The NetVanta 8044 is carrier Ethernet network termination equipment. Carrier Ethernet (CE) or Metro Ethernet (ME) access continues to gain acceptance as business class service delivery technology. Carrier Ethernet service dramatically reduces the complexity required to deploy Layer 2 services such as transparent LAN services and Layer 2 VPNs. In addition CE allows the delivery of managed Layer 3 services, such as voice and video. Carrier Ethernet enables carriers to lower operating costs as result of reduction in network management complexity. Carrier Ethernet provides operators the ability to effectively extend and scale customer deployment with reliable, flexible class of service (CoS) and quality of service (QoS) control.