Enterasys Networks Boosts Core Backbone Routing With the New X-Pedition ER16 Router.

Business/Technology Editors

ROCHESTER, N.H.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 9, 2001

Powerful New Multilayer Switch Router Combines Breakthrough Capacity

Levels With Advanced Features and Support for Future Technologies

Enterasys Networks(TM), a leader in enterprise networking, today announced the new X-Pedition ER16 backbone routing platform. Designed to meet the increase in demand on the enterprise core backbone, the X-Pedition ER16 provides outstanding capacity, performance and a complete set of application services, enabling corporate networks and e-businesses to optimize and control their networks to meet critical business goals.

The ER16 delivers four times the Gigabit routing capacity of Enterasys' current routing offerings, and provides a comprehensive set of advanced application services, including traffic prioritization, traffic shaping, multilayer 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), SAP, database, e-commerce, multimedia, and converged voice, video and data.

In addition, Enterasys Networks has rebranded its entire routing line as X-Pedition, including the SmartSwitch Router (SSR) 8600, SSR 8000, SSR 2100 and SSR 2000. These products will now be branded as X-Pedition 8600, X-Pedition 8000, X-Pedition 2100 and X-Pedition 2000. For ease of use, the ER16 utilizes the same firmware set as all other X-Pedition routers, providing consistency in feature sets across the entire product line.

"The ER16 is an important new addition to our solution and product offerings, giving us a high-capacity core backbone router designed specifically for the enterprise customer," said Henry Fiallo, president of Enterasys Networks. "This marks an exciting milestone in Enterasys' product development, and complements our current award-winning switching, VPN, security and management products."

With 16 slots, up to 128 Gbps of non-blocking switch fabric, support for up to 128 Gigabit Ethernet ports or up to 460 10/100 ports, and more than 4 million Layer 4 application traffic flows, the ER 16 provides the capacity needed for enterprise LAN, WAN or campus backbone infrastructures. Additionally, the ER 16 is designed to scale to deliver future, high-capacity technologies such as 10 Gigabit Ethernet and Packet over SONET.

Part Number  Description              U.S. List Price  Availability

ER16-CS      Enterasys X-Pedition     $21,995.00       January 9, 2001
             routing platform base
             chassis with one
             switch fabric module,
             fan tray and clock card

ER16-AC      ERP AC Power Supply       $2,595.00       January 9, 2001
             (minimum 2 required,
             3 or 4 required for
             redundancy)

For more information on the X-Pedition ER16, visit Enterasys' web site at www.enterasys.com/xpedition.

About Enterasys Networks

Enterasys Networks is a new kind of company, singularly focused on providing global business communication solutions to enterprise customers. Enterasys Networks' vision is to bring customers solutions that enhance their ability to communicate. With over 650 communications-linked patents, Enterasys Networks is the leading business-communications innovator. Enterasys has partnerships with many of the world's leading IT solutions providers, allowing it to build powerful and intelligent infrastructure solutions for today's Global 2000 enterprise customers. Scalability and manageability are at the core of Enterasys Networks' award-winning holistic networking infrastructure solutions. By optimizing customer solutions to support converged voice, video and data, Enterasys Networks creates solid foundations for the seamless deployment of emerging business-critical applications.

Through its high touch sales model, and a global network of certified and highly trained resellers, Enterasys Networks delivers unrivaled sales and support services across the business world. For more information on Enterasys Networks products, services and partners visit our web site at www.enterasys.com. Enterasys Networks' financial backers include Silver Lake Partners and Cabletron Systems (NYSE: CS).