E-Series
- Best-in-Class Resiliency
- Massive Scalability
- 1260 Gigabit Ethernet ports or 224 Ten Gigabit Ethernet ports per chassis
- Battle Tested, Full Function L2 Switching and L3 Routing
Force10 Networks is the pioneer in resilient Gigabit and 10 Gigabit Ethernet switching and routing. The Force10 E-Series switch/routers provide best-in-class resiliency, unmatched scalability, line-rate performance, and full L2 switching and L3 routing. Based on revolutionary system architecture that combines fully distributed hardware and modular software, the E-Series switch/routers ensure predictable application performance, increase network availability, and reduce operating costs.
- Patented multi-processor design delivers best-in-class resiliency and security
- Up to 1260 Gigabit Ethernet ports or 224 Ten Gigabit Ethernet ports per chassis, enabling unprecedented network scalability
- Innovative Force10 ASICs and E-Series architecture deliver nonblocking, line-rate forwarding with Access Control Lists (ACLs) across all line cards
- Fault-tolerance simplifies maintenance and maximizes system availability
- Robust Force10 FTOS™ software delivers full functionality Layer 2 (L2) switching and Layer 3 (L3) routing for applications spanning the LAN, MAN, and WAN
E-Series Product Matrix
|
E1200 |
E600 |
E300 |
Switch Fabric Capacity
|
1.68 Tbps |
900 Gbps |
400 Gbps |
Full-Mesh Forwarding Capacity
|
1 Bpps |
500 Mpps |
196 Mpps |
Backplane Capacity
|
5 Tbps |
2.7 Tbps |
1.2 Tbps |
I/O Line Card Slots
|
14 |
7 |
6 |
Line-rate GbE
(Line-rate TeraScale Line Cards) |
672 |
336 |
132 |
Total GbE
(High Density TeraScale Line Cards) |
1260 |
630 |
288 |
Line-rate 10 GbE
(Line-rate TeraScale Line Cards) |
56 |
28 |
12 |
Total 10 GbE
(High Density TeraScale Line Cards) |
224 |
112 |
48 |
Line-rate POS/SDH
(OC-48c/12c/3c) |
56 |
28 |
NA |
Chassis Size
|
21 Rack Units
2 Units/19" Rack |
16 Rack Units
3 Units/19" Rack |
8 Rack Units
6 Units/19" Rack |
Hardware Redundancy
|
Power, Route Processor, Switch Fabric, Passive Copper Backplane |
Software Redundancy
|
L2/L3 Hitless Failover |
Operating System
|
Fully Modular Utilizing a 3-CPU Architecture |