Extreme Networks Switches Pass DOD's JITC Evaluation for Network Access

Ethernet network infrastructure provider Extreme Networksannounced that its Ethernet switch platforms have completed and passed the Department of Defense's Joint Interoperability Test Command Unified Capabilities Approved Products List testing.

 

Extreme Networks' (News - Alert) switch platform consists of Extreme Networks BlackDiamond 8810 and BlackDiamond 12808 modular switches, and the Summit X650, Summit X450, Summit X350 and Summit X150 fixed switches.

 

Featuring the ExtremeXOS operating system, Extreme Networks' switch platforms have met the interface and functional requirements for Assured Services Local Area Network or "ASLAN" core, distribution, and access networks.

 

According to company officials, the Joint Interoperability Test Command or "JITC" certification validating the functionality of features such as security, network interfaces and reliability/availability of the switch is required for all network products connecting to the Defense Switched Network or "DSN."

 

Specifically, the switches and line cards, providing high performance Gigabit and 10-Gigabit network connectivity, were certified as interoperable for joint use within the DSN with other ASLAN components listed on the Unified Capabilities or "UC" Approved Products List or "APL."

 

This certification, according to Harpreet Chadha, senior director of product management for Extreme Networks, demonstrates the readiness of the company's high performance network solutions for defense networks. "We continue to expand our federal deployment activity with fast, secure, and reliable networks, all powered by the ExtremeXOS operating system."

 

Earlier in June, Extreme Networks announced that Austrian Ministry of the Interior or "BM.I" has selected its data center, edge and aggregation network solutions to migrate the local networks and data centers of the security administration department for eight federal states and for the capital, Vienna.