• Force10 Introduces TeraScale E-Series Switch/Routers
• Tolly Group Testing Validates Force10 TeraScale E-Series Benchmarks
• Less is More: Total Cost of Ownership in High Capacity Data Center Networks
• Understanding the Cost of Change in Today's High Performance Networks
• Upcoming Events

Force10 Introduces TeraScale E-Series Switch/Routers with the Industry's Best Gigabit and 10 Gigabit Ethernet Density, Throughput and Price

Force10 Networks introduces the TeraScale E-Series family of switch/routers that delivers the industry's highest Gigabit and 10 Gigabit Ethernet port densities, unprecedented price/performance and best-in-class resiliency. The Force10 TeraScale E-Series supports 56 line-rate 10 Gigabit Ethernet and 672 line-rate Gigabit Ethernet ports in a single chassis, more than twice the density of its nearest competitor. In addition, the TeraScale E-Series can process one billion packets per second, surpassing all competitive benchmarks to rank as the world's first true Terabit switch/router.

See pr-2004-09-13a.asp for complete story, http://www.force10networks.com/products/ for product overview and linecards.asp for line card details.

Less is More: Total Cost of Ownership in High Capacity Data Center Networks

The high availability data center network is becoming increasingly important to business operations. Understanding the total cost of ownership for infrastructure requires analysis of both primary factors such as capital equipment costs as well as secondary factors such as support cost, power consumption, cooling requirements, physical floor space, and future upgrade requirements. Enterprises should compare and contrast vendors technical capabilities and the various performance and feature capabilities of competing platforms, along with the operational issues that impact total cost of ownership calculations and the ability to meet day-to-day performance requirements.

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How to Contact:

Force10 Networks Headquarters
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Milpitas, CA 95035-7438
Tel: +1 (408) 571-3500
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http://www.force10networks.com

Tolly Group Testing Validates that Force10 TeraScale E-Series Sets Benchmarks for Gigabit and 10 Gigabit Ethernet Density and Performance

The Force10 TeraScale E-Series switch/routers deliver the foremost Gigabit and 10 Gigabit Ethernet density, according to independent test results released last week from The Tolly Group. During testing, the Force10 TeraScale E1200 achieved 100 percent line-rate throughput across 672 Gigabit and 56 Ten Gigabit Ethernet ports. Based on these results, The Tolly Group named the TeraScale E1200 the "First" Terabit switch/router.

The Tolly Group tests also confirm that the Force10 TeraScale E-Series achieves 100 percent line-rate, zero-loss throughput in the following configurations:

• Across 672 Gigabit Ethernet ports at all packet sizes, equating to over 1.34 Terabits per second throughput
• Across 56 Ten Gigabit Ethernet ports at all packet sizes
• While processing 1 billion packets per second
• While handling over 1 million access control lists (ACLs)
• While forwarding IPv6 packets at Gigabit and 10 Gigabit data rates

See pr-2004-09-13b.asp for complete story and test-56p.asp for detailed test results.

Understanding the Cost of Change in Today's High Performance Networks

Force10 invites you to attend an educational three-part Webinar series. During the series, guest speaker, David Willis, vice president of technology research services at META Group will explore the total costs of network ownership.

Register here for this free series: http://force10.raindance.com

Upcoming Events:

GGF12 - The Twelfth Global Grid Forum
September 20-23, 2004
Brussels, Belgium
For more information, click here.

ECMWF High-Performance Networking Technology Workshop
September 22-24
London, England
For more information, click here.

SEG Denver 2004
October 10-15, 2004
Denver, CO
For more information, click here.

For complete list of events see: http://www.force10networks.com/news/events.asp.