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2003

FORCE10 NETWORKS DEMONSTRATES THE RESILIENCY AND PREDICTABLE PERFORMANCE OF THE E-SERIES AT SUPERCOMPUTING 2003

MILPITAS, Calif., November 17, 2003 — Force10 Networks today unveiled the E300, the industry’s first compact Gigabit and 10 Gigabit Ethernet platform, at the Supercomputing 2003 (SC2003) conference in Phoenix, Ariz. During the conference, Force10 will demonstrate its complete E-Series family, highlighting the resiliency of the E1200, E600 and E300 in a variety of simulated network situations. The Force10 E-Series will also be deployed in the show’s network and will play a crucial role in several of the SC2003 Bandwidth Challenges.

The Force10 E300 is the most recent addition to the E-Series and shares the performance and resiliency that characterize the E1200 and E600. With line-rate Gigabit and 10 Gigabit throughput and built-in redundancy to simplify network management, the E300 delivers the resiliency and scalability that are essential to predictable network performance. As the industry’s smallest and most cost-effective platform, the Force10 E300 reduces 10 Gigabit Ethernet entry costs, bringing line-rate performance and best-in-class resiliency to small and medium-size high performance networking environments.

On Tuesday, Nov. 18, 2003, at 12:00 p.m., Steve Garrison, Force10’s senior director of corporate marketing, will discuss new and innovative solutions for grid computing applications in the Sun Microsystems booth, #623. Garrison will also examine the changing requirements of grid computing and offer insight into how the market is responding to these new demands.

Additionally, Marshall Eisenberg, Force10’s director of technical marketing, will explore the evolving role of 10 Gigabit Ethernet in high performance networking environments on Thursday, Nov. 20, at 4:30 p.m. In his presentation, “High Performance Computing Cluster Interconnects: From Proprietary to Standards-based Ethernet,” Eisenberg will assess the impact of standardization on both the development of new high performance computing applications and the entry costs of 10 Gigabit Ethernet. Joining him in the session titled, “Performance and Integration Issues II,” are Jeff Verrant of Ciena and Werner Krotz-Vogel of Pallas.

In addition to the Force10 floor demonstrations in booth #1711, the E-Series will be deployed in SCinet, the state-of-the-art, on-site network for SC2003. SCinet provides the testbed for the Fourth Annual Bandwidth Challenge, in which eight teams from science and research communities around the world demonstrate the latest technologies and applications. The eight teams, several of which are using Force10’s E-Series to provide 10 Gigabit links in their networks, will attempt to move meaningful data files across the multiple research networks that connect to SCinet.

SC2003 highlights the most innovative developments in high performance computing and networking and demonstrates how these developments are sparking new ideas and new industries, as well as rekindling older ones. SC2003 will feature presentations and exhibits of the latest technological developments in fields such as information architectures, data storage, analysis and visualization, optical networking, scalable computing, scientific applications and distributed systems. The conference runs Nov. 17-21, 2003, at the Phoenix Civic Plaza Convention Center.

Contact:
Peter Ruzicka
Force10 Networks Inc.
408-965-5151
pruzicka@force10networks.com

Contact:
Jennifer Arculeo
Force10 Networks Inc.
408-965-5194
jarculeo@force10networks.com

About Force10 Networks
Force10 Networks is the pioneer in building and securing high performance networks. Based on a revolutionary system architecture that delivers best-in-class resiliency and massive scalability, Force10’s TeraScale E-Series switch/routers ensure predictable application performance, increase network availability, and reduce operating costs. Today, many of the world’s largest Gigabit Ethernet and 10 Gigabit Ethernet networks depend on Force10 Networks. For additional information, please visit www.force10networks.com.

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