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Force10 "C" Series

The Force10 Networks C-Series are resilient chassis-based switches that deliver reliability, network control and scalability. The C-Series is designed to support mission critical applications with very low latency across converged networks. Comprehensive management capabilities make the C-Series a cost-effective and flexible deployment option.

Key Applications

  • Low cost 100/1000 Mbps server aggregation for small- to medium-sized data centers (100s to 1,000s of servers)
  • Cost-effective LAN core switch for small- and medium-campuses (100s to 1,000s of PCs)
  • High density GbE aggregation for distribution into a multiple Gbps or 10 GbE backbone
  • Cost-effective PoE-enabled 10/100/1000Base-T wiring closet aggregation of VoIP phones, wireless access points, video cameras or other IEEE 802.3af-compliant devices

Key Features

The Force10 C-Series is designed to provide inherent reliability, network control, and scalability for high performance Ethernet environments.

  • Up to 384 line-rate 10/100/1000Base-T ports with full 15.4 W Class 3 PoE support in a 13-RU chassis
  • Up to 64 line-rate 10 GbE ports with pluggable XFP modules
  • Suite of security, access control and wiring closet edge features for enterprise networks
  • VirtualView real-time network and application traffic monitoring for virtualized data centers
  • PowerSmart intelligent power management features provide automatic sensing, provisioning and management of PoE power
  • Full complement of standards-based Layer 2, IPv4 and IPv6 features for unicast and multicast applications
  • 5 microsecond switching latency under full load for 64 byte frames
  • Switch fabric capacity of up to 1.536 Tbps and up to 952 Mpps L2/L3 packet forwarding capacity
  • High availability architecture
    • 1+1 Route Processor Module (RPM) design
    • Continuous runtime data plane monitoring and advanced in-service CLI diagnostic functions
    • Power supply redundancy with load sharing power bus enabling uninterrupted VoIP calls during a power supply failure
C-Series Product Matrix
 

C300

C300

C150

Switch Fabric Capacity 1.536 Tbps 768 Gbps
Full-Mesh Forwarding Capacity 952 Mpps 476 Mpps
I/O Line Card Slots 8 4
Line-rate
10/100/1000
Base-T with Class 3 IEEE 802.3af PoE 		384 Ports at 15.4W 192 Ports at 15.4W
Line-rate
100Base-FX or GbE SFP 		384 192
Line-rate 10 GbE XFP 64 32
Chassis Size 13 Rack Units

3 Units/19" Rack 		9 Rack Units

4 Units/19" Rack
Hardware Redundancy Power, Route Processor, Switch Fabric, Passive Copper Backplane
Operating System Fully Modular

Chassis

C300
  • 8 line card slots
  • 2 Route processor module with integrated switch fabric slots
  • 8 Power supply module slots and 1 fan tray slot
  • Size: 13 RU, 22.7 h x 17.4 w x 14.4" d (57.66 h x 44.2 w x 37.58 cm d)
  • Weight with factory-installed components: 55 lbs (24.95 kg)
  • Weight fully loaded: 152.27 lbs (69.07 kg)
  • ISO 7779 A-weighted sound pressure level: 73.8 dBA at 73.4°F (23°C)
  • AC power
  • Nominal input voltage: 100–240 VAC 50/60 Hz
  • Maximum thermal output:
  • 4,978 BTU/h (1,498 W) at 100/120 VAC
  • 4,864 BTU/h (1,459 W) at 200/220 VAC
  • Maximum input current per module:
    • 14 A at 100 VAC
    • 12 A at 120 VAC
    • 7 A at 200 VAC
    • 6 A at 240 VAC
  • Maximum system power input:
    • 8.7 KVA at 100/120 VAC
    • 8.5 KVA at 200/240 VAC
  • Maximum power consumption:
    • 8,675 W at 100/120 VAC
    • 8,476 W at 200/240 VAC
  • DC power
    • Nominal input voltage: –44 to –55 VDC
    • Maximum thermal output: 4,231 BTU/h (1,240 W)
    • Maximum current draw per DC PEM: 32 A
    • Maximum power consumption: 1,460 W
    • C150
    • 4 line card slots
    • 2 Route processor module with integrated switch fabric slots
    • 6 Power supply module slots and 1 fan tray slot
    • Size: 9 RU, 15.7 h x 17.5 w x 15.3" d (39.88 h x 44.45 w x 38.86 cm d)
    • Weight with factory-installed components: 38 lbs (17.24 kg)
    • Weight fully loaded: 86.63 lbs (39.29 kg)
    • ISO 7779 A-weighted sound pressure level: 69.3 dBA at 73.4°F (23°C)
    • AC Power
      • Nominal input voltage: 100–240 VAC 50/60 Hz
      • Maximum thermal output:
      • 2,891 BTU/h (862 W) at 100/120 VAC
      • 2,824 BTU/h (840 W) at 200/220 VAC
    • Maximum input current per module:
      • 14 A at 100 VAC
      • 12 A at 120 VAC
      • 7 A at 200 VAC
      • 6 A at 240 VAC
    • Maximum system power input:
      • 4.5 KVA at 100/120 VAC
      • 4.4 KVA at 200/240 VAC
    • Maximum power consumption:
      • 4,420 W at 100/120 VAC
      • 4,319 W at 200/240 VAC
  • DC Power
    • Nominal input voltage: –44 to –55 VDC
    • Maximum thermal output: 2,457 BTU/h (720 W)
    • Maximum current draw per DC PEM: 32 A
    • Maximum power consumption: 800 W
    • Common
    • 19" front rack mountable
    • Maximum operating specifications:
      • Temperature: 32° to 104°F
        (0° to 40°C)
      • Altitude: no performance degradation to 10,000 feet (3,048 meters)
      • Relative humidity: 5 to 85% (RH), non-condensing
    • Maximum non-operating specifications:
      • Temperature: -40° to 158°F
        (-40° to 70°C)
      • Maximum altitude: 15,000 feet (4,572 meters)
      • Relative humidity: 5 to 95% (RH), non-condensing

    Redundancy/Availability

    • 1+1 redundant Switch Fabric & Route Processor Modules (RPM)
    • C300:
      • 2+1 redundant system AC Power Supply Modules
      • 1+1 redundant system DC Power Entry Modules
      • 4+1 redundant PoE Power Supply Modules supporting up to
        384 PoE ports at 15.4 W with deterministic failure mode
    • C150:
      • 1+1 redundant system AC Power Supply Modules
      • 1+1 redundant system DC Power Entry Modules
      • 2+2 redundant PoE Power Supply Modules supporting up to
        192 PoE ports at 15.4 W with deterministic failure mode
    • Online insertion and removal of all components
    • Environmental self-monitoring
    Performance
    • MAC addresses:
      • C150: 256K
      • C300: 512K
    • IPv4 routes: 12K
    • IPv6 routes: 6K
    • Switching fabric capacity:
      • C150: 768 Gbps (476 Mpps)
      • C300: 1,536 Tbps (952 Mpps)
    • Link aggregation: 8 links per group, 128 groups per chassis
    • Queues per port: 4 queues
    • VLANs: 1024 VLANs with 4096 tag value support
    • Line-rate Layer 2 switching: all protocols, including IPv4 and IPv6
    • Line-rate Layer 3 routing: IPv4 and IPv6
    • LAG load balancing: based on Layer 2, IPv4 or IPv6 headers
    • Switching latency: <5 µs for 64 byte frames

    IEEE Compliance

    • 802.1AB LLDP
    • 802.1D Bridging, STP
    • 802.1p L2 Prioritization
    • 802.1Q VLAN Tagging, Double VLAN Tagging, GVRP
    • 802.1s MSTP
    • 802.1w RSTP
    • 802.1X Network Access Control
    • 802.3ab Gigabit Ethernet (1000BASE-T)
    • 802.3ac Frame Extensions for VLAN Tagging
    • 802.3ad Link Aggregation with LACP
    • 802.3ae 10 Gigabit Ethernet (10GBASE-X)
    • 802.3af Power over Ethernet
    • 802.3ak 10 Gigabit Ethernet (10GBASE-CX4)
    • 802.3i Ethernet (10BASE-T)
    • 802.3u Fast Ethernet
      (100BASE-FX, 100BASE-TX)
    • 802.3x Flow Control
    • 802.3z Gigabit Ethernet (1000BASE-X)
    • ANSI/TIA-1057 LLDP-MED
    • Force10 FRRP (Force10 Redundant Ring Protocol)
    • Force10 PVST+
    • MTU 9,252 bytes

    RFC and I-D Compliance

    General Internet Protocols
    • 768 UDP
    • 793 TCP
    • 854 Telnet
    • 959 FTP
    • 1321 MD5
    • 1350 TFTP
    • 2474 Differentiated Services
    • 3164 Syslog
    • draft-ietf-bfd-base-03 BFD
    General IPv4 Protocols
    • 791 IPv4
    • 792 ICMP
    • 826 ARP
    • 1027 Proxy ARP
    • 1035 DNS (client)
    • 1042 Ethernet Transmission
    • 1191 Path MTU Discovery
    • 1305 NTPv3
    • 1519 CIDR
    • 1542 BOOTP (relay)
    • 1812 Routers
    • 1858 IP Fragment Filtering
    • 2131 DHCP (server and relay)
    • 2338 VRRP
    • 3021 31-bit Prefixes
    • 3046 DHCP Option 82
    • 3069 Private VLAN
    • 3128 Tiny Fragment Attack Protection
    General IPv6 Protocols
    • 1981 Path MTU Discovery (partial)
    • 2460 IPv6
    • 2461 Neighbor Discovery (partial)
    • 2462 Stateless Address Autoconfiguration (partial)
    • 2463 ICMPv6
    • 2464 Ethernet Transmission
    • 2675 Jumbograms
    • 3587 Global Unicast Address Format
    • 4291 Addressing
    RIP
    • 1058 RIPv1
    • 2453 RIPv2
    OSPF
    • 1587 NSSA
    • 2154 MD5
    • 2328 OSPFv2
    • 2370 Opaque LSA
    • 2740 OSPFv3
    • 3623 Graceful Restart
    • 4222 Prioritization and Congestion Avoidance
    BGP
    • 1997 Communities
    • 2385 MD5
    • 2439 Route Flap Damping
    • 2545 Multiprotocol Extensions for IPv6
    • 2796 Route Reflection
    • 2842 Capabilities
    • 2858 Multiprotocol Extensions
    • 2918 Route Refresh
    • 3065 Confederations
    • 4360 Extended Communities
    • 4893 4-byte ASN
    • 5396 4-byte ASN Representation
    • draft-ietf-idr-bgp4-20 BGPv4
    • draft-ietf-idr-restart-06 Graceful Restart
    Multicast
    • 1112 IGMPv1
    • 2236 IGMPv2
    • 3376 IGMPv3
    • 3569 SSM for IPv4
    • 4541 IGMPv1/v2 Snooping
    • draft-ietf-pim-sm-v2-new-05 PIM-SM for IPv4
    Network Management
    • 1155 SMIv1
    • 1156 Internet MIB
    • 1157 SNMPv1
    • 1212 Concise MIB Definitions
    • 1215 SNMP Traps
    • 1493 Bridges MIB
    • 1850 OSPFv2 MIB
    • 1901 Community-based SNMPv2
    • 2011 IP MIB
    • 2012 TCP MIB
    • 2013 UDP MIB
    • 2024 DLSw MIB
    • 2096 IP Forwarding Table MIB
    • 2570 SNMPv3
    • 2571 Management Frameworks
    • 2572 Message Processing and
      Dispatching
    • 2574 SNMPv3 USM
    • 2575 SNMPv3 VACM
    • 2576 Coexistence Between SNMPv1/v2/v3
    • 2578 SMIv2
    • 2579 Textual Conventions for SMIv2
    • 2580 Conformance Statements for SMIv2
    • 2618 RADIUS Authentication MIB
    • 2665 Ethernet-like Interfaces MIB
    • 2674 Extended Bridge MIB
    • 2787 VRRP MIB
    • 2819 RMON MIB (groups 1, 2, 3, 9)
    • 2863 Interfaces MIB
    • 2865 RADIUS
    • 3273 RMON High Capacity MIB
    • 3376 IGMPv3
    • 3416 SNMPv2
    • 3418 SNMP MIB
    • 3434 RMON High Capacity Alarm MIB
    • 3580 802.1X with RADIUS
    • 5060 PIM MIB
    • ANSI/TIA-1057 LLDP-MED MIB
    • draft-grant-tacacs-02 TACACS+
    • draft-ietf-idr-bgp4-mib-06 BGP MIBv1
    • IEEE 802.1AB LLDP MIB, LLDP DOT1 MIB, LLDP DOT3 MIB
    • ruzin-mstp-mib-02 MSTP MIB (traps)
    • sFlow.org sFlowv5
    • sFlow.org sFlowv5 MIB
      (version 1.3)
    • FORCE10-BGP4-V2-MIB
    • FORCE10-CS-CHASSIS-MIB
    • FORCE10-IF-EXTENSION-MIB
    • FORCE10-LINKAGG-MIB
    • FORCE10-COPY-CONFIG-MIB
    • FORCE10-MON-MIB
    • FORCE10-PRODUCTS-MIB
    • FORCE10-SMI
    • FORCE10-SYSTEM-COMPONENT-MIB
    • FORCE10-TC-MIB
    • FORCE10-TRAP-ALARM-MIB

    Regulatory Compliance

    Safety
    • UL/CSA 60950-1, 1st Edition
    • EN 60950-1, 1st Edition
    • IEC 60950-1, 1st Edition Including all National Deviations and Group Differences
    • EN 60825-1 Safety of Laser Products Part 1: Equipment Classification Requirements and User's Guide
    • EN 60825-2 Safety of Laser Products Part 2: Safety of Optical Fibre Communication Systems
    • FDA Regulation 21 CFR 1040.10 and 1040.11
    Emissions
    • Australia/New Zealand: AS/NZS CISPR 22: 2006, Class A
    • Canada: ICES-003, Issue-4, Class A
    • Europe: EN 55022: 2006 (CISPR 22: 2006), Class A
    • Japan: VCCI V3/2007.04 Class A
    • USA: FCC CFR 47 Part 15, Subpart B, Class A
    Immunity
    • EN 300 386 V1.3.3: 2005 EMC for Network Equipment
    • EN 55024: 1998 + A1: 2001 + A2: 2003
    • EN 61000-3-2: Harmonic Current Emissions
    • EN 61000-3-3:Voltage Fluctuations and Flicker
    • EN 61000-4-2: ESD
    • EN 61000-4-3: Radiated Immunity
    • EN 61000-4-4: EFT
    • EN 61000-4-5: Surge
    • EN 61000-4-6: Low Frequency Conducted Immunity
    RoHS

    All C-Series components are EU RoHS compliant.

    Power and Thermal Specifications

    Order Number Description Power Draw (W) Thermal Output (BTU/h)
    CH-C150 C150 4-slot chassis with backplane 0 0
    CH-C300 C300 8-slot chassis with backplane 0 0
    CC-C150-FAN C150 fan subsystem 50 0
    CC-C150-FAN2 C150 enhanced fan subsystem 80 0
    CC-C300-FAN C300 fan subsystem 85 0
    CC-C300-FAN2 C300 enhanced fan subsystem 220 0
    LC-CB-RPM Switch Fabric and Route Processor Module (series CB) 100 341
    LC-CB-10GE-4P 4-port 10 Gigabit Ethernet line card (series CB) 100 341
    LC-CB-10GE-8P 8-port 10 Gigabit Ethernet line card (series CB) 120 409
    LC-CB-1GE-48P 48-port Gigabit Ethernet line card (series CB) 130 444
    LC-CB-GE-48T 48-port 10/100/1000Base-T line card with RJ45 interfaces (series CB) 100 341
    LC-CB-GE-48V 48-port 10/100/1000Base-T line card with RJ45 interfaces and PoE (series CB) 100 341
    LC-CB-10G-1G-36T FlexMedia line card with 36 10/100/1000Base-T RJ45 interfaces, eight GbE interfaces and two 10 GbE interfaces (series CB) 120 409
    LC-CB-10G-1G-36V FlexMedia line card with 36 10/100/1000Base-T RJ45 interfaces with PoE, eight GbE interfaces, and two 10 GbE interfaces (series CB) 120 409

    Power Cord Specifications

    The following power cords are used by the C150 and C300 with the CC-C-1200W-AC PSM (Power Supply Module).

    All power cords have a straight C13 connector, and are 8' (2.44 m) long. The CC-C-1200W-AC PSM has a C14 power inlet.

    Order Number Country Plug Rating Approval
    CB-C-AC-12-CHN
    China
    GB 2099
    250 VAC, 10 A
    CCEE
    CB-C-AC-12-EU
    EU (not for UK or Switzerland)
    CEE 7/7
    250 VAC, 10 A
    VDE
    CB-C-AC-12-IND
    India
    BS 546
    250 VAC, 10 A
    SABS
    CB-C-AC-12-JPN
    Japan
    JIS 8303
    125 VAC, 15 A
    UL
    CB-C-AC-12-SWZ
    Switzerland
    SEV 1011
    250 VAC, 10 A
    SEV
    CB-C-AC-12-UK
    UK
    BS 1363 
    250 VAC, 10 A
    BSI
    CB-C-AC-12-US
    North America
    NEMA 5-15P
    125 VAC, 15 A
    UL
    CB-C-AC-12-US220
    North America (220 V)
    NEMA 6-15P
    250 VAC, 10 A
    UL