Extreme Networks Launches its Next Gen BlackDiamond Switch

Extreme Networks launched its third-generation "Triumph" switching chipset to increase the port density of its BlackDiamond chassis-based switch 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.
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