" Carrier Class reliability and
redundancy
LAYER 2 & LAYER 3 SWITCHES
FastIron II Modular Switches
Foundry Networks’ award-winning FastIron II product
family, including the four-slot FastIron II, eight-slot
FastIron II Plus and fifteen slot FastIron III modular
Layer 2/3 LAN switches, delivers a new level of per-
formance and capabilities for enterprise and service
provider networks. The FastIron II, the FastIron II Plus
and FastIron III support up to 72, 168 and 336 auto-
sensing and auto-negotiating 10/100 Mbps ports,
respectively, with up to eight Gigabit Ethernet ports.To
address the high-end data center network needs, the
FastIron II family also includes the FastIron II GC, the
FastIron II Plus GC and FastIron III GC, which sup-
ports 32, 64 and 120 Gigabit Ethernet Copper ports,
respectively.These products provide high-
speed Gigabit Ethernet connectivity
for high-end servers and desktops.
Based on Foundry’s unique IronCore
" Non-Blocking Switch Architecture
" High Density 10/100/1000 Mbps
ports
" Flexible, scaleable, secure and
feature rich LAn switch for
enterprise backbone and high
density wiring closet environ-
ments
" Layer 2 and base Layer 3 features
included in base configuration
" Software upgradeable to full
Layer 3 Functionality
ASIC architecture, the FastIron II products deliver
hardware-based distributed switching that increases
total bandwidth to support the next generation, band-
width intensive applications. FastIron II’s non-blocking
architecture enables network managers to implement
high-performance and highly available network designs
in the wiring closet, the traffic distribution layer, and
the data center. The FastIron II product family delivers
the industry leading performance, price/performance
and high-density 10/100/1000 Mbps Ethernet con-
nectivity.
FastIron II Feature Summary:
" Up to 480 Gbps of distributed switching capacity that
delivers 178,000,000 packets per second (pps) throughput
" Up to 120 wire speed Gigabit Ethernet ports
" Up to 336 wire speed, auto-sensing and auto-negotiating
10/100 Mbps ports
" Rich Layer 2 Functionality:
—Supports up to 4096 VLANs
—Single and Multiple Instance Spanning Tree Support
—Fast Port Span and Fast Link Span to deliver 4 second STP
convergence
—Dynamic VLANs based on port, protocol or subnet
FastIron II Product Family Key Features
Industry’s Price and Performance
Switching Product Leader
The FastIron II product family delivers the industry’s highest
switching capacity with 480 Gbps and up to 120 wire speed
Gigabit Ethernet ports at a peak performance of 178,000,000

" Software-upgradeable to include full Layer 3 functionality: packets per second (pps). It also supports up to 336 10/100 auto-
sensing and auto-negotiating Ethernet ports. The FastIron II
—IP, IPX, and AppleTalk
products are deployed at many of the world’s largest ISP and
—RIP, RIP II, and OSPF Enterprise networking environments today.
—PIM-SM, PIM-DM, DVMRP and MSDP
IronClad QoS
" Policy-based traffic classification and prioritization and on:
Every FastIron II port supports four hardware-based adjustable
—ToS (Type of Service) priority queues. Moreover, with a Layer 3 software upgrade, net-
—IP precedence mappings work administrators can use Foundry’s IP access policies for full
—Layer 2/3/4 defined traffic flow control over traffic flows.Traffic flows can be classified based on
the following attributes:
—802.1p queue mapping
—4,096 IEEE 802.1q VLANs " Incoming (ingress) port

" Four hardware-prioritized output queues per port adjustable for: " IP source/destination address or subnet

—Weighted Fair Queuing (WFQ) " MAC address

—Strict Priority (SP) " AppleTalk socket number

" Carrier-class reliability and redundancy " VLAN membership

—Redundant management modules " 802.1q tag

—Hot-swappable interface modules " Type of Service (ToS)

—Hot-swappable, load-sharing AC and DC power supply options Network managers can configure the system to operate using
—IEEE 802.3ad Link Aggregation either Strict Priority (SP) or Weighted Fair Queuing (WFQ).
With SP, all higher priority traffic is serviced first before any
—Foundry’s Trunk Group feature
lower priority traffic.With WFQ, all queues are serviced accord-
" Extensive management options:
ing to the weighted value queue setting.
—Industry-standard Command Line Interface (CLI)
In addition, network managers can reassign all the 802.1p prior-
—IronView Network Management (stand-alone and HP
ities to any hardware queues. Priorities can be mapped to prior-
OpenView GUI)
itize any TCP or UDP-based traffic with or without their IP ToS
—Web browser-based GUI field settings.This allows network managers to prioritize any IP-
—Telnet based services, such as Voice over IP (VoIP).

" IronShield security:

Dynamic VLANS
—Denial of Service (DoS) protection from SYN and Smurf attacks Using dynamic VLANs, a powerful feature supported on all of
—RADIUS,TACACS/TACACS+ and AAA Foundry’s switching products, network managers can simplify
—Multiple SysLogD server logging network address administration and increase available bandwidth
by logically assigning users to virtual communities of interest
—Secure Telnet access with Secure Shell (SSH) and Secure Copy
based on port, protocol, subnet, or 802.1q basis. These VLANs
(SCP)
group users into different broadcast domains to minimize
broadcast traffic and assure network security. The following
types of VLANs are supported:
" Port-based VLAN groups users according to the physical attached
ports
" Protocol-based VLAN automatically defines a more granular
VLAN community based on AppleTalk, IP, IPX, DECnet,
NetBIOS, or other protocol types
" Subnet-based VLAN creates an even finer community based on
user specified network address information.
IEEE 802.1q VLAN tagging enables the creation of standards
based, vendor interoperable virtual LANs that span multiple
switches
Integrated Switch Routing (ISR)
The FastIron II Layer 2 and Layer 3 switches reduce depend-
encies on external routers.With Foundry Networks’ Integrated
Switch Routing (ISR) feature, network managers can config-
ure a FastIron II switch to route Layer 3 traffic from one pro-
tocol VLAN, IP subnet, IPX network, or AppleTalk cable
VLAN to another VLAN using virtual interfaces (VEs) or a
Layer 3 logical port. This feature helps reduce the complexity
of the network design when implementing VLANs by allowing
network administrators to quickly respond to organizational
changes without the added burden of additional equipment.
Extensive Spanning Tree Capabilities
Spanning Tree Protocol (STP) running on switches delays mes-
sage forwarding during the spanning tree recalculation period
following a topology change.This slow convergence is undesir-
able and impacts network recovery during STP computation.
Foundry Networks’ Fast Port Span, Fast Uplink Span, and
Single-Instance and Multiple-Instance STP help eliminate the
delay introduced by STP.
The Fast Port Span feature allows certain ports to enter the for-
warding state within four seconds. Specifically, Fast Port Span
allows faster convergence on ports that are attached to end sta-
tions and thus do not present the potential to cause Layer 2 for-
warding loops.
Network managers can use the Fast Uplink Span feature on a
Foundry switch deployed as a wiring closet switch to decrease
the convergence time for the uplink ports to another switch to
just four seconds.The wiring closet switch must be a Foundry
device but the device at the other end of the link can be any
Ethernet switch. Configuration of the Fast Uplink Span feature
takes place entirely on the Foundry device.
Single-instance STP enables network managers to configure a
single instance of the Spanning Tree Protocol (STP) to run on
all the port-based VLANs on a device. The single STP feature
is especially useful for connecting a Foundry device to third-
party devices that run a single spanning tree in accordance with
the 802.1q specification. Multiple-instance STP allows an
instance of STP per VLAN.
Hardware-Based Multicast Support
FastIron II offers industry leading hardware-based multicast
support that allows network managers to efficiently deploy
applications such as video on demand. Foundry’s Internet
Group Membership Protocol (IGMP) multicast traffic reduc-
tion feature forwards a single copy of a transmission only to
requesting ports. This reduces overall network traffic and
improves performance while conserving bandwidth. Foundry’s
ASICs are unique in their ability to recognize the multicast join
and leave messages embedded in the multicast traffic flows at
the port level, without having to send the traffic to a manage-
ment processor for handling.
Network managers can easily create a network that can sustain
and intelligently forward multicast traffic throughout the net-
work. With the FastIron II’s support for various multicast rout-
ing protocols including DVMRP, MSDP, MBGP, PIM-SM
(Sparse Mode) and PIM-DM (Dense Mode), network man-
agers can easily design a network that can provide video on
demand services, or multicast-based voice and video applica-
tions - without any detrimental effect to the network.
IP Policy and Security
The FastIron II switches offer IP filtering that enables network
administrators to add granular bandwidth control by applying
permit or deny filters on traffic based on source and destination
IP address to secure IP networks from any network intrusion.
FastIron II products support Secure Shell and Secure Copy,
which ensure tight security for administering Telnet-based
configuration changes while still allowing for quick and
easy configuration management.
In addition, FastIron II switches support Foundry’s
IronShield security features that protect the network against
Denial of Service (DoS) attacks such as TCP SYN or Smurf
attacks.These features eliminate unnecessary network down-
time caused by malicious hacker attacks.
Carrier Class Reliability and Redundancy
FastIron II switches supports multiple load-sharing power sup-
plies and fully redundant power supply configurations. Network
administrators can configure the chassis with both AC and DC
power supplies, which allows the FastIron II chassis to conform
to any type of power requirements.
The FastIron II family of switches supports IEEE 802.3ad link
aggregation standard and Foundry’s Trunk Group feature.These
features enable 10/100 and Gigabit Ethernet links to be aggre-
gated into trunks to provide higher network bandwidth and
connectivity redundancy.
FastIron II Product Family Architecture
The FastIron II is a compact high performance Layer 3 switch
built on a fully non-blocking architecture that can sustain
tomorrow’s mission critical Internet traffic today.

All modules used within a FastIron II family switch are hot
swappable. FastIron II family switches support redundant man-
agement module configuration, which enables sub-second fault
detection and fail-over.These hot swappable and active/standard
management configurations allow for rapid deployment of net-
work connectivity, without any network downtime.
The FastIron II chassis consists of distributed switching modules
(built upon the IronCore ASICs) and a parallel crosspoint switch
fabric. The IronCore ASICs on each interface module provide
a high bandwidth, shared memory system that switches up to 32
Gbps of bandwidth. Combined together, they provide up to
480 Gbps of total switching capacity, and 178,000,000 pps for-
warding performance.

FIGURE 1

First Floor Second Floor First Floor Second Floor

VLAN 100 VLAN 200 VLAN 100 VLAN 200 VLAN 100 VLAN 200 VLAN 100 VLAN 200
10/100 10/100 10/100 10/100 10/100 10/100
10/100 10/100
Building 1 WIRING Building 2
D D CLOSET D D
D D D D
FastIron II Plus VLAN 100 VLAN 200 FastIron II Plus FastIron II Plus VLAN 100 VLAN 200
FastIron III

DISTRIBUTION

Q Q Q
FastIron II Q FastIron II

ENTERPRISE
BACKBONE
FastIron III FastIron III
VRRP

Q Q Q Q
OSPF

Legend : DATA CENTER

Quad Gigabit FastIron I I
Ethernet
Trunk Group Q

Dual Gigabit
Ethernet
Trunk Group D
 FIGURE 2

DATA CENTER NETWORK SERVER CLUSTERS

FRONT END SERVERS BACK END SERVERS

FastIron III
FastIron II

Front End Functions: Back End Functions:

Email Backup
V O HTTP Database
R S NNTP Disk Farm
R P Order Processing Data Warehouse
P F File Servers
FastIron II+

FastIron III
FastIron-II
with
GigE Copper Base L3
Offering

GigE Copper

Enterprise Backbone, Distribution and Wiring Closet Data Center Connectivity

Figure 1 depicts a typical Enterprise - Campus network Deployed in the Data Center (figure 2), the FastIron II provides
environment with redundant FastIron III Layer 3 switches connectivity for high-performance servers using dedicated 100
deployed in the backbone connecting the Data Center to Mbps or Gigabit Ethernet connections. For added bandwidth
the rest of the campus (Distribution). It also shows a Wiring and redundancy, the network manager can allocate up to eight
Closet fitted with the FastIron II Plus and FastIron III Layer 100 Mbps or Gigabit Ethernet links into trunks.
2 switches, allowing network managers to deliver non-
By using Foundry’s extensive dynamic VLAN capabilities, net-
blocking network capacity to end-users.
work managers can create up to 4,096 different VLANs of dif-
Gigabit Ethernet trunk group connections from the Wiring ferent types to simplify network design. FastIron II enables
Closet to the Distribution Layer deliver redundant and VLANs to be defined by port, protocol, and subnet.
high-bandwidth connectivity to the Data Center. Foundry’s
In addition, network managers can deploy multiple trunk ports,
VLAN feature allows network managers to easily cope with
multiple trunk groups and OSPF with Equal Cost Multi-path
organizational changes and create network communities
Load Sharing features to provide different levels of connectivity
based on business requirements. VLAN 100 and 200, which
redundancy, fault tolerance and load balance among servers
are shown in figure 1, are spread out into different floors
within a Data Center.
across multiple buildings. The VLANs allow organizations to
group users and localize their network traffic, without any
network performance degradation.
Technical Specifications Telnet (RFC-854)
RMON Groups 1,2,3,9 (RFC-1757)
FastIron III Power
Requirements
Performance HTTP (RFC-2068) 90-250 VAC, 15A (110v AC), 7.5A (220v
FastIron-II: Up to 48,000,000 packets BootP/DHCP Relay (RFC-2131) AC), 50-60Hz per auto-sensing, auto-
per second (PPS) switching power supply. Ships equipped
FastIron-II Plus: Up to 96,000,000 PPS Network Management with 20 amp power cords.
FastIron III: Up to 178,000,000 PPS Integrated Command Line Interface
Web Based GUI Environmental
Switching Capacity Telnet Operating Temperature: 5 C to 40 C
FastIron II: Up to 128 Gbps SNMP (41 F to 104 F)
FastIron II Plus: Up to 256 Gbps RMON Relative Humidity: 5 to 80%, @ 40 C
FastIron III: Up to 480 Gbps HP OpenView for Sun Solaris, HP-UX, (104 F), non-condensing
IBM’s AIX, and Windows NT Maximum BTUs for fully populated
Standards Compliance Standalone Windows NT FastIron II: 4552
802.3, 10BaseT Maximum BTUs for fully populated
802.3u 100BaseTX, 100BaseFX Element Security Options FastIron II Plus: 9000
802.3z 1000BaseSX AAA Maximum BTUs for fully populated
802.3z 1000BaseLX RADIUS FastIron III: 10,236
802.3x Flow Control Secure Shell (SSH v1) Storage Temperature: -40º to 70º C
802.3ad Link Aggregation Secure Copy (SCP) (-40 to 158 F)
802.1p/q VLAN Tagging TACACS/TACACS+ Storage Humidity: 95% maximum relative
802.1d Bridging Username/Password (Challenge humidity, non-condensing
802.3 Ethernet Like MIB and Response) Storage Altitude: 10,000 ft (3,000 m)
802.3ad Link Aggregation Bi-level Access Mode (Standard and maximum
Repeater MIB EXEC Level)
Ethernet interface MIB Repellant for Denial of Service attacks, Safety Agency Approvals
SNMPV1, V2c such as TCP SYN or Smurf Attacks EN 60950/IEC 950
SNMP MIB II UL 1950
FastIron II CSA 950
Protocol Support Physical Dimensions
IP (RFC-1812) 8.75”h x 17.5”w x 15”d Electromagnetic
RIP (RFC-1058) (22.2 x 44.5 x 38.1 cm) Emission Certification
RIP V2 (RFC-1723) Weight: 60 lbs fully loaded (29.9 kg) FCC Class A
OSPF (Interoperability with RFC-1583 EN 55022/CISPR-22 Class A; VCCI Class A
and RFC-2328 V2)
FastIron II Plus
OSPF Traps (RFC-1850) Immunity
Physical Dimensions
IPX/RIP/SAP Generic: EN 50082-1
20.75”h x 17.5”w x 15.25”d
AppleTalk ESD: IEC 61000-4-2; 4 kV CD, 8 kV AD
(52.7 x 44.5 x 38.7 cm)
IGMP (RFC-1112) Radiated: IEC 61000-4-3; 3 V/m
Weight: 117 lbs fully loaded (43.7 kg)
DVMRP V3 EFT/Burst: IEC 61000-4-4; 1.0 kV (power
VRRP (RFC-2338) line), 0.5 kV (signal line)
Foundry Standby Router Protocol (FSRP) FastIron III
Physical Dimensions Conducted: IEC 61000-4-6; 3 V
DNS Client PIM Dense and Sparse Mode
(RFC-2362) 29.75”h x 19.0”w x 15.25”d
(75.68 x 48.33 x 38.7 cm) Warranty
ICMP Router Discovery Protocol
Weight: 256 lbs fully loaded (116.3 kg) 1-year hardware
(RFC-1256)
90-day software
IP forwarding table MIB (RFC-1354)
TFTP (RFC-783) FastIron II and FastIron II
BootP (RFC-1542) Plus Power Requirements Mounting Options
BootP (RFC-951) 90-250 VAC, 5.5A, 50-60Hz per auto-sens- 19” Universal E A (Telco) Rack Tabletop
ing, Auto-switching power supply
Specifications subject to change without
notice

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