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C-Series (Resilient Switches)

C-Series
  • 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
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[+|-]C-Series Overview

 

[+|-] C-Series Product Matrix

 
  •  
  • C300
    C300
  • C150
    C150
  • Switch Fabric Capacity
  • 1.536 Tbps
  • 768 Gbps
  • Full-Mesh Forwarding Capacity
  • 952 Mpps
  • 476 Mpps
  • I/O Line Card Slots
  • 8
  • 4
  • 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
  • 1058 RIPv1
  • 2453 RIPv2
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.

 

 

  • Order Number
  • Description
  • 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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