Enterasys Announces New 10GbE Connectivity Products
Industry-leading Capacity and Price-per-port Embeds Security without Sacrificing Performance
Enterasys is pleased to announce new 10 Gigabit Ethernet (10GbE) connectivity products for edge access, distribution layer, network core and data center roles. The new connectivity solutions are complemented by the Dragon® 10GbE Intrusion Detection and Prevention System. The intelligent, automated integration of the new security enabled infrastructure hardware with Enterasys Dragon and NetSight® software delivers granular network access control (NAC) and enables enterprises to predict and prevent threats and vulnerabilities by pinpointing the root-cause of network security incidents.
“The new 10 Gigabit offerings from Enterasys clearly show the growth of the 10 Gigabit Ethernet market and Enterasys's commitment to that market. Enterasys is delivering greater capacity with embedded policy-based security and QoS with no sacrifice in performance.”
Steven J. Schuchart Jr.
Principle Analyst
Current Analysis
As enterprises demand more bandwidth, the Enterasys Matrix and SecureStack offerings deliver business-oriented prioritization of applications and proactive security for networked users and devices. NetSight management software avoids the need to manually reconfigure on a device-by-device basis every time there is a move, add or change. Define the policies once, and Enterasys keeps up with all the mobility, expansion and modification automatically. The network access control (NAC) privileges for an authenticated user or device are enforced dynamically, regardless of wired or wireless connectivity. The end result is high-performance capacity increases that leverage the multi-vendor management and embedded security operational expertise of Enterasys over the past two decades.
The Enterasys® G3 secure switch combines the small size and cost-effectiveness of a stackable, with the modularity of a chassis, into a single standalone switch that supports convergence, compliance and connectivity needs. The G3 is designed to support business-critical enterprise applications such as IP telephony, HD video conferencing, distance learning, business intelligence, ERP, CRM, and Internet connectivity. All this while ensuring only the right users have access to the right information from the right place at the right time for compliance purposes.
“Our testing has shown the G3 to be a perfect fit for enterprise networks with a rich set of functionality and a lot of customer feedback incorporated into the final design. The support from Enterasys has been excellent and we appreciate the small form factor and modular options for high-density copper and/or fiber gigabit connectivity with ten gigabit uplinks into our distribution and core layers.”
Reinhard Strebler,
Head of the Department Networks and Telecommunication
Steinbuch Centre for Computing (SCC), Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT)
- Secure, non-stop core router
- Accommodates up to 256 10GbE ports in a single rack
- $3,750 US list price per 10GbE port
- Secure, highly-available L2/L3/L4 flow-based switch
- Offers double the previous 10GbE port density with no performance loss
- Attached users and networked applications are prioritized and secured
- NetFlow statistics for behavioral analysis and/or performance management are gathered at wire speed for each Matrix N-Series interface.
- Secure, policy-based 10GbE standalone L2/L3/L4 switch:
- Inspects and classifies incoming traffic
- Discovers attached users, applications and devices
- Authenticates them using 802.1X, Web and/or MAC multi-user authentication
- Enforces priority and security policies by making the filtering, forwarding or rate limiting decision
- Redundant power and cooling with up to 96 ports of Gigabit Ethernet (GbE) connectivity in either 10/100/1000 Mbps RJ45 with integrated Power over Ethernet (PoE) options or 1 GbE ports via Small Form Factor Pluggable fiber-optic transceivers (SFP)
- Offers up to twelve 10GbE ports supported via Small Form Factor Pluggable fiber-optic transceivers (XFP)
- Provides bandwidth, QoS and security policy control for up to eight users per port based on L2/L3/L4 traffic visibility
- Optional firmware upgrades enable advanced IPv4 routing or IPv6 routing (in addition to L2 switching and standard IPv4 RIPv1/v2 support)
- $1,275 US list price per 10GbE port
- Includes a limited lifetime warranty featuring advance replacement and no-charge firmware upgrades
NEW SecureStack™ C-Series:
- Secure, policy-based L2/L3/L4 gigabit switching
- Features a stackable, pay as you grow, form factor with dual 10GbE uplinks
- $1,900 US List price per 10GbE port
- Includes a limited lifetime warranty featuring advance replacement and no-charge firmware upgrades
Availability
The new Matrix X-Series and Matrix N-Series 10GbE modules are currently shipping. The new G-Series and SecureStack C-Series 10GbE products will be generally available within 90 days from authorized Enterasys distributors and value-added resellers worldwide. To learn more about Enterasys Secure Networks capabilities, please schedule a live demonstration at www.enterasys.com/demo.