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Enterasys Matrix® N-Series
Secure, Highly-Available Policy-based 10GbE Modular L2/L3/L4 Edge to Core/Data Center Flow Switch
The Enterasys Matrix® N-Series flow-based switches offer the industry’s most granular visibility and control of individual users and voice/video/data applications. Capable of being deployed as a premium edge access device, distribution layer aggregation switch, enterprise-class core router, or data center server farm solution, the Matrix N-Series is the flagship hardware platform for the policy-based Secure Networks™ architecture. Policies ensure only the right users have access to the right information from the right place at the right time — adapting automatically every time there is a move, add or change.
Matrix N-Series switches are available in the following form factors:
- Standalone for smaller wiring closets
- 1 Slot chassis providing full Distributed Forwarding Engine (DFE) connectivity
- 3 Slot offering over 200 ports of connectivity
- 5 Slot optimized for PoE deployments while offering over 350 ports
- 7 Slot offering over 500 ports of connectivity
All of the Matrix N-Series offerings leverage the Enterasys DFE architecture whereby the switching, routing and management control functions are embedded in each module, delivering unsurpassed reliability, scalability and fault tolerance. Customers can quickly and cost-effectively add connectivity as needed while scaling performance capacity with each new blade. The DFE high-availability architecture makes forwarding decisions, enforces security policies and classifies/prioritizes traffic. DFEs ensure the highest Quality of Service for critical applications such as voice even during periods of over-subscription — while proactively preventing Denial of Service attacks.
Unlike competing solutions, the Matrix N-Series implements a granular flow based architecture to intelligently manage individual user and application conversations—not just ports or VLANs. Policy rules combined with deep packet inspection can intelligently sense and automatically respond to security threats while improving reliability and quality of the user experience. NetFlow data can be collected at wire-speed without sacrificing performance or requiring sampling techniques. Matrix® N-Series is also the only enterprise switch to support multi-user, multi-method authentication on every port — absolutely essential when you have phones, computers, printers, copiers, security cameras and badge readers on the network. When security matters, there is no better choice than the Matrix N-Series.