Tests Reveal High Performance, Resiliency of Force 10 Networks TeraScale E1200 Switch/Router
Posted on: Saturday, 19 March 2005, 03:00 CST
Force10 Networks, Inc. commissioned The Tolly Group to evaluate its TeraScale E1200 switch/router, a chassis-based system with 14 line-card slots, plus built-in redundancy and resiliency features. Tests were conducted in August 2004.
The tests demonstrate that the E1200 delivers high performance, zero loss throughput and advanced resiliency during a component failure or Denial of Service attack. They also confirm that the system delivers QoS capabilities to serve large-scale enterprise and service provider networks.
Further tests verify that the E1200 delivers line-rate zero-loss throughput with a SFM or RPM failover. These redundancy mechanisms guarantee that the TeraScale E1200 can handle the failover load, enabling large-scale enterprise/service provider network managers to provide fail-safe service. Such tests provide a baseline of redundancy capability so that in-service healing of a "sick" device can be performed with confidence that the remaining infrastructure will cope with the surge of failover load.
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Likewise, link failover tests confirm that when network links fail, the E1200 line cards achieve rapid failover to alternate paths, often times in a fraction of the time required to revive SONET/SDH links.
The tests also confirmed that the E1200 could withstand multiple Denial of Service attacks without impacting Layer 2 or Layer 3 traffic.
Beyond non-stop networking, tests also verify that the E1200 provides the quality of service features to support large-scale voice, video and data activity.
Architects of large-scale enterprise and service provider networks realize that scalability, reliability, line-rate performance, and full Layer 2 switching and Layer 3 routing functionality are essential for today's most demanding network applications. This report offers proof that the E1200 delivers the type of non-stop networking, advanced QoS and scalability capabilities required to support these networks.
* Achieves 100% of line-rate zero-loss throughput when tested across 872 Gigabit Ethernet ports
* Supports 100% of line-rate zero-loss throughput when tested across 56 10-Gigabit Ethernet ports during a switch fabric module failover, while passing over lTerabits per second of traffic
* Achieves 100% of line-rate, zero-loss throughput while processing 1 billion 64-byte packets per second
* Recovers from link outages in less than 2 milliseconds with a single Layer 2 flow, and less than 1 millisecond with 16 million Layer 3 flows, both well below the failover time usually reserved for SONET/SDH links
* Maintains all BGR OSPF and Teinet sessions even when hammered by a multi-headed Denial of Service attack
Sponsor: Force10 Networks
Document number: 204148
Product Class: High performance switch/router
Products under test:
* TeraScale E1200 Resilient Switch/Router Version 4.4.2.107 (Version 6.1.1.0 now shipping)
Testing window: August 2004
For more info on this test, visit: http:// www.force10networks.com/products
Copyright Network World Inc. Mar 7, 2005
Source: Network World
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