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Alcatel-Lucent OmniSwitch

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What is Alcatel-Lucent OmniSwitch?

Alcatel-Lucent provides the OmniSwitch family of switches, providing data center switching, Ethernet & LAN switches, support for IoT and edge solutions, SDN, ruggedization and industrial-grade solutions, and WebSmart switches.

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Are physical Appliances still a choice?

Incentivized
Verified User
Director in Product Management (10,001+ employees employees)

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

I used to be part of an organization responsible for the quoting and deployment of Alcatel-Lucent Omniswitches on customer networks. Mainly focused on dedicated Hw appliances connected to either a SIP Trunk or PRI/BRI/Analog lines.

Manufacturing environments or areas where ntw connectivity was not so strong were strongly looking for solutions like this one as it gave them the agility to avoid being controlled on whether the data connection was working.

Pros

  • Local Branch out
  • Segregation between data and PSTN traffic
  • DECTs and in warehouses mobility solutions

Cons

  • Being provided in Cloud environments
  • Out of the VPN connection and service usage
  • limited reach when using DECT antennas.

Return on Investment

  • Cloud platforms have a quicker rollout of new functionalities rather than a dedicated appliance
  • high initial OPEX which may require financing solutions vs Cloud platforms is most of times a no brainer in favour of Cloud
  • Fewer companies support Alcatel-Lucent OmniSwitch, thus it may be difficult to manage and support it on the medium to long term

Usability

Alternatives Considered

Webex Calling, Webex Meetings, Microsoft Teams, Genesys and NICE CXone Mpower

Other Software Used

Microsoft Teams, Zoom Phone, Webex Calling

Network solution and digital management system

Incentivized
Ganbare YakiView profile
Marketing Manager in Marketing at MANGO (10,001+ employees employees)

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

Alcatel-Lucent OmniSwitch helps us to discover the best switch that can fit our company operations. My team has been receiving the best marketing insights from various networking environments connected to our servers. It has created the best collaboration base with my partners and business colleagues. LAN across the entire company has created a suitable infrastructure for communication and controlling business processes. Faster internet speeds enhanced by effective connections have contributed to faster service delivery to our clients.

Pros

  • Building stable LAN for network supply.
  • Controlling network across switches.
  • Data analysis.

Cons

  • I have not identified any area that requires changes.
  • There is no missing functionality.

Most Important Features

  • Availing network solutions.
  • Provision of intelligent information.
  • Data management and transformation.

Return on Investment

  • It has contributed to positive Return on Investment.
  • It has enhanced achievement of set goals.
  • The overall performance has been awesome.

Excellent value for money for distribution switches with SFP+ ports.

Incentivized
Verified User
Analyst in Information Technology (201-500 employees employees)

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

We have some Alcatel-Lucent OmniSwitch 6900 series switches with 10 GbE SFP+ ports in a distribution topology to concentrate some Dell and Alcatel access switches that we have in some units of the company. The model we use is the OS6900-X20 which has 20 10GbE SFP+ ports. This switch connects to Core Central which is located in the matrix. It is where the multimode and single-mode fibers are concentrated and the trunks of the VLANs are configured to create security and organization of the network.

Pros

  • Many 10GbE SFP+ fiber port options.
  • Can be used in Distribution and Core topologies.
  • Options with 20, 32 and 48 10GbE SFP+ ports.
  • Redundant fans, fonts, and CPU.

Cons

  • 24/7 support and warranty come at a higher price. The service is not available in all cities.

Most Important Features

  • Excellent performance with switching capacity over 600 Gbps.
  • Can be easily stacked and managed by software or single IP address.
  • Can be easily stacked and managed by software or single IP address.
  • May have expanded ports.
  • 10GbE SFP+ and 40GbE QSF+ ports.

Return on Investment

  • More stability, management, and performance of LAN network.
  • 10 SFP+ ports connectivity from edge switches.
  • Reduced price and faster return on investment.

Other Software Used

Forcepoint NGFW, WatchGuard Secure Wi-Fi Cloud, Barracuda Backup, Barracuda Essentials