Addendum No.1 Dated September 14, 2010
All related to Section7 Technical SpecificationsReference / Previous Specification / Revised Specification
1.Core Router
(page 82) / Interface Requirements
3x Gigabit Ethernet Interfaces / Interface Requirements
4 x Gigabit Ethernet Interfaces
2. Core Switch (General)
Page 83 / General:
12 fiber ports (Fiber uplinks should support GE LX/LH and GE SX and 1000 BaseT – each switch should have 8*1000 Base SX and 4*1000 Base T modules from day1) / General:
12 fiber ports with 2 x 10G Fiber based upload (Fiber uplinks should support GE LX/LH and GE SX and 1000 BaseT – each switch should have 8*1000 Base SX and 4*1000 Base T modules from day1)
2. Core Switch (Performance)
Page 83 / Performance:
- Switching Fabric : Min 160 Gbps
- DRAM: Min 256 MB
- Flash: Min 128 MB
- Total VLANs:1005
- VLAN IDs: 4K
- Jumbo Frame: 9216 Byte
- At least 100 mpps forwarding rate
- Configurable up to 8000 MAC addresses / Performance:
- Switching Fabric : Min 128 Gbps
- DRAM: Min 128 MB
- Flash: Min 64 MB
- Total VLANs: 1K
- VLAN IDs: 4K
- Jumbo Frame: 9216 Byte
- At least 47 mpps forwarding rate
- Configurable up to 8000 MAC addresses
3. Server Farm and DMZ Switch
(Performance)
(Page 87) / Performance
- 32 Gbps switching fabric
- Forwarding rate 65 Mpps
- Configurable up to 8000 MAC addresses / Performance
- 32 Gbps switching fabric
- Forwarding rate at least 35.7 Mpps
- Configurable up to 8000 MAC addresses
4. Core Switch (General Features)
Page 90 / General Features:
The switch should have minimum 48 x 10/100 Fast Ethernet PoE Ports and 2 fixed 10/100/1000 ports and 2 SFP (2*1000 Base SX modules need to be proposed in each switch from day 1) ports. Power over Ethernet (PoE) with min 15 W per port. Flex Stack stacking cable with a 0.5 m length / General Features:
The switch should have minimum 48 x 10/100 Fast Ethernet PoE Ports and 2 fixed 10/100/1000 ports and 2 SFP (2*1000 Base SX modules need to be proposed in each switch from day 1) ports. Power over Ethernet (PoE) with min 15 W per port or min 700 W for switch. Flex Stack stacking cable with a 0.5 m length
4. Floor Switch (Performance)
Page 90 / Performance
- 32 Gbps switching fabric
- Forwarding rate 101 Mpps
- Configurable up to 8000 MAC addresses / Performance
- 88 Gbps switching fabric
- Forwarding rate at least 56 Mpps
- Configurable up to 8000 MAC addresses
7. UPS (Page 99) / BATTERYIE / BATTERY
29 units per set to be mentioned / Number of units per set to be mentioned
8. Rack Mount Server
(Page 100) / At least 4 x Gigabit Ethernet Ports (10GB unified fabric as optional). / At least 4 x 10Gigabit Ethernet Ports.
Answer to queries raised in the pre-bid meeting
SL. / Clause Ref: / Related Items / subject / Query / Comment / Answer /response from HEQEPSection 7 Technical Specifications
1. Core Router / Architecture:
Should have 256 Mb flash and should be upgradeable to 4Gb / Architecture:
Should have 256 Mb flash and should be upgradeable to 1Gb
Need to change to 1Gb only / Existing specification needs to be followed.
Should have Serial auxiliary port (up to 115.2 kbps / Omit Auxiliary port’ / Existing specification needs to be followed
Performance:
Shall support variety of interfaces like V.35 Sync Serial (64Kbps, 2 Mbps), G.703, Ch-E1, 3G Interfaces for future uplink purposes, Ethernet Interfaces – 1Gbps, 10/100 Mbps, 802.3af, ISDN PRI, BRI, ATM, Digital/Analog dialup and remote access modules, / Performance:
3G should be optional. / Existing specification needs to be followed
Shall support Voice traffic optimization with features like WRED, H-QoS, RSVP, performance routing and network based application routing / network based application routing
Cisco proprietary. Should be omitted. / Existing specification needs to be followed. Equivalent network based application routing is acceptable.
Performance
Switching Fabric : Min 160 Gbps
v DRAM: Min 256 MB
v Flash: Min128 MB
v Total VLANs:1005
v VLAN IDs: 4K
v Jumbo Frame: 9216 Byte
v At least 100 mpps forwarding rate / Performance Switching Fabric : Min 128 Gbps
v DRAM: Min 256 MB
v Flash: Min 64 MB
v Total VLANs:1005
v VLAN IDs: 4K
v Jumbo Frame: 9216 Byte
v At least 47.6 mpps forwarding rate(For 12 fiber port switch it should be 47.6 mpps) / Suggestion acceptable. The Specification is changed accordingly.
Debug, alarms & Diagnostics:
Should support extensive support for SLA monitoring for metrics like delay, latency, jitter, packet loss, RTP-Based VoIP traffic and should support the capability for measurement of the call setup time using H.323/SIP signaling protocol over IP network. / Debug, alarms & Diagnostics:
Cisco proprietary. Should be omitted. / Existing specification needs to be followed. Equivalent solution acceptable.
Management:
Embedded RMON support for four groups – history, statistics, alarms and event. / Management:
Cisco proprietary. Should be omitted. / Existing specification needs to be followed. Equivalent support is acceptable.
Mechanical and Environmental
Rack height: 3 RU / Mechanical and Environmental
Should be Rack height: 2 or 3 RU / Suggestion acceptable. The Specification is changed accordingly.
2. Core Switch / General
12 fiber ports (Fiber uplinks should support GE LX/LH and GE SX and 1000 BaseT – each switch should have 8*1000 Base SX and 4*1000 Base T modules from day1) / General
How many uplink ports required? As you are only looking for fiber port switch. SWITCH specification should be 12 SFP Gigabit Ethernet switch with 2 10 Gigabit Ethernet uplink port. / 12 uplink ports required with 2x 10G Fiber based upload. The specification has been changed.
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Performance
Switching Fabric : Min 160 Gbps / Performance
Switching Fabric Should be Min 136 Gbps. Need to change to 136Gbps / The specification has been changed from 160 Gbps to minimum 128 Gbps.
At least 100 mpps forwarding rate / At least 65 mpps forwarding rate / The specification has been changed from 100 mpps to at least 35.7 mpps.
Layer-3 Features
Future support for protocol Independent Multicast (PIM) for IP Multicast routing, including PIM sparse mode (PIM-SM), PIM dense mode (PIM-DM), and PIM sparse-dense mode / Layer-3 Features
PIM sparse-dense mode should be omitted. / Existing specification needs to be followed
Layer-2 Features
Support for Detection of Unidirectional Links (in case of fiber cut) and to disable them to avoid problems such as spanning-tree loops. / layer-2 Features
Detection of Unidirectional Links is Cisco proprietary.
Should be omitted / Existing specification needs to be followed. Equivalent solution for Detection of Unidirectional Links s acceptable
The Switch should be able to discover the neighboring device giving the details about the platform, IP Address, Link connected through etc, thus helping in troubleshooting connectivity problems. / Cisco proprietary.
Should be omitted / Existing specification needs to be followed. Equivalent solution for troubleshooting connectivity problems is acceptable
Local Proxy Address Resolution Protocol (ARP) to work in conjunction with Private VLAN Edge to minimize broadcasts and maximize available bandwidth. / Cisco proprietary
Should be omitted / Existing specification needs to be followed. Equivalent Local Proxy Address Resolution Protocol is acceptable
Management
For enhanced traffic management, monitoring, and analysis, up to four RMON groups (history, statistics, alarms, and events) must be supported / Management
RMON Cisco proprietary.
Should be omitted / Existing specification needs to be followed. Equivalent solution for enhanced traffic management, monitoring, and analysis is acceptable.
Interface Requirements:
3 x Gigabit Ethernet Interfaces / The existing specification is changed from 3x to 4x Gigabit Ethernet Interfaces
3. Server Farm and DMZ Switch / General Features
Future support for Redundant Power supply. / General Features
Pls clarify about Future support. Is it in-built Redundant power supply or External RPS power supply? As per switch specification it should be External Redundant power supply(RPS) / It may be External Redundant Power Supply.
Performance
Forwarding Rate: 65 Mpps / Performance
You mentioned that theforwarding rate should be 65Mpps.
The product/device that we would like to offer supports forwarding rate up to35.7 Mpps.
So is it possible for the Procuring Authority to changethe forwarding rate to 35.7 Mpps so that we can participate in this tender? / The suggestion acceptable. The Specification is changed from 65 Mpps to at least 35.7 Mpps.
Layer2 Features
Centralized VLAN Management. VLANs created on the Core Switches should be propagated automatically. / Cisco proprietary. / Existing specification needs to be followed. Equivalent solution is acceptable
Support for Detection of Unidirectional Links (in case of fiber cut) and to disable them to avoid problems such as spanning-tree loops. / Detection of Unidirectional Links is Cisco proprietary. / Existing specification needs to be followed. Equivalent solution is acceptable
Local Proxy Address Resolution Protocol (ARP) to work in conjunction with Private VLAN Edge to minimize broadcasts and maximize available bandwidth. / Private VLAN Edge is Cisco proprietary. / Existing specification needs to be followed. Equivalent solution is acceptable
Management
For enhanced traffic management, monitoring, and analysis, up to four RMON groups (history, statistics, alarms, and events) must be supported. / Management
RMON Cisco proprietary. / Existing specification needs to be followed. Equivalent solution is acceptable
Layer 2 trace route to ease troubleshooting by identifying the physical path that a packet takes from source to destination / Cisco proprietary. / Existing specification needs to be followed. Equivalent solution is acceptable
RMON I and II standards / Cisco proprietary. / Existing specification needs to be followed. Equivalent to RMON I and II standards Is acceptable
Support for IPv6 Host which can provide basic IPv6 management such as IPv4/IPv6 dual stack, unicast address types, ICMPv6, AAAA DNS lookup over IPv4, Secure Shell (SSH) for v6, IPv6 neighbor discovery, CDP, Telnet, TFTP, SNMP, HTTP, HTTPS , Trace route, syslog for v6. / CDP is Cisco proprietary / Existing specification needs to be followed. CDP or Equivalent is acceptable
4. Floor Switch / Performance
Forwarding rate 101 Mpps / Performance
Forwarding rate 56 Mpps / The suggestion is acceptable. The Specification is changed from 101 Mpps to at least 56 Mpps.
Layer-2 Features
Centralized VLAN Management. VLANs created on the Core Switches should be propagated automatically. / Layer-2 Features
Cisco proprietary.
Should be omitted / Existing specification needs to be followed. Equivalent solution is acceptable
Management
RMON I and II standards / Management
RMON I and II standards Cisco proprietary.
Should be omitted / Existing specification needs to be followed. Equivalent to RMON I and II standards Is acceptable
6. Firewall with Content Security and URL Filtering / HARDWARE FEATURES
Future support for SSL VPN on the same device. / HARDWARE FEATURES
Future support for SSL VPN on the same device or separate appliance. / Existing specification needs to be followed.
Should have separate hardware module for content security with at least 256 MB flash, 2GB RAM, 512 KB Cache / Should have integrated or separate hardware module for content security with at least 256 MB flash, 1GB RAM / Existing specification needs to be followed.
SOFTWARE FEATURES
Application Security Services Support
The Firewall should support Integrated specialized inspection engines for protocols like HTTP, FTP, ESMTP, DNS, SNMP, ICMP, SQL*Net, NFS, H.323 Versions 1-4, SIP, MGCP, RTSP, TAPI and JTAPI over CTIQBE protocol, GTP, LDAP, ILS, RPC and many more / SOFTWARE FEATURES
Application Security Services Support
Not supported for other vendors
Should be omitted
Supports IP voice packets.
Firewall does not need to support voice protocols. Can be omitted. / Existing specification needs to be followed.
Support for secure integration of IP telephony services while successfully connecting calls over multiprotocol VoIP environments across NAT and PAT boundaries / Not supported / Existing specification needs to be followed.
Support for rich MGCP security services and NAT- and PAT-based address translation services for MGCP-based connections between media gateways and call agents or media gateway controllers / Not supported. / Existing specification needs to be followed.
8: Rack Mount Server / At least 4 x Gigabit Ethernet Ports (10GB unified fabric as optional) / A clarification is required here. Will all four (04) Gigabit Ethernet Ports will be 10GB or 1Gb Ethernet Ports? / All four (04) Gigabit Ethernet Ports will be 10GB Ethernet Ports. The specification is changed.
PCIe Adaptors: 2 Nos - / A clarification is required here. What type of PCIe Adaptors are preferred or are
they referring to any 10GB/ 8Gb Fiber PCIe Card? / PCIe Adaptors shall be 10 GB Fiber PCIe cards.
Virtualization Platform / A clarification is required here and that is do rack mount server has to support all the feature(s) mentioned under "Virtualization Platform" or should we offer a virtualization solution along with the rack mount server? / A virtualization solution along with the rack mount server may be offered.
10: Laptop Workstation / A) Memory: 4 GB 1333 MHz DDR3 SDRAM
(Upgradeable to 16 GB)
/ A correction & clarification is requested in this line.
A) The number of slots mentioned is 4 while the memory upgradability mentioned is16GB. Is it possible for the authority to change from 4 to 2 number of slots and16GB to 8GB memory upgradability? / The number of Slots is minimum 4 and the total memory is upgradable to minimum16 GB.
B) Memory Slots: 4 SODIMM / B) Instead of SODIMM, the correct word will be "DIMM". / Existing specification needs to be followed.
Network Layout / Network Layout/Design / Any network layout/ topology is not given with the published tender document. Thus, a network layout/topology if given from the Procuring Authority to us, it will be helpful to realize the solution for the bidder and hence offer best cost-effective solution. Is it possible to collect a network layout from UGC? / Yes. The Layout of the LAN may be collected from the UGC. A Network Diagram is attached.
Network Design
Bidding Package: G21 (LAN and IT Equipment for UGC)