Force10 Gear Used for Transcontinental 10 GE Network

Force10 Networks' E-Series switch/routers have been deployed for a transcontinental 10 GE wide area network. The project consists of a SURFnet OC-192 lambda between Geneva and the StarLight facility in Chicago via Amsterdam and another OC-192 lambda between this same facility in Chicago and Carleton University in Ottawa, Canada provided by CANARIE and ORANO. The Force10 switch/routers connected directly to the SONET equipment using two 10 Gbps WAN PHY interfaces. Ixia's 400T traffic generator and analyzer routers were used to validate performance between the Geneva/Chicago link and the Chicago/Ottawa link. Network expertise and third party validation was also provided by Cortex Networkshttp://www.force10networks.com
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