Configurable as a 1.440 Terabit Switch cluster using SMLT and RSMT protocols,[2] cluster failover (normally less than 100 millisecond).[3]
British Telecom (BT) is using the MERS 8600 PBB/PBT technologies in its 21 Century Network (21CN)[4] and India has selected this platform for the most extensive IP network ever deployed by an international airport in India.[5]
The MERS 8600 has 3 chassis options
8006, 6-slot chassis for backbones of low density or high space premium
8010, 10-slot chassis for high availability and high scalability
8010CO, 10-slot NEBS-compliant chassis.
The chassis can be configured with one or two CPU modules (8692SF), and is normally configured with two or three load balancing power supplies.