AscenFlow

Enterprises are increasingly dependent on critical applications to operate their businesses. Today, it is unacceptable for any businesses to suffer from conference call lags, website downtime and poor VPN transfer speeds. In order to remain competitive, the broadband infrastructure must be free from congestion, application delays and slow transfer speeds.

AscenFlow delivers the most comprehensive WAN traffic management solution. It accurately analyzes bandwidth usage, monitors network traffic patterns, and intelligently categorizes all traffic flowing between the LAN and WAN. AscenFlow uses Deep Packet Inspection (DPI) technology to identify Layer 7 application traffic with pinpoint precision. The identified traffic is then categorized and given priority based on predefined Quality of Service (QoS) and traffic management policies. For example, applications can be given a guaranteed minimum amount of bandwidth and/or can be limited to the use of a maximum amount of bandwidth. This form of policy-based management is aimed at preventing network congestion while ensuring critical business applications receive sufficient bandwidth for peak performance.

AscenFlow’s DPI technology solves network congestion by identifying and restricting bandwidth to recreational applications such as P2P, iTunes, YouTube, Facebook and online gaming. Performance of mission-critical applications is assured by designating and minimum guaranteed bandwidth based on traffic management policies. AscenFlow’s revolutionary string matching technology accurately identifies Layer 7 protocols, enabling fast and precise data analysis to enhance application delivery by filtering out unwanted bandwidth-abusing applications.

Flexible traffic management portfolios can be established on all inbound and outbound traffic to avoid application delays, connection failures, and to prevent bandwidth misuse. AscenFlow enforces the policies to deliver optimized traffic flow as well as providing unmatched visibility into bandwidth usage and subscriber behavior for businesses to confidently run their applications.

AscenFlow Solves:
Bandwidth Congestion
AscenFlow categorizes and arranges traffic based on policies. Certain traffic can be prioritized over others and peak hour usage can also be controlled, by guaranteeing minimum bandwidth availability or limiting maximum usable bandwidth.

Bandwidth Misuse
Limits bandwidth-abusing and non-business related applications such as P2P, YouTube and social networking.

Lack of Network Visibility
DPI technology penetrates deep into Layer 7 protocols to analyze traffic patterns and enhance network monitoring.

Poor Application Performance
With bandwidth management, business–critical applications such as VPN, ERP, VoIP and Video Conferencing are guaranteed sufficient throughput to deliver optimal performance.

Management of Bandwidth
All traffic between the WAN and LAN is categorized and filtered based on traffic shaping policies to ensure business policies are properly enforced.

Management of Users
Accounts can be individually or collectively managed to control bandwidth usage, network access time and transfer speeds.

Specification

Model                   M2001 M2005 M2010 M2020 M2020M M3020 M3050 M3100 M3100M M6100 M6200 M6300 M6300M
Bandwidth 10 Mbps 50 Mbps 100 Mbps 200 Mbps 200 Mbps 500 Mbps 1 Gbps 1 Gbps 2 Gbps 3 Gbps
Maximum Connections 100k 500k 500k 1M 1M 1M 2M 2M 4M 8M
Classes 128 512 512 1024 1024 1024 2048 2048 3027 4096
Network Interface LAN/WAN Bridge Paris
LAN/WAN Bridge Pairs
10/100/1000 Base-TX 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2
1000/Base-SX/LX (SFP)
(Note 1)
2 2 2 2 2 2
Pairs with Bypass
(Note 2)
2 2 2 2 2+2 (Option) 2+2 (Option) 2+2 (Option) 2+2 (Option) 2+2 (Option) 2+2 (Option)
Optional Internal Module LAN/WAN Bridge Pairs
1000/Base-SX with Bypass 1 1 1
10000/Base-SX (SFP+)
(Note1)
1 1 1
Other Ports
Management/Auxiliary
Interface Ports
2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2
Physical Specifications
Dimension (mm) 443x292x44 443x292x44 443x292x44 443x292x44 426x396x44 426x396x44 426x396x44 431x580x88 431x580x88 431x580x88
RU 1U 1U 1U 1U 1U 1U 1U 2U 2U 2U
Weight (kg) 3.2 3.2 3.2 3.2 6.2 6.2 6.2 19 19 19
Max. Power Consumption(W) 30 30 30 30 105 105 105 225 225 225

1. Fiber SFP/SFP+ modules are not included and must be supplied by customer.
2. SFP Ports require optional, external fiber bypass modules.
3. Optional 2nd unit for all models.
4. This specification is subject to changes without notification.