Testing Reports

Force10 ExaScale E-Series E1200i Core Switch/Router

10 Gigabit Ethernet and Gigabit Ethernet Performance Evaluation

Data center, high-performance enterprise and service provider network operators are faced with supporting network infrastructures in which core network or aggregation devices must act as workhorses and cannot become a bottleneck to network performance. It is imperative that such devices exhibit low latency and line-rate throughput -- or as close to is as possible. Moreover, such switches or routers must be able to maintain performance even as the number of clients it supports scales significantly. And, there presence of active services, such as access control lists (ACLs) and other advanced features cannot have a unfavorable effect on the device performance.

Evaluation of Resiliency, Advanced QoS, and Scalability

Service providers and high-end enterprise network architects must build networks that not only deliver high-throughput but that can prioritize traffic effectively, offer hitless recovery from failures of key components, resist massive Denial of Service attacks, and converge large numbers of BGP and OSPF routes rapidly.

C-Series Test Results

Broadband Testing and Ixia Tested: 384 Ports Line-rate GE Converged Services

Using the testbed over several weeks of testing, we found that the Force10 Networks C300 chassis-based Ethernet switch is totally capable of running line-rate performance when fully loaded (1.536 Tbps throughput), port-configuration wise, while retaining high-availability. We created a series of tests that both proved the C300 capable of sustaining line-rate performance across all 384 ports and its ability to support a wide range of application types, notably real-time applications, through delivering very low latency figures. This is a perfect combination for almost any user scenario.

Test date: February 2008

S–Series Test Results

Tolly Tested: S2410

The Tolly Group certified that the Force10 S2410 data center switch delivers ultra-low switching latency and high 10 Gigabit Ethernet performance. During testing, the Force10 S2410 demonstrated 100 percent line-rate throughput across all 24 10 Gigabit Ethernet ports at all packet sizes with latency of 300 nanoseconds - the lowest switching latency recorded to date by the independent testing group.

Test date: March 2006