C-Series (Resilient Switches)
- Modular Force10 Operating System (FTOS)
software delivers inherent stability
- In-service diagnostics and traffic visibility
tools increase control of network
- Line-rate, non-blocking 10 GbE performance

[+|-] C-Series Overview
The Force10 Networks C-Series are resilient chassis-based switches that deliver reliability, network
control and scalability. The C-Series is designed to support mission critical applications with very
low latency across converged networks. Comprehensive management capabilities make the
C-Series a cost-effective and flexible deployment option.
Key Applications
- Low cost 100/1000 Mbps server aggregation for small- to medium-sized data centers
(100s to 1,000s of servers)
- Cost-effective LAN core switch for small- and medium-campuses (100s to 1,000s of PCs)
- High density GbE aggregation for distribution into a multiple Gbps or 10 GbE backbone
- Cost-effective PoE-enabled 10/100/1000Base-T wiring closet aggregation of VoIP phones,
wireless access points, video cameras or other IEEE 802.3af-compliant devices
Key Features
The Force10 C-Series is designed to provide inherent reliability, network control, and scalability
for high performance Ethernet environments.
- Passive copper backplane eliminates a single point of failure, providing increased system-level reliability
- Backplane supports technology developed and patented for the E-Series to provide scalable capacity, cost effectively bringing high performance design advances to the midsized data center and enterprise LAN markets
- Up to 384 line-rate 10/100/1000Base-T ports with full 15.4W Class 3 PoE support in a
13-RU chassis
- Up to 64 line-rate 10 GbE ports with pluggable XFP modules
- Intelligent power management with full 15.4W PoE (IEEE 802.3af) support across all ports
- 5 microsecond switching latency under full load for 64 byte frames
- Switch fabric capacity of up to 1.536 Tbps and up to 952 Mpps L2/L3 packet forwarding capacity
- High availability architecture
- 1+1 Route Processor Module (RPM) design
- Continuous runtime data plane monitoring and
advanced in-service CLI diagnostic functions
- Power supply redundancy with load sharing
power bus enabling uninterrupted VoIP calls
during a power supply failure
[+|-] C-Series Product Matrix
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C300
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C150
- Switch Fabric Capacity
- 1.536 Tbps
- 768 Gbps
- Full-Mesh Forwarding Capacity
- 952 Mpps
- 476 Mpps
- Line-rate
10/100/1000
Base-T with Class 3 IEEE 802.3af PoE
- 384 Ports at 15.4W
- 192 Ports at 15.4W
- Line-rate
100Base-FX or GbE SFP
- 384
- 192
- Line-rate 10 GbE XFP
- 64
- 32
- Chassis Size
- 13 Rack Units
3 Units/19" Rack
- 9 Rack Units
4 Units/19" Rack
- Hardware Redundancy
- Power, Route Processor, Switch Fabric,
Passive Copper Backplane
- Operating System
- Fully Modular
C-Series Specifications
Chassis
C300
- 8 Line card slots
- 2 Switch fabric and route processor module slots
- 8 Power supply module slots
- 1 Fan tray slot
- Size:
13 RU, 22.7 h x 17.4 w x 14.4" d
(57.66 h x 37.58 w x 44.20 cm d)
- Weight with factory-installed components: 55 lbs (24.95 kg)
- Weight fully loaded: 152.27 lbs (69.07 kg)
- AC Power
- Nominal input voltage:
100 - 240 VAC 50/60 HZ
- Maximum thermal output:
- 9,328 W (8,089 BTU/h) at 100/120 VAC
- 9,111 W (7,895 BTU/h) at 200/220 VAC
- Maximum input current per module:
- 14 A at 100 VAC
- 12 A at 120 VAC
- 7 A at 200 VAC
- 6 A at 240 VAC
- Maximum system power input:
- 9.4 KVA at 100/120 VAC
- 9.2 KVA at 200/240 VAC
- Maximum power consumption:
- 9,428 W at 100/120 VAC
- 9,211 W at 200/240 VAC
C150
- 4 Line card slots
- 2 Switch fabric and route processor module slots
- 6 Power supply module slots
- 1 Fan tray slot
- Size:
9 RU, 15.7 h x 17.5 w x 15.3" d
(39.88 h x 44.45 w x 38.86 cm d)
- Weight with factory-installed components: 38 lbs (17.24 kg)
- Weight fully loaded: 86.63 lbs (39.29 kg)
- AC Power
- Nominal input voltage:
100 - 240 VAC 50/60 HZ
- Maximum thermal output:
- 4,899 W (4,647 BTU/h) at 100/120 VAC
- 4,785 W (4,536 BTU/h) at 200/220 VAC
- Maximum input current per module:
- 14 A at 100 VAC
- 12 A at 120 VAC
- 7 A at 200 VAC
- 6 A at 240 VAC
- Maximum system power input:
- 4.9 KVA at 100/120 VAC
- 4.8 KVA at 200/240 VAC
- Maximum power consumption:
- 4,949 W at 100/120 VAC
- 4,835 W at 200/240 VAC
Common
- 19" front rack mountable
- Maximum operating specifications:
- Temperature: 32° to 104°F
(0° to 40°C)
- Altitude: no performance degradation to 10,000 feet
(3,048 meters)
- Relative humidity: 5 to 85 percent, noncondensing
- Shock: Bellcore GR-63
- Vibration: Bellcore GR-63
- 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
- Vibration: Bellcore GR-63
Redundancy/Availability
- 1+1 redundant Switch Fabric & Route Processor Modules (RPM)
- C300:
- 2+1 redundant system power supply modules
- 4+1 redundant PoE Power Supply Modules supporting
up to 384 PoE ports at 15.4W with deterministic
failure mode
- C150:
- 1+1 redundant system power supply modules
- 2+2 redundant PoE Power Supply Modules supporting
up to 192 PoE ports at 15.4W with deterministic
failure mode
- Online insertion and removal of all components Environmental self-monitoring
Performance
- Layer 2 MAC addresses: 16K
- Layer 3 forwarding entries: 12K
- Switching fabric capacity:
- C300: 1,536 Tbps
- C150: 768 Gbps
- Forwarding performance:
- C300: 952 Mpps
- C150: 476 Mpps
- Jumbo frame support: 9252 bytes
- Link aggregation: 8 links per group & 128 groups per chassis
- Queues per port: 4 queues
- VLANs: 4096
- Line-rate Layer 2 switching: all protocols, including IPv4
and IPv6
- Line-rate Layer 3 routing: IPv4
- LAG load balancing based on Layer 2, IPv4 or IPv6 headers
IEEE Compliance
- 802.1AB Link Layer Discovery Protocol
- 802.1D Bridging, STP
- 802.1p L2 Prioritization
- 802.1Q VLAN Tagging, Double VLAN Tagging, GVRP
- 802.1s Multiple Spanning Tree Protocol
- 802.1w Rapid Spanning Tree Protocol
- 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
- 802.3af Power over Ethernet
- 802.3ak 10 Gigabit Ethernet (10GBASE-CX4)
- 802.3i Ethernet (10BASE-T)
- 802.3u Fast Ethernet (100BASE-TX, 100BASE-FX)
- 802.3x Flow Control
- 802.3z Gigabit Ethernet (1000BASE-X)
RFC Compliance
OSPF
- 1587 NSSA option
- 2154 OSPF MD5
- 2328 OSPF v2
- 2370 Opaque LSA option
RIP
General Routing and Switching Protocols
- 768 UDP
- 783 TFTP
- 791 IP
- 792 ICMP
- 793 TCP
- 826 ARP
- 854 Telnet
- 959 FTP
- 1027 Proxy ARP
- 1305 NTP v3
- 1519 CIDR
- 1542 BootP (relay)
- 1591 DNS client
- 1812 IPv4 routers
- 2131 BootP/DHCP helper
- 2338 VRRP
- 3176 sFlow
- ietf-draft Bidirectional Forwarding Detection
IP Multicast
Security
- 1492 TACACS+
- 2865 RADIUS
- 3128 Protection Against a Variant of the Tiny
- Fragment Attack
- Secure Copy (SCP)
- SSH v1/v2
SNMP/MIBs
- 1157 SNMP v1
- 1213 SNMP v2 (MIB-II)
- 1215 Traps for use with SNMP
- 1493 Bridges
- 1573 Interfaces group MIB
- 1757 RMON
- 1907 MIB for SNMPv2
- 2011 SNMPv2 IP MIB
- 2012 SNMPv2 TCP MIB
- 2013 SNMPv2 UDP MIB
- 2233 Interfaces MIB
- 2574 SNMPv3 USM
- 2575 SNMPv3 VACM
- 2576 Coexistence between SNMPv1/v2/v3
- 2665 Ethernet-like interfaces
- 2787 VRRP MIB
- Fault management (alarms & status reporting)
- Force10 Link aggregation MIB
- Force10 chassis MIB
- Force10 SNMP copy MIB
- Force10 monitoring MIB
- Force10 interface extensions MIB
Compliances
Safety
- CUS 60950, 3rd edition (US NRTL through CSA)
- CSA 60950, 3rd edition
- CE Mark (EN 60950-1)
- CB Report, all country deviations
- 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 Communications Systems
- 21 CFR 1040.10 / 1040.11 FDA laser device requirements
EMC
- USA: FCC Part 15, Class A
- Canada: ICES-003, Class A
- Europe: EN55022 1998, Class A
- Japan: VCCI Class A
- ANZ: N17576
- EN 55024 1998
RoHS Compliance
All C-Series components are EU RoHS compliant
with the exception of lead, which is exempt from
the directive for network equipment.
- CH-C150
- C150 4-slot Chassis with Backplane
- CH-C300
- C300 8-slot Chassis with Backplane
- CC-C150-FAN
- C150 Fan Subsystem
- CC-C300-FAN
- C300 Fan Subsystem
- LC-CB-RPM
- C300 Switch Fabric and Route Processor Module
(series CB)
- LC-CB-10GE-4P
- 4-port 10 Gigabit Ethernet line-card, XFP modules required (series CB)
- LC-CB-10GE-8P
- 8-port 10 Gigabit Ethernet line-card, XFP modules required (series CB)
- LC-CB-GE-48P
- 48-port Gigabit Ethernet line card, SFP modules required (series CB)
- LC-CB-GE-48T
- 48-port 10/100/1000Base-T line card with RJ45 interfaces (series CB)
- LC-CB-GE-48V
- 48-port 10/100/1000Base-T line card with RJ45 interfaces and PoE (series CB)
- CC-C-1200W-AC*
- 1200W Power Supply Module
- SW-CB-LATEST
- FTOS software
* Country-specific power cables are additional
* Only Force10 power cables are supported
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