Force10 C300 8-slot chassis w/ backplane CH-C300 Leaflet

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809   v3.4

Force10 Networks, Inc.
350 Holger Way
San Jose, CA 95134 USA
www.force10networks.com

408-571-3500

PHONE

408-571-3550

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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

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

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

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

768

UDP

793

TCP

854

Telnet

959

FTP

1321 MD5

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)

1981 Path MTU Discovery (partial)
2460 IPv6
2461 Neighbor Discovery (partial)
2462 Stateless Address 

Autoconfiguration (partial)

2463 ICMPv6

1058 RIPv1

1587 NSSA
2154 MD5
2328 OSPFv2
2370 Opaque LSA

1997 Communities
2385 MD5
2439 Route Flap Damping
2545 Multiprotocol Extensions 

for IPv6

2796 Route Reflection
2842 Capabilities
draft-ietf-idr-bgp4-20  BGPv4
draft-ietf-idr-restart-06  Graceful Restart

1112 IGMPv1
2236 IGMPv2
3376 IGMPv3
3569 SSM for IPv4

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

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

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

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

All C-Series components are EU RoHS compliant.

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ESCRIPTION

CH-C150

C150 4-slot chassis with backplane

CH-C300

C300 8-slot chassis with backplane

CC-C150-FAN2 

C150 enhanced fan subsystem

CC-C300-FAN2

C300 enhanced fan subsystem

LC-CB-RPM

Switch Fabric and Route Processor 
Module (series CB)

LC-CB-10GE-4P

4-port 10 Gigabit Ethernet line card, 
XFP modules required (series CB)

LC-CB-10GE-8P

8-port 10 Gigabit Ethernet line card, 
XFP modules required (series CB)

LC-CB-GE-48P

48-port Gigabit Ethernet line card, 
SFP modules required (series CB)

LC-CB-GE-48T

48-port 10/100/1000Base-T line card 
with RJ45 interfaces (series CB)

LC-CB-GE-48V

48-port 10/100/1000Base-T line card 
with RJ45 interfaces and PoE (series CB)

LC-CB-10G-1G-36T

FlexMedia line card with 36 
10/100/1000Base-T RJ45 interfaces, 
eight GbE interfaces – SFP modules 
required, and two 10 GbE interfaces – 
SFP+ modules required (series CB)

LC-CB-10G-1G-36V

FlexMedia line card with 36 
10/100/1000Base-T RJ45 interfaces with 
PoE, eight GbE interfaces – SFP modules
required, and two 10 GbE interfaces – 
SFP+ modules required (series CB)

CC-C-1200W-AC

1200 W AC Power Supply Module

CC-C-PWR-DC

1400 W DC Power Entry Module

SW-CB-LATEST

FTOS software

1350

TFTP

2474

Differentiated Services

3164

Syslog

draft-ietf-bfd-base-03

BFD

2858 Multiprotocol Extensions
2918

Route Refresh

3065

Confederations

4360

Extended Communities

4893

4-byte ASN

5396

4-byte ASN Representation

4541 IGMPv1/v2 

Snooping

draft-ietf-pim-sm-v2-new-05  

PIM-SM for IPv4

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

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

2464 Ethernet Transmission
2675 Jumbograms
3587 Global Unicast Address 

Format

4291 Addressing

2453

RIPv2

2740

OSPFv3

3623

Graceful Restart

4222

Prioritization and 
Congestion Avoidance