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TurboIron/8 L2/3 Gigabit Ethernet Switches Lists (ACLs) gives the network administrator full control over traffic
Foundry’s award-winning TurboIron™/8 Switches provide immedi- flows within and through a system of Foundry Networks devices.
ate relief for congested networks. The TurboIron/8 Switch delivers Network administrators can classify traffic on the following attributes:
the power of an all Gigabit Ethernet solution to today’s enterprises. " Incoming (ingress) port
Designed for use in medium to large enterprise and service provider " IP Source/Destination address
networks, the TurboIron/8 comes with 8 Gigabit Ethernet ports. It " TCP/UDP port or socket
learns and caches up to 32,000 MAC addresses in high-speed con-
" MAC address
tent addressable memory (CAM). With a simple software upgrade,
" AppleTalk socket number
the TurboIron/8 Switch offers the flexibility of wire-speed Layer 2
and Layer 4-7 switching on a single platform. " VLAN membership
" 802.1p tag
Enterprises that require full multiprotocol routing capabilities can
field upgrade a Foundry TurboIron/8 Switch to provide high per- " Type of Service (ToS)
formance IP, IPX, and AppleTalk protocol. The network manager can choose between setting the system to
operate using strict priority (SP) or Weighted Fair Queuing
Foundry Stackable Layer 3 Switches (WFQ). In SP, all higher priority traffic is serviced before the
lower priority traffic, which can result in bandwidth starvation.
NetIron and TurboIron/8 Layer 3
Switches In WFQ, all queues service traffic according to the weighted
Foundry’s award-winning NetIron™ and TurboIron/8 Layer 3 value settings, which means that all queues receive service and
switches boost Layer 3 performance and eliminate bottlenecks with avoid bandwidth starvation.
high performance, multi-protocol routing. Enterprises can use
Assignable WFQ weightings ensure the allocation of minimum
Foundry Layer 3 switches to build a high performance backbone
bandwidth (delivered under full load) for each of the eight QoS
that provides efficient support for unpredictable Intranet traffic.
priorities. When the network administrator asks for or modifies
NetIron provides 10, 100 and 1000 Mbps connectivity, while
the particular bandwidth for one of the QoS priorities, the man-
TurboIron/8 offers all Gigabit Ethernet backbone routing.
agement interface (CLI, GUI, or IronView application) responds
Standard protocols such as IP, IPX, RIP, OSPF, BGP4, AppleTalk, back with the “normalized” setting adjusted. In addition, the
IGMP, DVMRP, PIM-DM/SM, MSDP, and MBGP come with the network administrator can reassign all the 802.1p priorities to
NetIron and the TurboIron/8 Layer 3 switches, allowing for seamless specific queues as well as prioritize voice over IP traffic based on
operation within any networks. Built to provide consistently high IP ToS field settings.
network performance, Foundry Layer 3 switches accelerate Layer 2
Enables Multicast Applications able and unnecessary in some circumstances. Foundry Networks’
and Reduces Traffic
STP enhancements include Fast Port Span, Fast Uplink Span,
Foundry offers industry leading hardware-based multicast support that
and Single or Multiple-Instance STP to help eliminate the delay
allows network managers to efficiently deploy applications such as video
and network complexity introduced by STP.
on demand. Foundry’s Internet Group Membership Protocol (IGMP)
multicast traffic reduction feature forwards a single copy of a transmission The Fast Port Span feature allows certain ports to enter the for-
only to requesting ports. This reduces overall network traffic and warding state in four seconds. Specifically, Fast Port Span allows
improves performance while conserving bandwidth.Foundry’s ASICs are faster convergence on ports that are attached to end stations and
unique in their ability to recognize the multicast join and leave messages thus do not present the potential to cause Layer 2 forwarding
embedded in the multicast traffic flows at the port level, without having loops. Because the end stations cannot cause forwarding loops,
to send the traffic to a management processor for handling. they can safely go through the STP state changes (blocking to
listening to learning to forwarding) more quickly than is allowed
Network managers can easily create a network that can sustain and
by the standard STP convergence time. Fast Port Span performs
intelligently forward multicast traffic throughout the network. With
the convergence on these ports in four seconds (two seconds for
support for various multicast routing protocols including DVMRP,
listening and two seconds for learning).
MSDP, MBGP, PIM-SM (Sparse Mode) and PIM-DM (Dense
Mode), network managers can easily design a network that can pro- You can use the Fast Uplink Span feature on a Foundry device
vide video on demand services, or multicast-based voice and video deployed as a wiring closet switch to decrease the convergence
applications without any detrimental effect to the network. These time for the uplink ports to another device to just four seconds
protocols enable network managers to efficiently support applica- (two seconds for listening and two seconds for learning). The
tions such as the distribution of stock quotes, video transmission of wiring closet switch must be a Foundry device but the device at
news services and distance learning. the other end of the link can be a Foundry device or another
vendor’s switch. Configuration of the Fast Uplink Span feature
Dynamic VLANs Increase Flexibility and takes place entirely on the Foundry device.
Performance
Using dynamic VLANs, a powerful feature supported on all of Single-instance STP enables network managers to configure a
Foundry’s products, network administrators can simplify network single instance of the Spanning Tree to run on all the port-based
address administration and increase available bandwidth by logically VLANs on a device. The single STP feature is especially useful
assigning users to virtual communities of interest based on a port, for connecting a Foundry device to third-party devices that run
protocol, subnet, or 802.1q basis. a single spanning tree in accordance with the 802.1q specifica-
tion. Multiple-Instance STP permits a separate spanning tree
" Port-based VLANs group users into different broadcast domains
instance to run in each port-based VLAN.
on per port basis
" Protocol-based VLANs define more granular VLAN communi- Integrated Switch Routing in a Single
Device
ties based on AppleTalk, IP, IPX, DECnet, NetBIOS, or other
To reduce the dependency on external routers, Foundry
protocol types. Membership can be determined automatically.
Networks’ Integrated Switch Routing (ISR) feature enables
" Subnet-, Network-, and AppleTalk cable-based VLANs create
VLANs configured on Foundry’s NetIron and TurboIron/8
even finer community definitions within a protocol.
Layer 3 switches to route Layer 3 traffic from one protocol
IEEE 802.1q VLAN tagging enables the creation of standards based, VLAN, IP subnet, IPX network, or AppleTalk cable VLAN to
vendor interoperable virtual LANs that span multiple devices. another VLAN using virtual interfaces (VEs). A virtual interface
is a logical port on which you can configure Layer 3 routing
Extensive Spanning Tree Protocol
parameters. This feature helps reduce the complexity of the net-
Capabilities
work design when implementing VLANs by allowing network
Spanning Tree Protocol (STP) running on switches delays mes-
administrators to quickly respond to organizational changes
sage forwarding during the spanning tree recalculation period
without the added burden of additional equipment.
following a topology change. This slow convergence is undesir-
Increases Bandwidth and Network Layer 4-7 Switching and Internet
Resiliency IronWare
Networks that need more bandwidth than a single, full-duplex link Foundry’s TurboIron/8 switches can be field upgraded to pro-
provides can use Foundry’s trunk group feature to build redundant, vide Layer 4-7 web switching to improve the availability, per-
high-capacity links between switches or routers. Up to four 100 formance and scalability of web services such as content pub-
Mbps ports can be bundled together into one parallel, load-sharing lishing, web hosting and e-commerce. Foundry’s Internet
link that delivers 400 Mbps of full duplex bandwidth. Gigabit IronWare provides the TurboIron/8 with an extensive suite of
Ethernet ports on FastIron Workgroup and NetIron switches can be server load balancing, firewall load balancing, and cache switch-
grouped together as well to provide up to 2 Gbps of bandwidth. ing features that can be deployed concurrently for maximum
TurboIron/8 switches support up to 8 Gbps of redundant band- flexibility and investment protection.
width. In the event of a failure, the remaining links remain active,
ensuring that traffic continues to flow. Address Locking and Layer 3 Filtering for
Network Security
Foundry stackable switches also include a server multi-homing capa- Foundry Networks products offer hardware-based wire-speed
bility that increases the performance of existing servers and provides Access Control Lists (ACLs), which enable network administra-
network resiliency.With server multi-homing, managers can bundle tors to add granular bandwidth control by applying permit or
up to four, full-duplex Fast Ethernet links into a single, load-sharing deny filters to traffic based on source and destination IP address,
connection that delivers 400 Mbps full duplex bandwidth. For even IP protocol information, or TCP or UDP protocol information.
greater bandwidth, Foundry switches and routers can support up to You can configure 4,000 ACLs:
four multi-homed connections per device.
FIGURE 1
FIGURE 2
" Standard - Permits or denies packets based on source IP
address.
" Extended - Permits or denies packets based on source and
destination IP address and based on other information,
including:
—Source/Destination host names
—IP Subnet and Range
—Source/Destination TCP or UDP port/socket
—Well known port numbers (0-1023)
tional level of redundancy to enterprise networks. FSRP and tion for server farms and power workgroups. With a FastIron
VRRP enable a Foundry router to act as a backup to other routers Workgroup Switch, network managers can establish a 100 or 1000
in the network. In the event of a router failure, the Foundry router Mbps full-duplex connection to servers and dedicated 10 or 100 Mbps
will automatically and seamlessly perform the tasks of the failed full-duplex connections to clients. This accelerates performance in
router. This ensures that mission critical sessions are not lost and server farms and provides workstations with sufficient bandwidth for
vital communication paths are not disrupted. power users and multimedia applications. [figure 1].
In addition, Foundry supports an enhanced version of VRRP Power workgroups contain high performance workstations that can
called VRRP-E. VRRP-E eliminates the guesswork in trou- easily oversubscribe shared 10 or 100 Mbps links. The FastIron
bleshooting a failed default router by allowing network managers Workgroup Switch provides dedicated 10 or 100 Mbps links to end-
the convenience of a virtual interface. With the virtual interface, users.With support for 10, 100 and 1000 Mbps full-duplex Ethernet,
network managers can use ping to ensure that a default router is the FastIron Workgroup Switch provides a scaleable and future-proof
actually up and operational. solution for enterprises that include bandwidth-hungry users. [figure 2]
NetIron and TurboIron/8 Layer 3 100 or 1000 Mbps links, providing a dedicated high-speed
Switches
connection to the network center. Existing 10 or 100 Mbps
NetIron Layer 3 switches can be used to build a low-cost,
segments are connected to the backbone through FastIron
wire-speed collapsed router backbone, eliminating the need
switches. For additional bandwidth and redundancy, multiple
for expensive and slow routers in a campus LAN. In this
NetIron switching routers are interconnected with 100 or
application, NetIrons are placed in the network center and
1000 Mbps trunk group links providing up to 2 Gbps of
connected through the riser with fiber. Distributed network
capacity. [figure 4]
segments and servers are connected to the NetIron using
FIGURE 4
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