Foundry Networks Wins PC Magazine's Editors' Choice Award in the High-End Ethernet Switch Category.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers SAN JOSE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 13, 2001 Foundry's New FastIron 4802 Layer 2/3 Switch Excels in a Comprehensive Ethernet Switch Review Winning Top Score with Its Leading Extensive Feature Set, Reliability, Manageability, and Performance 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 Layer 2/3 switch was awarded PC Magazine's distinguished Editors' Choice Award in the High-End Ethernet Switch category based on a variety of criteria including hardware design, manageability, features, scalability, and performance. PC Magazine's Editors' Choice Award designation goes to the top Layer 2/3 switches after a rigorous, hands-on evaluation by the PC Magazine Lab staff, who develop testing procedures and scripts in consultation with the PC industry. "The FastIron 4802's comprehensive feature set was matched by its stellar performance, and the switch's Web-based management interface is as much a pleasure to use as it is functional," said Frank J. Derfler, Jr., senior networking editor of PC Magazine. "After 15 minutes with the FastIron 4802, all we could say was `wow!'," said Matthew D. Sarrel, technical director of PC Magazine Labs. "From its high-quality construction to its stellar performance and outstanding manageability, this is one serious switch." The FastIron 4802 Layer 2/3 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 Metro and Co-location service provider access environments where space is at a premium. The first switch built with Foundry's next-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 Internet 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. Based on the Committed Access Rate (CAR) functionality built into the JetCore ASIC chipset, FastIron 4802 is the first in its class to deliver granular wire-speed rate limiting at any frame size. "After extensive evaluation of various switches, we chose Foundry's FastIron 4802 for its superior performance, serviceability, availability, and security along with an array of advanced Layer 2/3 switching features in a compact form factor," said Gaang-Jau (G.J.) Chen, director of Engineering, Social Sciences Computing at University of California, Los Angeles UCLA comprises the College of Letters and Science (the primary undergraduate college), seven professional schools, and five professional Health Science schools. Since 2001, UCLA has enrolled over 33,000 total students, and that number is steadily rising. . "The FastIron 4802 allows us to future-proof our network and pave the way for deployment of next-generation applications." Consistent with all Foundry products, the FastIron 4802 continues the price and performance leadership with non-blocking architecture and wire-speed performance in every port. 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 (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. , 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 ideal for enterprises as well as service providers because it combines the serviceability and scalability of high-end modular switches with the density and price/performance of stackable switches. Foundry's FastIron 4802 represents a breakthrough in scalability for high-density stackable switches by providing up to 64,000 wire-speed programmable Layer 3 lookups, 200,000 BGP routes, 128 bandwidth-provisioning policies, and 4,096 VLANs. "Our networking solutions continue to set the benchmark in terms of density, performance, reliability, and scalability," 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 strive to meet the growing demands of our customers by offering high-performance, best-of-breed networking products designed to satisfy the ever-increasing demand for bandwidth and capability. Having a leading publication such as PC Magazine validate that we have the best Ethernet switch on the market is very exciting." 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 3,750+ 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 NASA: see National Aeronautics and Space Administration. NASA in full National Aeronautics and Space Administration Independent U.S. and the National Space Development Agency of Japan. For more information about the company and its products, call 888/TURBO-LAN or visit www.foundrynetworks.com. Note to Editors: Foundry Networks, JetCore and FastIron are trademarks of Foundry Networks, Inc. |
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