Performance
Allied Telesyn's Rapier ‘i' family of 10/100Mbps Layer 3 switches deliver an
unprecedented level of integration, feature richness and switching performance
at affordable prices. With wirespeed Layer 2 switching and wirespeed Layer
3 IP routing on all ports, these switches are designed for high-performance
desktop connectivity, workgroup and server farm aggregation or backbone applications.
The new ‘i' chipset adds Quality of Service (QoS) features that are particularly
useful for multi-tenant unit, multi business unit, Telco, or Network Service
Provider applications.
Rich Feature Set
The Rapier ‘i' series of switches are some of the most powerful switches on
the market. All Rapier ‘i' Layer 3 switches include a suite of advanced switching
features such as IEEE 802.1Q VLAN Tagging, IGMPv2, and 802.1p Traffic Prioritization
of packets at Layer 3 and Layer 4.
LAN & WAN Support
All switches include Layer 3 IP Static Routing, RIP, RIPv2, VRRP and OSPFv2
routing protocols. An optional software upgrade is available to enable a
set of additional routing protocols such as IPX, AppleTalk, DVMRP, PIM-DM/SM
and RSVP for more advanced networking applications.
The Rapier 24i model supports an optional Network Services
Module (NSM) with a variety of Port Interface Cards (PICs)
to provide wide area network connectivity for E1, T1,
PRI ISDN, BRI ISDN, Asynchronous and Synchronous communications,
and Frame Relay.
