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Title:DEChub/HUBwatch/PROBEwatch CONFERENCE
Notice:Firmware -2, Doc -3, Power -4, HW kits -5, firm load -6&7
Moderator:NETCAD::COLELLADT
Created:Wed Nov 13 1991
Last Modified:Fri Jun 06 1997
Last Successful Update:Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:4455
Total number of notes:16761

2075.0. "etherswitch900ef?" by CSC32::PITT () Tue Mar 07 1995 13:18

    
    
    Can someone tell me who the product mgr is for the new 
    Etherswitch900EF?
    
    thanks.
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2075.1Do you mean DECswitch 900EF?NETCAD::BATTERSBYTue Mar 07 1995 15:145
    Do you mean the DECswitch 900EF? If so it's Hakim Dhilla
    (DELNI::DHILLA). If you are referring to some other product,
    I've never heard of it.
    
    Bob
2075.2oops. CSC32::PITTTue Mar 07 1995 16:1715
    
    
    Hakim is out until Thursday.
    
    We just wanted to know when it (the decswitch900EF) will have routing
    capabilities...
    And what's the price on it...
    (Or just a pointer to the appropriate marketing folks would work too!)
    
    thanks
    
    (Oh, you're right..it IS the DECswitch900Ef....sorry!)
2075.3End of year, not a screamer.PTOJJD::DANZAKPittsburgher �Tue Mar 07 1995 17:575
2075.4DECswitch 900 RouterDELNI::DHILLAFri Mar 10 1995 11:1437
	I believe I know the source of the confusion; so let me try to 
clarify. 

	Till recently, Karl Pieper was the Product Manager for the 
DECswitch 900 and the PEswitch 200 products. These products have now been 
transferred over to the internetworking group, and consequently I am the 
Product Manager for these products. I am also the Product Manager for the 
routing code that will be deployed on the DECswitch 900. 

	The routing code on DECswitch 900 is targeted for release sometime 
this June or July. For setting your customer's expectations, I suggest you 
use the July date. 

	This routing code will support all major protocols such as IP, IPX, 
AT, OSI, DECnet, RIP, OSPF and Integrated IS-IS, as well as concurrently 
support bridging on a per port basis. This means that if a particular port is 
configured to route IP, then the same port can bridge all other protocols 
including non-routable protocols such as LAT. The code will support packet 
filtering at the MAC layer and at the network layer based on Source Address, 
Destination Address and Protocol type. Management and configuration of the 
router will be primarily via a telnet session. In the first release the code 
will support SNMP GETs only but subsequent release will support SNMP SETs 
also. 

	Price of the DECswitch 900EF Router (DEFRA) is targeted in the range of 
$10,995 to $11,995 and includes the hardware module along with the license for 
the multiportocol routing. The software will be factory loaded. Those existing 
customers who have purchased the DECswitch 900EF (DEFBA) will be able to do a 
software upgrade to the routing code for $3,000 - $4,000. 

	I hope this helps. Please send any inquries, or questions, you may 
have on these products, particularly the routing code on the DECswitch 900, 
to me at DELNI::DHILLA or call me at dtn: 226-5465.

Regards,

	Hakim F. Dhilla
2075.5Performance??CGOS01::DMARLOWEWow! Reality, what a concept!Sun Mar 12 1995 23:3116
    Hakin,
    
    Any comments about the first release, July, performance of 20K pps and
    the second release probably up to 40K pps?
    
    3Com is playing a numbers game with their Link Switch saying that it
    can do 500+K pps.  Well, we can add FDDI at 466+K pps plus the 62,500
    pps Ethernet and get the same results.
    
    I have seen one customer doing 5,000 pps on one single Ethernet so the
    July release could be a problem for a few customers.  The fsll
    release should work help out some.  What is the committed
    latencies of the new code vs the testing that Scott Bradner did on the
    switching (bridging) code?
    
    dave