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Premise: Layer 2/Layer 3 switches used as

network aggregation points must possess wire-

speed performance to handle a variety of

‘real-world’ traffic scenarios, offer a secure

platform, deliver hardware/software redun-

dancy to ensure uptime, and possess the capa-

bility to support real-time and non-real-time

traffic to be a truly effective junction point for

aggregating traffic and passing it into the

network core.

ell Inc. commissioned The Tolly

Group to evaluate its PowerConnect

6024, a 24-port Gigabit Ethernet switch

designed for use as an enterprise-class aggre-

gation or data center switch. The Power-

Connect 6024 is a fixed-port Layer 3 model

that comes configured with hot-swappable

power supplies and fans, support for the Virtual

Router Redundancy Protocol and other high

availability features that make it suitable as

an aggregation switch or a core device for

small to medium enterprises. Static routes,

OSPF, RIP, DVMRP are also supported in

the PowerConnect 6024 series.

The Tolly Group tested the Layer 2/Layer 3

throughput of the PowerConnect 6024 while it

was subjected to standard fixed packet sizes,

as well as to a real-world test scenario with

variable-size packets and access control lists

enabled. Tests were conducted in December

2003 at The Tolly Group’s Boca Raton, FL.,

test facilities.

Tests show that the PowerConnect 6024 deliv-

ers GbE wire-speed throughput at both Layer 2

and Layer 3. Throughput tests were conducted

with variable frame sizes and with access

control lists (ACLs) enabled to verify through-

put even under stressful conditions. Tolly

Group engineers also validated more than a

dozen key switch functions under The Tolly

Group’s Tolly Verified certification program.

Dell Inc.

PowerConnect 6024

Tolly Verified Layer 2/Layer 3 Gigabit Ethernet

Throughput Testing and Functionality Evaluation

TOLLY

GROUP

TH E

No. 204103 January 2004

Test

Summary

 Delivers wire-speed Layer 2/Layer 3 performance

 Offers a secure aggregation switch supporting port and IP

access authentication, ACLs and RADIUS

 Provides robust hardware and software redundancy features,

including support for VRRP

 Supports high-quality voice transport making it an excellent

platform to aggregate network traffic

Test Highlights

Source: The Tolly Group, January 2004 Figure 1

Layer 2/Layer 3 Gigabit Ethernet Throughput

Across 24 GbE Ports in a Full-Mesh Design

Percentage of

theoretical maximum

Frame size

1 2 3 4

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Premise: Layer 2/Layer 3 switches used asnetwork aggregation points must possess wire-speed performance to handle a variety of‘real-world’ traffic sce

Results Layer 2/3 Wire-SpeedGigabit EthernetThroughput All Ports,Tolly Verified10553/10554This certification set verifies the back-plane capacity of t

verify the actual number of internal pro-cessing queues in the switch. (Note:many switches accept traffic tagged withany of eight priorities but have

Page 4 - Project Profile

Layer 2/Layer 3 Throughput Test BedVLAN Feature Verification/Eight Queue QoS TestSource: The Tolly Group, October 2003

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