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Foundry BigIron RX BI-RX-4-AC a money saver, money maker!

Charles J — Fri, 03 Apr 2009 21:20:31 +0000

The latest generation BigIron RX series Layer2/Layer3 switches from Foundry are proving to be even more popular with our customers than their predecessor (the B4000/B8000 “Jetcore” series). And while we still sell the Jetcore series, and they are still capable for many budget-constrained uses, the RX series is substantially better in virtually all ways. They are smaller physically (greater port density), have impressive reduced power requirements, support total redundancy within the chassis, and are non-blocking on all module slots at up to 40Gb/sec. Of course the code base is highly evolved and stable. These are some of the many reasons they are ideal for aggregation and backbone switching. The management (supervisor) also supports 2GB of DRAM, and as such is scalable to 4 million routes, 256 peers and 14,000 attributes (BGPv4). I could go on with more, but its all at http://www.foundrynet.com/products/enterprise/agg-bb-l23/bi-rx.html

In a nutshell, they come in 4, 8 , 16 and even 32 (!) slot versions, and support redundant management, fabric and power. They support all layer 2 protocols, and all major layer 3 protocols (not MPLS, but technically that’s not Layer 3!? You need MLX or XMR if you require MPLS support) There are 24-port copper, fiber, 48-port telco copper, and 2 and 4 port 10GbE modules that are compatible across all the chassis. They are purportedly very power efficient and well liked:

http://www.foundrynet.com/company/newsroom/pr/2008/06-16-2008a.html

If you would like to discuss purchasing the BI-RX-4-AC, or any other Foundry parts, give me a ring, or shoot me an email. We typically have a good selection of them used. (rest assured all our parts are fully tested and waranteed; we have placed equipment in many major networks globally)

Parts List:

BI-RX-32-AC-A BigIron RX 32 AC system with 1 management module, 8 switch fabric modules, 4 x 2400W
AC power supplies, 2 power supply fans, and 8 exhaust fans
BI-RX-32-AC BigIron RX 32 AC system with 1 management module, 8 switch fabric modules, 5 AC power
supplies, 2 power supply fans, 8 exhaust fans and 2 air filters
BI-RX-16-AC BI RX-16Chassis 1 MR, 3 SFM3, 4 PS and Fan assy
BI-RX-8-AC BI RX-8 Chassis 1 MR, 2 SWF3, 2 PS and Fan assy
BI-RX-4-AC BI RX-4 Chassis 1 MR, 2 SWF1, 1 PS and Fan assy BI-RX-32-DC BigIron RX 32 DC system with 1 management module, 8 switch fabric modules, 4 DC power
supplies, 2 power supply fans, and 8 exhaust fans
BI-RX-16-DC BigIron RX-16 Chassis 1 MR, 3 SWF3, 4 DC PS and Fan assy
BI-RX-8-DC BigIron RX-8 Chassis 1 MR, 2 SFM3, 2 DC Power Supplies and Fan assy
BI-RX-4-DC BigIron RX-4 Chassis 1 MR, 2 SFM1, 1 DC Power Supply and Fan assy
BigIron RX Series pre-configured chassis contain a management module and either 3 (BI-RX-16) or 2 (BI-RX-4 or BI-RX-8) switch fabric modules. Additional
modules are available as spares or to add resiliency to the chassis.
RX-BI-32-MR BigIron RX 32 management module with 512 MB ECC memory, dual PCMCIA slots, EIA/TIA-
232 (RS-232) serial console port and 10/100/1000 Ethernet port for out-of-band management
RX-BI-32-MR2 BigIron RX 32 management module with 2 GB ECC memory, dual PCMCIA slots, EIA/TIA-
232 (RS-232) serial console port and 10/100/1000 Ethernet port for out-of-band management
RX-BI-32-SFM Switch Fabric Module for BigIron RX-32 Chassis
RX-BI-MR Management Module BigIron RX-Series
RX-BI-MR2 Management Module with 2 GB memory for BigIron RX-Series
RX-BI-SFM3 Switch Fabric for BigIron RX-16 and RX-8 Chassis
RX-BI-SFM1 Switch Fabric for BigIron RX-4 Chassis
RX-BI-2GB-FRU 2GB SIMM Memory Upgrade for RX-BI-MR and RX-BI-32-MR Field Replacement Upgrade.
This part is for upgrading the memory on the management module for the BigIron RX from
512MB to 2GM SIMM.
NIBI-32-ACPWR-A 32-Slot NetIron XMR/MLX and BigIron RX AC power supply, 2400 W
RX-ACPWR-F-SYS RX-Series Chassis AC power supply for RX-8 and RX-16
RX-ACPWR-B-SYS RX-Series Chassis AC power supply for RX-4
NIBI-32-ACPWR 32-Slot NetIron XMR/MLX and BigIron RX AC power supply
NIBI-32-DCPWR 32-Slot NetIron XMR/MLX and BigIron RX DC power supply
RX-DCPWR-F-SYS DC Power Supply for BigIron RX-8 and RX-16 chassis
RX-DCPWR-B-SYS DC Power Supply for BigIron RX-4 chassis BigIron RX Series Interface Modules
RX-BI4XG 4-port 10GbE XFP BigIron RX-Series
RX-BI-16XG 16-port 10GbE SFP+ BigIron RX-Series
RX-BI2XG 2-port 10GbE XFP BigIron RX-Series
RX-BI24F 24-port 1-GE SFP BigIron RX-Series

RX-BI24C 24-port 10/100/1000Base-T, RJ45 BigIron RX-Series
RX-BI48T 48-port 10/100/1000Base-T, MRJ21 module for BigIron RX-Series.
RX-BI24HF 24-port 100/1000 SFP module for BigIron RX-Series
10G-XFP-SR 850nm serial pluggable XFP optic (LC), target range 300m over MMF
10G-XFP-LR 1310nm serial pluggable XFP optic (LC) for up to 10km over SMF
10G-XFP-ER 1550nm serial pluggable XFP optic (LC) for up to 40km over SMF
10G-XFP-ZR 1550nm serial pluggable XFP optic (LC) for up to 80km over SMF

Nice switch

Thanks!

Tried and True: ServerIronXL

admin — Mon, 24 Mar 2008 18:27:18 +0000

Foundry Networks’ ServerIron Honored With SearchNetworking.com 2008 Product Leadership Award
ServerIron Wins the Silver Award in the Application Delivery Controller Category

March 24, 2008: 08:00 AM EST

SANTA CLARA, Calif., March 24, 2008 (PRIME NEWSWIRE) — Foundry Networks(r), Inc. (Nasdaq:FDRY), a performance and total solutions leader for end-to-end switching and routing, today announced that the ServerIron(r) family of application delivery switches received a Silver Award in the category of application delivery controllers (ADC) for the SearchNetworking.com(tm) 2008 Product Leadership Awards.

The Awards span 12 networking product categories and recognize 36 products that enterprise IT professionals should consider adding to their “A” lists of networking products to evaluate. Winning products were selected by 1,800 networking professionals based on their assessment of products currently deployed within their own enterprises. Participants were asked to evaluate the networking products according to defined product-specific criteria, each of which was assigned a weighted value based on importance, with cumulative scores calculated for each product. SearchNetworking.com editors used these scores to determine Gold, Silver and Bronze award winners for the industry’s best networking products.

According to SearchNetworking.com, “ServerIron from Foundry captured high ratings for its server and load balancing capabilities and snagged the Silver in our ADC category. Foundry’s ServerIron family of application delivery and traffic management switches are aimed at business-critical IP, Web and VoIP applications, according to the company. ServerIron provides a total solution for server load balancing, Layer 7 switching, server farm and application security, SSL acceleration, compression, and multi-site redundancy.”

“It is an honor to be named as the Silver winner in the Product Leadership Awards for application delivery controllers; there is a great deal of competition in this segment and being identified as one of the leaders is a sign of our commitment to exceptional quality and high performance,” said Bobby Johnson, president and CEO for Foundry Networks. “The ServerIron family, with its integrated Web firewall capabilities and HTTP compression, provides demanding enterprises and service providers worldwide a scalable and proven solution for maximizing the performance and availability of their application and content delivery infrastructure.”

Foundry’s ServerIron family of application delivery switches is the industry leader in high availability, acceleration, security and scalability for business-critical IP, Web and Voice over IP (VoIP) applications. The ServerIron family provides a total solution for server load balancing, application (Layer 7) switching, server farm and application security, SSL acceleration, compression, and multi-site redundancy. Foundry offers more than eight years of expertise and experience in delivering application solutions to the world’s largest enterprises and service providers.

Bad Bosses Impact Productivity

admin — Fri, 31 Aug 2007 18:00:53 +0000

I stumbled across a blog for Robert I. Sutton, a professor of management science at Stanford University, who wrote a book called The No Asshole Rule, about the negative impact of bullies in management roles on both productivity as well as office environment. According to a review from publishers weekly, ” (Sutton) argues that assholes—those who deliberately make co-workers feel bad about themselves and who focus their aggression on the less powerful—poison the work environment, decrease productivity, induce qualified employees to quit and therefore are detrimental to businesses, regardless of their individual effectiveness.”

The modern corporate workplace is rife with power-starved,egomaniacs who derive their own self-importance from the domination of others. This is a all to common dynamic that many can relate to. Whether this behavior is the result of social conditioning or a conscious masochistic pleasure, simply put it’s bad for business. Reading about a phenomenon like this can also make you appreciate your small, friendly office environment even more.