Procera Networks - Policy Enforcement in Motion

The PacketLogic Real-Time Enforcement platforms (PRE) utilize multiple hardware platforms that run the same operating software. Each of the platforms offer consistent feature richness enabled through the different PacketLogic software modules: LiveView, Filtering, Traffic Shaping, and Statistics. The PacketLogic hardware platforms offer a range of configurations from the entry-level 4 Mbps PL5600 through 2 Gbps PL7720. The mid-range PL8720 is a 2RU unit with up to 16Gbps throughput. At the top of the line are the PL8820 - a 30Gbps appliance in a compact 2 RU form factors, and PL10000 series with capacity up to 120Gbps and 10M subscribers per system. It consists of a modular AdvancedTCA (ATCA) chassis solution in two sizes – PL10005 6RU and PL10014 13/14RU.

The PL7720 is Procera’s 2Gbps Intelligent Policy Enforcement (IPE) platform, with support for up to 2 channels of Gigabit Ethernet that can be used for traffic processing, or traffic diversion in a compact 2RU size. The PL7720 is designed for customers that are rapidly growing their network bandwidth from 100Mbps up to 1Gbps of capacity, and want a system that can be software upgraded to support their bandwidth needs. Two Gigabit Ethernet channels are supported in the system, with either copper, LX, or SX interfaces available for use.

The PL7720 is ideal for broadband customers deploying policy enforcement at peering points or in their access network for distributed deployments. Since the PL7720 is a small form factor, low power system, it can be more easily deployed in a decentralized access deployment than a larger, more expensive chassis-based system. PL7720 also provides easily accessible hot swap capable power supplies, fans and hard drives. The PL7720 supports network redundancy through bypass modules or through use of Layer 2 or Layer 3 network redundancy configurations.