Premium Stackable Chassis for the Network Edge Innovative, Versatile, Highly Scalable Stacking Adds Capacity and Performance Where You Need It – Deliver highly-available Ethernet connectivity for delay-sensitive and business-critical data and voice applications. Provide an effective solution for challenging environments with advanced Layer 3 routing services. – Add the Ethernet Routing Switch 5000 Series in the wiring closet for a ready path to network convergence with PoE+, granular QoS, and 10 Gigabit uplinks. – Connect servers across racks and increase application performance using the ERS 5000 Series as 1 Gigabit Top-of-Rack option. Improve Application Responsiveness Wire-speed performance coupled with industry leading QoS-aware stack virtualization enhances traffic flows and optimizes applications. Versatile Deployment Options Available in models supporting 10/100/1000 connectivity, 10GbE uplinks, and Layer 3 Routing, the Ethernet Routing Switch 5000 Series can flexibly address a range of advanced enterprise needs. Lower Your Total Cost of Ownership As a price-per-port leader for resilient, high-performance Gigabit Ethernet, the Ethernet Routing Switch 5000 Series keeps TCO low. High-Performance, Pay-as-You Grow Stacking Stack up to eight routing Switches to extend wire-speed performance and enhanced network availability. Connected together, the ERS 5000 Series delivers 84Gbps of virtual backplane per switch, and a total bandwidth of up to 672Gbps across the eight Switches. Convergence Ready for Advanced Communications Simplify your network by consolidating voice, video, and data on a single infrastructure. The Ethernet Routing Switch 5000 Series supports powering network devices, plug and play technologies, advanced QoS, and MACsec-ready capabilities to facilitate the deployment of communications, collaboration, and engagement solutions. Autonomic Edge Dramatically Reduces the Cost of Change Leverage a standards-based technology to facilitate connectivity to network services for a broad range of elements, including IP phones, IP cameras, and Internet of Things devices. This allows for the secure deployment of network services without the need to make any configuration changes, even in environments where clients roam. Hands-Free Service Automation Avaya Fabric Attach is a standards-based approach for easily and consistently connecting a broad range of devices, including conventional access switches, servers and virtual machines, cameras, and the Internet of Things devices. This open technology from Avaya facilitates the automated attachment of endpoint devices, so you can dynamically deploy devices and services in a highly virtualized network. With this capability you can proactively deliver business systems and process, creating, moving, and decommissioning in real-time.