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3Com公司于9月15日宣布业界第一台第三层高功能交换机CoreBuilder 3500问世。 CoreBuilder 3500的一大特性就是采用了FIRE(万能路由引擎)全编程第3层交换、线速路由ASIC芯片。这一突破性的ASIC技术加上先进的策略管理,使3Com公司能够提供路由性能高达5600万个数据包/秒的业界最高水平的第3层交换机。与传统骨干网路由器相比,CoreBuilder 3500提供高出10倍的性能,而成本只有它的1/10。 FIRE ASIC技术支持广泛的第2层和第3层交换、多协议路由以及基于策略的网络服务,而且这些功能都是以线速进行的。FIRE还实现了3Com公司的TranscendWare框架的网络控制功能:嵌入于网络设备的传输流控制软件优化了网络的性能,使管理工作自动化,并实施各种网络策略。 CoreBuilder 3500既有极佳的性价比,又有企业网络所需的高可靠性,从而抬高了第3层交换机的衡量标准。它在
3Com announced the CoreBuilder 3500, the industry’s first third-tier high-performance switchboard, on September 15. CoreBuilder 3500 is a major feature of the FIRE (Universal Routing Engine) full programming Layer 3 switching, wire-speed routing ASIC chip. This breakthrough ASIC technology coupled with advanced policy management enables 3Com to deliver the industry’s highest Layer 3 switches with routing performance of 56 million packets per second. Compared with traditional backbone router, CoreBuilder 3500 provides 10 times higher performance, but the cost is only 1/10. FIRE ASIC technology supports a wide range of Layer 2 and Layer 3 switching, multi-protocol routing, and policy-based network services, all at wire-speed. FIRE also implements the network control capabilities of 3Com’s TranscendWare framework: Transport Flow Control Software embedded in network devices optimizes network performance, automates management efforts, and implements a variety of network policies. CoreBuilder 3500 combines the best value for money with the reliability required by enterprise networks, driving up the Layer 3 switch metrics. it is at