Cabletron's New SmartSwitches Combine Performance of Switching With Cost Benefits of Shared-Media Hubs.ROCHESTER, N.H.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 25, 1997-- Includes First Fast Ethernet An earlier name for 100Mbps Ethernet. See 100Base-T. (networking) Fast Ethernet - A version of Ethernet developed in the 1990s(?) which can carry 100 Mbps compared with standard Ethernet's 10 Mbps. It requires upgraded network cards and hubs. Standalone Device To Support High-Density Switching Among Shared-Access Workgroups Cabletron Systems (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :CS) today announced a new family of products that provide a strategic platform for migrating customers from shared-access hub solutions to high-performance switching systems Switching systems (communications) The assemblies of switching and control devices provided so that any station in a communications system may be connected as desired with any other station. . Designed for Cabletron's award-winning SmartSwitch 2000 and 6000 switching platforms, the new solutions are targeted at the desktop and wiring closet The central distribution or servicing point for cables in a network. See MDF and wire center. connectivity markets. Cabletron's new "MicroLAN" products offer customers a cost-effective alternative to providing dedicated switch connections to every desktop. Users can be easily segmented into small shared-access workgroups interconnected by a high-speed 10/100 internal switch fabric. This strategy complements Cabletron's customer commitment to make networking simpler by reducing the number of users or servers per switched LAN segment A section of a local area network that is used by a particular workgroup or department and separated from the rest of the LAN by a bridge, router or switch. Networks are divided into multiple segments for security and to improve traffic flow by filtering out packets that are not destined , increasing network availability and reliability. "Cabletron has a massive install base of MMAC MMAC Multimedia Mobile Access Communication MMAC Metropolitan Milwaukee Association of Commerce MMAC Mike Monroney Aeronautical Center MMAC Mutated in Multiple Advanced Cancers MMAC Multi Media Access Center (Cabletron) chassis with high-end customers, approximately 50 percent more installed ports than their closest competitor," said Tam Dell'Oro founder of the Menlo Park Menlo Park. 1 Residential city (1990 pop. 28,040), San Mateo co., W Calif.; inc. 1874. Electronic equipment and aerospace products are manufactured in the city. Menlo College and a Stanford Univ. research institute are there. 2 Uninc. , CA consulting company Noun 1. consulting company - a firm of experts providing professional advice to an organization for a fee consulting firm business firm, firm, house - the members of a business organization that owns or operates one or more establishments; "he worked for a , The Dell'Oro Group. "The new SmartSwitches will allow Cabletron to further leadership in the wiring closet and workgroup markets." All of Cabletron's MicroLAN products support 48 ports of connectivity, with users segmented into separate groups of up to twelve users each. Up to 240 separate Ethernet or Fast Ethernet ports can be supported in a single SmartSwitch 6000 chassis. Two new technologies have been introduced, the first offers Fast Ethernet services, while the second allows customers to deploy low-cost 10Mb Ethernet. Through auto-negotiation, the Fast Ethernet products simultaneously support both 10 and 100 Mb technologies, allowing customers to use the same product to migrate to Fast Ethernet. The products can be uplinked to high-speed LAN/WAN LAN/WAN Local Area Network/Wide Area Network backbone technologies such as Fast Ethernet, ATM, FDDI (Fiber Distributed Data Interface) Often pronounced "fiddy," it was a LAN and MAN access method that had its heyday in the mid-1990s. FDDI was an ANSI standard token passing network that transmitted 100 Mbps over optical fiber up to 10 kilometers. and Frame Relay. MicroLAN products for the SmartSwitch 6000 support up to ten high-speed uplinks, while the standalone solutions offer three uplinks. New MicroLAN Products for the SmartSwitch 6000 -- Fast Ethernet MicroLAN Module for the SmartSwitch 6000 (6H123-50) - designed for high-density environments that require significant bandwidth, the 6H123-50 provides the functionality of a Fast Ethernet switch with the efficiencies of a shared-access hub. -- Ethernet MicroLAN Module for the SmartSwitch 6000 (6E123-50) - also designed for high-density wiring closet environments, the 6E123-50 provides "switch-like" performance enhancements and a migration path to a fully switched network or high-speed backbone. New MicroLAN Products for the Workgroup -- SmartSwitch 2110 - Standalone Fast Ethernet MicroLAN (2H43-51) - designed to address high-bandwidth connectivity requirements at the workgroup, the SmartSwitch 2110 interconnects up to 48 users using shared Fast Ethernet. Segmented groups are interconnected via a high-speed 10/100 internal switching fabric. -- SmartSwitch 2100 - Standalone Ethernet MicroLAN (2E43-51) - also designed for workgroup connectivity requirant improvements in throughput performance, without requiring the expense of dedicated switched Ethernet cility 6H123-50 Fast Ethernet $9,995.00 90 days MicroLANMicroLAN $5,995.00 immediate module 2E43-51 MicroLAN 2100 $5,4der in providing high-performance intranet and Internet solutions, including LAN (Local Area Network) A communications network that serves users within a confined geographical area. The "clients" are the user's workstations typically running Windows, although Mac and Linux clients are also used. and WAN switches, remote access products and advanced network and systems management software. Under its Synthesis product framework, Cabletron markets Cabletron's World Wide Web site can be reached on the Internet at http://www.cabletron.com . Cabletron, SecureFast, SmartSwitch and MMAC-Plus are trademarks or registered trademarks of Cabletron Systems. CONTACT: Cabletron Systems Lara Drolet, 603-337-1706 larad@ctron.com |
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