Converged Networks Ready
Customerscantakeadvantageofthecost
savingsofconvergednetworksusingthe
advancedQualityofServicefeaturesofthe
SecurestackC3.Trafcclassicationfeatures
combinedwithnetwork-widepoliciesand8
priorityqueuesprovidehighlygranulartrafc
prioritizationandcontrolofdelay-sensitivetrafc
likeVoIP.
IPv6 Support for
the Next Generation
Forcustomerswhoarelayingthegroundwork
fornext-generationnetworks,theSecureStack
C3supportsIPv6routingviaanoptional
softwarelicense.
The SecureStack C3 Provides
Enhanced Secure Networks
Capabilities
EnterasysSecureNetworksisrecognizedasthe
atrueintegrationofsecurityintothenetwork
infrastructure.TheSecureStackC3fully
supportsEnterasysrole-basedarchitecturethat
enablestheadministratortocreatearoleorroles
forallusersanddevicesonthenetwork,with
eachrolehavingspecicrightstouseonthe
network.Rolesareeasilyassignedandchanged
usingNetSight™PolicyManager.
TheSecureStackC3alsoprovidesauthentication
andsecuritythatcanbemanagedatthe
individualportorindividualuserlevel.The
SecureStackC3switchessupportuseraccess
authenticationviaIEEE802.1X,MAC,andweb
(PWA)authenticationintheswitch’srmware.
Expanded Mask and Role
Capabilities
TheSecureStackC3expandsthecapabilitiesof
SecureNetworksontheSecureStackproduct
linebysignicantlyexpandingthemask
capabilityoftheswitch.TheC3supportsupto
768differentpolicyruleswithamaskforeach
ruleonasingleswitchorstack.Thetablebelow
outlinesthecapabilitiesofdifferentSecureStack
C-Series.Notethatinamixedstack,allswitches
automaticallyassumethefeaturesubset
commontoallswitches.
Stack Policy Specifications
TypeofStack C3 C3/C2G C3/C2H
Stack Mix Mix
#ofRules/Stack 768 768 100
StackMasks 768 768 18
#ofRules/Policy 100 100 100
#ofMasks/Policy 100 10 10
Layer2RuleSupportYes Yes Yes
C3 Stacks with C2s to Preserve
Existing Investment in SecureStack
CustomerswhohaveinvestedinC2switches
fromEnterasyscantakeadvantageofthe
SecureStackC3intheirexistingnetwork
becausethereisnoforkliftupgrade;theC3
willstackoutoftheboxinaC2stack,and
automaticallyassumethecapabilitiesofthe
existingC2s.
Ensure Network Uptime
with Increased Reliability
and Availability
Revenue-producingnetworksarenottolerant
ofnetworkdowntime.TheSecureStackC3
providesprotectionagainstdowntimeby
providingredundantnetworkconnections,
automaticfailover,andrecoverycapabilities.
ClosedLoopStackingensuresthatifastack
cableorswitchfails,thereisnolossof
connectivityfortheremainderofthestack.
TheSecureStackC3alsoprovidesreliability
featuressuchasDistributedLinkAggregation
Groups,sothatafailureofasingleunitdoesnot
disconnectthestackfromtheuplinktothecore
switch.Stackmanagementisalsoredundant.
Outstanding Configuration
Flexibility
WiththeSecureStackC3switchingfamily,
mixingandmatchingvarioustypesofswitchesis
asnap.Asmallstackcanbestartedwithdual
10/100/1000switcheswithredundantGigabit
uplinkstothecore.IfPoweroverEthernetis
neededforremoteaccesspointsorIPphones,
aPoEswitchcansimplybeaddedtothestack.
Asthestackgrows,thedemandsontheuplinks
tothecorewillincrease.Toaddressthis,
distributedlinkaggregationprovidesadditional
exibilitytoincreasebandwidthfromasingle
gigabitupto8Gigabits.Networkadministration
tasksarelightenedbecausealltheswitchesin
thestackcanbemanagedasasingleentitywith
asingleIPaddressandalloftheswitchesruna
commonsoftwareimagesothereareneverany
incompatibilityissuesbetweenswitches.
SecureStack Lifetime Warranty
AllSecureStackproductsfromEnterasysprovide
afreelifetimewarrantythatcontinuesfor5years
afterthedateofproductdiscontinuationand
includespowersupply,fans,chassis,redundant
powersupply,andstackingcables.Thereisalso
afullsoftwareandrmwarewarrantytocover
patches,bugxes,andfeatureupgradeswith
8x5telephonesupport.