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ExaScale - Virtualized Core Switching and Routing —
The Next Step in Ethernet Technology
Overview
ExaSale E-Series Overview
ExaScale: The Next Step in Ethernet Technology
The Force10 Networks ExaScale platforms are virtualized chassis-based switches that enable a new way of designing switching and routing infrastructures. ExaScale’s architecture, and patented backplane and ASIC technology are designed to increase network availability, agility and efficiency while reducing power and cooling costs. ExaScale supports mission critical applications across converged fabrics in data center, telecommunication provider, service provider, enterprise and HPCC networks.
Force10’s ExaScale platform coupled with FTOS make a cost-effective and flexible deployment option complete with comprehensive management, automation and resource provisioning capabilities.
Force10’s Virtualized Network Fabric Framework
- VirtualView™, a suite of monitoring and provisioning features, optimizes the performance of virtualized and distributed networks
- VirtualScale™ reduces TCO by consolidating the physical network and virtualizing boundaries
- VirtualControl™ manages, controls and secures multiple switching and routing domains on one physical platform
Key Applications
- Virtualized data center and cloud computing networks with multiple switching or routing domains in local or geographically disparate environments
- High capacity 10 GbE and 1 GbE switching/routing in high performance Layer 2, IP and MPLS core or aggregation networks
- HPCC networks with nonblocking and deterministic N:N and N:1 management and storage I/O requirements
ExaSale E-Series Product Matrix
E1200i |
E600i |
|
| Switch Fabric Capacity | 3.5 Tbps | 1.75 Tbps |
| Full-Mesh Forwarding Capacity | 2.083 Bpps | 1.041 Bpps |
| I/O Line Card Slots | 14 | 7 |
| Line-rate GbE (Line-rate ExaScale Line Cards) | 1,260 | 630 |
| Line-rate 10 GbE (Line-rate ExaScale Line Cards) | 140 | 70 |
| Chassis Size | 21 Rack Units (E1200i-DC) 24 Rack Units (E1200i-AC) 2 Units/19" Rack |
16 Rack Units 3 Units/19" Rack |
Unique ExaScale Technology Features
Total Cost of Ownership (TCO)
- Lower TCO through true non-blocking, line-rate throughput that removes performance bottlenecks from the network – all packet sizes, all the time
- Industry-leading density enables simpler network topologies that reduce both network capital and operational costs
- ExaScale is the only switch/router technology on the market with 100 Gbps of data capacity per slot today (125 Gbps/slot raw capacity)
- Up to 140 line-rate 10 GbE ports in one half rack chassis with pluggable SFP+ modules or XFP
- Up to 1,260 Line-rate 10/100/1000Base-T ports in one half rack chassis
- Switching fabric capacity of up to 3.5 Tbps, and packet forwarding capacity of more than 2 Bpps using hardwarebased distributed forwarding engines
- Industry’s lowest power per line-rate port consumption with an eco-efficient power and cooling design that saves energy
- Scalability and features for tomorrow’s network with converged fabric and MPLS readiness
- Layer 2 switching for aggregation and core networks
- IPv4 unicast and multicast routing for advanced services networks
- IPv6 ready for native and dual stack next-generation IP networks
- MPLS LSR (label switch routing) with P router and VPN functionality
- 100 Gbps/slot data capacity, 40 GbE* and 100 GbE* ready
- Predictable and consistent latency at all frame sizes with high touch features enabled
Flexibility
- Tunable, scalable high-capacity LAG with 64 links per group and 32 LAGs per system, or 8 links per group and 255 LAGs per system use advanced hashing algorithms to balance traffic evenly across links in backbone or aggregation applications
- Industry-leading buffering and virtual output queues eliminate head-of-line blocking and minimize queuing delay to guarantee packet delivery
- Configurable CAM profiles enable custom space allocation in hardware forwarding and classification tables to support flexibility and scalability as network requirements change
High Availability, Serviceability, and Manageability
- FTOS software, built on NetBSD and a Unix-like kernel, running on the Route Processor Modules (RPM) and line cards enables new advances in control plane scalability and system reliability
- High performance RPM uses distributed control plane processing on three CPUs and provides 1+1 control plane redundancy with hitless forwarding
- Redundant Switch Fabric Modules (SFM) with graceful and deterministic failure recovery
- High availability hardware and software architecture with OIR (hot swap) of all components
- Patented passive copper backplane
- Power and cooling redundancy
*denotes a roadmap feature or specification. Roadmap features and specifications are subject to change, including the possibility that they may be cancelled, and should not be relied upon for purchase decisions.
Specifications
ExaScale E-Series Specifications
Chassis
E1200i-DC- 14 line card slots
- Size:
21 RU, 36.75 h x 17.4 w x 21" d
(93.3 h x 44.2 w x 53.3 cm d) - Weight (factory-installed components): 97 lbs (44 kg)
- Weight fully loaded: 319 lbs (144.7 kg)
- DC Power
- Nominal input voltage: –44 to –60 VDC
- Maximum thermal output: 20,438 BTU/h (5,990 W)
- Maximum current draw per DC PEM: 150 A
- Maximum power consumption: 6,240 W
- 14 line card slots
- Size:
24 RU, 42 h x 17.4 w x 22.25" d
(106.68 h x 44.20 w x 56.51 cm d) - Weight (factory-installed components): 139 lbs (63.05 kg)
- Weight fully loaded: 422 lbs (191.2 kg)
- AC Power
- Nominal input voltage:
200-240 VAC 50/60 Hz - Maximum thermal output:
22,804 BTU/h (6,684 W) - Maximum input current per module:
- 14.6 A at 200 VAC
- 12.2 A at 240 VAC
- Maximum system power input:
7.0 KVA at 200/240 VAC - Maximum power consumption:
6,934 W at 200/240 VAC
- Nominal input voltage:
- 7 line card slots
- Size:
16 RU, 28 h x 17.4 w x 21.45" d
(71.1 h x 44.2 w x 54.4 cm d) - Weight (factory-installed components): 81 lbs (36.7 kg)
- Weight fully loaded: 242 lbs (109.8 kg)
- AC Power
- Nominal input voltage: 120-240 VAC 50/60 Hz
- Maximum thermal output:
- 12,734 BTU/h (3,732 W) at 100/120 VAC
- 11,677 BTU/h (3,423 W) at 200/240 VAC
- Maximum input current per module:
- 11.5 A at 100 VAC
- 9.6 A at 120 VAC
- 8.0 A at 200 VAC
- 6.7 A at 240 VAC
- Maximum system power input:
- 4.0 KVA at 100/120 VAC
- 3.7 KVA at 200/240 VAC
- Maximum power consumption:
- 3,982 W at 100/120 VAC
- 3,673 W at 200/240 VAC
- DC Power
- Nominal input voltage: -44 to -60 VDC
- Maximum thermal output: 10,424 BTU/h (3,055 W)
- Maximum current draw per DC PEM: 75 A
- Maximum power consumption: 3,305 W
- 19" front, 19" middle (optional) and 23" middle
(E600/E1200 only) rack mountable - Maximum Operating Specifications:
- Temperature: 32° to 104°F (0° to 40°C)
- Altitude: no degradation to 10,000 feet (3,048 m)
- Relative humidity: 5 to 85 percent, noncondensing
- Maximum Non-operating Specifications:
- Temperature: -40° to 158°F (-40° to 70°C)
- Maximum altitude: 15,000 feet (4,572 meters)
- Relative humidity: 5 to 95 percent, noncondensing
- E1200i-DC
- 1+1 redundant Route Processor Modules (RPMs)
- 9+1 redundant Switch Fabric Modules (SFMs)
- 1+1 redundant DC Power Entry Modules (PEMs)
- E1200i-AC
- 1+1 redundant RPMs
- 9+1 redundant SFMs
- 3+3 redundant AC Power Supply Modules
(PSMs) - 200/240 VAC - E600i
- 1+1 redundant RPMs
- 4:1 redundant SFMs
- 1+1 redundant DC PEMs
- 2+2 redundant AC PSMs - 200/240 VAC
- 3+1 redundant AC PSMs - 100/120 VAC and 200/240 VAC
- 802.1AB LLDP
- 802.1D Bridging, STP
- 802.1p L2 Prioritization
- 802.1Q VLAN Tagging, Double VLAN Tagging, GVRP
- 802.1s MSTP
- 802.1w RSTP
- 802.1X Network Access Control
- 802.3ab Gigabit Ethernet (1000BASE-T)
- 802.3ac Frame Extensions for VLAN Tagging
- 802.3ad Link Aggregation with LACP
- 802.3ae 10 Gigabit Ethernet (10GBASE-W, 10GBASE-X)
- 802.3i Ethernet (10BASE-T)
- 802.3u Fast Ethernet (100BASE-TX)
- 802.3x Flow Control
- ANSI/TIA-1057
- LLDP-MED
- Force10 FRRP (Force10 Redundant Ring Protocol)
- Force10 PVST+
- MTU 9,252 bytes
RFC and I-D Compliance
General Internet Protocols- 768 UDP
- 793 TCP
- 854 Telnet
- 959 FTP
- 1321 MD5
- 1350 TFTP
- 2474 Differentiated Services
- 2698 Two Rate Three Color Marker
- 3164 Syslog
General IPv4 Protocols
- 791 IPv4
- 792 ICMP
- 826 ARP
- 1027 Proxy ARP
- 1035 DNS (client)
- 1042 Ethernet Transmission
- 1191 Path MTU Discovery
- 1305 NTPv3
- 1519 CIDR
- 1542 BOOTP (relay)
- 1812 Routers
- 1858 IP Fragment Filtering
- 2131 DHCP (relay)
- 2338 VRRP
- 3021 31-bit Prefixes
- 3046 DHCP Relay Agent Information Option
- 3128 Tiny Fragment Attack Protection
General IPv6 Protocols
- 1981 Path MTU Discovery (partial)
- 2460 IPv6
- 2461 Neighbor Discovery (partial)
- 2462 Stateless Address Autoconfiguration (partial)
- 2463 ICMPv6
- 2464 Ethernet Transmission
- 2675 Jumbograms
- 3587 Global Unicast Address Format
- 4291 Addressing
RIP
- 1058 RIPv1
- 2453 RIPv2
- 1587 NSSA
- 2154 MD5
- 2328 OSPFv2
- 2370 Opaque LSA
- 2740 OSPFv3
- 3623 Graceful Restart
- 4222 Prioritization and Congestion Avoidance
- 1142 IS-IS
- 1195 IPv4 Routing
- 2763 Dynamic Hostname
- 2966 Domain-Wide Prefixes
- 3373 Three-way Handshake
- 3567 MD5
- 3784 Wide Metrics
- 5306 Restart Signaling for IS-IS
- draft-ietf-isis-igp-p2p-over-lan-06 Point-to-Point Operation
- draft-ietf-isis-ipv6-06 IPv6 Routing
- draft-kaplan-isis-ext-eth-02 Extended Frame Size
- 1997 Communities
- 2385 MD5
- 2439 Route Flap Damping
- 2545 Multiprotocol Extensions for IPv6
- 2796 Route Reflection
- 2842 Capabilities
- 2858 Multiprotocol Extensions
- 2918 Route Refresh
- 3065 Confederations
- 4360 Extended Communities
- 4893 4-byte ASN
- 5396 4-byte ASN Representation
- draft-ietf-idr-bgp4-20 BGPv4
- draft-ietf-idr-restart-06 Graceful Restart
- 1112 IGMPv1
- 2236 IGMPv2
- 2710 MLDv1
- 3376 IGMPv3
- 3569 SSM for IPv4/IPv6
- 3618 MSDP
- 3810 MLDv2
- 4541 IGMPv1/v2/v3, MLDv1 Snooping, MLDv2 Snooping
- draft-ietf-pim-sm-v2-new-05 PIM-SM for IPv4/IPv6
- 2702 Requirements for TE Over MPLS
- 3031 MPLS Architecture
- 3032 MPLS Label Stack Encoding
- 3209 RSVP-TE: Extensions to RSVP for LSP Tunnels
- 3630 TE Extensions to OSPF Version 2
- 3784 IS-IS Extensions for TE
- 3812 MPLS-TE MIB
- 3813 MPLS LSR MIB
- 4090 Fast Reroute Extensions to RSVP-TE for LSP Tunnels
- 4379 Detecting MPLS Data Plane Failures (TE/LDP) Ping & Traceroute
- 5036 LDP Specification
- 5063 Extensions to GMPLS RSVP Graceful Restart
- 1155 SMIv1
- 1156 Internet MIB
- 1157 SNMPv1
- 1212 Concise MIB Definitions
- 1215 SNMP Traps
- 1493 Bridges MIB
- 1724 RIPv2 MIB
- 1850 OSPFv2 MIB
- 1901 Community-based SNMPv2
- 2011 IP MIB
- 2012 TCP MIB
- 2013 UDP MIB
- 2024 DLSw MIB
- 2096 IP Forwarding Table MIB
- 2570 SNMPv3
- 2571 Management Frameworks
- 2572 Message Processing and Dispatching
- 2574 SNMPv3 USM
- 2575 SNMPv3 VACM
- 2576 Coexistence Between SNMPv1/v2/v3
- 2578 SMIv2
- 2579 Textual Conventions for SMIv2
- 2580 Conformance Statements for SMIv2
- 2618 RADIUS Authentication MIB
- 2665 Ethernet-like Interfaces MIB
- 2674 Extended Bridge MIB
- 2787 VRRP MIB
- 2819 RMON MIB (groups 1, 2, 3, 9)
- 2863 Interfaces MIB
- 2865 RADIUS
- 3273 RMON High Capacity MIB
- 3416 SNMPv2
- 3418 SNMP MIB
- 3434 RMON High Capacity Alarm MIB
- 3580 802.1X with RADIUS
- 3815 LDP MIB
- 5060 PIM MIB
- ANSI/TIA-1057 LLDP-MED MIB
- draft-grant-tacacs-02 TACACS+
- draft-ietf-idr-bgp4-mib-06 BGP MIBv1
- draft-ietf-isis-wg-mib-16 IS-IS MIB
- IEEE 802.1AB LLDP MIB
- IEEE 802.1AB LLDP DOT1 MIB
- IEEE 802.1AB LLDP DOT3 MIB
- ruzin-mstp-mib-02 MSTP MIB (traps)
- sFlow.org sFlowv5
- sFlow.org sFlowv5 MIB (version 1.3)
- FORCE10-BGP4-V2-MIB
- FORCE10-FIB-MIB
- FORCE10-IF-EXTENSION-MIB
- FORCE10-LINKAGG-MIB
- FORCE10-CHASSIS-MIB
- FORCE10-COPY-CONFIG-MIB
- FORCE10-MON-MIB
- FORCE10-PRODUCTS-MIB
- FORCE10-SMI
- FORCE10-SYSTEM-COMPONENT-MIB
- FORCE10-TC-MIB
- FORCE10-TRAP-ALARM-MIB
Regulatory Compliance
Safety- UL/CSA 60950-1, 1st Edition
- EN 60950-1, 1st Edition
- IEC 60950-1, 1st Edition Including all National Deviations
and Group Differences
- EN 60825-1 Safety of Laser Products Part 1:
Equipment Classification Requirements and User's Guide
- EN 60825-2 Safety of Laser Products Part 2:
Safety of Optical Fibre Communication Systems
- FDA Regulation 21 CFR 1040.10 and 1040.11
- Australia/New Zealand: AS/NZS CISPR 22: 2006, Class A
- Canada: ICES-003, Issue-4, Class A
- Europe: EN 55022: 2006 (CISPR 22: 2006), Class A
- Japan: VCCI V3/2007.04 Class A
- USA: FCC CFR 47 Part 15, Subpart B, Class A
- EN 300 386 V1.3.3: 2005 EMC for Network Equipment
- EN 55024: 1998 + A1: 2001 + A2: 2003
- EN 61000-3-2: Harmonic Current Emissions
- EN 61000-3-3:Voltage Fluctuations and Flicker
- EN 61000-4-2: ESD
- EN 61000-4-3: Radiated Immunity
- EN 61000-4-4: EFT
- EN 61000-4-5: Surge
- EN 61000-4-6: Low Frequency Conducted Immunity
All E-Series components are EU RoHS compliant.
Power and Thermal Specifications
| Order Number | Description | Power Draw (W) | Thermal Output (BTU/h) |
| CH-E600I | E600i 7-slot chassis with backplane | 0 | 0 |
| CH-E1200I-DC | E1200i-DC 14-slot DC power chassis with backplane | 0 | 0 |
| CH-E1200I-AC | E1200i-AC 14-slot AC power chassis with backplane | 0 | 0 |
| CC-E600-FAN | E600/E600i fan subsystem | 250 | 0 |
| CC-E1200I-FAN | E1200i-AC fan subsystem | 250 | 0 |
| LC-EH-RPM | E600i/E1200i Route Processor Module (RPM) (series EH) | 60 | 205 |
| CC-E-SFM3 | E-Series Switch Fabric Module 3 (SFM3) | 20 | 69 |
| LC-EH-10GE-10S | 10-port 10 GbE line card (series EH) | 300 | 1024 |
| LC-EJ-10GE-10S | 10-port 10 GbE line card (series EJ) | 325 | 1109 |
| LC-EH-GE-90M | 90-port 10/100/1000Base-T line card with MRJ21 interfaces (series EH) | 385 | 1314 |
| LC-EJ-GE-90M | 90-port 10/100/1000Base-T line card with MRJ21 interfaces (series EJ) | 405 | 1382 |
Power Cord Specifications
E1200i-AC
The following power cords are used by the E1200i with the CC-E1200I-2800W-AC PSM (Power Supply Module).
All power cords have an angled C19 connector, and are 8' (2.44 m) long. The CC-E1200I-2800W-AC PSM has a C20 power inlet.
| Order Number | Country | Plug | Rating | Approval |
CB-AC6-25-EU |
EU (not for UK or Switzerland) |
CEE 7/7 |
250 VAC, 16 A |
VDE |
CB-AC6-25-EXT |
All |
C20 |
250 VAC, 16 A |
VDE, UL, CSA |
CB-AC6-25-SWZ |
Switzerland |
IEC 60309 |
250 VAC, 16 A |
SEV |
CB-AC6-25-US220 |
North America, Japan (220 V) |
NEMA 6-20P |
250 VAC, 16 A |
UL, CSA |
CB-AC6-25-US220L |
North America, Japan (220 V) |
NEMA L6-20P |
250 VAC, 16 A |
UL, CSA |
CB-AC6-US-220L-30A |
North America, Japan (220 V) |
NEMA L6-30P |
250 VAC, 16 A |
UL, CSA |
E600i
The following power cords are used by the E600i with the CC-E600-2500W-AC PSM (Power Supply Module).
All power cords have an angled C19 connector, and are 8' (2.44 m) long. The CC-E600-2500W-AC PSM has a C20 power inlet.
| Order Number | Country | Plug | Rating | Approval |
CB-AC6-25-EU |
EU (not for UK or Switzerland) |
CEE 7/7 |
250 VAC, 16 A |
VDE |
CB-AC6-25-EXT |
All |
C20 |
250 VAC, 16 A |
VDE, UL, CSA |
CB-AC6-25-SWZ |
Switzerland |
IEC 60309 |
250 VAC, 16 A |
SEV |
CB-AC6-25-UK |
UK |
BS 1363 |
250 VAC, 13 A |
BSI |
CB-AC6-25-US |
North America, Japan |
NEMA 5-20P |
125 VAC, 16 A |
UL, CSA |
CB-AC6-25-USL |
North America, Japan |
NEMA L5-20P |
125 VAC, 16 A |
UL, CSA |
CB-AC6-25-US220 |
North America, Japan (220 V) |
NEMA 6-20P |
250 VAC, 16 A |
UL, CSA |
CB-AC6-25-US220L |
North America, Japan (220 V) |
NEMA L6-20P |
250 VAC, 16 A |
UL, CSA |
CB-AC6-US-220L-30A |
North America, Japan (220 V) |
NEMA L6-30P |
250 VAC, 16 A |
UL, CSA |
Ordering Information
| Line Card Capabilities & Applications |
ExaScale Series EH |
ExaScale Series EJ |
| Layer 2 Switching | Yes |
Yes |
| IPv4 Routing | Aggregation, Data Center, LAN Core |
Backbone, Peering, Transit |
| IPv6 Routing | Aggregation, Data Center, LAN Core |
Backbone, Peering, Transit |
| MPLS* | — |
Yes |
| Order Number | Description |
| CH-E600I | E600i 7-slot chassis with backplane |
| CH-E1200I-DC | E1200i-DC 14-slot DC power chassis with backplane |
| CH-E1200I-AC | E1200i-AC 14-slot AC power chassis with backplane |
| CC-E600-FAN | E600/E600i fan subsystem |
| CC-E1200I-FAN | E1200i-AC fan subsystem |
| LC-EH-RPM | E600i/E1200i Route Processor
Module (RPM) (series EH) |
| CC-E-SFM3 | E-Series Switch Fabric Module 3 (SFM3) |
| CC-E600-PWR-DC | E600i DC Power Entry Module (PEM) |
| CC-E600-2500W-AC | E600i 2500 W/1500 W AC Power Supply Module (PSM) |
| CC-E1200-PWR-DC | E1200i DC PEM |
| CC-E1200I-2800W-AC | E1200i-AC 2800 W AC PSM |
| LC-EH-10GE-10S |
10-port 10 GbE line card – SFP+ modules required (series EH) |
| LC-EJ-10GE-10S |
10-port 10 GbE line card – SFP+ modules required (series EJ) |
| LC-EH-GE-90M | 90-port 10/100/1000Base-T line card with MRJ21 interfaces (series EH) |
| LC-EJ-GE-90M | 90-port 10/100/1000Base-T line card with MRJ21 interfaces (series EJ) |
| GP-10GSFP-1S |
Qualified SR/SW 10 GbE SFP+ optics module, LC connector |
| GP-10GSFP-1L |
Qualified LR/LW 10 GbE SFP+ optics module, LC connector |
| SW-EH-LATEST | FTOS software |
| SW-EH-LATEST-MPLS | FTOS Software With MPLS License |
| Media Modules | See Media Specifications for more details. |
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