| Certification Program Name: | Gigabit Uplink Support |
| Certification Program ID: | 10604 |
| Certification Program Category: | Switch Interoperability |
| Description: | This verifies a device's ability to interoperate with multiple vendors gigabit uplinks. |
| Interpretation: | Devices earning this certification have demonstrated the ability to utilize a Gigabit uplink between all possible vendor combinations.
2003 Product Set:
3Com: Switch 4060
3Com: SuperStack 3 Switch 4400
Cisco Systems: Catalyst 6500
Dell PowerConnect 3348
Dell PowerConnect 5224
Enterasys Matrix N3
Foundry FastIron Edge 9604
Nortel Passport 1424T
Nortel Passport 8600 |
| Product Applicability: | This certification is applicable to all LAN switches that have implemented support for Gigabit Ethernet.. It is an optional component of the 2003 Switch Interoperability Study. |
| Testing Overview: | The participants supporting the switches under test will configured a common Gigabit Ethernet (1000BASE-SX) link between them for Layer 2 forwarding. Data will be generated between Fast Ethernet LANs across the Gigabit Ethernet uplink to validate connectivity. Switches that have only Gigabit Ethernet ports are automatically awarded this certification. |