Enterasys Networks Inc, a leading broadline provider of enterprise networking solutions, has announced new 10-Gigabit Ethernet modules for the Enterasys X-Pedition ER16 routers and Enterasys Matrix E1 OAS (Optical Access Switch).
The addition of 10-Gigabit Ethernet technology enables the Enterasys X-Pedition ER16 to continue to meet the rising performance and capacity requirements of enterprise customers, enabling real-time delivery of high-bandwidth, advanced applications across local area network (LAN), wide area network (WAN) and metropolitan area network (MAN) environments.
"The new 10-Gigabit Ethernet modules for the Enterasys X-Pedition ER16 offer highly competitive price points and excellent performance, and are a significant addition to the ER16 routing platform. In addition, customers can now benefit from the ability to run end-to-end 10-Gigabit Ethernet across an enterprise network when using these new modules and Enterasys` Matrix E1 switches," said Gil Arbel, executive vice-president, product management and worldwide marketing, Enterasys Networks.
As organisations continue to deploy video conferencing, webcasts, intranets, e-commerce and other network-enabled communications, enterprises will continually require greater performance, efficiency, control, security and high-availability networking for their essential applications, regardless of location. The new 10-Gigabit Ethernet modules for the Enterasys X-Pedition ER16 and Enterasys Matrix E1 OAS allow enterprises to utilise the network as a business tool to improve efficiency, reduce costs and increase productivity. One organisation that is planning to utilise these new modules is CERN, the European Laboratory for Particle Physics.
"The aggregate data throughput for CERN`s next-generation particle collider, LHC, will exceed one terabit per second. Within the framework of the CERN openlab for DataGrid applications, we are preparing for this enormous data challenge, in partnership with Enterasys Networks. As a long-time user of Enterasys Gigabit solutions, and one of the first adopters of Enterasys` X-Pedition technology, we look forward to utilising the new X-Pedition modules to build Gigabit capability for the data-intensive grid infrastructure that we are currently developing for the LHC," said Wolfgang von Ruden, Division Leader of Information Technology at CERN.
The 10-Gigabit Ethernet modules, based on the IEEE 802.3ae standard, complement the ER16`s wide range of existing connectivity options, including Gigabit Ethernet, Fast Ethernet, WAN (HSSI and serial), ATM/OC-3 and FDDI, with each offering a comprehensive set of features for security, traffic prioritisation and management. This broad range of connectivity options allows customers the flexibility to run multiple technologies or migrate between technologies at their own pace - all in a single platform. The new 10-Gigabit Ethernet module for the Matrix E1 OAS, a replacement for the currently shipping pre-standard 10-Gigabit module, provides end-to-end 10-Gigabit Ethernet support to any standard-compliant device.
Enterasys` comprehensive set of 10-Gigabit technology offerings provides customers with investment protection and enables them to increase productivity by accommodating the bandwidth intensive voice, video, data and storage applications of today and tomorrow.
The Enterasys X-Pedition ER16 is a 16 slot, modular Layer 2/3/4 switch router that provides outstanding capacity, performance and a complete set of application services, enabling enterprises to optimise and control their networks to meet critical business goals. The ER16 offers a comprehensive set of application services, including traffic prioritisation, traffic shaping, multi-layer security, application load balancing, application content verification and high-availability. These advanced services provide critical control of business-centric applications such as enterprise resource planning (ERP), multimedia, database, and converged voice, video and data applications.
The Enterasys Matrix E1 OAS is a 12-port Gigabit Ethernet standalone switch with 10-Gigabit uplink capabilities, ideally deployed as a high-speed aggregation device when multiple 1-Gigabit Ethernet segments are aggregated to a central location such as a data centre or server farm. With two Matrix E1 OAS devices, two groups of up to 12 Gigabit Ethernet devices can be connected with a single fibre optic cable pair. As a result, the Matrix E1 OAS provides a cost-effective alternative to trunking multiple Gigabit Ethernet segments between two points, either within a building or campus, since only a single fibre optic pair is needed to make the connection. Prior to the innovative Matrix E1 OAS, customers needed to use port trunking to aggregate multiple Gigabit segments, a solution that consumed a fibre segment for each port.
Both 10-Gigabit Ethernet offerings will be available on 31 January 2003. For more information, visit http://www.enterasys.com.
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