Foundry Networks FastIron 4802 LAN Switch Wins China Computerworld's ``Product of The Year 2001'' Award.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers SAN JOSE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 24, 2002 The FastIron 4802 LAN Switch Won With Its Superior Serviceability, Price/Performance, Wire-speed Bandwidth Management, And Quality of Service Provisioning Foundry Networks(R), Inc. (Nasdaq:FDRY), a performance and total solutions leader for end-to-end switching and routing, today announced that Foundry's FastIron(R) 4802 LAN switch was named "Product of The Year" for 2001 by China Computerworld in the Layer 3 Switch category based on a variety of criteria including hardware design, manageability, features, scalability, and performance. This is the second major award for the FastIron 4802 since its introduction in June 2001. PC Magazine recently selected the FastIron 4802 for the Editors' Choice Award in the High-End Ethernet Switch category. "This award once again validates that our networking solutions continue to set the benchmark in terms of density, price/performance, reliability, and scalability in the industry," said Bobby Johnson, president and CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. of Foundry Networks. "We offer our customers best-of-breed networking products designed to satisfy the ever-increasing demand for performance, bandwidth and capability." The first product built with Foundry's 3rd generation JetCore(TM) ASIC (Application Specific Integrated Circuit) Pronounced "a-sick." A chip that is custom designed for a specific application rather than a general-purpose chip such as a microprocessor. chipset, the FastIron 4802 is a highly scalable wiring closet and access switch delivering great port density in a compact form factor with superior serviceability, price, wire-speed bandwidth management and Quality of Service (QoS) features. The FastIron 4802 LAN switch features 48 10/100 ports and 2 mini-GBIC based Gigabit Ethernet ports while consuming just 1.5 rack units, making it ideal for deployment in enterprise wiring closets as well as Metropolitan network access environments where space is at a premium. "Foundry's FastIron 4802 delivers a switch with chassis-based performance, features and reliability with the size and price tag of a stackable switch," said Zeus Kerravala, research director, E-Networks and Broadband Access at Yankee Group. "This switch is an ideal device for locations that require high performance with limited rack space, such as enterprise wiring closets and Co-location services. With its advanced feature set, the FastIron 4802 has set a new watermark for stackable switches," continued Kerravala. The FastIron 4802 base configuration provides advanced Layer 2 features, including extensive support for dynamic VLANs, rich QoS features based on 802.1p, Type of Service, DiffServ, Redundant, load-sharing, and hot-swappable power supplies, wire-speed Access Control Lists as well as base Layer 3 features. With a simple software upgrade, customers can get full Layer 3 functionality including IP, IPX, AppleTalk, OSPF (Open Shortest Path First) A routing protocol that determines the best path for routing IP traffic over a TCP/IP network based on distance between nodes and several quality parameters. , BGP (Border Gateway Protocol) The routing protocol that is used to span autonomous systems on the Internet. It is a robust, sophisticated and scalable protocol that was developed by the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF). 4, Rapid Spanning Tree Protocol Based on an algorithm invented by Radia Perlman while working for Digital Equipment Corporation[1][2], Spanning Tree Protocol Is an OSI layer-2 protocol which ensures a loop free topology for any bridged LAN. based on 802.1w, multicast and wire-speed bandwidth management capabilities. The FastIron 4802 is generally available now at a base U.S. list price of $5,995. About Foundry Networks Foundry Networks, Inc. (Nasdaq:FDRY) is a performance and total solutions leader for end-to-end switching and routing including Layer 2/3 LAN switches, Layer 3 Backbone switches, Layer 4 - 7 Web switches and Internet routers. Foundry's 3,800 customers include the world's premier ISPs, Metro service providers, and enterprises including e-commerce sites, universities, entertainment, health and wellness, government, financial, and manufacturing companies. Some of these customers include: AOL (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :AOL), EarthLink, China Telecom, MSN (Nasdaq:MSFT MSFT Microsoft (stock symbol) MSFT Movimento Sociale Fiamma Tricolore (Italy) MSFT Multi-Stage Fitness Test MSFT Master of Science in Family Therapy MSFT Macalester Students for Fair Trade ), Verio, Cable & Wireless (NYSE:CWP CWP Coal workers' pneumoconiosis, see there ), Yahoo! (Nasdaq:YHOO YHOO Yahoo! Inc. (NASDAQ symbol) ), Incyte Genomics, Inc. (Nasdaq:INCY), Deutsche Bank, The University of Washington, University of Washington, University of, at Seattle; state supported; coeducational; chartered and opened 1861 as the Territorial Univ. of Washington, renamed 1889. There are noted schools of medicine and engineering, and the university operates laboratories for the marine Miami, Institut National de Recherche en Informatique et en Automatique (INRIA INRIA - Institut National de Recherche en Informatique et Automatique ) of France, The British Library, U.S. Army, Air Force and Navy, NASA and the National Space Development Agency of Japan. For more information about the company and its products, call 888/TURBOLAN or visit www.foundrynetworks.com. Note to Editors: Foundry Networks, JetCore and FastIron are trademarks of Foundry Networks, Inc. |
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