Overview

The FastIron® Edge Switch (FES) series provides greater flexibility, higher reliability, enhanced security, extensive redundancy, and expanded resiliency -- while simplifying network management complexity and reducing on-going training expenses. The FES increases your network's Return on Investment (ROI) and decreases its Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) by using common sparing components and offering improved functionality through a common feature set controlled by industry standard Command Line Interface (CLI) syntax, all in a compact (1.5 - 2.5 Rack Units) form factor at industry leading prices. With an advanced hardware platform to provide user-selectable Layer 2 switching - upgradeable to full Layer 3 multiprotocol routing - the FastIron Edge Switch is the ideal networking platform for today's Enterprise wiring closet and server farm applications.

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Features

Resiliant High-Availability Features

• Redundant, hot-swappable load-sharing power supplies—Increase system reliability and circuit redundancy
• Superior Layer 1 Resiliency—Includes UDLD for link and path failure analysis and Protected Link for 1-msec failover times
• Superior Layer 2 Redundancy—Virtual Switch Redundancy Protocol (VSRP), 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 and VRRP-E (Enhanced) 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: Four-second convergence on uplink ports on wiring closet switches.
  • Single-instance STP: Support for third-party devices that run a single STP instance
  • Per VLAN Spanning Tree (PVST): Multiple spanning tree instances within a single system for VLAN load-sharing and increased network reliability
  • Topology Groups: Goes beyond PVGST to scale all supported Layer 2 control protocols including STP, RSTP, MRP and VSRP while providing the ability to isolate the provider from any subscriber-influenced changes
• Virtual Switch Redundancy Protocol (VSRP)—Offers an alternative to spanning tree-based designs and provides sub-second fault detection and fail-over protocol for mesh topologies. VSRP works in conjunction with MRP to provide SONET-like resiliency required for critical Data Center and Metro Ethernet networks and protects against link or switch failures
• Link Aggregation based on IEEE 802.3ad—Logical links Containing up to eight 100 Mbps or two 1000 Mbps Links to scale bandwidth and protect against link, port or interface module failure
• Metro Ring Protocol (MRP)—Provides sub-second fault detection and fail-over specifically for Metro Ethernet ring topologies as an alternative to spanning tree-based designs. MRP works in conjunction with VSRP and 802.3ad based link aggregation to provide bandwidth scalability and SONET-like resiliency in Metro Ethernet networks.
• Super Aggregated VLANs (SAV)—Allows service providers to decouple the provider VLAN domains from customer VLAN domains. SAV allows the provider to tunnel and preserve the s subscriber VLANs by stacking VLAN tags (Q-in-Q). SAV is also known as Carrier VLAN.
• Mirror/Monitor Port—Aids fault isolation with monitoring and troubleshooting of single or multiple switch ports without disruption to existing traffic flows.

Complete Unicast and Multicast Layer 3 Functionality

• Industry Standard Routing Protocol
  • Scalability: Up to 64,000 IP routes in hardware
  • RIP: Simple routing solution for small to medium size network infrastructures,enabling network managers to deploy routing and simple route summarization
  • OSPF: Flexible route propagation and route summarization for medium to large Enterprise networks, allowing network managers to control large IP routes. Includes Equal Cost Multi Path (ECMP) for increased bandwidth utilization and redundancy.
  • VRRP and VRRPE (Enhanced VRRP): Router failure redundancy, giving data center servers immediate recovery from any router failure. VRRPE extends VRRP by giving network managers traditional IP troubleshooting tools
• Comprehensive Multicast Feature Set—Using hardware-based multicast features allow network managers to efficiently deploy streaming media applications for improved employee collaboration and productivity.
• Diverse Multicast Protocol Support—Selecting from IGMP, DVMRP, PIM-SM (Sparse Mode), and PIM-DM (Dense Mode) gives administrators the flexibility of supporting a variety of applications with complete interoperability to existing applications.

Intelligent Traffic Control and Bandwidth Management

• Each port contains four hardware queues which can be programmed with Weighted Round Robin (WRR) or Strict Priority (SP) for queueing mechanism.
• Advanced QoS—Enforcing traffic priority based on port, VLAN, source MAC, ACL, 802.1p, Type of Service (ToS) or DiffServ settings to prioritize business-critical flows.
• Wire-speed, Fine-grain Bandwidth Management—Fine tune and control bandwidth consumption by using rate limiting together with the multiple queuing techniques for end-to-end QoS regulation of traffic flows across the entire network.

Cohesive, Unified and Easy-To-Use Network Management

• Centralized Network Management—Reduce operational expenses with Foundry's IronView Network Manager, graphical interface tool that empowers network operators to seamlessly control software and configuration updates for any Foundry product from a central station—dramatically simplifying network provisioning, diagnostics and resolution.
• SNMP—Secured SNMP management with RFC 2570 through 2575.
• Command Line Interface (CLI)—An industry-standard configuration interface, consistent and common throughout Foundry's entire product portfolio.
• Web Interface—Provides easy to use Graphical User Interface (GUI) for system configuration from standard Web browsers.
• SFlow (RFC 3176)—Provides cost-effective, scalable, wire-speed network monitoring to detect unusual network activity
• SNMPv3—Provides User-Based Security model (RFC 2574) for authentication and privacy services

IronShield™ Security

• Ingress and egress Access Control List support
  • Identify traffic based on source or destination IP address, IP protocol type, TCP or UDP port, IP precedence or TOS values
  • 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
• Private VLANs at the edge provide security and isolation between switch ports to help ensure that users cannot snoop on other users' traffic.
• Secure Shell and Secure Copy—Provide secure access to the administration and management 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 and excessive network usage

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Specifications

Standards Compliance

• 802.1d Bridging
• 802.1D-1998
• 802.1q/p VLAN Tagging and Priority
• 802.1w Rapid Spanning Tree
• 802.1x Port-based Authentication
• 802.3 10Base-T
• 802.3 Ethernet Like MIB
• 802.3ad Link Aggregation
• 802.3u 100Base-TX
• 802.3z 1000Base-SX/LX/TX

Protocol Support

• AppleTalk
• DNS Client
• IP (RFC 1812)
• IPX RIP/SAP
• OPSF NSSA (RFC 1587)
• OSPF (RFC 1583)
• OSPF Database Overflow (RFC 1765)
• OSPF Traps (RFC 1850)
• OSPFv2 (RFC 2328v2)
• RIPv1 (RFC 1058)
• RIPv2 (RFC 1723)
• VRRP (RFC 2338)
• VRRPE (Foundry VRRP Enhanced)

IP Multicast

• DVMRP Host Requirements (RFC 1122)
• DVMRPv2
• IGMP Snooping
• IGMPv1 (RFC 1112)
• IGMPv2 (RFC 2236)
• PIM-DM (draft-ietf-v2-dm-03)
• PIM-SM (RFC 2362)

Layer 2 Enhancements and Features

• 4,096 VLANs
• 64,000 MAC Addresses
• Address Lock Filtering
• Dual Mode VLANs
• Fast Port Span
• Fast Uplink Span
• Generic VLAN Registration Protocol
• MAC-Layer Filtering
• Mirror/Monitor Ports
• Per VLAN Group Spanning Tree (PVGST)
• Per VLAN STP (PVST/PVST+)
• Server Trunk Groups
• Single-instance Spanning Tree
• Hardware-based Inbound and Outbound Access Control List

Layer 3 Enhancements

• 64,000 IP Routes
• DiffServ Support
• ToS/DSCP Control via ACLs

Management and Control

• 802.3 MAU MIB (RFC 2239)
• Architecture for Describing SNMP Framework (RFC 2571)
• BootP (RFC 951 & RFC 1542)
• BootP/DHCP Relay (RFC 2131)
• Bridge MIB (RFC 1493)
• Configuration Logging
• Ethernet Interface MIB (RFC 1643)
• Ethernet MIB (RFC 1643)
• HTTP (RFC 2068)
• ICMP Router Discovery Protocol (RFC 1256)
• Industry Standard Command Line Interface (CLI)
• Integration with HP OpenView for Sun Solaris, HP-UX, IBM's AIX, and Windows NT Standalone Windows NT
• IP Forwarding Table MIB (RFC 1354)
• IronView Network Manager (INM) Web based graphical user interface
• JetScope/ sFlow (RFC3176)
• MIB-II (RFC 1213)
• Repeater MIB (RFC 1516)
• RIPv2 MIB (RFC 1724)
• RMON MIB (RFC 1757)
• SNMP Message Processing and Dispatching (RFC 2572)
• SNMP MIB II (RFC 1573)
• SNMP View-based Access Control Model SNMP (RFC 2575)
• SNMPv1/v2c (RFC 1157)
• SNMPv3 Applications (RFC 2573)
• SNMPv3 Intro to Framework (RFC 2570)
• SNMPv3 User-based Security Model (RFC 2574)
• Support for Multiple SysLogD Servers
• TELNET (RFC 854)
• TFTP (RFC 783)

Element Security Options

• Authentication, Authorization, & Accounting (AAA)
• Bi-level Access Mode (Standard and EXEC Level)
• Protection for Denial of Service attacks
• RADIUS
• Secure Copy (SCP)
• Secure Shell
• TACACS/TACACS+
• Username/Password

Performance

• FES2402:
  • Switching Capacity 38.4Gbps
  • Forwarding Rate 6.6 Mpps
• FES4802:
  • Switching Capacity 38.4Gbps
  • Forwarding Rate 10.2 Mpps
• FES9604:
  • Switching Capacity 76.8Gbps
  • Forwarding Rate 20.4 Mpps
• FES12GCF:
  • Forwarding Rate 17.8Mpps

Physical Dimensions

• FES2402:
  2.63" (H) x 17.5" (W) x 19.6" (D)
  6.68cm (H) x 44.45cm (W) x 49.78cm (D)
• FES4802:
  2.63" (H) x 17.5" (W) x 19.6" (D)
  6.68cm (H) x 44.45cm (W) x 49.78cm (D)
• FES9604:
  4.38" (H) x 17.5" (W) x 19.6 (D)
  11.12cm (H) x 44.45cm (W) x 49.78cm (D)
• FES12GCF:
  2.63" (H) x 17.5" (W) x 19.6" (D)
  6.68cm (H) x 44.45cm (W) x 49.78cm (D)

Weight

• FES2402:
  • 25 lbs (11.36 kg) Fully Loaded including dual redundant power
  • 17.5 lbs (7.95 kg) Empty
• FES4802:
  • 25 lbs (11.36 kg) Fully Loaded including dual redundant power
  • 17.5 lbs (7.95 kg) Empty
• FES9604:
  • 31 lbs (14.09 kg) Fully Loaded including dual redundant power
• FES12GCF:
  • 25 lbs (11.36 kg) Fully Loaded including dual redundant power
• RPS5:
  • 3.75 lbs (1.70 kg)
• RPS5DC:
  • 3.75 lbs (1.70 kg)

Environmental Ranges

• Operating temperature: 32° to 104°F (0° to 40°C)
• Relative Humidity: 5% to 90%, non-condensing
• Storage temperature: -23° to 158°F (-25° to 70°C)
• Maximum BTUs: 340 BTU/Hr (100W) per supply
• Storage altitude: 10,000ft (3,000m) maximum

Power Requirements

• AC input voltage: 100vAC @ 3.5A MAX, 240vAC @ 1.5A MAX, 50-60Hz per auto-sensing, auto-switching power supply
• DC input voltage: -36vDC to -48vDC @ 9.0A MAX

Safety Certifications

• EN 60950
• IEC 950
• UL 1950
• CSA 950

Electromagnetic Emission Certifications

• FCC Class A
• EN 55022
• CISPR-22 Class A
• VCCI Class A

Immunity

• Generic: EN 50082-1

Warranty

• 5-year Hardware
• 90-days Software

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System Options

• FES12GCF: 12 Combo ports that supports 10/100/1000Base-TX or fiber ports using mini-GBIC optics, allowing a choice between fixed RJ-45 ports or 1000Base-X (mini-GBIC), Full Layer 2 & Base Layer 3 Switching, and one hot-swappable, field replaceable AC power supply; Occupies 1.5 rack units (RU)
• FES12GCF-PREM: 12 Combo ports that supports 10/100/1000Base-TX or fiber ports using mini-GBIC optics, allowing a choice between fixed RJ-45 ports or 1000Base-X (mini-GBIC), Full Layer 3 Routing, and one hot-swappable, field replaceable AC power supply; Occupies 1.5 rack units (RU)
• FES2402: 24 ports 10/100Base-TX plus 2 ports of media-flexible Gigabit Ethernet, allowing a choice between fixed 1000Base-T (included) or 1000Base-X (mini-GBIC), Full Layer 2 & Base Layer 3 Switching, and one hot-swappable, field replaceable AC power supply; Occupies 1.5 rack units (RU)
• FES2402-PREM: 24 ports 10/100Base-TX plus 2 ports of media-flexible Gigabit Ethernet, allowing a choice between fixed 1000Base-T (included) or 1000Base-X (mini-GBIC), Full Layer 2 Switching, Full Layer 3 Routing, and one hot-swappable, field replaceable AC power supply; Occupies 1.5 rack units (RU)
• FES4802: 48 ports 10/100Base-TX plus 2 ports of media-flexible Gigabit Ethernet, allowing a choice between fixed 1000Base-T (included) or 1000Base-X (mini-GBIC), Full Layer 2 & Base Layer 3 Switching, and one hot-swappable, field replaceable AC power supply; Occupies 1.5 rack units (RU)
• FES4802-PREM: 48 ports 10/100Base-TX plus 2 ports of media-flexible Gigabit Ethernet, allowing a choice between fixed 1000Base-T (included) or 1000Base-X (mini-GBIC), Full Layer 2 Switching, Full Layer 3 Routing, and one hot-swappable, field replaceable AC power supply; Occupies 1.5 rack units (RU)
• FES9604: 96 ports 10/100Base-TX plus 4 ports of media-flexible Gigabit Ethernet, allowing a choice between fixed 1000Base-T (included) or 1000Base-X (mini-GBIC), Full Layer 2 & Base Layer 3 Switching, and one hot-swappable, field replaceable AC power supply; Occupies 2.5 rack units (RU)
• FES9604-PREM: 96 ports 10/100Base-TX plus 4 ports of media-flexible Gigabit Ethernet, allowing a choice between fixed 1000Base-T (included) or 1000Base-X (mini-GBIC), Full Layer 2 Switching, Full Layer 3 Routing, and one hot-swappable, field replaceable AC power supply; Occupies 2.5 rack units (RU)

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Literature

Datasheets

• FastIron Edge Switch Datasheet (PDF 2.5MB)
• Optics Family (PDF 171K)

White Papers

• Leveraging the Advantages of a Multi-vendor Network Strategy (PDF 181K)
• Multicast Deployment Guide (PDF 187K)

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