Amaro (Italy), April, 2010 – Eurotech subsidiary Parvus Corporation, announces the DuraNET® 3825, a ruggedized version of the 3825 Series Integrated Services Router (ISR) from Cisco Systems. Featuring mechanical packaging enhancements designed to suite shipboard / military shock and EMI environments, the DuraNET 3825 provides a robust Commercial-Off-the-Shelf (COTS) solution that extends the application use of industry-leading Cisco hardware.

Designed to meet MIL-S-901D Grade B shock levels and MIL-STD-461 radiated emissions requirements, the DuraNET 3825 comes in a rugged rack-mountable 2U chassis fitted with circular MIL-DTL-38999 connectors. The unit brings out up to nineteen (19) Ethernet and ten (10) serial ports, including dual Gigabit Ethernet WAN uplink ports, a Gigabit Ethernet Switch port, sixteen 10/100 Ethernet switch ports, eight Asynchronous / Synchronous RS-232 ports, console and auxiliary serial ports.

The DuraNET 3825 combines the powerful features available in Cisco IOS® software, Catalyst® Layer 2 LAN switching, and flexible Layer 3 WAN routing into a single ruggedized platform. This robust Internet Protocol (IP) networking device integrates embedded security processing, generous performance, high memory capacity, and high-density interfaces to deliver the performance, availability, and reliability required for scaling mission-critical applications.

Network features include port autosensing, QoS and VLAN capabilities compliant with 802.1p and 802.1Q standards, and 802.1D Spanning Tree protocols. For ease of management and configuration, the router features the intuitive, Web-based Cisco Router and Security Device Manager (SDM) with support for Secure Shell Protocol Version 2 (SSHv2) and Simple Network Management Protocol Version 3 (SNMPv3) protocols to encrypt the management session. Select models also integrate a Cisco VPN Hardware Encryption Acceleration module and upgraded system and Flash memory configurations.

AVAILABILITY
DuraNET 3825 units have already shipped in support of US and NATO defense programs and are built-to-order. Contact sales@parvus.com for updated availability and pricing information. For additional specifications or to download a product datasheet, visit http://www.parvus.com/product/overview.aspx?prod=DuraNET3825.

Abour Parvus

Parvus Corporation is a leading supplier of rugged COTS computing and IP networking subsystems for Size, Weight, and Power (SWaP) constrained military, aerospace, and homeland defense applications. Parvus’ tactical mission processors, network routers, Ethernet switch and embedded board-level products provide highly reliable command, control, computing and communication (C4) capabilities for situational awareness and mobile data processing in airborne, ground vehicle, and shipboard installations. Parvus was founded in 1983 and is part of the Eurotech Group (ETH.MI), a world leader in small form factor and high performance computing with operations across North America, Europe, and Asia. For more information, visit www.parvus.com.

About Eurotech

Eurotech (ETH.MI) is a global company based in Italy and with locations in Europe, North America and Asia. The Eurotech group develops and markets miniaturised computers for special uses (NanoPCs) and computers featuring major computing capacity (HPCs – High-Performance Computers). With these two product categories, Eurotech aims to become a leader in implementation of the pervasive computing infrastructure commonly known as Cloud or Grid, capable of enabling an entire range of activities and value-added services in the transport, defence, industrial, medical and scientific-research sectors