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Future-Proofing the Wiring Closet With Resilient and Scalable Modular Switch/Routers: Wiring closets in the enterprise LAN are undergoing a number of significant changes. Perhaps the most important transition stems from the emergence of the enterprise IP network and IP/Ethernet LAN as the converged infrastructure for both data networking applications and real-time communications applications. This convergence is driven not only by...; Tags: Force10 Networks Inc., Network, Data Networking, Networking, LANs, Network Technology, Ethernet, VOIP, Telecommunications; White papers 2008-06-23
IP Storage Over 10 Gigabit Ethernet: The Ethernet and IP storage ecosystems have utilized 10 GbE technology to completely remove performance as a barrier for enterprise-level adoption of an IP-based network storage strategy centered on iSCSI and NAS. These developments also greatly enhance the viability of Ethernet as a unified switching fabric for data centers of...; Tags: Force10 Networks Inc., Data Center, 10-Gigabit Ethernet, IP, Data Centers, Ethernet, Network Technology, Storage, Networking, Hardware, Data Management; White papers 2008-03-07
FTOS: A Modular Switch/Router OS Optimized for Resiliency & Scalability: As Ethernet switch/routers continue to scale in terms of link speed and port density, device resiliency is becoming an indispensable system attribute. For example, high degrees of traffic aggregation mean that even short periods of interrupted operation can disrupt a large number of traffic flows and user/subscribers, potentially violating numerous...; Tags: Force10 Networks Inc., Scalability, Ethernet, Service Level Management, Network Technology, Networking, It Operations, It service Management; White papers 2008-01-01
Low Latency 10 GbE Switching for Data Center, Cluster and Storage Interconnect: As the data center continues to evolve to meet rapidly escalating demands for higher levels of performance and resource virtualization, three rather distinct networking requirements have emerged. The typical server in a high performance data center may require connection to three switching fabrics: a LAN for connecting users and general...; Tags: Force10 Networks Inc., Data Center, Latency, Fabric, Data Centers, Storage, LANs, Networking, Hardware, Data Management; White papers 2007-09-19
Best Effort Traffic Drives Service Providers to Simpler, Faster Cores: With best effort traffic dominating, service providers are looking for a cost-effective alternative to service-rich, converged networks. For many, the service-rich core they've built around multiprotocol label switching MPLS is overkill for the bulk of their actual traffic. Consequently, they're turning to lower-cost infrastructure alternatives based on 10 Gigabit Ethernet...; Tags: Force10 Networks Inc., MPLS, Business Services, Network Technology, Ethernet, Networking; White papers 2007-09-01

OC-192c/STM-64c and 10 Gigabit Ethernet WAN PHY: The introduction of 10 Gigabit Ethernet (10 GbE) WAN PHY into the IP/Ethernet networking community has led to confusion over the applicability between 10 GbE WAN PHY and OC-192c/STM-64 interfaces. Both of these interfaces support transmission at 9.6 Gbps, support SONET/SDH framing, and can be connected to SONET/SDH ADM or...; Tags: Force10 Networks Inc., 10-Gigabit Ethernet, SONET/SDH, Ethernet, Network Technology, WANs, Optical Networking, Networking, Fiber Optics, Telecommunications; White papers 2007-08-01
About the 10 Gigabit Ethernet Standard: 10 GbE Physical layer specifications PHY and supported media and reaches, as defined in IEEE 802.3 2005. In Ethernet standards, the different optical and copper media are known as types of physical media-dependent interfaces PMDs. The 10 GbE MAC operates at 10 Gbps at its service interface towards PHY...; Tags: Force10 Networks Inc., 10-Gigabit Ethernet, MAC, Media, Rate Adaptation Mechanism, Ethernet, Network Technology, Advertising & Promotion, Networking, Marketing; White papers 2007-07-01
Next-Generation Switch/Router Diagnostics and Debugging: The goal for a next-generation diagnostics and debugging system for switch/routers is to improve system uptime and availability by preventing the occurrence of certain types of hard errors increasing system MTBF and by improving fault isolation and resolution time reducing MTTR. These improvements can be realized by augmenting traditional reactive...; Tags: Force10 Networks Inc., Diagnostics; White papers 2007-07-01
Server Consolidation and Remote Disaster Recovery: To minimize TCO for server / data center consolidation and optimize disaster recovery and backup operations, enterprises must carefully consider the real costs of using older generations of switches compared to the economies and new functionalities enabled by next generation switch/routers designed for high-performance Ethernet applications.; Tags: Force10 Networks Inc., Disaster Recovery, Server Consolidation, Backups, Ethernet, Data Centers, Roi/Tco, Servers, Data Management, Hardware, Networking, Storage, Finance, Managerial Accounting; White papers 2007-06-01
Evolution of the Spanning Tree Protocol: The Spanning Tree Protocol, that is the basis for the IEEE standard 802.1D was designed to provide "plug-and-play" operation for large Layer 2 networks based on half duplex shared Ethernet, which was the prevalent LAN technology throughout the late 1980s and early 1990s. As Ethernet evolved to become a...; Tags: Force10 Networks Inc., Ethernet, LANs, Network Technology, Networking; White papers 2007-01-01
Building Scalable Digital Media Post Production Networks: The Role of Ethernet: The body of this document provides an overview of impact that digital technology is having on television and cinema production and distribution. It then focuses on some of the key data center and networking technologies that are available to build very high performance, and high availability Ethernet and IP-based distributed...; Tags: Force10 Networks Inc., Network, Production, Ethernet, Network Technology, Data Centers, Digital Media, Networking, Storage, Hardware, Data Management, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology; White papers 2006-11-01
Building Scalable, High Performance Cluster and Grid Networks: The Role of Ethernet: A Grid computer is a hardware and software system that integrates a collection of distributed system components (e.g., computer systems, storage, etc.) making them appear to the user as a single, large "virtualized" computing system. The basic "single system" concept may be applied to the construction of centralized "cluster" computers...; Tags: Force10 Networks Inc., Ethernet, Network, High-performance, Distributed System, Computer, Grid Computer, Productivity; White papers 2006-11-01
Describing the Force10 E-Series Architecture: Technology for Reliability and Scalability for High-Performance Ethernet: The Force10 Networks E-Series Architecture delivers breakthrough scalability and capacity - the result of technological advances and innovations in the design of switch fabrics, ASICs, a unique passive backplane, and revolutionary system control plane. Working together, the E-Series architecture and Force10 Operating System FTOS in combination delivers the full potential...; Tags: Force10 Networks Inc., Scalability, High-performance, Force10 Networks E-Series Architecture, Ethernet, Network Technology, Networking; White papers 2006-09-01
Force10 aims to blow Ethernet rivals away: Force10 aims to blow Ethernet rivals awayevryone elsewas probably already there, they just wanted to sell the lower speed routers, then after sales slowed release the better ones, just watch, now all the network companies will amazingly release the same thing; Tags: Network technology, NETWORKING, Force10 Networks Inc., Ethernet; Discussion threads 2004-09-15