Extreme Networks unveiled its for fourth generation silicon, designed for scalable core networks with dense, wire-speed 10-Gigabit Ethernet performance. Extreme’s 4GNSS silicon architecture promises wire-speed IPv4, IPv6, MPLS, HVPLS and NAT services for metro and regional networks. The new silicon also includes a new feature, called T-Flex, that uses ASIC-based programmable packet parsers and editors to allow new protocols and services to be deployed without hardware upgrades. Extreme’s first incarnation of the new 4GNSS architecture, code named “Mariner,” delivers six 10 Gigabit ports or 60 Gigabit Ethernet ports per blade for a total of 48 10 Gigabit Ethernet and 480 Gigabit Ethernet ports in a single chassis. Additionally, the “Mariner” switch provides hitless failover, hitless upgrades and self-healing capabilities. Extreme Networks is demonstrating the “Mariner” switch at NetWorld+Interop this week in Las Vegas. Product availability is slated for Q3. Pricing is listed at under $50,000 for an entry-level system, with 10 Gigabit Ethernet pricing at less than $8,000 per port.
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- Earlier this month, Extreme Networks launched its third-generation “Triumph�? switching chipset, which increases the port density of Extreme BlackDiamond chassis-based switches by up to 275% while maintaining the performance and line-rate throughput with Layer 3 services. The new chipset is being delivered in two new BlackDiamond modules that can be used to scale a single BlackDiamond 6816 chassis switch to up to 360 Gigabit Ethernet connections. The module options are for either 24-port auto-sensing 10/100/1000 copper ports ($12,995 list) or 16 port fiber 10/100/1000 ports ($13,995). In addition to increased density, the new silicon provides ingress and egress rate shaping for traffic management, along with port-based management and flow control for traffic protection. With the new switching modules, the BlackDiamond switch can support eight ingress, eight egress queues and one egress super-queue per port so that each port can be individually configured to rate shape traffic. Extreme said the new modules maintain line-rate forwarding performance, even while supporting QoS, full Layer 3 routing services, and security services such as ACLs, Intrusion Detection and Network Login. Extreme’s chipset also provides advanced Denial of Service (DoS) attack protection through hardware classification, processing and acceleration of common IP control traffic functions.
