Overview

Nebula’s VFAST 100 Mbps Ethernet Service solution is a scalable, cost-effective system to deploy Fast Ethernet services over fiber links. The VFAST 100 Mbps Ethernet system is a series of Ethernet-to-fiber converters, multiplexers and enclosures that lets service providers deploy equipment just as needed, minimizing up-front investment and shortening the time to profit. With Nebula’s VFAST Ethernet over Fiber system, service providers can expand services and markets profitably, one customer, one building, one campus at a time. VFAST 100 Mbps Ethernet products use Nebula’s proven EtherOptic platform and offer:

• 100 Mbps Ethernet bridge with bidirectional link supervision
• Low-cost Ethernet-over-fiber line cards
• Highly reliable communication links
• Dedicated management port for link status monitoring
• Plug-and-play architecture for nonintrusive deployment
• Incremental provisioning for profitable growth

The two members of the VFAST 100 Mbps Ethernet product family are:

VFAST8x 100 Mbps Ethernet over Fiber

Multiplexes up to eight 100 Mbps Ethernet channels onto a single fiber pair.  The VFAST8x multichannel unit supports two full 8 100-Mbps systems, allowng incremental provisioning of up to 16 100-Mbps channels from a single Nebula EtherOptic shelf.

VFAST2x 100 Mbps Ethernet over Fiber

Multiplexes two 100-Mbps Ethernet channels onto a single fiber pair. Nebula offers three VFAST2x products to give service providers a range of deployment options, from single-channel unit to two multiplexed channels, to a multichannel unit designed for the central office.