Sentinel BlackBird

Few will deny that network reliability and performance together play an especially important role in the corporate
world today and the ability to manage bandwidth eectively is essential. BusinessCom Bandwidth Management
and Quality of Service (QoS) solutions are developed to meet exigent requirements of Small and Medium-sized
Enterprises, and Internet Service Providers.

BusinessComisproudtooeracompletesolutiondesignedtomonitorandmanagebandwidthfortheInternetProtocoltracinorderachievethe
bestperformance,reliabilityandsecurityofthenetwork.BusinessComSentinelBlackbirdbandwidthmanagementapplianceincorporatesan
advancedtracengineeringtoolsetwiththegoalofbuildinganecientIPnetworkwithexceptionalperformanceandsecurity.
Features
Sentinel Blackbird is a highly reliable server based on the x86 architecture and Berkeley Software Distribution UNIX.
It has the 1.5U rack-mountable form factor that is easy to deploy into any IPv4 and IPv6 networking environment. It
comes with pre-installed BusinessCom Sentinel PFOperating System and powerful tools to make the complex
bandwidth management tasks a breeze.

Bandwidth Management &Quality of Service Advanced Networking Features

SentinelensuressuperiorbandwidtheciencywithguaranteedQualityofService.The Sentinelcanbedeployedinanumberofwaystoservedierentpurposes.Common
QoSmechanismsofSentinelensurethatyourcustomersreceivetheappropriatequality deploymentscenariosmayincludeperimeterrewallwithanInternetconnection
ofInternetaccessserviceandthateverybodyinthenetworkreceivesafairshareof pluggedintotheWANside,andtheinternalnetworkontheLANside.Itsupportsmulti-
bandwidth.UsingtheSentinelratelimitingandshapingtoolsyouareabletoprioritize pleInternetconnectionsaswellasmultipleinternalinterfaces.Sentinelaccommodates
networkbandwidthtosupportcriticalapplications,preventpowerusersfromabusing networkswithmorecomplexneeds,suchasmultipleInternetconnections,LANnetworks
thebandwidth,andpreventingyournetworkfrombeingoverloadedwithmalicioustrac andDMZnetworks.SomeusersdropinSentinelasaVPNappliancebehindanexisting
suchasviruses,oodsandPeertoPeerapplications.Thisisespeciallyappreciatedwhen rewall,toaddVPNcapabilitieswithoutcreatinganydisruptionintheexistingrewall
expensivesatelliteInternetbackbonebandwidthisused.TheBandwidthshapingand infrastructure.
Non-LinearServiceCurveengineimprovestheeciencyofbroadbandresource
utilization,helpingtodelivercost-eectiveandhigh-qualityservicefortheenduserand *Web and DNSCache
protableandoptimizednetworkservicefortheprovider. *Network Address Translation (NAT)and Port Forwading
*DHCPServer
*Mission-Critical Applications Prioritization *CARPRedundancy
*QoS for Real-Time Applications, such as VoIP, Audio and Video Streaming *Operates as IPSec, SSL-VPNand PPTPAppliance
*Application Level Layer 7 QoS *Integration with RADIUS
*Accurate and Powerful Bandwidth Shaping * Deploy with Multiple LAN and WANConnections
*QoSHierarchy and Groups *Extensive Network Monitoring and Diagnostics Tools
*Bandwidth Sharing *Captive Portal
*Outbound and Inbound Load Balancing
* Non-Linear Service Curves
Remote Administration
Security *Web Administration GUI
*E-mail Reports
TheSentinelrewallallowssystemadministratorstosleepwellatnightswhileitprotects *Terminal Access Support (Console, SSH)
yournetworkfromoutsideattacks.Easytosetuplteringandauthentication
mechanismspreventunauthorizedaccesstoyournetwork.Thebuilt-inNetwork
IntrusionDetectionSystemprovidesdetailedstatisticsonthehealthofyoursubscriber
Performance Metrics
basePCsandpotentialthreatstoyoursystem'ssecurityandperformance.Thisallows
networkadministratorstoreactpromptlytoeliminatethethreat.
*200 Mbps Throughput*
*Layer 7 Firewall *1,000,000+Sessions
*Network Intrusion Detection System (NIDS)
*Filtering by IP, protocol, source and destination port for TCP and UDP trac
*Scheduled Policy Routing *PleasenoticethatmaximumthroughputwilldependonwhatSentinelfeaturesareenabled.Forexample,heavy
useofVPNfunctionalitywillproduceanincreasedloadontheSentinelCPUthatwillresultinlessmaximum
*Session Limits (per IPaddress and time-based) throughputsupported.PleaseconsultwithBusinessComrepresentativeonthedeploymentscenario.
Specications
FormFactor 1.5U,RackMountable

On-BoardRAM 2GBstandard,upto16GBmaximum

Storage 64GBstandard

Access 2xUSB2.0

Power Auto-sensing100-240VAC,50-60Hz,
250WBuilt-inPSU,220VAC

NetworkInterfaces Dual10BaseT/100BaseTX/1000BaseTSpeedand
DuplexAutoSensing.
StandardsConformance:IEEE802.1Q-2003andIEEE802.32002

DimensionsandWeight 483.0x65.0x277.7mm(19.01"x2.55"x10.90")
3kg(6.6lbs)

Cooling 2x60x60x10Ball-BearingFan,CPUFan

CaseStandoffsHeight 7.2mm

IncludedItems MountingBrackets,ScrewsandAdhesiveFootPads

Temperature 0-40C(32-104F)

Humidity 0to90%(non-condensing)

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