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Foundry Networks FastIron 400, FastIron 800, FastIron 1500
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Foundry Networks FastIron 400, 800, & 1500
Foundry Network’s FastIron family of Enterprise and Service Provider products includes the FastIron 4802, the FastIron Edge Switch, the FastIron Edge Switch POE, the FastIron Workgroup X Series, the FastIron Edge X Series, the FastIron SuperX and the FI 400, 800, 1500.
Foundry Network’s FastIron family is purpose-built to deliver high density 10/100 with Power Over Ethernet, 10/100/1000 with Power Over Ethernet, Gigabit Ethernet, and 10-Gigabit Ethernet for high performance networking solutions with advanced security features. Foundry’s FastIron family is built with high-performance ASICs and Foundry’s IronWare™ that includes advanced Layer 2 features such as Foundry’s award winning Metro Ring Protocol (MRP), and full Layer 3 features such as Border Gateway Protocol 4 (BGP4). Foundry’s FastIron family ensures increase in return on investment (ROI) and a much lower total cost of ownership (TCO) for both Enterprises and Service Providers.
Foundry FastIron Super X Switch Specifications
The FastIron® 400, 800 and 1500 systems are the first in the industry to provide Enterprise customers with a complete end-to-end LAN solution—from the wiring closet to the LAN backbone—based on a single product family. The JetCore®-enabled FastIron systems simplify sparing, network operations and administration for dramatic savings in Total Cost of Ownership (TCO).
Based on Foundry’s third-generation JetCore ASIC chipset, the FastIron 400, 800, and 1500 systems deliver incredible port density, advanced Layer 2/3 feature sets, rich Quality of Service (QoS), bandwidth management capabilities for Voice over IP (VoIP) and 10-Gigabit Ethernet interfaces to scale the network backbone with massive bandwidth capacity.
- Unparalleled port density maximizes revenue per rack unit by minimizing the environmental requirements such as space, power and cooling. Scale up to 232 Gigabit Ethernet ports, 228 Gigabit over Copper ports, 28 10-Gigabit Ethernet ports, or 672 10/100 ports in a single modular system that occupies up to 17 rack units (RU).
- Rich QoS features with wire-speed fine-grain bandwidth management and a complete multicast feature set provides a superior foundation for VoIP and next-generation streaming media applications Advanced Layer 2/3 feature set including integrated IP,IPX, AppleTalk, and OSPF protocols
- State-of-the-art Ternary Content Addressable Memory (TCAM) delivers wire-speed switching and Policy Based Routing (PBR)
- ASIC based sFlow™ technology (RFC 3176) support provides Enterprises with per-port, wire-speed network monitoring for capacity planning and security analysis
- Superior high availability with redundant management modules including temperature sensor, hot-swappable, load-sharing power supplies, and hot-swappable interface modules
- IronShield™ security protects against Denial of Service (DoS) attacks and prevents unauthorized access to networks and server farms
- Jumbo frame support on both Gigabit and 10-Gigabit Ethernet expands the data payload for network intense data transfer applications such as Storage Area Networks (SANs)
*Million Packets per second (Mpps) numbers are aggregate based on switching capacities of the line cards
- Redundant, hot-swappable management and interface modules— rapid fault detection and failover for increase reliability and expandibility
- Redundant, hot-swappable load-sharing power supplies—increased
system reliability and circuit redundancy with the ability to mix AC and
DC power within the same system
- Superior Layer 2 Redundancy—Rapid Spanning Tree Protocol (RSTP) based on IEEE 802.1w and link aggregation based on IEEE 802.3ad for rapid convergence,minimal network downtime and minimal packet loss
- Layer 3 Redundancy—VRRP,VRRP-E (Enhanced),and VSRP for router redundancy Advanced Layer 2 Features
- Extensive Spanning Tree Protocol Features:
- Rapid Spanning Tree Protocol based on IEEE 802.1w— sub-second convergence using a pre-calculated failover link
- Fast Uplink Span—faster convergence on uplink ports on wiring
closet switches in just four seconds
- Single-instance STP—support third-party devices that run a single STP instance in accordance with the 802.1s specification
- Per VLAN Spanning Tree (PVST)—multiple spanning trees instances within a single system for VLAN load-sharing and increased network reliability
- Dynamic VLANs—simplified network address administration with logical assignment of users to virtual communities based on port, protocol or subnet,minimizes broadcast traffic and ensures network security
- Link Aggregation based on IEEE 802.3ad—logical links containing up to four 100 Mbps or eight Gigabit Ethernet or four 10-GbE links to scale bandwidth and protect against link, port, or interface module failure
- Mirror/Monitor Port—monitoring and troubleshooting of single or
multiple switch ports without disruption to existing traffic flows, aiding
fault isolation
- Integrated Switch Routing (ISR)—reduce dependencies on external routers allowing network managers to configure a FastIron switch to route Layer 3 traffic including IP,IPX,AppleTalk, and OSPF protocols
- Industry Standard Routing Protocol—dynamic IP routing using RIP and OSPF
- RIP—simple solution for small to medium size network infrastructures, allowing dministrators to assign IP addresses without defining sophisticated route propagation strategies
- OSPF—flexible route propagation for medium to large enterprise networks, allowing administrators to pre-determine network paths for specific traffic, define route summarization properties to minimize route table overhead, and take advantage of Equal Cost Multi Path (ECMP) for increased bandwidth utilization and redundancy
- Policy Based Routing (PBR)—provides customized routing decisions based on source address allowing Metro customers to maintain single configurations while having access to different service offerings such as enhanced security, increased flexibility, and access to preferred ISPs Network Address Translation (NAT)—allows Enterprise networks to translate private IP addresses into public IP addresses when traversing the Internet, conserving IP address space and increase network security
- Advanced QoS—enforce or change traffic priority based on port,VLAN, source MAC,ACL,802.1p,Type of Service (ToS), or DiffServ settings to prioritize business-critical flows
- Ultra-low Latency—industry-leading port-to-port latency of 10 to 20 microseconds for superior call quality when using VoIP and other latency-sensitive traffic such as video
- Multiple Queuing Methods—Strict Priority (SP) or Weighted Fair Queuing (WFQ) provides flexibility for network administrators in enforcing traffic prioritization Scalable Multicast Implementation
- Comprehensive Multicast Feature Set—hardware-based multicast features allow network managers to efficiently deploy streaming media applications for improved employee collaboration and productivity
- Diverse Multicast Protocol Support—IGMP,DVMRP,MSDP, PIM-SM (Sparse Mode),and PIM-DM (Dense Mode) give administrators the flexibility of supporting a variety of applications with complete interoperability to existing applications
- Superior Multicast Scalability and Performance—Up to 64,000 Layer 2 Multicast groups with sub-second join and leave latency for industry-leading multicast performance and scalability Cohesive, Unified and Easy-To-Use Network Management
- Centralized Network Management—Foundry’s IronView Network Manager™ is a web-based,graphical interface tool (GUI) that empowers network operators to seamlessly control software and configuration updates for any Foundry product from a central station.This dramatically simplifies network provisioning,diagnostics and resolution,thus reducing the operational expenses.
- MRP—Managed Rim Protocol for the Enterprise rapidly reconfigures for network changes that affect the local ring,and with no need for network-wide reconvergence.This results in dramatically improved performance.
- Command Line Interface (CLI)—is an industry-standard configuration interface,consistent and common throughout Foundry’s entire product portfolio
- Web Interface—provides easy to use Graphical User Interface for system configuration from standard Web browsers
- sFLow (RFC 3176)—provides scalable,ASIC-based,wire-speed network monitoring and accounting with no impact on network performance.This allows network operators to gather a variety of sophisticated network statistics and information for capacity planning and real-time network monitoring purposes. IronShield™ Security
- Wire-speed Extended Access Control Lists (ACL)—control packet forwarding and restrict access to the system management interface,while providing wire-speed switching and routing:
- Feature-Rich ACL Implementation—identify traffic based on source or destination IP address,IP protocol type,TCP or UDP port, IP precedence,or TOS values
- Selective ACL Logging—collect statistics for packets matching the deny or permit conditions
- ACL Scalability—support for up to 4,096 ACLs
- Ease of Administration—identify an ACL by name or number, or add a comment line for ease of administration
- ACL Syntax Compatibility—uniform ACL syntax across all Foundry products provides compatibility with syntax of other major vendors
- Wire-speed, fine-grain Bandwidth Management—Traffic classification and bandwidth enforcement based on port,port plus priority,or Layer 4 ACLs,from 1 Mbps up to 1 Gbps in increments as small as 256 Kbps
- MAC access control using either MAC registration or IEE802.1x allows for controlling unauthorized or untrusted hosts from accessing the network. Applying dynamically configured VLANs and Layer 2 filters,or Layer 3/4 ACLs further secures the access.Tunneling a link between host client and a centralized policy server over the 802.1x EAP protcol allows for a thorough analysis of the host to ensure it is in a trusted state prior to going access to the network.
- Secure Shell and Secure Copy—provide secure access to the administration and anagement interface over the network
- Protection Against Denial Of Service (DoS) Attacks—prevents or minimizes network downtime and protects against malicious users by limiting TCP SYN and ICMP traffic and protects against broadcast storms by limiting broadcast traffic
- User Authentication—authentication with AAA,802.1x,RADIUS, TACACS,and TACACS+ to prevent unauthorized network access
- Wire-speed Rate Limiting—enforce bandwidth policies to prevent unauthorized network hogging
- SFlow (RFC 3176)—provides cost-effective,scalable,wire-speed network monitoring to detect unusual network activity
- SNMPv3—Secured SNMP management with RFC 2570 through 2575,provides User-Based Security model (RFC 2574) for authentication and privacy services
- Industry’s Highest Switching Performance—non-blocking,distributed switching architecture with a parallel cross-point switch fabric provides up to 480 Gbps of aggregate switching capacity,and 178 million packets per second switching performance
- State-of-the-art TCAM—provides wire-speed Layer 2/3 switching and policy based routing with industry leading switching capacity and scalability
- Jumbo Frames—support for jumbo frames on Gigabit and 10-Gigabit interfaces allows dramatic scalability in server throughput while minimizing the impact on server processing resources
The JetCore-based FastIron systems include advanced Layer 2/3 feature sets that deliver industry-leading scalability and performance,with embedded support for IP,IPX,and AppleTalk based switching. Integrated fine-grain bandwidth provisioning, sFlow™ (RFC 3176), rich QoS, complete multicast, and jumbo frames provide a foundation for VoIP and next-generation streaming media applications.
Complemented by the JetCore-based FastIron 4802 workgroup switch, the FastIron 400, 800, and 1500 systems empower Enterprise customers to harness network performance into a competitive business advantage and improve productivity by exploiting the efficiencies of intranet, Internet, and extranet applications.
The 16-port 100/1000 auto-sensing Gigabit over Copper (GoC) interface module provides industry leading port density up to 232 Gigabit ports in a single system that could take the full 17 rack units. Jumbo frame support on these cost-effective modules enables Enterprise customers to reduce CPU cycles during server farm backup operations.
The JetCore-based FastIron systems also support the new 10-Gigabit Ethernet interface module to scale backbone connectivity.In addition,Foundry’s IronSheild™ security features protect the server farm against Denial of Service (DoS) attacks and provide administration security. These security features eliminate unnecessary network downtime caused by malicious hacker attacks.
The JetCore-based FastIron systems also support the new 10 Gigabit Ethernet interface module, to scale backbone connectivity. In addition, Foundry's IronShield ™ security features protect the server farm against Denial of Service (DoS) attacks and provide administration security. These security features eliminate unnecessary network downtime caused by malicious hacker attacks.
Network managers do not want any complexity surrounding the
delivery of power in the network and to that end, Foundry has
engineered specific features that reduce complexity of powering
remote equipment.
- 802.3af compliant powered ports
- Power support for legacy non-802.3af compliant devices
- Configurable power on a per-port basis
- “Smart” ports that delivers the proper wattage even if manually mis-configured
- Redundant power supplies even with a fully powered chassis
- Full 15.4 watts per port on a fully populated chassis
- Three RU high Power Shelf for up to 14 fully POE powered modules
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