Welcome to the April 2006 Edition of Foundry Flash!

News from the 10-GbE leader: FastIron Edge X Series Product Spotlight

Foundry's complete line of award-winning Layer 2 and Layer 3 switches include the FastIron Edge Switch X-series. These products deliver a new level of performance and functionality for Enterprise and Service Provider networks. Based on Foundry's high performance architectures, these products deliver industry-leading performance, price/performance and high-density 10/100/1000 Mbps Ethernet connectivity for Enterprise backbones, high-density wiring closet environments, and Service Provider edge applications.

The FastIron Edge X Series establishes the benchmark in delivering the most adaptable feature set, combined with the highest density and 10-GbE upgradeability in a compact form factor. Specifically, the FastIron Edge X Series establishes the industry's leading price-performance value for fixed Ethernet solutions with the addition of removable, replaceable, load-sharing power supply and 10-GbE modules in a 1.5 Rack Unit (RU) form factor. The FastIron Edge X Series can be initially installed using "Small Form Pluggable" (SFP) Gigabit Ethernet ports and then later field-upgraded to support one or two "10-Gigabit Small Form Factor Pluggable" (XFP) modules, extending the usability of the product.

To meet existing and emerging network requirements, the FastIron Edge X Series comes standard with advanced Layer 2 features, such as Metro Ring Protocol and Base Layer 3 routing capabilities, complete quality of service (QoS) controls including prioritization and rate limiting, and Foundry's IronShield™ for denial of service protection. The FastIron Edge X Series is also software upgradeable to full Layer 3 to support advanced routing protocol such as BGP4. The extensive feature set supports network requirements ranging from basic connectivity to multicast-based streaming audio/video applications for converged services including Voice over IP (VoIP), using a software upgrade to full Layer 3.

For networks that demand greater flexibility, high reliability, enhanced security, extensive redundancy, and a new level of high performance, the FastIron Edge X Series is the clear choice of the world's most demanding customers. For increased return on investment (ROI) and reduced total cost of ownership (TCO) at industry-leading prices, the FastIron Edge X Series is the ideal networking platform to deliver 10-Gigabit Ethernet from the edge to the core.

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Foundry Networks, Inc. is a leading provider of high-performance Enterprise and Service Provider switching, routing and Web traffic management solutions including Layer 2/3 LAN switches, Layer 3 Backbone switches, Layer 4-7 Web switches, wireless LAN and access points, access routers and Metro routers.

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