Overview of DFE-Gold Series PoE Module Capabilities
1-2 Introduction
Overview of DFE-Gold Series PoE Module CapabilitiesTheGoldDistributedForwardingEngine(DFE)isEnterasysNetworks’nextgenerationof
enterprisemodulesfortheMatrixN‐SeriesandMatrixE7switches.TheseDFEmodules
deliverhighperformanceandflexibilitytoensurecomprehensiveswitching,routing,
QualityofService,security,andtrafficcontainment.Keyfeaturesinclude:
•Superiorperformanceandcapacitytosupportmorehigh‐bandwidthandlatency
sensitiveapplications
• 10/100/1000Base‐TXand10GigabitEthernetconnectivity
•IntegratedServicesDesignthatreducesthenumber/typeofmodulesrequired,
simplifiesnetworkdesign,andlowersentrycost
•Port‐andUser‐BasedPolicyandMultilayerPacketClassificationthatprovides
granularcontrolandsecurityforbusiness‐criticalapplications
•High‐availabilityserviceswithstatefulfailoverforservicesandmanagement
•Self‐learningconfigurationmoduleswithincreasedreliabilityandfaulttolerancethat
reducesconfigurationtimeandmaximizesuptime
•Network‐wideconfiguration,change,andinventorymanagementthatiseasierto
install,troubleshoot,andmaintain
• Reducedsupportandmaintenancecosts,anddecreasedconfigurationtime
• SupportforavarietyofconvergedapplicationsincludingVoIP withPower‐over‐
Ethernet