IBM and BLADE Network Technologies, Inc. enterprise-class LAN switches evaluation

IBM CorporationNortel 1/10Gb Uplink Ethernet Switch Modulefor IBM BladeCenterFunctionality Certification and Cooperative InteroperabilityEvaluation

Sponsor: Blade Network Technologies, Inc.

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Document Number: 208337

Publication Date: 10/30/2008

Page Count: 6

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.

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