CoreBuilder 3500 100BaseTX/10BaseT (6)RJ-45

As networks become more complex and performance requirements more demanding, organizations need greater ability to manage the evolution of these infrastructures while making them increasingly transparent to users. Network managers require the ability to build flexible, scalable, and easily managed network solutions. Users also want all their applications, however sophisticated, to be instantly available and extremely responsive. With the CoreBuilder 3500 MultiLayer Switch and Transcend® network management software, these goals are not only attainable, but you can build a network that will have the right tools to scale performance and manage growth while providing policy services for the first time. Today’s LAN infrastructures require a new solution to the problem of forwarding traffic across network boundaries. The answer is a new type of networking device. This new device combines the functions of current Layer 2 switches and LAN routers while adding features beyond what legacy LAN routers can support. These new devices have been referred to as Layer 3 switches, but that label does not fully describe the ability of the CoreBuilder 3500 MultiLayer Switch. This product can route packets at wire speeds across 10/100 Mbps Ethernet ports, scaling up to 4 million pps. The CoreBuilder 3500 MultiLayer Switch also has low latencies associated with Layer 2 switches, typically 15 to 30 microseconds. Plus, the CoreBuilder 3500 MultiLayer Switch supports sophisticated Class of Service (CoS) and Quality of Service (QoS) features that allow different types of traffic to have different levels of service--without affecting performance. Networks are not all based on Ethernet. FDDI and ATM are popular LAN backbone technologies. ATM was once considered the only backbone technology that could be deployed if multimedia applications were to be used. Newer technologies such as Gigabit Ethernet have the potential to become the choice of tomorrow’s LAN backbone infrastructures. Some Gigabit Ethernet switches becoming available