ARRIS Debuts Cadant(R) C4(TM) CMTS Release 3.3 with Hitless Software Updates
March 16 2004 - 8:31AM
PR Newswire (US)
ARRIS Debuts Cadant(R) C4(TM) CMTS Release 3.3 with Hitless
Software Updates DULUTH, Ga., March 16 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ --
ARRIS today announced that it has declared General Availability
(GA) on the Cadant(R) C4(TM) CMTS Release 3.3 software. This
software further enhances the capabilities of the industry-leading
Cadant C4 CMTS by enabling the installation of maintenance software
updates on a non service effecting basis. "We are extremely pleased
at achieving yet another industry first milestone with our hitless
software update feature," said Tim Doiron, Senior Director, Product
Management. "We were able to successfully leverage our
carrier-class redundant architecture and our FlexCAM(TM) RF sparing
technology in order to deliver non service affecting software
updates with Release 3.3 system software." With Release 3.3
software, network availability and customer satisfaction are both
increased through elimination of planned network downtime caused by
installation of maintenance software loads. By allowing updates to
occur outside traditional early morning maintenance windows, cable
operator logistics and planning are drastically simplified. In
addition to non service affecting software updates, Release 3.3
also provides for increasedcable modem and multimedia terminal
adapter (MTA) scalability, additional denial-of-service (DOS)
attack counter-measures which provide significant additional system
security, and numerous Layer 3 router extensions. ARRIS has
declared Release 3.3 Generally Available (GA) following testing in
the ARRIS 32,000 cable modem scaling lab and extensive field trials
with multiple cable operators in North America, Europe and Latin
America. About the Cadant C4 CMTS The ARRIS Cadant C4 CMTS is a
PacketCable(TM), DOCSIS(R) 1.1 and Euro-DOCSIS 1.1 qualified
carrier-grade edge router that delivers the industry's highest
levels of performance in terms of capacity, density, throughput and
availability. It meets subscribers' growing demands for new and
advanced services, while reducing operational costs with
carrier-grade system scalability to tens of thousands of
subscribers per system, and offering a family of network
connectivity including Gigabit Ethernet. The fully redundant and
serviceable system architecture delivers unprecedented service
availability, re-defining new levels of performance to cable data
customers worldwide. About ARRIS ARRIS provides broadband local
access networks with innovative high-speed data and telephony
systems for the delivery of voice, video and data to the home and
business. ARRIS complete solutions enhance the reliability and
value of converged services from the network to the subscriber.
Headquartered in Duluth, Georgia, USA, ARRIS has design,
engineering, manufacturing, distribution, service and sales office
locations throughout the world. Information about ARRIS products,
such as the Cadant C4 and C3(TM) CMTS, and services can be found at
http://www.arrisi.com/ . DATASOURCE: ARRIS CONTACT: Alex Swan of
ARRIS Media Relations, +1-678-473-8327, or Web site:
http://www.arrisi.com/
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