Installation guide

Matrix DFE-Diamond Series Installation Guide 1-1
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Introduction
ThischapterprovidesanoverviewoftheDFE‐Diamondmodulecapabilities,andintroducesthe
7GR4270‐12,7GR4202‐30,7GR4280‐19,and7KR4290‐02modules.
Overview of DFE Series Capabilities
TheDiamondDistributedForwardingEngine(DFE)isEnterasys Networks’nextgenerationof
enterprisemodulesfortheMatrixN‐SeriesandMatrixE7switches.TheseDFEmodulesdeliver
highperformanceandflexibilitytoensurecomprehensiveswitching,routing,QualityofService,
security,andtrafficcontainment.Keyfeaturesinclude:
• Enhancedrouterperformance
–FasterhostCPU
– Enhanced
flowcapacity
•Includedoptions:
– Largerhostmemory(DFE‐256MB‐UGK)
– Advancedroutinglicense(N‐EOS‐L3)
– 256usersperportcapacitieslicense(N‐EOS‐PPC)
•Superiorperformanceandcapacitytosupportmorehigh‐bandwidthandlatencysensitive
applications
• 10/100/1000Base‐TXand10GigabitEthernetconnectivity
•Integratedservicesdesignthatreducesthenumber/typeof
modulesrequired,simplifies
networkdesign,andlowersentrycost
•Port‐anduser‐basedpolicy andmultilayerpacketclassificationthatprovidesgranularcontrol
andsecurityforbusiness‐criticalapplications
•High‐availabilityserviceswithstatefulfailoverforservicesandmanagement
•Self‐learningconfigurationmoduleswithincreasedreliabilityandfaulttolerancethatreduces
configurationtimeandmaximizesuptime
•Network‐wideconfiguration,change,andinventorymanagementthatiseasiertoinstall,
troubleshoot,andmaintain
• Reducedsupportandmaintenancecosts,anddecreasedconfigurationtime
Important Notice
Depending on the firmware version used in the DFE module, some features described in this document may
not be supported. Refer to the Release Notes shipped with the DFE module to determine which features are
supported.