Foundry Networks RX-8 manual

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    Overview The role of data networks in our daily lives continues to expand and grow. Emerging needs such as application convergence, non-stop operation, scalability and IPv6-readiness place new demands on the network. Modern network solutions must be assessed across a wider set of attributes than earlier generation equipment. In particular, the netw[...]

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    2 System Summary Product Highlights FEATURE BIGIRON RX-4 BIGIRON RX-8 BIGIRON RX - 1 6 BIGIRON RX-32 I/O Module Slots 4 8 16 32 Switching capacity per system Available data capacity 400 Gbps 800 Gbps 1.60 Tbps 3.2 Tbps Total switch capacity 960 Gbps 1.92 Tbps 3.84 Tbps 5.12 Tbps Packet forwarding capacity 286 Mpps 571 Mpps 1,142 Mpps 2.284 Mpps per[...]

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    INDUSTRY LEADING PERFORMANCE AND SCALABILITY The BigIron RX Series is the industry’s most powerful switch family, delivering up to 3.2 terabits per second data throughput per system. HIGH-AVAILABILITY DESIGN Redundant and resilient design ensures high availability operation for demanding environments. t Redundant, hot-swappable components provide[...]

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    4 t Per VLAN Spanning Tree (PVST) —Allows for control of STP on an individual VLAN basis for traffic engineering VLAN traffic (i.e., load distribution) t Topology Groups —Dramatically improves Layer 2 control protocol scalability by allowing a few instances of STP, RSTP, MRP, or VSRP to control large groups of VLANs t Super Aggregated VLANs (SA[...]

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    5 Today’s Enterprise network is critical to the ongoing operations of the organization. Network administrators are concerned about zero downtime on the network, securing the network from DoS attacks, cyber-spying, and malicious users, and maintaining data integrity and confidentiality, without adding excessive cost or impacting performance. All t[...]

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    6 Internet Exchanges (IX) demand high-performance Layer 2 topologies with high density Gigabit and 10-Gigabit Ethernet ports. These cross-roads of the Internet connect high-performance routers from many Service Providers in peering relationships without requiring a full mesh of router ports. The BigIron RX Series excels in this environment. Offerin[...]

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    7 Technical Specifications IPv6 Transitioning – RFC 2893 Transition Mechanisms for IPv6 Hosts and Routers – RFC 3056 Connection of IPv6 Domains via IPv4 Clouds NETWORK MANAGEMENT – IronView Network Manager (INM) Web-based graphical user interface – Integrated Standard-based Command Line Interface (CLI) – RFC 3176 sFlow – RFC 854 Telnet [...]

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    Ordering Information PART NUMBER DESCRIPTION BI-RX-32-AC BigIron RX-32 AC system BI-RX-16-AC BigIron RX-16 AC system BI-RX-8-AC BigIron RX-8 AC system BI-RX-4-AC BigIron RX-4 AC system BI-RX-32-DC BigIron RX-32 DC system BI-RX-16-DC BigIron RX-16 DC system BI-RX-8-DC BigIron RX-8 DC system BI-RX-4-DC BigIron RX-4 DC system RX-BI2XG 2-port 10-Gigabi[...]