CHIARO CONFIDENTIAL Chiaro Networks Dr. Eyal Shekel March 2003

2 Chiaro Networks Ltd. Proprietary Information 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

3 Chiaro Networks Ltd. Proprietary Information 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 GlobalArbitration Crossbar Switch Program-mableI/O Program-mableI/O Program-mableI/O Program-mableI/O Control Plane

4 Chiaro Networks Ltd. Proprietary Information 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 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

5 Chiaro Networks Ltd. Proprietary Information Current GRID participation Optical Switch LambdaGrid OptIPuter GRID Testbed Cal-(IT) 2 UCSD