Enterasys fills out LAN switch line

NETWORK WORLD NEWSLETTER: JEFF CARUSO ON HIGH SPEED LANS
09/20/05
Today's focus: Enterasys fills out LAN switch line

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* Enterasys offers Layer 3 switch, family of Layer 2 switches
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Today's focus: Enterasys fills out LAN switch line

By Jeff Caruso

Enterasys last week introduced a Layer 3 enterprise switch and a
family of Layer 2 stackable edge switches.

The Matrix N1 is described as a single-slot chassis that
leverages the distributed architecture of the N-Series switches.
Enterasys calls the modules that fit into the chassis
distributed forwarding engines (DFE). DFEs are self-contained
switches, so separate management and forwarding engines aren't
necessary.

With the Matrix N1, customers can deploy Enterasys' technology
more uniformly throughout their networks, for edge aggregation
or for distributed switching. The switch is shipping now for a
list price of $3,000.

The SecureStack A2 family of Layer 2 stackable edge switches
allows up to 384 ports of 10/100M bit/sec Ethernet and 16 ports
of Gigabit Ethernet to reside in a single stack. Each
SecureStack A2 has four Gigabit uplinks - two copper and two
fiber. The copper links are available for stacking, so that
means switches in a "stack" can be up to 100 meters apart over
Category-5 cable.

There are five different models in the SecureStack A2 line. They
include 24-port and 48-port 10/100M bit/sec Ethernet switches,
24-port and 48-port 10/100M bit/sec switches with Power over
Ethernet, and a 24-port 100Base-FX switch.

Enterasys says the switches have several resilient stacking
capabilities, including redundant stack management (with primary
and secondary managers), a single IP address to manage a
complete stack, hot-swapping support so that units in a stack
can be added and removed at any time, and the ability to perform
automatic software upgrades to all the units in a stack.

The stackables are set to start shipping next week, with list
prices ranging from $625 to $3,500.

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