ExaScale 10-port 10 Gigabit Ethernet LAN/WAN PHY Line Card With Pluggable SFP+ Modules (ExaScale E-Series Line Card)
- Line-rate and non-blocking scalability with predictable latency, 100 Gbps/slot data capacity
- Up to 140 line-rate 10 GbE ports in a single chassis
- Full L2 switching and IPv4 routing, IPv6 and MPLS ready
ExaScale 10-port 10 Gigabit Ethernet Line Card With Pluggable SFP+ Modules Overview
The 10-port 10 Gigabit Ethernet line card for the Force10 E-Series E1200 is based on Force10’s innovative 3rd generation ExaScale™ suite of packet processing and switching ASICs. Designed in-house using proven experience in high performance hardware and software design, ExaScale uses patented backplane technology and advances in ASIC design to power the E-Series switch/routers with industryleading density, performance, reliability and eco-efficiency. With 100 Gbps/slot data capacity usable today, ExaScale is ready to support 40 GbE* and 100 GbE* in the future.
These cards present a truly flexible solution that can be used in applications spanning the LAN, MAN and WAN.
Key Applications
- High capacity 10 GbE switching/routing in high performance Layer 2 and IP core or aggregation networks
- Virtualized data center and cloud computing networks with multiple switching or routing domains in local or geographically disparate environments
- HPCC networks with non-blocking and deterministic N:N and N:1 management and storage I/O requirements
Key Features
- Line-rate throughput for 64 to 9,252 byte Ethernet frames on all ports with all features enabled removes performance bottlenecks from the network
- Scalable high-capacity LAG with up to 64 links per group, 32 LAGs per system and advanced hashing algorithms to balance traffic evenly across links in backbone or aggregation applications
- FTOS software, built on NetBSD and a Unix-like kernel, running on the RPMs and line cards enables new advances in control plane scalability and system reliability
- 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
- In-service hardware diagnostics, control plane and data plane monitoring processes run system health checks continuously during operation to improve MTBF and MTTR
- Pluggable SFP+ modules support SR and LR interface
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