Abstract

Dell commissioned Tolly to evaluate one of its enterprise-class LAN switches for interoperability with other switch brands.

Tolly engineers subjected PowerConnect B-RX4 switches to more than a dozen tests with switches from 3Com Brocade, Cisco Systems, Enterasys Networks, Force10 Networks, Hewlett-Packard Co, IBM Corporation, and NEC Corporation. .

The Dell switch demonstrated a broad level of interoperability with other switches from seven other leading vendors for advanced LAN and routing functions at Layer 2 and Layer 3.

This testing was done in accordance with Tolly Common Test Plan #1088 - LAN Switch Interoperability. That document is available for license and you can find more information about it on the Tolly Common Test Plan website.

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