Specifications of the Extreem networks 5i: 

Key Components
Feature Detailed Description
CPU QED, MIPs based RISC processor
  • 32 bit external bus
  • 64 bit iCENTERnal data path
  • 32K instruction cache
  • 32K data cache
  • 200 MHz
Flash Memory Flash used for Boot and storage of the two customer images and the two configuration files.
SX GBIC 1000Base-SX GBIC - Supports the following distances:
Up to 550m over 50 micron 850 nanometer multimode fiber optic cable
Up to 275m over 62.5 micron 850 nanometer multimode fiber optic cable
Single mode fiber not supported on 1000Base-SX connections
LX GBIC 1000Base-LX GBIC - Supports the following distances:
Up to 5Km over 10 micron 1550 nanometer singlemode fiber optic cable
Up to 550m over 50 micron 850 nanometer multimode fiber optic cable
Up to 550m over 62.5 micron 850 nanometer multimode fiber optic cable
Long-Haul GBIC Long Haul GBIC (Intel proprietary) - Requires Intel LH GBIC on both ends of the wire. Supports distances up to 70Km over 10 micron 1550 nanometer singlemode fiber optic cable.

Port Specifications
Feature Detailed Description
Speed Capability per Copper Port 100Mbps, 1000Mbps, Auto-Negotiation
Speed Capability per Fiber Port 1000Mbps only
Duplex Negotiation Capability per Copper Port
  • 100Mbps: Half-duplex, Full-duplex, Auto-
  • 1000Mbps: Copper Gigabit is Full-Duplex Only
Duplex Capability per Fiber Port Full, Auto-Negotiation
Half-Duplex Flow Control Type Backpressure
Full-Duplex Flow Control Type
  • Supports the IEEE 802.3x specification.
  • Full-duplex flow control applies only to gigabit ports.
  • Gigabit ports do not transmit PAUSE frames, the switch only acts on PAUSE frames received.
Auto Polarity Correction Copper ports will establish a link even if the polarity is reversed.
Auto MDI/ MDI-X Copper ports must be able to establish a link even if the cable is a straight-through or cross-over.

System Specifications
Feature Detailed Description
Switch Fabric Wire Speed Capacity Packet Sizes
  • 32 Gbps supporting full-duplex
  • Non-blocking full wire speed on all
Priority Queues
  • 8 user-selectable 802.1p priority queues per port supporting strict priority (algorithms such as weighted fair queue and round robin supported as well). Queues are setup using the EmbeddedWeb or CLI or through the MIB.
  • Queues are allocated based on QoS assignments (including minimum bandwidth, maximum bandwidth and priority as well as the selection of what of the 8 queues are used. Queue 0 is the default queue. Queue servicing is effected by the bandwidth percentage and priority assigned or defaulted to for the traffic group. Queues can only be monitored through the CLI.

    Note: The programmable thresholds of Min/Max bandwidth per queue may prevent starvation or hogging.
Forwarding Mode Store and Forward
64-Byte System Packet Forwarding Rate 47,619,040 pps (16 ports * 1488095 * 2) - The switch is capable of forwarding at this rate whether performing layer 2 switching or layer 3 routing.
Port Packet Forwarding Rate
  • 2,976,190 pps (1000Mbps)
  • 297,620 pps (100Mbps)
MAC Address Entries Supported 32,000 - The switch is capable of 256,000 addresses dynamically shared between Layer 2 entries and Layer 3 entries.
MAC Address Learning Rate Minimum of 3,000 MAC address per second. Switch is capable of learning 6,000 MAC address per second.
MAC Address Aging Support User configurable with a minimum of 300 seconds.
Spanning Tree Support
  • Supports the IEEE 802.1d spanning tree algorithm per switch.
  • Supports the IEEE 802.1d spanning tree algorithm per VLAN level. Interoperable with other vendors (Cisco, Bay, 3Com) STP per VLAN provided that the other vendor switch supports duplicate MAC addresses across VLANs.
Packet Memory Type 133 MHz SRAM - Pipelined burst mode type
Control Memory 133 MHz SRAM - Pipelined burst mode
Packet Buffer Memory 8 MB @ 133 MHz
Control Memory 6 MB @ 133 MHz
Forward/Filter Ethernet Tagged Packets
  • Supports the IEEE 802.3ac specification.
  • Supports enabling or disabling the use of frame tags on a per port basis.
Broadcast Storm Control Limits the amount of broadcast packets on a per port basis. Done by the assignment of VLANs as well as to assign QoS profiles to broadcasts to limit broadcast traffic. For example, a QoS profile can be defined for broadcast traffic that sets a maximum % of available bandwidth allowed by VLAN.
Link Aggregation
  • The IEEE 802.3ad proposed standard will be supported when ratified capability
  • 2 or more ports - ports can be of different speeds. Scheme has been tested and interoperates with other Intel products as well as Cisco's EtherChannel, etc.
Port Mirroring
  • Port Mirroring based on a port capability
  • Port Mirroring based on an individual Virtual Port - Mirror from a specified multi-VLAN port ONLY a specific VLANs traffic. A trunk port is a good example. A Trunk port has multiple VLANs traffic, so it is a "virtual port" for each VLAN. By specifying virtual port, a single VLAN's traffic can be mirrored to the mirror port even though the physical port is carrying other VLANs traffic.
  • Port Mirroring based on VLAN - All traffic within the VLAN will get mirrored regardless of port or address. All traffic includes broadcast and multicast traffic. Errored frames are not mirrored (since the switch drops them at ingress).
  • Mirror Port and Source Port does not have to be the same speed.
Power LED (1 On supply)
  • Off - Power Off LED per power
  • Solid Green - Power
  • Solid Amber - Overheat, Power, or Fan failure

    Note: Unit ships with one power supply. Must order a different SKU to get two power supplies. Not field-upgradeable. See below under "Redundant power supply".
Management LED
  • Solid Green - Normal Booted Operation
  • Flashing Green (1 Hz) - power-on self test (POST) complete, software download in progress
  • Flashing Green (2 Hz) - POST is in progress
  • Solid Amber - Unit has failed POST
Serial Interface
  • Male DB-9 RS232 connector
  • Default connection is 9600-N-8-1, Xon/Xoff
  • Supports direct serial connection and a modem connection
Redundant Power Supply
  • The switch can support one or two power supplies. When two power supplies are present, they operate in a load sharing configuration and automatically switches over if one of the power supplies fails.
  • RPS add-on is not field-upgradeable.

Class of Service Support

Feature Detailed Description
Layer 2 Class of Service
  • Set a priority based on the VLAN
  • Set a priority based on MAC destination address (DA)
  • Set a priority based on source port
Layer 3 Class of Service - IP Destinations
  • Set a priority based on the destination IP address
  • Set a priority based on the destination subnet
  • Set a priority based on the destination multicast
Layer 3 Class of Service - IP Source
  • Set a priority based on the source IP address
  • Set a priority based on the source subnet
Layer 4 Quality of Service Set a priority based on the TCP or UDP Port. The port field can be specified and mapped to a QoS profile. This field can be a known port, a user defined port or a range of ports.
IP TOS/DiffServ to 802.1p Mapping Maps TOS/DiffServ byte to a corresponding 802.1p value.
Tagged packets
  • Read and write an IEEE 802.1p priority tag
  • If an IEEE 802.1p tag exists, the switch must be able to read a packet's existing priority and map it to the appropriate queue.
  • If an IEEE 802.1p tag exists, the switch must be able to override a packet's existing priority.
  • If an IEEE 802.1p tag exists, the switch must be able to remove the tag and regenerate the frame untagged.
  • If an IEEE 802.1p tag does not exist, the switch must be able to regenerate the frame tagged with a priority specified by the user.
Roving Utility Monitor QoS monitor utility allows user to view the queue behavior for a specific port. If multiple ports are selected, the monitor will serially monitor each port in a port list at 20 sec intervals.
Lockdown Utility Monitor QoS monitor utility where automatic moving from one port to the next in a list is locked down to a single interested port.
Black Hole a Flow QoS profile can be defined where the resulting action is a packet discard.
L3 Multicast IP multicast destination address can be used to define a traffic group QoS.
L4 Multicast TCP or UDP Port in an IP multicast packet can be used to define a traffic group QoS.
Bandwidth Control Bandwidth control is the ability to set min and max bandwidth percentages for a QoS profile. This QoS profile can then be assigned to a traffic group.
Ingress Mode Priority Control Allows a straight simple prioritization on queue servicing when bandwidth control effects a tie for the output slot. Should priority be equal at this point, simple round robin breaks this tie.
Intra-subnet QoS This is the ability to define a traffic grouping based on L3 and L4 information within a L2 only VLAN (no L3 boundary crossed).

Virtual LAN (VLAN) Support
Feature Detailed Description
Tagged VLAN VLAN based on the IEEE 802.1Q standard, this includes support for GVRP:
  • VLAN based on the IEEE 802.1Q standard, this includes support for GVRP
  • If an IEEE 802.1Q tag exists, the switch is able to read a packet's existing VLAN and forward the packet to the appropriate VLAN.
  • If an IEEE 802.1Q tag exists, the switch is able to override a packet's existing VLAN ID.
  • If an IEEE 802.1Q tag exists, the switch is able to remove the tag and regenerate the frame untagged.
  • If an IEEE 802.1Q tag does not exist, the switch is able to regenerate the frame tagged with a VLAN ID specified by the user.
Port VLAN VLAN based on switch port - Switch port can only be a member of one port based VLAN.
Protocol VLAN
  • VLAN based on IP, IPX, NetBEUI and AppleTalk protocol
  • Additional protocols are IPX 802.2, IPX SNAP, or a user defined protocol type.
VLAN Aggregation ISP specific feature that allows a single IP routed interface to represent multiple separate broadcast domains.
GVRP Support Layer 2 protocol used to propagate VLAN information.

Multimedia/Multicast Support
Feature Detailed Description
IGMP v1 and v2 Snooping
  • Snoop IGMP - Join and leave packets and forward IGMP packets only to the appropriate ports. Full IGMP snooping support for intelligent multicast forwarding within each VLAN. Also supports queried function and Router Only forward option for reports.
  • IGMP support per switch & per VLAN.

    Note: The switch forwarding database can theoretically support 64,000 IP multicast groups.
IGMP Snooping Control Enable/Disable IGMP Snooping
RFC2113 - IP Router Alert Option Generate IGMP Packets with Router Alerts
DVMRP Support
Full Layer 3 Feature. Requires purchase of SW key upgrade
DVMRP v3 support - Tunneling is not supported.
PIM Dense Mode
Full Layer 3 Feature. Requires purchase of SW key upgrade
PIM Dense Mode v2

Security and Access Restriction Support

Feature Detailed Description
Port Security
  • Disable learning on a Port
  • Set a particular MAC Address to a particular VLAN. If the MAC source address received on a port is not a member of that particular VLAN, then the packet is either discarded or sent to a specific VLAN. Secure for a station per port environment, but once VLAN assignment is made, MAC interrogation ceases until port reset or link down.

Management Support
Feature Detailed Description
Embedded Web Server
  • User and Admin accounts with password
  • Supports single Web session.
  • Allows configuration and monitoring of switch parameters.
  • Timesout after inactivity period.
  • Web server access controllable via Access Policy
Command Line Interface (CLI)
  • User and Admin accounts with password - Multiple Admin logins allowed
  • Supports up to 8 Telnet sessions and 1 Serial session.
  • Allows configuration and monitoring of all switch parameters.
  • Allows reset to factory defaults.
  • Timesout after inactivity period.
  • Access profile allows control of Telnet access via source IP address.
  • Telnet access supports SSH, and port number specification. Radius client also supported for authorization of Telnet access.
Serial Connection
  • User and Admin accounts with passwords
  • Supports single serial session.
  • Provides visual feedback to user of boot process.
  • Allows configuration of all switch parameters.
  • Allows reset to factory defaults.
  • Timesout after inactivity period.
PPP Supports Point to Point Protocol
Modem Access
Radius Server Support - Requires purchase of SW key upgrade
  • User login and password authentication
  • Allows software update through the RS232 port via Xmodem.
  • Radius server support to provide security and additional authentication.
Management Agent
  • Recognizable and manageable by Intel® DeviceView
  • Field-upgradeable
  • Supports BootP and DHCP clients.
  • Supports IP, TCP, UDP, ARP, and ICMP.
  • Allows configuration parameters to be uploaded from an external source.
  • Allows configuration parameters to be downloaded to an external source.
RPS Management
  • Able to report the status of the switch's power supply source
  • Able to send Traps when the switch's power supply source changes - applicable only on dual Power Supply Units
SNMP
  • Supports SNMP v1.
  • Allows configuration of switch parameters.
  • Supports up to 6 trap receivers.
RMON Groups 1, 2, 3, and 9 on all ports
SMON Configuration Control and QoS variables only
Standard MIB
  • RFC1213 - MIB II support
  • RFC1354 - IP Forwarding Table MIB the Interfaces
  • RFC1573 - Evolution of Group of MIB II
  • RFC1493 - Definitions of Managed Objects for Bridges
  • RFC1643 - Definition Of Managed Objects for the Ethernet-like Interface Types
  • RFC1724 - RIP Version 2 MIB Extension
  • RFC1757 - RMON MIB
  • RFC2239 - Definitions of Managed Objects for IEEE 802.3 Medium Attachment Units (MAUs) using SMIv2
Private MIB Supports private MIB with Intel customizations.
Port Statistics
  • Supports the Repeater MIB counters.
  • In addition: Tx Packets, Tx Bytes, Rx Packets, Rx Bytes, Rx Broadcasts Packets, Rx Multicast Packets. The counters update every 2 secs. By port Tx Errors: Link Status, Transmit Collisions, Late Collisions, Transmit Deferred (due to network usage of port), Transmit Errored Frames (unsuccessful transmission. By port Rx Errors: Bad CRC, Oversize, Undersize, Jabber Frames, Alignment error, Frames Lost due to buffer overflow.
TFTP Client
  • Downloads configuration files from the switch.
  • Uploads configuration files to the switch.
  • Uploads firmware to the switch.
Text Configuration File Allows the user to download the switch configuration as a text file, make changes, then upload the file back to the switch.
DHCP/BootP Relay Switch forwards DHCP/BootP packets on a per switch basis.
DHCP/BootP Relay per VLAN Switch forwards DHCP/BootP packets on a per VLAN basis.
Log Files Supports uploading the log file from the switch to an external host via syslog.

IP Features
Feature Detailed Description
IP Routing Routes IP packets at wire speed.
RIP v1 and v2 Support Routing Information Protocol v1 and v2
Variable Length Subnet Mask A byte can contain a mixture of ones and zeros. In other words we "borrow" a portion of the host byte in order to create additional network space.
Classless Inter- Domain Routing CIDR eliminates the concept of class A, B and C networks and replaces this with a generalized "IP prefix." CIDR can be used to perform route aggregation in which a single route can cover the address space of several "old-style" network numbers and thus replace a lot of old routes. This lessens the local administrative burden of updating external routing, saves routing table space in all backbone routers and reduces route flapping (rapid changes in routes), thus CPU load, in all backbone routers. CIDR will also allow delegation of pieces of what used to be called "network numbers" to customers, therefore make it possible to utilize the available address space more efficiently.
Load-sharing IP Forwarding Equal Cost Multipath in OSPF, this feature can also be enabled for RIP.
Multi-netting Multiple Subnets can be assigned to a single router interface (by VLAN).
IRDP Client ICMP Router Discovery Protocol will respond to query, broadcast or multicast
Proxy ARP Proxy ARP can help machines on a subnet reach remote subnets without having either routing or default gateway configured.
Backup Static Route Allows a static route to be defined and weighted as a backup to preferred dynamically learned routes.
DHCP/BootP Relay DHCP/BootP relay allows the switch to forward BootP or DHCP requests across remote subnets.
DHCP/BootP Relay per VLAN DHCP/BootP relay allows the switch to forward BootP or DHCP requests across remote subnets on a per VLAN basis.
UDP Broadcast Filter Disables UDP broadcast forwarding within a VLAN.
UDP Forwarding Profile per VLAN Allows the definition of different destinations for UDP broadcast relay based on UDP port number within a VLAN.
OSPF
Full Layer 3 Feature Requires purchase of SW key upgrade.
Autonomous System Boundary Router (ASBR) (goes between RIP OSPF); ASBR is part of the OSPF standard to accommodate route redistribution from non- OSPF autonomous systems. A RIP metric can be mapped to an OSPF metric for advertisement within the OSPF AS and the OSPF metric can be mapped to a RIP metric for use in the RIP AS.
EDP Enterprise Discovery Protocol is used to gather information about neighboring Intel NetStructure 480T Routing switches. This protocol is needed in order for ESRP to function.
ESRP Enterprise Standby Router Protocol allows multiple switches to provide redundant routing services to users.

IPX Routing Support
Feature Detailed Description
IPX Routing
Full Layer 3 Feature - Requires purchase of SW key upgrade.
Routes IPX packets at wire speed
IPX RIP Support
Full Layer 3 Feature - Requires purchase of SW key upgrade.
10 Mbps Ethernet Specification
IPX SAP Support
Full Layer 3 feature - Requires purchase of SW key upgrade.
IPX Service Advertising Protocol

Access Policy Support
Feature Detailed Description
RIP Trusted Gateway, Import Filter, Export Filter
  • These access policy features are security measures to protect from unknown/unauthorized routing advertisements or updates influencing convergence, route determination and network stability.
  • Trusted Neighbor identifies source IP or VLAN of routers whose updates are valid and will be used. Import/Export filter specifies the exact route that will accepted/advertised in RIP.
OSPF ASBR Filter, Inter Area and External Route
Full Layer 3 Feature - Requires purchase of SW key upgrade.
ASBR Filter sets routes that will not be advertised into the OSPF AS. Inter-area filter stops the ABR from advertising specified routes. External Filter stops ABR from advertising specific External routes.
DVMRP Trusted Gateway, Import Filter, Export Filter
Full Layer 3 Feature - Requires purchase of SW key upgrade.
Trusted Neighbor identifies source IP or VLAN of routers whose updates are valid and will be used. Import/Export filter specifies the exact route that will be accepted/advertised in DVMRP.
Access Policy, PIM Trusted Gateway
Full Layer 3 Feature - Requires purchase of SW key upgrade.
Trusted Gateway identifies source IP or VLAN of routers whose updates are valid and will be used.

IEEE Compliance

Feature Detailed Description
IEEE 802.1D (1998) Bridge specification incorporating Traffic Class Expediting and Dynamic Multicast Filtering
IEEE 802.3u 100 Mbps Ethernet
IEEE 802.3z 1 Gbps Ethernet
IEEE 802.3ab 1 Gbps Ethernet on Category 5 UTP Cable
IEEE 802.3ac Frame Extensions for VLAN Tagging on Ethernet
IEEE 802.3ad
  • The IEEE 802.3ad will be supported when ratified
  • Proposed Link Aggregation standard
IEEE 802.3x Full-Duplex Operation/Flow Control on Ethernet
IEEE 802.1Q VLAN Specification

Safety and EMI Specifications
Feature Detailed Description
Safety Certification
  • UL 1950 and CSA 22.2 No 950 - Act as Agent/Safety Test Engineering
  • IEC 950 (CB) Report and Certificate - Act as Agent/Safety Test Engineering
  • TUV (EN60950) - Act as Agent/Safety Test Engineering
  • NOM (Mexico)
EMI Certification (Class A)
  • FCC Part 15 / ICES-003 (Canada)
  • VCCI Class A ITE
  • EN55022 / EN50082-1 (1997) or EN55024
  • C-tick (AS/NZS 3548)
  • BSMI (CNS 13438)
  • RRL (South Korea)

Chassis and Power Specifications
Feature Detailed Description
Chassis Dimensions
  • Width - 17.31"
  • Height - 3.36"
  • Depth - 19.10"
  • Weight - Single Power Supply: 21.7 lbs.
  • Weight - Dual Power Supply: 27.4 lbs.
Chassis
  • Sheet Metal Color - Intel Enterprise Gray
  • Text Color and Coach line - PMS 5655C
  • Vertical Bar - PMS485C
MAC Address Label Rear of the chassis
Serial Port Male DB-9 connector shall be placed on the rear of the chassis.
Power Supply Base unit is configured with a single power supply.
Power Supply Base unit is configured with dual load sharing power supplies.
Input Voltage 90-264 AC Auto-sensing
AC Line Frequency 47-63 Hz
Power Consumption 258 Watts (Maximum)
Heata Dissipation 1195.25 = BTU/Hr (Maximum)

Environmental Specifications

Feature Detailed Description
Operating Temperature Range 0° C to 40° C
Storage Temperature Range -25° C to 70° C
Non-Operating Humidity Range 5% to 95% Non-Condensing
Operating Altitude 10,000 feet
MTBF Minimum MTBF for the switch is 50,000 hours.