Alcatel's OmniCore switches are designed to meet the current and future demands of high-performance, high-availability enterprise networks. They feature extensive routing capabilities, flexible connectivity options, and a powerful parallel access shared memory architecture. OmniCore's policy-based management simplifies network design and administration, and reduces the cost of ownership. Superior forwarding rates, scalability, and mission critical resiliency features make Alcatel's OmniCore 5000 switches the ideal solution for scaling the performance of your network. ??The OmniCore 5022 provides 22 Gbps of non-blocking bandwidth. A fully loaded seven-slot chassis supports high performance switching at layers 2, 3, 4, and the application attributes layer allowing port density of up to 100 auto-sensing 10BaseT / 100BaseTX, 100 100BaseFX, 30 Gigabit Ethernet ports over twisted pair or fiber, or 10 FDDI ports, as well as 10 Packet-over-SONET / SDH (OC-3 or OC-12 ports).