Enterasys X-Pedition 8000

Enterasys X-Pedition 8000 ... backbone or the wiring closet as part of a larger enterprise, the 8-slot X-Pedition 8000 combines wire-speed performance at gigabit rates, pinpoint control of application flows, and superior routing capacity to ensure high availability of internal and external networks.

Like the larger X-Pedition 8600, the X-Pedition 8000 delivers full-function, wire-speed IP/IPX routing - both unicast (IP: RIP, OSPF, BGP, IPX: RIP) and multicast (IGMP, DVMRP, PIM-SM). Powered by a non-blocking 16 Gigabit per second switching fabric, its throughput exceeds 15 million packets per second and can be configured with up to 112 10/100 ports or 28 Gigabit Ethernet ports, with the new double density gigabit Ethernet modules. Enterprise requirements are met through massive table capacity and redundancy. The X-Pedition router is also the industry's first Gigabit switching router with WAN capabilities. The WAN interfaces extend the benefits of the X-Pedition router to remote locations, providing network administrators application-level control from the desktop to the WAN edge, all at wire speed. The unique X-Pedition architecture enables you to route or switch packets based on the information in Layer 4 or on the traditional source-destination information in Layer 3. This application-level control allows the X-Pedition to guarantee security and end-to-end quality of service (QoS) while maintaining wire-speed throughput. QoS policies may encompass all the applications in the network, groups of users, or relate specifically to a single host-to-host application flow. The X-Pedition 8000 is easily configured and managed through comprehensive, Java-based network management software, which includes intuitive wizards and drag-and-drop operation.