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To: Bruce Lieou who wrote (7265)	4/13/1999 10:37:00 AM
From: KYA27	Respond to of 21876

Lucent Technologies Unveils Cajun P120 Workgroup Switch Expandable, High-Performance Platform Provides 10/100/1000 Mbps Ethernet Capabilities Starting at Under $100 Per Port MURRAY HILL, N.J.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 13, 1999-- Lucent Technologies (NYSE: LU - news) today announced the Cajun(TM) P120 Workgroup Switch, a 10/100/1000 megabits per second (Mbps) Ethernet switch that is the newest member of its Cajun Campus enterprise data networking portfolio. The fully-featured Cajun P120 combines a high-performance switch fabric, flexible expansion capability, simplified installation and management and sophisticated network monitoring capabilities--all at a starting price of less than $100 per port. With the addition of the P120 to the Cajun product family, Lucent now offers one of the broadest portfolios of 10/100/1000 workgroup switches in the industry. The Cajun P120 provides 24 ports of 10/100 Mbps Ethernet, with a front panel expansion slot that supports a variety of available add-on modules, including: either one or two ports of Gigabit Ethernet, two fiber Fast Ethernet ports or eight-ports of 10/100 Mbps Ethernet. A four gigabits per second (Gbps) switch fabric enables wire-speed switching along with Hunt Group link aggregation support of up to eight 10/100 ports or two ports of Gigabit Ethernet. When combined with the Cajun P550 Gigabit Switch in the backbone, these P120 capabilities allow managers to build future-proof networks capable of scaling performance to meet the demanding bandwidth requirements of growing enterprises. ''Lucent's P120 joins a sophisticated, standards-compliant switch family that has provided us with a high degree of functionality at very competitive prices,'' said Bob Smiley, technology director for the 900-node, seven-building Stoughton School District, in Stoughton, Wisc., a Lucent Cajun Campus customer. ''The P120 offers the kind of high-performance bandwidth required by today's desktop users and, together with its add-on modules, will provide the district with choices and options to expand the network as required to accommodate tomorrow's applications.'' Designed for complete compatibility with both legacy and multivendor networks, the Cajun P120 Workgroup Switch complies with all major IEEE standards for Virtual LAN (VLAN) and Priority Tagging, Gigabit Ethernet, Spanning Tree and Flow Control. In addition, IGMP support, to be made available via a software upgrade, provides support for a wide variety of multicast applications. To simplify installation and management, the P120 includes a free Java(TM)-based device management application with an easy-to-use Graphical User Interface (GUI). A full-featured Command Line Interface (CLI) provides further flexibility by enabling remote configuration of the P120 via an external modem connection, while a secure telnet feature prevents unauthorized access to the switch. Sophisticated Network Monitoring Most competitive workgroup switches provide minimal network monitoring support. Lucent's Cajun P120 supports four groups of RMON I (Statistics, History, Alarms and Events), and is also designed to take advantage of the company's unrivaled Switch MONitoring (SMON(TM)) technology. SMON, scheduled to be available for the P120 via a software upgrade this summer, is the RMON MIB extension designed by Lucent specifically for switched networks. Set to become a widely adopted industry standard, SMON combines network-wide traffic monitoring of multiple SMON-enabled devices simultaneously, with an advanced drill-down capability to trace abnormal network conditions to individual hosts or servers. By extending SMON capability into the workgroup, the P120 greatly enhances the manageability of fully switched networks. Lucent's Cajun Campus Solutions are a comprehensive portfolio of highly reliable LAN products designed to alleviate the increasing demands on enterprise networks associated with the convergence of data, voice and video applications. These products include Ethernet, Asynchronous Transfer Mode (ATM) and multifunction switches ranging from sophisticated stackable switches to high-performance backbone chassis platforms capable of moving vast amounts of data traffic quickly and easily. Availability and Pricing The Cajun P120 Workgroup Switch and its related expansion modules are all scheduled to be available within 30 days at the following U.S. list prices: ----------------------------------------------------------- ---------- DESCRIPTION PRICE ----------------------------------------------------------- ---------- ----------------------------------------------------------- ---------- Cajun P120 Workgroup Switch (24 10/100 Mbps Ethernet ports) $2,395 ----------------------------------------------------------- ---------- ----------------------------------------------------------- ---------- ----------------------------------------------------------- ---------- ----------------------------------------------------------- ---------- Expansion Modules ----------------------------------------------------------- ---------- ----------------------------------------------------------- ---------- 2-Ports Fiber Fast Ethernet $ 895 ----------------------------------------------------------- ---------- ----------------------------------------------------------- ---------- 8-Ports 10/100 Mbps Ethernet $1,195 ----------------------------------------------------------- ---------- ----------------------------------------------------------- ---------- 1-Port Gigabit Ethernet (Short wavelength) $1,295 ----------------------------------------------------------- ---------- ----------------------------------------------------------- ---------- 1-Port Gigabit Ethernet (Long wavelength) $1,795 ----------------------------------------------------------- ---------- ----------------------------------------------------------- ---------- 2-Ports Gigabit Ethernet (Short wavelength) $1,995 ----------------------------------------------------------- ---------- ----------------------------------------------------------- ---------- 2-Ports Gigabit Ethernet (Long wavelength) $2,995