International Team Leverages Foundry Networks Internet Routers to Break Internet2 Land Speed Record
March 07 2006 - 7:45AM
PR Newswire (US)
Foundry NetIron(R) IPv4 and IPv6 Routers Used to Set New Data Speed
Precedent SAN JOSE, Calif., March 7 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ --
Foundry Networks(R), Inc. (NASDAQ:FDRY), a performance and total
solutions leader for end-to-end switching and routing, and
Internet2 corporate member, today announced that an international
team lead by the University of Tokyo set a new Internet2 Land Speed
Record (I2-LSR) using Foundry's high-performance IPv4/IPv6 routing
and 10-Gigabit Ethernet (GE) wide area networking (WAN) technology.
The winning IPv4 performance achieved 7.99 Gbps transfer rate over
multiple paths exceeding 30,000 km, setting a new record of 239,820
Terabit-meters/second. For the IPv6 record, the team transferred
data at a rate of 6.18 Gbps over a 30,000 km path resulting in a
mark of 185,400 terabit-meters per second (Tb-m/s) -- 10.75 percent
more than the previous record. Foundry Networks routers have the
distinction of being part of the record-holding demonstrations for
both the IPv6 I2-LSR and IPv4 records. The I2-LSR competition for
the highest-bandwidth over extended distances is an open and
ongoing contest. The winning team was made up of organizations from
the research and university communities and the networking
equipment industry. The record-setting IPv4 and IPv6 data transfers
were powered using three Foundry Networks' NetIron 40G IPv4/IPv6
dual-stack routers configured with 10-Gigabit Ethernet Wide Area
Network Physical Layer Interfaces (10-GbE WAN PHY) connecting to
the trans-oceanic optical transport network. "Future networks will
be built on IPv6 technology," said Dr. Kei Hiraki, professor at the
University of Tokyo. "This new Land Speed Record encourages
ultra-high bandwidth applications to develop more rapidly,
potentially changing how businesses will operate and how people
will live their lives. We chose Foundry Networks equipment because
of their incredible performance and reliability, the NetIron 40G
router has proven to be an integral component in this test." The
NetIron 40G is part of Foundry Networks' router/switch portfolio
and has been awarded the prestigious IPv6 Ready Phase II
Certification from the IPv6 Council. The IPv6 Ready Phase II
Certification poses a set of stringent requirements on equipment in
terms of IPv6 standards conformance and interoperability. Foundry's
BigIron MG8 and the award-winning BigIron RX family of
terabit-class systems have also achieved the IPv6 Ready Phase II
Certification. Foundry's 10-GE WAN PHY offers an attractive
alternative to traditional SONET/SDH OC-192/STM-64 links due to its
capability of delivering 10 Gbps performance at a fraction of the
cost, and with the benefit of Ethernet's operational simplicity.
WAN PHY technology provides an excellent solution for Ethernet
transport over SONET/SDH-based DWDM optical transport. "It is a
great honor to be a key enabler in the Internet2 Land Speed Record
competition," said Ken Cheng, vice president and general manager,
high value systems business unit. "This new milestone is further
proof that Foundry's switching, routing, and optical equipment
offer enterprises and service providers the most consistent
performance available on the market." The history of the I2-LSR
competition can be viewed at: http://lsr.internet2.edu/history.html
. About Foundry Networks Foundry Networks, Inc. is a leading
provider of high-performance enterprise and service provider
switching, routing, security, and Web traffic management solutions
including Layer 2/3 LAN switches, Layer 3 Backbone switches, Layer
4 - 7 application switches, wireless LAN and access points, access
routers and metro routers. Foundry's 9,300 customers include the
world's premier ISPs, metro service providers, and enterprises
including e-commerce sites, universities, entertainment, health and
wellness, government, financial, and manufacturing companies. For
more information about the company and its products, call
888-TURBOLAN or visit http://www.foundrynetworks.com/. North
America Media Contact Europe Media Contact Pavel Radda Tom Herbst
Foundry Networks Kaizo 408-207-1332 +0207-580-8852 Asia/Pacific
Media Contact Investor Contact: Jenny Liu Jason Golz Foundry
Networks Hong Kong Financial Dynamics +852-2273-5993 415-439-4532
DATASOURCE: Foundry Networks, Inc. CONTACT: media, North America,
Pavel Radda of Foundry Networks, +1-408-207-1332, or ; or
Asia/Pacific, Jenny Liu of Foundry Networks Hong Kong,
+852-2273-5993, or ; or Europe, Tom Herbst of Kaizo,
+0207-580-8852, or ; or investors, Jason Golz of Financial
Dynamics, +1-415-439-4532, or , both for Foundry Networks Web site:
http://www.foundrynetworks.com/
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