Equipment Provider OEMs
Sun's Extended Availability Program (EAP) allows OEMs to extend product lifecycles up to 24 months after the last ship date. Check out our additional support for OEMs, including Product Change Management and OEM Program Management.
A rich ISV ecosystem
Sun maintains close working relationships with leading ISVs in the Service Provider marketplace to deliver the most advanced Sun Netra solutions. See some examples of the Sun ISV applications running on the Netra platforms:
- Bridgewater Systems
Develops subscriber-centric service control solutions, including access
control and policy management software for fixed, mobile, and
converged networks.
Read about the Sun Netra and Bridgewater Systems Network Access Control Architecture solution
- Continuous Computing
A global provider of integrated systems and services that enable telecom equipment manufacturers (TEMs) to rapidly deploy next-generation networks.
Read about the Trillium Multi-Core SIP: Why Throughput Matters
- Zeus Technology
Application traffic management software and appliances designed to improve network and web-enabled applications by making them faster, more reliable, more secure, and easier to manage.
Read about the Sun Netra CoolThreads Servers and Zeus Technology solution
- Aricent
Aricent is a global innovation, technology and outsourcing company focused exclusively on communications. Aricent is a strategic supplier to the world's leading application, infrastructure and service providers, with operation in 19 countries worldwide. Read about the WiMAX ASN Gateway Reference Architecture and how Aricent SigASN software, a software framework designed to help providers quickly develop WiMAX ASN Gateway solutions, is at the core of this reference architecture.
Read about the WiMAX ASN Gateway Reference Architecture from Sun and Aricent
