Overview of DFE-Gold Series PoE Module Capabilities
1-2 Introduction
Overview of DFE-Gold Series PoE Module Capabilities
TheGoldDistributedForwardingEngine(DFE)isEnterasysNetworks’nextgenerationof
enterprisemodulesfortheMatrixNSeriesandMatrixE7switches.TheseDFEmodules
deliverhighperformanceandflexibilitytoensurecomprehensiveswitching,routing,
QualityofService,security,andtrafficcontainment.Keyfeaturesinclude:
•Superiorperformanceandcapacitytosupportmorehighbandwidthandlatency
sensitiveapplications
• 10/100/1000BaseTXand10GigabitEthernetconnectivity
•IntegratedServicesDesignthatreducesthenumber/typeofmodulesrequired,
simplifiesnetworkdesign,andlowersentrycost
•Port‐andUserBasedPolicyandMultilayerPacketClassificationthatprovides
granularcontrolandsecurityforbusinesscriticalapplications
•Highavailabilityserviceswithstatefulfailoverforservicesandmanagement
•Selflearningconfigurationmoduleswithincreasedreliabilityandfaulttolerancethat
reducesconfigurationtimeandmaximizesuptime
•Networkwideconfiguration,change,andinventorymanagementthatiseasierto
install,troubleshoot,andmaintain
• Reducedsupportandmaintenancecosts,anddecreasedconfigurationtime
• SupportforavarietyofconvergedapplicationsincludingVoIP withPowerover
Ethernet