C-Series (Resilient Switches)
- Modular Force10 Operating System (FTOS) software delivers inherent stability
- In-service diagnostics and traffic visibility tools increase control of network
- Line-rate, non-blocking GbE and 10 GbE performance

[+|-]C-Series Overview
The Force10 Networks C-Series are resilient chassis-based switches that deliver reliability, network
control and scalability. The C-Series is designed to support mission critical applications with very
low latency across converged networks. Comprehensive management capabilities make the
C-Series a cost-effective and flexible deployment option.
Key Applications
- Low cost 100/1000 Mbps server aggregation for small- to medium-sized data centers
(100s to 1,000s of servers)
- Cost-effective LAN core switch for small- and medium-campuses (100s to 1,000s of PCs)
- High density GbE aggregation for distribution into a multiple Gbps or 10 GbE backbone
- Cost-effective PoE-enabled 10/100/1000Base-T wiring closet aggregation of VoIP phones,
wireless access points, video cameras or other IEEE 802.3af-compliant devices
Key Features
The Force10 C-Series is designed to provide inherent reliability, network control, and scalability for high performance Ethernet environments.
- Up to 384 line-rate 10/100/1000Base-T ports with full 15.4 W Class 3 PoE support in a 13-RU chassis
- Up to 64 line-rate 10 GbE ports with pluggable XFP modules
- Intelligent power management with full 15.4 W PoE (IEEE 802.3af) support across all ports
- 5 microsecond switching latency under full load for 64 byte frames
- Switch fabric capacity of up to 1.536 Tbps and up to 952 Mpps L2/L3 packet forwarding capacity
- High availability architecture
- 1+1 Route Processor Module (RPM) design
- Continuous runtime data plane monitoring and advanced in-service CLI diagnostic functions
- Power supply redundancy with load sharing power bus enabling uninterrupted VoIP calls during a power supply failure
[+|-] C-Series Product Matrix
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C300
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C150
- Switch Fabric Capacity
- 1.536 Tbps
- 768 Gbps
- Full-Mesh Forwarding Capacity
- 952 Mpps
- 476 Mpps
- Line-rate
10/100/1000
Base-T with Class 3 IEEE 802.3af PoE
- 384 Ports at 15.4W
- 192 Ports at 15.4W
- Line-rate
100Base-FX or GbE SFP
- 384
- 192
- Line-rate 10 GbE XFP
- 64
- 32
- Chassis Size
- 13 Rack Units
3 Units/19" Rack
- 9 Rack Units
4 Units/19" Rack
- Hardware Redundancy
- Power, Route Processor, Switch Fabric,
Passive Copper Backplane
- Operating System
- Fully Modular
C-Series Specifications
Chassis
C300
- 8 Line card slots
- 2 Switch fabric and route processor module slots
- 8 Power supply module slots
- 1 Fan tray slot
- Size:
13 RU, 22.7 h x 17.4 w x 14.4" d (57.66 h x 44.2 w x 37.58 cm d)
- Weight with factory-installed components: 55 lbs (24.95 kg)
- Weight fully loaded: 152.27 lbs (69.07 kg)
- AC Power
- Nominal input voltage:
100–240 VAC 50/60 Hz
- Maximum thermal output:
- 5,029 BTU/h (1,474 W) at 100/120 VAC
- 4,907 BTU/h (1,438 W) at 200/220 VAC
- Maximum input current per module:
- 14 A at 100 VAC
- 12 A at 120 VAC
- 7 A at 200 VAC
- 6 A at 240 VAC
- Maximum system power input:
- 8.3 KVA at 100/120 VAC
- 8.1 KVA at 200/240 VAC
- Maximum power consumption:
- 8,234 W at 100/120 VAC
- 8,044 W at 200/240 VAC
- DC Power:
- Nominal input voltage: -44 to -55 VDC
- Maximum thermal output:4,231 BTU/h (1,240 W)
- Maximum current draw per DC PEM: 32 A
- Maximum power consumption: 1,325 W
C150
- 4 Line card slots
- 2 Switch fabric and route processor module slots
- 6 Power supply module slots
- 1 Fan tray slot
- Size:
9 RU, 15.7 h x 17.5 w x 15.3" d (39.88 h x 44.45 w x 38.86 cm d)
- Weight with factory-installed components: 38 lbs (17.24 kg)
- Weight fully loaded: 86.63 lbs (39.29 kg)
- AC Power
- Nominal input voltage:
100–240 VAC 50/60 Hz
- Maximum thermal output:
- 2,921 BTU/h (4,334 W) at 100/120 VAC
- 2,850 BTU/h (4,234 W) at 200/220 VAC
- Maximum input current per module:
- 14 A at 100 VAC
- 12 A at 120 VAC
- 7 A at 200 VAC
- 6 A at 240 VAC
- Maximum system power input:
- 4.4 KVA at 100/120 VAC
- 4.3 KVA at 200/240 VAC
- Maximum power consumption:
- 4,384 W at 100/120 VAC
- 4,284 W at 200/240 VAC
- DC Power
- Nominal input voltage: -44 to -55 VDC
- Maximum thermal output: 2,457 BTU/h (720 W)
- Maximum current draw per DC PEM: 32 A
- Maximum power consumption: 770 W
Common
- 19" front rack mountable
- Maximum operating specifications:
- Temperature: 32° to 104°F
(0° to 40°C)
- Altitude: no performance degradation to 10,000 feet
(3,048 meters)
- Relative humidity: 5 to 85% (RH), non-condensing
- Maximum non-operating specifications:
- Temperature: -40° to 158°F (-40° to 70°C)
- Maximum altitude: 15,000 feet (4,572 meters)
- Relative humidity: 5 to 95% (RH), non-condensing
Redundancy/Availability
- 1+1 redundant Switch Fabric & Route Processor Modules (RPM)
- C300:
- 2+1 redundant system AC Power Supply Modules
- 1+1 redundant system DC Power Entry Modules
- 4+1 redundant PoE Power Supply Modules supporting up to 384 PoE ports at 15.4 W with deterministic failure mode
- C150:
- 1+1 redundant system AC Power Supply Modules
- 1+1 redundant system DC Power Entry Modules
- 2+2 redundant PoE Power Supply Modules supporting up to 192 PoE ports at 15.4 W with deterministic failure mode
- Online insertion and removal of all components
- Environmental self-monitoring
Performance
- Layer 2 MAC addresses: 16K
- Layer 3 forwarding entries: 12K
- Switching fabric capacity:
- C150: 768 Gbps (476 Mpps)
- C300: 1,536 Tbps (952 Mpps)
- Link aggregation: 8 links per group, 128 groups per chassis
- Queues per port: 4 queues
- VLANs: 1024 VLANs with 4096 tag value support
- Line-rate Layer 2 switching: all protocols, including IPv4 and IPv6
- Line-rate Layer 3 routing: IPv4
- LAG load balancing: based on Layer 2, IPv4 or IPv6 headers
- Switching latency: <5 µs for 64 byte frames
IEEE Compliance
- 802.1AB Link Layer Discovery Protocol
- 802.1D Bridging, STP
- 802.1p L2 Prioritization
- 802.1Q VLAN Tagging, Double VLAN Tagging, GVRP
- 802.1s Multiple Spanning Tree Protocol
- 802.1w Rapid Spanning Tree Protocol
- 802.1X Network Access Control
- 802.3ab Gigabit Ethernet (1000BASE-T)
- 802.3ac Frame Extensions for VLAN Tagging
- 802.3ad Link Aggregation with LACP
- 802.3ae 10 Gigabit Ethernet
- 802.3af Power over Ethernet
- 802.3ak 10 Gigabit Ethernet (10GBASE-CX4)
- 802.3i Ethernet (10BASE-T)
- 802.3u Fast Ethernet
(100BASE-TX, 100BASE-FX)
- 802.3z Gigabit Ethernet (1000BASE-X)
- Cisco Per-VLAN Spanning Tree+
- MTU 9,252 bytes
RFC and I-D Compliance
General Internet Protocols
- 768 UDP
- 793 TCP
- 854 Telnet
- 959 FTP
- 1321 MD5
- 1350 TFTP
- 2474 Differentiated Services
- draft-ietf-bfd-base-03 BFD
General IPv4 Protocols
- 791 IPv4
- 792 ICMP
- 826 ARP
- 1027 Proxy ARP
- 1035 DNS (client)
- 1042 Ethernet Transmission
- 1191 Path MTU Discovery
- 1305 NTPv3
- 1519 CIDR
- 1542 BOOTP (relay)
- 1812 Routers
- 2131 DHCP (relay)
- 2338 VRRP
- 3021 31-bit Prefixes
RIP
OSPF
- 2154 MD5
- 1587 NSSA
- 2328 OSPFv2
- 2370 Opaque LSA
- 3623 Graceful Restart
- 4222 Prioritization and
Congestion Avoidance
BGP
- 2858 Multiprotocol Extensions
- 2918 Route Refresh
- 3065 Confederations
- 4360 Extended Communities
- 4893 4-byte ASN
- 1997 Communities
- 2385 MD5
- 2439 Route Flap Damping
- 2796 Route Reflection
- 2842 Capabilities
- draft-ietf-idr-bgp4-20 BGPv4
- draft-ietf-idr-restart-06 Graceful Restart
- draft-michaelson-4byte-as-
representation-05 4-byte ASN Representation (partial)
Multicast
- 1112 IGMPv1
- 2236 IGMPv2
- 3376 IGMPv3
- 3569 SSM
- 4541 IGMPv1/v2 Snooping
- draft-ietf-pim-sm-v2-new-05 PIM-SM
Network Management
- 1155 SMIv1
- 1156 Internet MIB
- 1157 SNMPv1
- 1212 Concise MIB Definitions
- 1215 SNMP Traps
- 1493 Bridges MIB
- 1724 RIPv2 MIB
- 1850 OSPFv2 MIB
- 1901 Community-based SNMPv2
- 2011 IP MIB
- 2012 TCP MIB
- 2013 UDP MIB
- 2024 DLSw MIB
- 2096 IP Forwarding Table MIB
- 2570 SNMPv3
- 2571 Mangement Frameworks
- 2572 Message Processing
and Dispatching
- 2574 SNMPv3 USM
- 2575 SNMPv3 VACM
- 2576 Coexistence Between SNMPv1/v2/v3
- 2578 SMIv2
- 2579 Textual Conventions for SMIv2
- 2580 Conformance Statements for SMIv2
- 2618 RADIUS Authentication MIB
- 2665 Ethernet-like Interfaces MIB
- 2674 Extended Bridge MIB
- 2787 VRRP MIB
- 2819 RMON MIB
(groups 1, 2, 3, 9)
- 2863 Interfaces MIB
- 2865 RADIUS
- 3176 sFlow
- 3273 RMON High Capacity MIB
- 3416 SNMPv2
- 3418 SNMP MIB
- 3434 RMON High Capacity
Alarm MIB
- 3580 802.1X with RADIUS
- ANSI/TIA-1057 LLDP MED MIB
- draft-grant-tacacs-02 TACACS+
- draft-ietf-idr-bgp4-mib-06 BGP MIBv1
- IEEE 802.1AB LLDP MIB, LLDP DOT1 MIB, LLDP DOT3 MIB
- ruzin-mstp-mib-02 MSTP MIB (traps)
- FORCE10-BGP4-V2-MIB
- FORCE10-CS-CHASSIS-MIB
- FORCE10-IF-EXTENSION-MIB
- FORCE10-LINKAGG-MIB
- FORCE10-COPY-CONFIG-MIB
- FORCE10-MON-MIB
- FORCE10-PRODUCTS-MIB
- FORCE10-SMI
- FORCE10-SYSTEM-COMPONENT-MIB
- FORCE10-TC-MIB
- FORCE10-TRAP-ALARM-MIB
Regulatory Compliance
Safety
- UL/CSA 60950-1, 1st Edition
EN 60950-1, 1st Edition
- IEC 60950-1, 1st Edition Including all National Deviations and Group Differences
- EN 60825-1 Safety of Laser Products Part 1:
- Equipment Classification Requirements and User's Guide
- EN 60825-2 Safety of Laser Products Part 2:
- Safety of Optical Fibre Communication System
- FDA Regulation 21 CFR 1040.10 and 1040.11
Emissions
- Australia/New Zealand: AS/NZS CISPR 22: 2006, Class A
- Canada: ICES-003, Issue-4, Class A
- Europe: EN 55022: 2006
(CISPR 22: 2006), Class A
- Japan: VCCI V3/2007.04 Class A
- USA: FCC CFR 47 Part 15, Subpart B, Class A
Immunity
- EN 300 386 V1.3.3: 2005 EMC for Network Equipment
- EN 55024: 1998 + A1: 2001 + A2: 2003
- EN 61000-3-2: Harmonic Current Emissions
- EN 61000-3-3:Voltage Fluctuations and Flicker
- EN 61000-4-2: ESD
- EN 61000-4-3: Radiated Immunity
- EN 61000-4-4: EFT
- EN 61000-4-5: Surge
- EN 61000-4-6: Low Frequency Conducted Immunity
RoHS
All C-Series components are EU RoHS compliant.
- CH-C150
- C150 4-slot chassis with backplane
- CH-C300
- C300 8-slot chassis with backplane
- CC-C150-FAN
- C150 fan subsystem
- CC-C300-FAN
- C300 fan subsystem
- LC-CB-RPM
- Switch Fabric and Route Processor Module (series CB)
- LC-CB-10GE-4P
- 4-port 10 Gigabit Ethernet line card,
XFP modules required (series CB)
- LC-CB-10GE-8P
- 8-port 10 Gigabit Ethernet line card, XFP modules required (series CB)
- LC-CB-1GE-48P
- 48-port Gigabit Ethernet line card, SFP modules required (series CB)
- LC-CB-GE-48T
- 48-port 10/100/1000Base-T line card with RJ45 interfaces (series CB)
- LC-CB-GE-48V
- 48-port 10/100/1000Base-T line card with RJ45 interfaces and PoE (series CB)
- LC-CB-10G-1G-36T
- FlexMedia line card with 36 10/100/1000Base-T RJ45 interfaces, eight GbE interfaces – SFP modules required, and two 10 GbE interfaces – SFP+ modules required (series CB)
- LC-CB-10G-1G-36V
- FlexMedia line card with 36 10/100/1000Base-T RJ45 interfaces with PoE, eight GbE interfaces – SFP modules
required, and two 10 GbE interfaces – SFP+ modules required (series CB)
- CC-C-1200W-AC
- 1200 W AC Power Supply Module
- CC-C-PWR-DC
- 1400 W DC Power Entry Module
- SW-CB-LATEST
- FTOS software
* Country-specific power cables are additional
* Only Force10 power cables are supported
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