The FastIron LS-STK switches are stackable Layer 2 switches that deliver enterprise-class security, wire-speed performance in one rack unit (1U) high and 12.92-inch deep form factor. While, the FastIron GS-STK switches are stackable Layer 2 switches that can be upgraded to support PoE for powering IP endpoints including IP phones, wireless LAN access points and IP surveillance cameras.
The FastIron GS-STK and FastIron LS-STK models are part of the FastIron GS and FastIron LS Series 10 gigabit Ethernet (10GbE) access switch families. According to the company, these solutions offer the benefits of 'pay-as-you grow' scalability, ease of single switch operations, and low initial cost of a compact access switch.
"With the availability of the FastIron stackable edge switches, Foundry allows enterprise customers to deploy high-performance networking infrastructures with the initial cost advantage of fixed configuration access switch solutions," said Bob Schiff, vice president and general manager, enterprise business unit, Foundry. "Foundry's IronStack stacking technology provides an advanced solution for building a secure and converged network for the intelligent edge that meets business needs today and is scalable for future growth and requirements."
With these new switches using IronStack intelligent stacking technology, users can increase or decrease port counts by adding or re-deploying switches in an IronStack stack. These switches are flexible to mix-and-match Power over Ethernet (PoE)-ready, PoE upgradeable and non-PoE switches in a single stack. Offering ready migration from 10 Mbps to 100 Mbps, gigabit Ethernet (GbE) and 10GbE, these switches are upgradeable with IEEE 802.3af PoE for scalable IP phone and wireless AP deployments (limited to FastIron GS-STK models).
In addition, the FastIron GS-STK and FastIron LS-STK switches also features
cross-unit IEEE 802.3ad and static trunking; hot insertion and removal of stacking units; support for up to eight units in an IronStack configuration; stack control automatically fails over to slave unit in event of master unit failure; a single IP address for the entire stack simplifying manageability;
view and manage an IronStack configuration as a single entity via Foundry's IronView Network Manager (INM); chassis-like operations and the benefits of Foundry's operating software; up to 384 PoE ports in FastIron GS-STK IronStack configuration; full class 3 PoE on all ports within a FastIron GS-STK IronStack.
According to the company, the FastIron GS-STK and FastIron LS-STK switches support a set of advanced Layer 2 Ethernet services, static routing and IGMP and MLD multicast snooping. To protect against network abuse and to control network access, Foundry leverages a suite of IronShield security capabilities. The switches support Base Layer 3 features for increased networking and configuration flexibility. Base Layer 3 features include static routing with RIP v1/v2 announcements, virtual and routed interfaces, Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) relay and Virtual Router Redundancy Protocol (VRRP).
The switches will feature a de facto industry standard CLI for familiarity and ease of operations and will be manageable using Foundry's unified network management platform, INM. |
