Sponsor:   Blade Network Technologies, Inc.    View all reports from this sponsor Title: IBM Corporation Nortel 1/10Gb Uplink Ethernet Switch Module for IBM BladeCenter Functionality Certification and Cooperative Interoperability Evaluation Publication date:   30 October 2008 Document number:    208337 Abstract: Blade Network Technologies, Inc. (BLADE) and IBM commissioned The Tolly Group to evaluate an integrated Nortel blade switch module - designed and manufactured by BLADE for IBM BladeCenter - for interoperability with other switch brands. Tolly Group engineers subjected the Nortel 1/10Gb Uplink Ethernet Switch Module to ten different tests with switches from 3Com, Cisco Systems, Enterasys Networks, Force10 Networks, Foundry Networks, Hewlett-Packard, and NEC. Engineers subjected the Nortel switch module to advanced LAN services tests, including support for auto-negotiation, 802.1p/Q VLAN tag propagation, 10GbE LAN PHY Support, 802.3ad LACP Support, Rapid Spanning Tree Protocol, Multiple Spanning Tree Protocol, RIPv2, OSPFv2, BGP4, Virtual Router Redundancy Protocol (VRRP) and Jumbo Frames. The Nortel switch achieved interoperability with other switches in all the tests. Tests were conducted in August 2008 in Santa Clara, CA at Ixia’s iSimCity lab facility. Download the free report Number of pages: 6      Publication price: $0.00 Register to download   or login Click on image to download this report

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