C-Series (Chassis Switch)

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)
• Scalable GbE aggregation and 10 Gigabit Ethernet transport in a carrier's Middle Mile network to enable the deployment of triple play services
• High density GbE aggregation 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.

• Up to 384 line-rate 10/100/1000Base-T ports with full 15.4 W Class 3 PoE support in a 13-RU chassis
• Up to 64 line-rate 10 GbE ports with pluggable XFP modules
• Suite of security, access control and wiring closet edge features for enterprise networks
• VirtualView real-time network and application traffic monitoring for virtualized data centers
• PowerSmart intelligent power management features provide automatic sensing, provisioning and management of PoE power
• Full complement of standards-based Layer 2, IPv4 and IPv6 features for unicast and multicast applications
• 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

	C300	C150
Switch Fabric Capacity	1.536 Tbps	768 Gbps
Full-Mesh Forwarding Capacity	952 Mpps	476 Mpps
I/O Line Card Slots	8	4
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

Chassis

C300

• 8 line card slots
• 2 Route processor module with integrated switch fabric slots
• 8 Power supply module slots and 1 fan tray slot
• Size: 13 RU, 22.7 h x 17.4 w x 14.4" d (57.66 h x 44.2 w x 37.58 cm d)
• Weight with factory-installed components: 55 lbs (24.95 kg)
• Weight fully loaded: 152.27 lbs (69.07 kg)
• ISO 7779 A-weighted sound pressure level: 73.8 dBA at 73.4°F (23°C)
• AC power
• Nominal input voltage: 100–240 VAC 50/60 Hz
• Maximum thermal output:
• 4,978 BTU/h (1,498 W) at 100/120 VAC
• 4,864 BTU/h (1,459 W) 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:
• 8.7 KVA at 100/120 VAC
• 8.5 KVA at 200/240 VAC
• Maximum power consumption:
• 8,675 W at 100/120 VAC
• 8,476 W at 200/240 VAC
• DC power
• Nominal input voltage: –44 to –55 VDC
• Maximum thermal output: 4,231 BTU/h (1,240 W)
• Maximum current draw per DC PEM: 32 A
• Maximum power consumption: 1,460 W

C150

• 4 line card slots
• 2 Route processor module with integrated switch fabric slots
• 6 Power supply module slots and 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)
• ISO 7779 A-weighted sound pressure level: 69.3 dBA at 73.4°F (23°C)
• AC Power
• Nominal input voltage: 100–240 VAC 50/60 Hz
• Maximum thermal output:
  • 2,891 BTU/h (862 W) at 100/120 VAC
  • 2,824 BTU/h (840 W) 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:
  • 4.5 KVA at 100/120 VAC
  • 4.4 KVA at 200/240 VAC
• Maximum power consumption:
  • 4,420 W at 100/120 VAC
  • 4,319 W at 200/240 VAC
• DC Power
• Nominal input voltage: –44 to –55 VDC
• Maximum thermal output: 2,457 BTU/h (720 W)
• Maximum current draw per DC PEM: 32 A
• Maximum power consumption: 800 W

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% (RH), non-condensing
• 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% (RH), non-condensing

Redundancy/Availability

• 1+1 redundant Switch Fabric & Route Processor Modules (RPM)
• C300:
• 2+1 redundant system AC Power Supply Modules
• 1+1 redundant system DC Power Entry Modules
• 4+1 redundant PoE Power Supply Modules supporting up to
  384 PoE ports at 15.4 W with deterministic failure mode
• C150:
• 1+1 redundant system AC Power Supply Modules
• 1+1 redundant system DC Power Entry Modules
• 2+2 redundant PoE Power Supply Modules supporting up to
  192 PoE ports at 15.4 W with deterministic failure mode
• Online insertion and removal of all components
• Environmental self-monitoring

Performance

• MAC addresses:
  • C150: 256K
  • C300: 512K
• IPv4 routes: 12K
• IPv6 routes: 6K
• Switching fabric capacity:
  • C150: 768 Gbps (476 Mpps)
  • C300: 1,536 Tbps (952 Mpps)
• Link aggregation: 8 links per group, 128 groups per chassis
• Queues per port: 4 queues
• VLANs: 1024 VLANs with 4096 tag value support
• Line-rate Layer 2 switching: all protocols, including IPv4 and IPv6
• Line-rate Layer 3 routing: IPv4 and IPv6
• LAG load balancing: based on Layer 2, IPv4 or IPv6 headers
• Switching latency: <5 µs for 64 byte frames

IEEE Compliance

• 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-X)
• 802.3af Power over Ethernet
• 802.3ak 10 Gigabit Ethernet (10GBASE-CX4)
• 802.3i Ethernet (10BASE-T)
• 802.3u Fast Ethernet
  (100BASE-FX, 100BASE-TX)
• 802.3x Flow Control
• 802.3z Gigabit Ethernet (1000BASE-X)
• 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
• 3164 Syslog
• draft-ietf-bfd-base-03 BFD

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 (server and relay)
• 2338 VRRP
• 3021 31-bit Prefixes
• 3046 DHCP Option 82
• 3069 Private VLAN
• 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

OSPF

• 1587 NSSA
• 2154 MD5
• 2328 OSPFv2
• 2370 Opaque LSA
• 2740 OSPFv3
• 3623 Graceful Restart
• 4222 Prioritization and Congestion Avoidance

BGP

• 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

Multicast

• 1112 IGMPv1
• 2236 IGMPv2
• 3376 IGMPv3
• 3569 SSM for IPv4
• 4541 IGMPv1/v2 Snooping
• draft-ietf-pim-sm-v2-new-05 PIM-SM for IPv4

Network Management

• 1155 SMIv1
• 1156 Internet MIB
• 1157 SNMPv1
• 1212 Concise MIB Definitions
• 1215 SNMP Traps
• 1493 Bridges 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
• 3376 IGMPv3
• 3416 SNMPv2
• 3418 SNMP MIB
• 3434 RMON High Capacity Alarm MIB
• 3580 802.1X with RADIUS
• 5060 PIM MIB
• ANSI/TIA-1057 LLDP-MED MIB
• draft-grant-tacacs-02 TACACS+
• draft-ietf-idr-bgp4-mib-06 BGP MIBv1
• IEEE 802.1AB LLDP MIB, LLDP DOT1 MIB, 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-CS-CHASSIS-MIB
• FORCE10-IF-EXTENSION-MIB
• FORCE10-LINKAGG-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

Emissions

• 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

Immunity

• 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

RoHS

All C-Series components are EU RoHS compliant.

Order Number	Description	Power Draw (W)	Thermal Output (BTU/h)
CH-C150	C150 4-slot chassis with backplane	0	0
CH-C300	C300 8-slot chassis with backplane	0	0
CC-C150-FAN	C150 fan subsystem	50	0
CC-C150-FAN2	C150 enhanced fan subsystem	80	0
CC-C300-FAN	C300 fan subsystem	85	0
CC-C300-FAN2	C300 enhanced fan subsystem	220	0
LC-CB-RPM	Switch Fabric and Route Processor Module (series CB)	100	341
LC-CB-10GE-4P	4-port 10 Gigabit Ethernet line card (series CB)	100	341
LC-CB-10GE-8P	8-port 10 Gigabit Ethernet line card (series CB)	120	409
LC-CB-GE-48P	48-port Gigabit Ethernet line card (series CB)	130	444
LC-CB-GE-48T	48-port 10/100/1000Base-T line card with RJ45 interfaces (series CB)	100	341
LC-CB-GE-48V	48-port 10/100/1000Base-T line card with RJ45 interfaces and PoE (series CB)	100	341
LC-CB-10G-1G-36T	FlexMedia line card with 36 10/100/1000Base-T RJ45 interfaces, eight GbE interfaces and two 10 GbE interfaces (series CB)	120	409
LC-CB-10G-1G-36V	FlexMedia line card with 36 10/100/1000Base-T RJ45 interfaces with PoE, eight GbE interfaces, and two 10 GbE interfaces (series CB)	120	409

The following power cords are used by the C150 and C300 with the CC-C-1200W-AC PSM (Power Supply Module).

All power cords have a straight C13 connector, and are 8' (2.44 m) long. The CC-C-1200W-AC PSM has a C14 power inlet.

Order Number	Country	Plug	Rating	Approval
CB-C-AC-12-CHN	China	GB 2099	250 VAC, 10 A	CCEE
CB-C-AC-12-EU	EU (not for UK or Switzerland)	CEE 7/7	250 VAC, 10 A	VDE
CB-C-AC-12-IND	India	BS 546	250 VAC, 10 A	SABS
CB-C-AC-12-JPN	Japan	JIS 8303	125 VAC, 15 A	UL
CB-C-AC-12-SWZ	Switzerland	SEV 1011	250 VAC, 10 A	SEV
CB-C-AC-12-UK	UK	BS 1363	250 VAC, 10 A	BSI
CB-C-AC-12-US	North America	NEMA 5-15P	125 VAC, 15 A	UL
CB-C-AC-12-US220	North America (220 V)	NEMA 6-15P	250 VAC, 10 A	UL