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Enterasys Matrix DFE-Gold Series Modules Hardware Installation Guide 1-1

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Introduction

ThischapterprovidesanoverviewoftheDFE‐Goldmodulecapabilities,andintroduces

the4H4282‐49,4H4283‐49,4H4203‐72,4H4202‐72,and4H4284‐49DFE‐Goldmodules.

Overview of DFE-Gold Series Capabilities

TheGoldDistributedForwardingEngine(DFE)isEnterasys Networks’nextgenerationof

enterprisemodulesfortheMatrixN‐SeriesandMatrixE7switches.TheseDFE modules

deliverhighperformanceandflexibilitytoensurecomprehensiveswitching,routing,

QualityofService,security,andtrafficcontainment.Keyfeaturesinclude:

•Superiorperformanceandcapacitytosupportmore

high‐bandwidthandlatency

sensitiveapplications

• 10/100/1000Base‐TXand10GigabitEthernetconnectivity

•IntegratedServicesDesignthatreducesthenumber/typeofmodulesrequired,

simplifiesnetworkdesign,andlowersentrycost

•Port‐andUser‐BasedPolicyandMultilayerPacketClassificationthatprovides

granularcontrolandsecurityforbusiness‐criticalapplications

•High‐

availabilityserviceswithstatefulfailoverforservicesandmanagement

•Self‐learningconfigurationmoduleswithincreasedreliabilityandfaulttolerancethat

reducesconfigurationtimeandmaximizesuptime

•Network‐wideconfiguration,change,andinventorymanagementthatiseasierto

install,troubleshoot,andmaintain

• Reducedsupportandmaintenancecosts,anddecreasedconfigurationtime

Important Notice

Depending on the firmware version used in the DFE-Gold module, some features described in this

document may not be supported. Refer to the Release Notes shipped with the DFE-Gold module to

determine which features are supported.

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