Anyhow, we have virtually the entire line in stock used, yes used.  Fully tested, fully waranteed, eligible for Bronze tech support from Foundry, and simply HUGE savings over new.  (Imagine deploying an HA pair, for LESS than the cost of one unit NEW from Foundry, for example). 

Contact me for a quote or to discuss any of these or other Foundry Networks products.

Brian Stadmiller, Foundry Specialist

brians@townsendnetworks.com

+ (415) 626-4231 x230

Overview:

Foundry’s ServerIron family of application delivery and traffic management switches is the industry leader in high availability, acceleration, security and scalability for business-critical IP, Web and VoIP applications. The ServerIron provides a total solution for server load balancing, application (Layer 7) switching, server farm and application security, SSL acceleration, compression, and multi-site redundancy. The ServerIron products are almost exclusively used by over 2,000 of the world’s most demanding organizations.

The ServerIron Series features Foundry’s high performance application switches in a choice of three form factors. These switches can be customized for performance, port density and SSL acceleration to meet a range of application and data center infrastructure needs. All three switches are purpose-built with a modular architecture for superior performance and scalability, and can be expanded to meet growing traffic demands with ultimate investment protection, including 10 GbE application delivery.

Some product details and List prices (MSRP):

SI-4G 1.5 RU fixed configuration ServerIron with 4-port combo (fiber & copper) and one AC power

SI-4G-PREM 1.5 RU fixed configuration ServerIron with 4-port combo (fiber & copper) and one AC power

SI-4G-DC 1.5 RU fixed configuration ServerIron with 4-port combo (fiber & copper) and one -48V DC

SI-4G-DC-PREM 1.5 RU fixed configuration ServerIron with 4-port combo (fiber & copper) and one -48V DC

SI-4G-SSL 1.5 RU fixed configuration SSL-integrated ServerIron with 4-port combo (fiber & copper) and

SI-4G-SSL-PREM 1.5 RU fixed configuration SSL-integrated ServerIron with 4-port combo (fiber & copper) and

SI-4G-SSL-DC 1.5 RU fixed configuration SSL-integrated ServerIron with 4-port combo (fiber & copper) and

SI-4G-SSL-DC-PREM 1.5 RU fixed configuration SSL-integrated ServerIron with 4-port combo (fiber & copper) and

$21,295 A

FCSLB16 16-port 10/100Base-TX (RJ45) with one expansion slot $9,995 A

FCSLB24 24-port 10/100Base-TX (RJ45) with one expansion slot $16,495 A

FCSLB16DC 16-port 10/100Base-TX (RJ45) with one expansion slot and -48vDC power supply $10,295 A

FCSLB24DC 24-port 10/100Base-TX (RJ45) with one expansion slot and -48vDC power supply $16,895 A

FCSLB16-U2GC 16-port 10/100Base-TX (RJ45) and 2-port 1000Base-T (RJ45) copper Gigabit uplink $11,995 A

FCSLB16-F2GE 16-port 10/100Base-TX (RJ45) and 2-port 1000Base-SX (SC) Gigabit uplink for 50 or 62.um

MMF

$11,995

Description – ServerIron 350, 450 and 850 PLUS application switches are designed for ultra high performance, and are custom configurable for high density

10/100 Ethernet, 1 Gigabit and 10 Gigabit Ethernet connectivity to the server farm and the network.

NOTE: ServerIron 350 and 450 chassis configurations support a second, redundant AC or DC power supply option. ServerIron 850 8-slot configurations support

redundant AC or DC power supply options – three (3) power supplies provide N+1 redundancy and four (4) power supplies provide 100% redundancy.

Description – ServerIronGT C-Series is a family of modular and compact (2U high) high availability Layer 4-7 application switches combine the convenience of

an appliance with expandability and performance upgradeability of the high-end modular systems.

NOTE: ServerIronGT C-Series systems SUPPORT ONLY JetCore interface modules, and require at least TrafficWorks 9.4.00 software release

NOTE: Premium Layer 3 and GSLB features are supported when SI-GT-TW-PREM is ordered and purchased.

SI-GT-CGX2 3-slot 2U High ServerIron chassis equipped with one WSM6-1, one AC power supply, and one

2-port J-B2Gx JetCore line module

$17,595 A

SI-GT-CGC16 3-slot 2U High ServerIron chassis equipped with one WSM6-1, one AC power supply, and one

16-port 100/1000 Mbps J-B16GC JetCore line module

$21,995 A

SI-GT-CGC16-DC 3-slot 2U High ServerIron chassis equipped with one WSM6-1, one -48V RPS8 DC power

supply, and one 16-port 100/1000 Mbps J-B16GC JetCore line module

$24,795

SI-GT-C2404CF 3-slot 2U High ServerIron chassis equipped with one WSM6-1, one AC power supply, and one

24-port 10/100 and 4-port Gigabit J-B2404CF JetCore line module

$21,995 A

Description – ServerIronGT E-Series is a family of high availability Layer 4-7 application switches that combine the convenience of an appliance with

expandability and performance upgradeability of the high-end modular systems.

NOTE: ServerIronGT E-Series systems SUPPORT JetCore interface modules

NOTE: Premium Layer 3 and GSLB features are supported when SI-GT-TW-PREM is ordered and purchased.

SI-GT-EGx2 4-slot chassis equipped with WSM6-1 (Web Switching Management Module with ONE BP),

one AC Power Supply and 2-Port Gigabit JetCore Line Module

$17,595 A

SI-GT-EGx2-DC 4-slot chassis equipped with WSM6-1 (Web Switching Management Module with ONE BP),

one –48V DC Power Supply and 2-Port Gigabit JetCore Line Module

$20,395

SI-GT-EGC16 4-slot chassis equipped with WSM6-1 (Web Switching Management Module with ONE BP),

one AC Power Supply and 16-Port 100/1000 Mbps Copper JetCore Line Module

$21,995 A

SI-GT-EGC16-DC 4-slot chassis equipped with WSM6-1 (Web Switching Management Module with ONE BP),

one AC Power Supply and 16-Port 100/1000 Mbps Copper JetCore Line Module (-48 V DC

Power Supply)

$24,795 A

SI-GT-E2404CF 4-slot chassis equipped with WSM6-1 (Web Switching Management Module with ONE BP),

one AC Power Supply and 24-Port 10/100 and 4-port Gigabit Copper and Fiber Combo JetCore

Line Module (Requires R 9.3.00 or Later)

$21,995 A

SI-GT-E2404CF-DC 4-slot chassis equipped with WSM6-1 (Web Switching Management Module with ONE BP),

one -48V DC Power Supply and 24-Port 10/100 and 4-port Gigabit Copper and Fiber Combo

JetCore Line Module (Requires R 9.3.00 or Later)  $24,795Brian Stadmillerbrians@townsendnetworks.com

+ (415) 626-4231 x230

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(1) MPLS features
(2) Virtual Routing
(3) Outbound ACL
(4) Very large adjacency tables (more than 8k)
(5) More than 31 link aggregation groups

But otherwise, the BigIron RX can usually fit the bill.  The RX can also take a 2GB memory upgrade, which is nice.  And the RX can do quite a bit of Layer 3:

Layer 3 Feature Set
Foundry’s IronWare software suite includes scalable EGP and IGP routing protocols.

BGPv4—Scalable to 4 million routes, 256 peers and 14,000 attributes with 2GB (MR2) management module
OSPF—Scalable to over 400,000 routes
IS-IS—Support for Level 1 and Level 2, includes 25,000 routes and 512 adjacencies
Foundry Direct Routing (FDR)—The forwarding information base (FIB) is downloaded to the hardware-based forwarding engine on each line module. This memory can be pre-populated with as many as 512,000 IP V4 and 64,000 IPV6 routes for wire-speed routing performance.
Policy-based Routing (PBR)—Support customizable routing policies using access control lists (ACLs). This feature can be used to balance network usage by controlling the network paths for different traffic flows.
Comprehensive multicast feature set—Provides hardware-based support for a number of multicast protocols including DVMRP, MSDP, PIM-SM (Sparse Mode) and PIM-DM (Dense Mode), allowing network managers to efficiently deploy next-generation multicast applications
VRRP and VRRPE (Enhanced VRRP)—Enables the BigIron RX to operate as a backup router to other network routers. In the event of a router failure, the BigIron RX will automatically and seamlessly perform the tasks of the failed router.

So, do consider the BigIron RX when considering the MLX, maybe it’s a good fit. And the cost will be much lower than MLX, especially if you buy refurbished (which we do stock, see below)

• BI-RX-4-AC BI RX-4 Chassis 1 MR, 2 SWF1, 1 PS and Fan assy $16,995 US LIST
• RX-BI-MR Management Module BigIron RX-Series $6,995
• RX-BI-MR2 Management Module with 2 GB memory for BigIron RX-Series $7,995
• RX-ACPWR-B-SYS RX-Series Chassis AC power supply for RX-4 $1,995

• RX-BI2XG 2-port 10GbE XFP BigIron RX-Series $9,495

• RX-BI24F 24-port 1-GE SFP BigIron RX-Series $8,995

• RX-BI24C 24-port 10/100/1000Base-T, RJ45 BigIron RX-Series $7,995

• RX-BI48T 48-port 10/100/1000Base-T, MRJ21 module for BigIron RX-Series $15,995

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And consequently, if you’re buying from us, you’re probably spending a fraction of list price for this core network device, enabling you to stretch you’re already constrained IT Budget. Prepare for some serious high-fives. Being responsible is suddenly a real sweet deal.

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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.

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1) establish a connection to the device on the console port

2) power the switch on, while holding down “ctrl-u” to access the system file menu (technically you can just hit “ctrl-u” in the one second time between powering on and it actually loading, but its hard to time it)
3) you have a few seconds to type the password for the file menu, it is… “mercury”; clear off the asteriks that may remain from holding “ctrl-u” down first.
4) select “D” to delete all user defined configurations
5) enter the file name of the file type that is “Config File” and confirm if asked to delete it
6) select “Q” to reload.

At this point it will boot normally, and the username and password for the unit will be at default, “admin” and “admin”. Its back to default now, have fun. I have no idea why Foundry barely documents this process. Even the users manual doesn’t tell you the password to enter the ROM menu (”mercury”), it sais to call tech support to get it.

I hope this helps some folks…..

Brian Stadtmiller, Technical Sales Manager

aim: bstaginc skype: brian.stadtmiller email brians@townsendassets.com tel: 415-626-4231 x230

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Check it out http://www.cio.com/archive/101502/cheap.html

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We know that consumers often follow many steps along the way to making a purchasing decision. In the above example, users may be generally looking for sites that offer “used cisco routers,” while having a specific model in mind. Some however, may still be searching for a comparison of various models and pricing in order to further refine their search query. Once they have a better idea of the model(s) they are interested in, they often return to the search engines to input a more specific phrase like “used cisco 7200,” as this implies a more targeted product search.

Once they’ve found a qualifying website, they may browse the various product listings within a product family and narrow their search to an even more specific model. At this point they have a good idea of what exact model they want, and the realtive price range. Savvy shoppers will visit more than one site, and make a decision based on a combination of price, guarantee, and ultimately customer service.

It’s at this point that we at TAG hope to engage the customer in a conversation. For beyond the sale of a single piece of equipment, we look to build an ongoing relationship with every customer inorder to become their single point of contact for any future network hardware needs. So, while most generic searches rarely result in an immediate purchase, over time they often evolve into a lasting realtionship.

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Anyway, after all calculations were done, the Cisco solution came out to $154.45 per copper Gig port while the Foundry solution chimed in at $156.52 per port.

This is a great illustration of the market identically valuing two industry leaders. There is no more accurate gauge of a commodity’s value than a broad secondary market (such as ours), and the fact that the originally less expensive Foundry option has effectively made up some ground speaks for the product’s robustness.

Does this mean that every comparable Foundy and Cisco product are priced the same? No, as fluctuations in supply and demand for each product are very dynamic. But at this time, for this class of product, Cisco and Foundry are very similar.

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1. Cisco Cataylst 6500 – With a name like Cisco, this full-featured hunk of burning love will keep you whispering her name long into the night. The scalabilty and flexibility of this unit are enough to blow the load of any lonely Network administrator. Her chasis can support up to 32 10-Gbps Ethernet ports! The overall attractiveness of the Catalyst 6500 lies in it’s performance and value. Fellas, this is truly the marrying kind.
   
   
2. Foundry BigIron 4000 – While this unit has been around the block, it’s a unit you can always call upon to get you through the tough times. For those that like ‘em small, her compact design packs nearly double the 10Gbe capacity of all competitors and looks great in a swim-suit. Even though she’s won awards, and been recognized by Network World as the best enterprise switch back in 2000, she’s never went Hollywood and aged gracefully into a grounded, reliable networking “partner.” This is the kind of gal, you can take home to mom.
   
   
3. Foundry FCSLB8 – Not your ordinary 8-port load balancer, this little baby keeps purring no matter how big a load you feed her! She symbolizes the hope and enthusiasm of an entire generation of data networking switches in two words, sung most famously by the IT professionals everywhere: Hummmmm Baby!
   
   
4. Foundry NetIron MLX Switching Routers – Turn-ons: long walks on the beach, picnics, data-redundancy, and Metro Networks. This gal lives life fast, and when I say fast I mean IPv4/IPv6 wire-speed MPLS routing capability. Is it getting hot in here, or is that just me? This baby can handle any packet throw it’s way, and with Terabit scale architecture this may be your first and last date with a network router.
   
   
5. Cisco AS5400XM Gateway – For some, this slender, sexy little thing may be out of their league. However, if you want a piece of real-deal network arm-candy that will make your co-workers green with envy look no further than the AS5400XM. This baby has a rack you wouldn’t believe (try not to stare), deploying more than 24 million voice gateway ports all running at a lower CPU than your last relationship. With the ability to manage an unbelievable amount of traffic, and make every call with crystal-clarity, you better cut to the chase, and put this hot little thing’s number on speed dial.

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