Foundry Networks Resets the Industry Standard With the Introduction of the World's Most Powerful Internet and Metro Core Router
May 02 2006 - 9:00AM
PR Newswire (US)
NetIron XMR 32000 Core Router and NetIron MLX-32 Metro Router
Establish a Superior Class of 100 Gigabit Ethernet-ready
Multi-Terabit IPv4/IPv6/MPLS Core and Metro Routers With Unmatched
Performance and Rich Functionality at a Fraction the Price of
Alternative Solutions SANTA CLARA, Calif., May 2
/PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Foundry Networks(R), Inc. (NASDAQ:FDRY),
a performance and total solutions leader for end-to-end switching
and routing, today announced the NetIron(R) XMR 32000 Internet and
MPLS core router and the NetIron MLX-32 MPLS-enabled metro router
at the Interop(R) Las Vegas 2006. These new products establish a
new class of IPv4/IPv6/MPLS routers designed for the emerging
broadband service provider infrastructure that will cement the
foundation for triple play and quadruple play services, as well as
converged backbone and broadband VPN offerings that will define
next generation service provider networks. They offer a unique
combination of advanced service delivery capabilities,
high-versatility, superior port density, and increased traffic
capacity. Internet traffic is growing at a significant rate due to
more bandwidth intensive applications and the growing broadband
user population worldwide. Engineered to meet the current and
future needs of the service provider, the NetIron XMR 32000 and the
NetIron MLX-32 are designed to have the highest 10GbE and GbE
density available to address current and forthcoming service
provider capacity requirements. The NetIron XMR 32000 and NetIron
MLX-32 are Foundry's latest additions to the NetIron XMR Series and
NetIron MLX Series respectively. These additions represent a major
breakthrough in router performance and capacity by providing two
billion packets per second (Bpps) of IP/MPLS routing, and up to 128
non-blocking 10 Gigabit Ethernet (10-GbE) ports in single system.
These new routers increase rack performance to an unparalleled 4
Bpps, and 256 non-blocking 10-GbE ports. The routers are powered by
a fully redundant non-blocking 7.68 terabits per second (Tbps)
switch fabric based on state-of-the-art Clos fabric architecture.
The massive capacity of these routers will enable bandwidth
intensive applications, such as video on-demand, broadcast
television, and large scale Voice over IP (VoIP). The routers also
feature carrier-class hardware and software resiliency, as well as
highly scalable service delivery capabilities. Both the NetIron XMR
32000 and NetIron MLX-32 feature 32 interface module slots to
enable granular pay as you grow capacity scaling. Leveraging
Foundry's fifth generation architecture, the routers offer full
wire-speed non-blocking performance on all ports for all services
including IPv4, IPv6, MPLS TE, and MPLS VPNs. The new routers allow
for large capital expenditure (CapEx) savings by offering
compelling alternatives to costly multi-chassis router clusters --
utilizing proprietary interconnects -- at one tenth the cost. In
addition, both routers are purpose built to alleviate operational
expenditure (OpEx) by significantly reducing rack space, power
consumption, and cooling requirements as opposed to a multi-chassis
designs. Each of the NetIron XMR 32000 and NetIron MLX-32 utilizes
standard interface modules from their respective series, the
NetIron XMR and NetIron MLX Series. Interface module portability
and reusability significantly reduces sparing costs and company
training costs, thereby providing superior economies of scale.
"Service providers are actively seeking viable solutions to manage
the growing capacity explosion in data traffic, IP based voice
traffic, and broadband adoption," said Michael Howard, principal
analyst and co-founder, Infonetics Research, Inc. "They will want
to consider a router that can offer ultra-high capacity, cost
efficient use of 10GbE, and can scale to support the current and
future rapid traffic growth, as these capabilities are key to their
next generation converged networks." Like all members of their
respective series, the NetIron XMR 32000 and NetIron MLX-32 routers
offer state-of-the-art resiliency for maximizing service
availability and up time. The routers feature redundant management,
redundant switch fabric, redundant power supplies, and redundant
cooling components. A state-of-the-art fabric design ensures
continued operation even under low probability high impact events,
including multiple partial/full fabric failures where the system
continues to operate in Degraded Capacity Mode, tuning its
performance gracefully to the remaining fabric capacity. A suite of
rapid convergence protocols, MPLS Fast Reroute, advanced Operation,
Administration and Maintenance (OAM) functions, hitless management
failover, graceful restart, and hitless software upgrades radically
enhance end-to-end service availability. The routers are powered by
Foundry's Multi-Service IronWare operating system, a powerful,
multi-tasking, modular, secure, and resilient operating system with
advanced routing and MPLS capabilities. The NetIron XMR and MLX
series offer complementary carrier-class provider edge to core
solutions for Internet and metro routing that dramatically reduce
the cost of implementing converged broadband networks. Utilizing
the built-in 10-GbE WAN PHY capability, providers can connect the
routers to the existing SONET/SDH or DWDM infrastructure, thereby
preserving their current investment in the optical transport layer.
Featuring low-latency, non-blocking redundant switch fabric
architecture, wire-speed programmable network processors, and
granular traffic management, these routers deliver the performance,
system resilience, service richness and Quality of Service (QoS)
that will benefit a wide range of network providers. This includes
Internet service providers, IP carrier's carriers, cable network
operators, VoIP telephony infrastructures, mobile phone providers,
triple and quadruple play operators. Built for providing the best
protection on investment and increasing infrastructure longevity,
both the NetIron XMR and NetIron MLX Series lead the industry by
providing true 40 Gigabit and 100 Gigabit Ethernet readiness in
order to enable full support for the anticipated next phase in
Ethernet's evolution. The NetIron XMR Series is a family of high
capacity and high scalability Internet and MPLS core routers.
Designed for scaling service provider cores, and long haul national
backbones, the XMR series features massive dual stack IPv4/IPv6
routing capacities up to 10 Million BGP routes, 500 BGP peers, and
up to 1 Million IPv4 routes in hardware. In addition, the series
enables large scale MPLS traffic engineering, as well as high
capacity MPLS VPN services including MPLS Virtual Leased Line
(VLL), Virtual Private LAN Service (VPLS), and BGP/MPLS VPNs (RFC
2547bis). The NetIron MLX Series is a family of high performance
metro and Internet edge routers. The addition of the NetIron MLX-32
router offers a powerful solution for high density Internet edge
and metro Ethernet service delivery. In addition, the MLX-32 is a
powerful enabler of large scale Internet data center and high
performance computing (HPC) clusters. All routers of the NetIron
MLX Series feature a consistent feature set that offers a unique
mix of IPv4/IPv6 routing, virtual routing via Multi-VRF, MPLS-based
services, and advanced metro Ethernet services based on the
upcoming IEEE 802.1ad (Provider Bridges) and IEEE 802.1ah (Provider
Backbone Bridges). "Prior to the NetIron XMR and MLX series,
service providers lacked choice when implementing a core routing
solution," said Bobby Johnson, president and chief executive
officer for Foundry Networks. "They were often forced to select
costly systems with high ongoing maintenance costs that did not
protect their infrastructure investment from future demands.
Foundry's NetIron XMR 32000 resolves the inadequacies of past
systems with an edge-to-core solution that not only future-proofs
service providers' networks but also delivers unparalleled
performance, reliability, scalability and resiliency at a fraction
the price of alternative solutions." Availability and Pricing The
NetIron XMR 32000 will be available in early July, 2006. Pricing
starts at $90,000 for the base system, and it supports all standard
NetIron XMR Series interface modules. The NetIron MLX-32 will be
available in August, 2006. Pricing starts at $89,000 for the base
system, and it supports all standard NetIron MLX Series interface
modules. The NetIron XMR 32000 can be seen at Interop Las Vegas
booth 1024 May 2 - May 4 2006. About Foundry Networks Foundry
Networks, Inc. (NASDAQ:FDRY) 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 9,700 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
1.888.TURBOLAN or visit http://www.foundrynetworks.com/. North
America Europe Asia/Pacific Pavel Pradda Tom Herbst Jenny Liu
Foundry Networks Kaizo Foundry Networks Hong Kong 408.207.1332
+0207.580.8852 +(852) 2273 5993 Investor Contact: Jason Golz
Financial Dynamics 415.439.4532 DATASOURCE: Foundry Networks, Inc.
CONTACT: in North America, Pavel Pradda of Foundry Networks,
+1-408-207-1332, or ; or in Europe, Tom Herbst of Kaizo,
+44(0)207-580-8852, or , for Foundry; or Asia/Pacific, Jenny Liu of
Foundry Networks Hong Kong, +852-2273-5993, or ; or investors,
Jason Golz of Financial Dynamics, +1-415-439-4532, or , for Foundry
Networks Web site: http://www.foundrynetworks.com/
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