Nortel 4526FX Product Information

Product Information

Nortel Ethernet Routing Switch 4500 Series showcases 320 Gbps
stack-bandwidth performance
In April 2007, Nortel conducted tests to evaluate the switching performance of the Nortel Ethernet Routing Switch
(ERS) 4500 portfolio — a series of scalable, reliable and secure networking switches that can stack together, creating a
single managed entity of either Fast Ethernet switches, Gigabit Ethernet switches or a combination of both.
Test highlights for Nortel
ERS 4500 switches in an
eight-high stack configuration:
• Exceptional stack performance up
to 320 Gbps of switching capacity
when tested with frame sizes of 64
through 1,518 bytes
• 100% throughput performance
across 160 10/100/1000BaseT
ports handling Ethernet frame
sizes of 64 through 1,518 bytes
• Zero frame loss when handling 238
millions packets per second
• Low latency and jitter that is
absolutely critical for handling
voice over IP (VoIP) traffic
The Ethernet Routing Switch
4500 Series
The Nortel Ethernet Routing Switch
(ERS) 4500 Series is a stackable, scalable
and economical solution that provides
the resiliency, security and convergence-
readiness required by application-driven
and constantly changing enterprise
networks. The series delivers flexible
Ethernet switching with Power over
Ethernet (PoE) models for simplified
network deployments — helping to
drive lower total cost of ownership.
All five ERS 4500 models can operate as
standalone units or be stacked together
and managed as a single entity. Models
can be mixed and matched within a
stack to meet various performance
requirements including Ethernet, Fast
Ethernet and Gigabit Ethernet. All
models feature front-mounted USB
ports, RS232 consoles and Redundant
Power Supply (RPS) capabilities.