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FASTIRON II SWITCHES
FastIron II Switches - mance and highly available network designs within
High Performance Modular the wiring closet, the distribution layer, and the data
Chassis for the LAN center. FastIron-II delivers the industry leading per-
formance, price/performance and high-density
Foundry Networks’ award-winning FastIron-II prod- 10/100/1000 Mbps connectivity.
uct family, including the four-slot FastIron-II and
eight-slot FastIron-II Plus chassis, delivers a new Businesses requiring greater 10/100 Mbps port
level of high-performance capabilities for enterprise density can deploy the FastIron-II Plus for up to
and service provider networks. For the high-end data 168 auto-sensing and auto-negotiating 10/100
center computing needs, the FastIron-II family offers Mbps ports, and up to eight Gigabit Ethernet
the FastIron-II GC and the FastIron-II Plus GC, which ports. FastIron-II provides 72 auto-sensing and
allows for 32-port and 64-port Gigabit Ethernet auto-negotiating 10/100 Mbps ports, and up to
Copper, respectively. This ensures high-speed Gigabit eight Gigabit Ethernet ports. The FastIron-II and
Ethernet connection for high-end server clustering, the FastIron-II Plus can respectively contain up to
which increases packet performance throughput for 32 or 64 non-blocking 1000BaseT ports, allow-
any client-server or high-bandwidth based applica- ing for a cost-effective and greater Gigabit
tions. Based on Foundry’s unique IronCore ASIC Ethernet Copper port density.
architecture, FastIron-II delivers hardware-based dis-
tributed switching that increases the availability of Like the BigIron product family, the FastIron-II
network bandwidth to accommodate the next gener- product family is 10 Gigabit Ethernet ready. This
ation of high-bandwidth applications required by allows businesses to increase their return on
end-users. FastIron-II’s non-blocking architecture investment, when they acquire a FastIron II. The
enables network managers to build high-perfor- FastIron-II includes these features:
FASTIRON II Switches
• Port-based VLANs group users into different broadcast domains. You can use the Fast Uplink feature on a Foundry device
• A switching router upgrade delivers the following features: deployed as a wiring closet switch to decrease the convergence
o Protocol-based VLANs to define a more granular VLAN com-
time for the uplink ports to another device to just four seconds
munity definition based on AppleTalk, IP, IPX, DECnet,
NetBIOS, or other protocol types (two seconds for listening and two seconds for learning). The
o Subnet-based VLANs to create even finer community defini- wiring closet switch must be a Foundry device but the device at
tions the other end of the link can be a Foundry device or another ven-
dor’s switch. Configuration of the Fast Uplink Span feature takes
IEEE 802.1q VLAN tagging enables the creation of standards based,
place entirely on the Foundry device.
vendor interoperable virtual LANs that span multiple devices.
traffic based on source and destination IP address to secure IP with both AC and DC power supplies, which allows the FastIron-II
networks from any network intrusion. chassis to conform to any type of power requirements.
With its default configuration or Layer 2 switching software, the All modules used within a FastIron-II are hot swappable with
FastIron-II product family includes Secure Shell. This ensures tight sub-second fault detection and fail-over. This allows for rapid
security for administering Telnet-based configuration changes, deployment of network connectivity, which is commonly
while still allowing for quick and easy configuration management. required within a rapidly growing organization, without any net-
work downtime. With Foundry’s Trunk Group feature, Wiring
In addition, the FastIron-II adds security features that protect the Closet-to-Distribution Gigabit Ethernet links can be aggregated to
network against Denial of Service (DoS) conditions such as TCP support high network traffic loads and provide link redundancy.
SYN or Smurf attacks. These features help by eliminating unneces-
sary network downtime caused by malicious hacker attacks. FastIron II Product Family Architecture
Carrier Class Reliability and Redundancy The FastIron II product family is built on Foundry’s non-blocking
IronCore architecture. The IronCore architecture provides switch-
FastIron-II supports dual load-sharing power supplies, but only one ing capacity in the core and on each module.
is required to power a fully configured chassis. The FastIron-II Plus
chassis supports four load balancing and load-sharing power sup- The core consists of a backplane and crosspoint switching fabric
plies. Two power a fully configured 8-slot chassis with the third that supports up to eight interface modules. The crosspoint
providing load-sharing capabilities and the fourth providing N+1 switching fabric includes high-speed ASICs that provide up to
redundancy. Network administrators can also configure the chassis 128 Gbps of effective switching capacity and 96,000,000 pps.
Each interface module utilizes a high-bandwidth, shared memory Distribution and Wiring Closet
switching fabric that switches up to 32 Gbps of bandwidth. This
local switching fabric houses the forwarding engines and Figure 1 depicts a typical Enterprise - Campus network environ-
includes ASICs that provide packet switching functions such as ment with redundant BigIron 4000s and 8000s deployed in the
priority handling. Each interface module also contains ASICs that backbone connecting the Data Center to the rest of the campus
perform high-speed Layer 2, Layer 3 (IP, IPX, and AppleTalk) and (Distribution). It also shows a Wiring Closet fitted with the
Layer 4 (TCP and UDP) look-ups and forwarding, including FastIron-II product, allowing network administrators to deliver
packet modifications of IP and IPX packets. non-blocking network performance to end-users.
Additionally, each interface module has an 8 Gbps full-duplex data path Gigabit Ethernet trunk group connections from the Wiring Closet
to the crosspoint fabric that provides separate priority queues for each to the Distribution deliver redundant and high-bandwidth con-
module destination.The combination of local switching interface mod- nectivity to the Data Center. The FastIron-II Plus switch accom-
ules and the non-blocking crosspoint backplane delivers a two-level modates 168 10/100 Mbps and the FastIron-II switch accommo-
switching system that easily scales up to 64 Gigabit Ethernet ports. dates 72 10/100 Mbps ports, which are auto-sensing and auto-
negotiating ports.
To ensure compatibility with existing infrastructures and provide
long-term investment protection, the IronCore architecture sup- Foundry’s VLAN feature allows network managers to easily cope
ports interfaces ranging from 10/100 Mbps to 1 Gbps today and with organizational changes, which allows businesses to create
10 Gbps in the future. organization changes based on business requirements and not
based on network equipment requirements. VLAN 100 and 200, By using Foundry’s extensive and dynamic VLAN capabilities, the
which are shown in figure 1, are spread out into different floors network administrator can create up to 4,096 different VLANs of
within a building and across two different buildings. The VLANs different types to simplify network design and configuration
allow organizations to group users and localize their network issues. FastIron-II enables the dynamic creation of VLANs on a
traffic together across buildings, without any network perfor- port, protocol, and subnet basis.
mance degradation.
In addition, the network administrator can deploy multiple trunk
Data Center Connectivity ports, multiple trunk groups and OSPF with ECMP to provide
many varied levels of fault tolerance and load balancing capabili-
Deployed in the Data Center (see figure 2), the FastIron-II pro- ties for servers within a Data Center.
vides connectivity for high-performance end stations using dedi-
cated 100 Mbps or Gigabit Ethernet connections. For added
bandwidth and redundancy, the network manager can allocate up
to four 100 Mbps links into a single, redundant connection,
which provides more bandwidth and adds an additional level of
link protection not offered by a single network connection.
FASTIRON II Switches
Technical Specifications
Performance Element Security Options
FastIron-II: Up to 48,000,000 packets per second AAA
FastIron-II Plus: Up to 96,000,000 packets per second RADIUS
Switching Capacity: Secure Shell (SSH v1)
FastIron-II: Up to 128 Gbps TACACS/TACACS+
FastIron-II Plus: Up to 256 Gbps Username/Password (Challenge and Response)
Bi-level Access Mode (Standard and EXEC Level)
Standards Compliance Repellant for Denial of Service attacks, such as TCP SYN
802.3, 10BaseT or Smurf Attacks
802.3u 100BaseTX, 100BaseFX
802.3z 1000BaseSX FastIron-II 4000 Physical Dimensions
802.3z 1000BaseLX 8.75”h x 17.5”w x 15”d (22.2 x 44.5 x 38.1 cm)
802.3x Flow Control Weight: 60 lbs fully loaded (29.9 kg)
802.1p/q VLAN Tagging
802.1d Bridging FastIron-II 8000 Physical Dimensions
802.3 Ethernet Like MIB 20.75”h x 17.5”w x 15.25”d (52.7 x 44.5 x 38.7 cm)
Repeater MIB Weight: 117 lbs fully loaded (43.7 kg)
Ethernet interface MIB Power Requirements
SNMPV1, V2c 90-250 VAC, 5.5A, 50-60Hz per auto-sensing,
SNMP MIB II Auto-switching power supply
Protocol Support Environmental
IP (RFC-1812) Operating Temperature: 5 C to 40 C (41 F to 104 F)
RIP (RFC-1058) Relative Humidity: 5 to 80%, @ 40 C (104 F), non-
RIP V2 (RFC-1723) condensing
OSPF (Interoperability with RFC-1583 and RFC-2328 V2) Maximum BTUs for fully populated FastIron-II: 4552
OSPF Traps (RFC-1850) Maximum BTUs for fully populated FastIron-II Plus: 9000
IPX/RIP/SAP Storage Temperature: -25∞ to 70∞ C
AppleTalk Storage Humidity: 95% maximum relative humidity,
IGMP (RFC-1112) non-condensing
DVMRP V3 Storage Altitude: 10,000 ft (3,000 m) maximum
VRRP (RFC-2338)
Foundry Standby Router Protocol (FSRP) Safety Agency Approvals
DNS Client EN 60950/IEC 950
PIM Dense and Sparse Mode (RFC-2362) UL 1950
ICMP Router Discovery Protocol (RFC-1256) CSA 950
IP forwarding table MIB (RFC-1354)
Electromagnetic Emission Certification
TFTP (RFC-783)
FCC Class A
BootP (RFC-1542)
EN 55022/CISPR-22 Class A; VCCI Class A
BootP (RFC-951)
Telnet (RFC-854) Immunity
RMON Groups 1,2,3,9 (RFC-1757) Generic: EN 50082-1
HTTP (RFC-2068) ESD: IEC 61000-4-2; 4 kV CD, 8 kV AD
BootP/DHCP Relay (RFC-2131) Radiated: IEC 61000-4-3; 3 V/m
EFT/Burst: IEC 61000-4-4; 1.0 kV (power line), 0.5 kV
Network Management
(signal line)
Integrated Command Line Interface
Conducted: IEC 61000-4-6; 3 V
Telnet
SNMP Warranty 2100 Gold Street
RMON 1-year hardware P.O. B ox 649100
HP OpenView for Sun Solaris, HP-UX, IBM’s AIX, and 90-day software San Jose, CA 95164-9100
Windows NT Tel 408.586.1700
Standalone Windows NT Mounting Options Fax 408.586.1900
Embedded HTTP (supports Netscape or Internet 19” Universal E A (Telco) Rack Tabletop www.foundrynet.com
Ordering Information
Part Number Description
Rev 06.00