Company Enhances xBFFG Family of 10/100/1000 Remotely Managed Network Interface Devices With Jumbo Frame Support

MINNEAPOLIS, MN -- (Marketwire) -- 05/18/09 -- Transition Networks Inc., the fiber access technology expert, a wholly owned subsidiary of Communications Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ: JCS), today announced the addition of Jumbo Frame support for its xBFFG remotely managed 10/100/1000 Network Interface Devices for the Point System(TM) modular chassis, as well as standalone versions. The Jumbo Frame xBFFG will support jumbo frames up to 10K in size.

The Jumbo Frame xBFFG is MEF 9 and MEF 14 certified to deliver Ethernet Private Line (EPL) and Ethernet Virtual Private Line (EVPL) services. Service providers can now monitor the link, activate loopback, provision the bandwidth, enter and manage VLANs, QoS and other configuration and troubleshooting items remotely from their Network Operations Center, significantly reducing network operating expenses (OpEx).

"Secure, remotely managed 10/100/1000 OAM/IP-based Network Interface Devices, coupled with a wide range of advance features, beyond monitoring and troubleshooting capabilities, provide an exceptional value for service providers and enterprise customers," said Patrick Schaber, Director of Marketing at Transition Networks. "Transition Networks continues its commitment to delivering feature-rich products. Our support for 10K jumbo frames enables those customers that require the higher performance to use jumbo frames over standard Ethernet frames, something that was once cost prohibitive and difficult to do."

Product Features

The Jumbo Frame xBFFG delivers superior management features via IP-Based remote management or via IEEE802.3ah OAM In-Band management. A remote loopback feature can be activated should troubleshooting be required.

Network security and segmentation is supported by IEEE 802.1q VLAN management, including double VLAN tagging (Q-in-Q) and VLAN tunneling. QoS and a wide variety of link monitoring, troubleshooting, and reporting features increase network performance. Digital diagnostics enables network administrators to measure the quality of the optical connection and report it over the OAM and SNMP management connection. Link Loss Notification signals the fault to the management system. IEEE802.1x and Radius enable user authentication and increase network security and ease of user management.

The Jumbo Frame xBFFG product family can be managed via a graphical user interface, such as Focal Point(TM), as well as any web browser, telnet or local serial command line interface.