As a major industry developer and manufacturer of networking equipment, Allied Telesis is committed to providing the world with products designed and built to the highest quality standards, while minimizing the impact to the environment during both product manufacture and operation.
As a major industry developer and manufacturer of networking equipment, Allied Telesis is committed to providing the world with products designed and built to the highest quality standards, while minimizing the impact to the environment during both product manufacture and operation.
Allied Telesis‘ top management has established and provided the resources for an Environmental Management System (EMS). We offer products designed to conserve energy; manufactured to save resources. We seek to reduce the risks to human health and the health of the environment from the use of hazardous chemical substances. We strive to reduce our impact on the environment through reduction, reuse, and recycling of waste materials (we practice 3R). We comply with all applicable environmental regulatory requirements, industry-specific self-regulation and stakeholder’s requirements.
Environmental Policy
Philosophy
Energy Efficient Ethernet (EEE)
Ethernet is the technology that drives most networks – from corporate LANs to the backbone of the Internet. It is a technology that is mature, highly reliable, and enormously popular. Therefore, considerable effort is being devoted to the optimization of this technology. When something becomes as prevalent as Ethernet has, the benefits of any incremental improvement are substantial.
The IEEE working group devised a mechanism for saving power by enabling the transmit circuitry to go into low-power mode when idle, and rapidly return to a fully active mode when data needs to be transmitted. This mechanism has been ratified as a standard that is commonly referred to as Energy Efficient Ethernet (EEE).
A compelling feature of EEE is its ability to take advantage of even very brief idle periods. An EEE port will move to low-power mode within just a few microseconds of no data. On a 10 Gigabit port, the port can be down to low power in about 3 microseconds after sending a packet. So, power is not saved just in the long idle periods, but in all the thousands of brief idle periods that occur even when a workstation is active.
Implementing this standard enables networking equipment to achieve real, tangible reductions in power consumption – savings of well over 50% of the energy used by Ethernet ports.
In addition, equipment lifetimes are increased – less power dissipation means slower heat-induced deterioration of components. Allied Telesis has embraced this standard, as due to the benefit it has for the planet and for our customers. Wherever possible, Ethernet interfaces in Allied Telesis equipment are now being developed as EEE-compliant interfaces.
Using the latest technology and a range of power-saving techniques, Allied Telesis has reduced power consumption by up to 50% over a wide range of its network devices. Reducing power consumption has a direct benefit for the environment. Additionally, further energy savings can also be made where products are installed in air conditioned environments such as server rooms. Using less power has the distinct advantage to the user of lowering power utility bills, while also allowing the equipment to run cooler, increasing reliability.
The latest switching silicon can detect the length of cables connected to a port. Using “measure and minimize” technology, Allied Telesis can ensure that maximum power is only injected into cables with the longest lengths, while reducing the power injected into short cable lengths. Advanced products can ensure that selected ports are disabled overnight or at weekends, further reducing power consumption.
All networking devices feature a varying array of power-consuming indicator devices (typically LEDs) to aid in installation and diagnostics. On the latest Allied Telesis products, these LEDs can be disabled when not required, saving up to a further 2% of operating power.
The overall power consumption of a network device is ultimately dictated by the efficiency of the power supply. A power supply delivering only 50% efficiency draws twice the actual required power, with half the power wasted in the form of heat. Allied Telesis is now using ultra-efficient power supplies, delivering conversion efficiencies of more than 80%, which produce less heat and reduce power consumption by up to 30%. Allied Telesis is now rating power supplies, informing the user of their efficiency.
Manufacturing & Distribution
ISO 9001 Standard
Environmental Policy Compliance
Restrictions on Hazardous Substances (ROHS) Compliance