Foundry Networks Introduces Industry-Leading Price and Performance Solutions Enabling the Acceleration of Gigabit Ethernet-Over-Copper to Servers.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers SAN JOSE San Jose, city, United States San Jose (sănəzā`, săn hōzā`), city (1990 pop. 782,248), seat of Santa Clara co., W central Calif.; founded 1777, inc. 1850. , Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 20, 2001 Foundry's FastIron II Switch Delivers Scalable Bandwidth, High Availability, Redundancy and Rich Feature Set Foundry Networks(R), Inc. (Nasdaq:FDRY), a performance and total solutions leader for end-to-end switching and routing, announced today three chassis-based Gigabit Ethernet-Over-Copper switches for the FastIron(R) II product family of Layer 2/3 switches allowing users to deliver Gigabit-Over-Copper solutions for servers and data center backbones over cost-effective Category 5 copper cables. Foundry's FastIron II product family offers unparalleled features, price and performance for customers looking to deliver future applications that require high-performance and reliability. "By offering Gigabit Ethernet-Over-Copper switches with a superior feature set, and unmatched industry-leading price and performance, we are enabling customers to deliver the bandwidth required for server farm connectivity, next generation multimedia applications and accelerate the adaptation of Gigabit Ethernet technology," 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. Industry-Leading Price and Performance Meets Customer Needs Foundry's FastIron II modular chassis Gigabit Ethernet-Over-Copper switch provides investment protection for network managers looking to meet the requirements of their current network infrastructure and provide for future expansion as their network needs increase. The FastIron II Gigabit Ethernet-Over-Copper switch provides connectivity for up to 32-ports with a wire-speed, non-blocking performance of 48 Million packets per second (Mpps). This scalable packaging allows customers to install high-performance network solutions for servers and data center backbones with minimal impact to budgetary requirements. For example, a data center, that requires 16-ports for connecting to high-speed servers, can use the FastIron II Gigabit Ethernet-Over-Copper bundle priced at $11,995. This solution allows expansion by providing two empty slots that can be configured with 10/100 Ethernet ports for legacy server connectivity and Gigabit Ethernet Fiber ports for fiber uplinks into the Gigabit Ethernet backbone. Superior Availability and Redundancy The 32-port model of the FastIron II Gigabit Ethernet-Over-Copper switch is priced at $19,995 and is ideal for high-speed connectivity to large server farms. The FastIron II modular chassis family supports full management module redundancy, high-availability for critical server applications and data center backbones by providing support for redundant power supplies. When equipped with a primary and a secondary management module, the FastIron II seamlessly switches over from the primary management module to the secondary module upon detection of primary module failure. Setting Layer 2/3 Switch Feature Leadership FastIron II modular chassis family supports full Layer 2 and Layer 3 functionality, including: Rapid Spanning Tree Foundry's Rapid STP STP or standard temperature and pressure, standard conditions for measurement of the properties of matter. The standard temperature is the freezing point of pure water, 0°C; or 273.15°K;. implementation delivers Fast STP, which is described within 802.1W STP specification. Rapid STP delivers high availability solution for STP convergence from the primary root port connection to the standby root port connection. Dynamic VLANS A powerful feature supported by the FastIron II family of switches that allows network managers to simplify network address administration and increase available bandwidth by logically assigning users to virtual communities of interest based on port, protocol or subnet (SUBNETwork) A logical division of a local area network, which is created to improve performance and provide security. To enhance performance, subnets limit the number of nodes that compete for available bandwidth. . These VLANs group users into different broadcast domains to minimize broadcast traffic and ensure network security and performance. Multi-Protocol Support The FastIron II family of switches provides both an advanced feature set and superior investment protection by allowing network administrators to choose between complete Layer 2 or Layer 3 functionality based on software. By providing a Layer 3 software upgrade patch, enterprise customers can be assured that their initial investment is 100% retained without having to replace hardware at extra expense. Once upgraded to full Layer 3, the FastIron II family provides full multi-protocol support including IP, IPX (Internetwork Packet EXchange) The network layer protocol in the NetWare operating system. Similar to the IP layer in TCP/IP, it contains a network address and allows messages to be routed to a different network or subnet. and AppleTalk to support existing and legacy applications. Easy-To-Use, Simple Network Management The FastIron II family delivers ease of use and lowers the total cost of ownership by supporting Foundry's familiar Command Line Interface (CLI (1) (Call Level Interface) A database programming interface from the SQL Access Group (SAG), an SQL membership organization. SAG's CLI is an attempt to standardize the SQL language for database access. ), which is common across the entire Foundry product lines, to minimize the amount of training required. The Web-based management interface is standard on all Foundry products and allows easy point-and-click configuration. Using Foundry's optional IronView(TM) network management system, network administrators can keep track of Foundry equipment connected to their network, manage configuration changes, and provide automated backups, as well as and configure VLANs, ACLs, and Image updates -- all remotely. The FastIron II also supports management using third-party SNMP-based Network Management Systems. Pricing and Availability The FastIron II Gigabit-Over-Copper switches are available immediately for the following configurations: -- 16-port FastIron II/GC switch with two available expansion slots is listed at a U.S. list price of $11,995. -- 24-port FastIron II/GC switch with one available expansion slot is listed at a U.S. list price of $15,995. -- 32-port FastIron II/GC switch is listed at a U.S. list price of $19,995. About Foundry Networks Foundry Networks, Inc. (Nasdaq:FDRY) is a performance and total solutions leader for end-to-end switching and routing including Internet routers, Layer 2/3 LAN switches, and Layer 4-7 Internet traffic and content delivery switches. Foundry's 3,750+ customers include the world's premier ISPs and enterprises, portals, search engines, e-commerce sites, universities, entertainment, pharmaceutical, government, financial, and manufacturing companies. Some of these customers include: AOL (A division of Time Warner, Inc., New York, NY, www.aol.com) The world's largest online information service with access to the Internet, e-mail, chat rooms and a variety of databases and services. (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :AOL), EarthLink (Nasdaq:ELNK ELNK EarthLink, Inc. (stock symbol) ELNK Ethernet Link ), AT&T WorldNet, MSN (1) (MicroSoft Network) A family of Internet-based services from Microsoft, which includes a search engine, e-mail (Hotmail), instant messaging (Windows Live Messaging) and a general-purpose portal with news, information and shopping (MSN Directory). , Verio, Cable & Wireless (NYSE:CWP CWP Coal workers' pneumoconiosis, see there ), Yahoo! (Nasdaq:YHOO YHOO Yahoo! Inc. (NASDAQ symbol) ), Incyte Genomics, Inc. (Nasdaq:INCY), 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, LucasFilm, U.S. Army, Air Force and Navy, NASA NASA: see National Aeronautics and Space Administration. NASA in full National Aeronautics and Space Administration Independent U.S. and NIH "Not invented here." See digispeak. NIH - The United States National Institutes of Health. . For more information about the company and its products, call 1.888.TURBO.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. or visit www.foundrynetworks.com. Note to Editors: Foundry Networks and FastIron are registered trademarks of Foundry Networks, Inc. IronView is a trademark of Foundry Networks, Inc. |
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