Mumbai, D-Link, the end-to-end networking solutions provider for consumer and business today announced the introduction of D-Link DES-8500 series of chassis based switches. Based on intelligent and high-performance multi-layered LAN devices design, D-Link DES-8500 series of chassis based switches are ideal for Enterprise and Metropolitan Area Networks (MAN).
D-Link DES-8500 series is a new-generation large-capacity and high performance core routing switch series. Featuring a flexible modular architecture and industry standard compliance, these switches provide scalable expansion and a high level of investment protection for businesses and telecom carriers to deploy Gigabit and 10-Gigabit packet switching and routing for office networking and Ethernet-based Internet services.
Elaborating on the unique features Mr. Jayesh Kotak, VP-Product Marketing at D-Link (India) Ltd. said, D-Link DES-8500 series of chassis based switch provides market-leading services, performance, port densities and is available with investment protection for both enterprise and service provider markets. Further its comprehensive network security feature takes care of all kinds of sophisticated attacks from both internal and external elements to assure complete Protection of investment for the customer
DES-8500 series is ideal for deployment in environments where minimal downtime of network applications, superior performance, security and control is required. This makes it a perfect choice for Enterprise networks and Service Provider networks.
Mr. Raj Jadhav, VP- Solution Consulting, Tech Support & IT, added DES-8500 series is equipped with high- speed switch fabrics, redundant backup/load sharing capability and advanced software function including complete IPv6 support. Hence DES-8500 series provides the performance, high availability and future-proof architecture suitable for applications of not just today but well into the future.
DES-8500 series is available in three models:- -DES-8503 3-slot chassis with 2 open slots -DES-8506 6-slot chassis with 4 open slots -DES-8510 10-slot chassis with 8 open slots
Key features of the DES-8500 series:-
- Support IPv6 , NAT, 802.1X services
- Dual Switch Fabric
- Superior performance with maximum switching capacity upto 1536Gbps
- Bottleneck-free distributed pocket switching
- Up to Two Redundant Backup Power Supplies
- Hot-Swappable Control module and Line Cards
- VRRP Support
- Granular Bandwidth Control Down to 64Kbits for Ingress and Egress traffic
- Integrated Routing (IBGPv4, MPBGP, OSPFv2/3, RIPv1/2/ng)
- MPLS VPN
- Multicast (PIM-SM, DVMRPv2/3, IGMPv1/2)
- Versatile and Secured Management
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About D-Link
D-Link (India) Ltd. ranks among Indias premier networking firms and is the 2nd largest networking company in India#. Globally, D-Link Corporation features among the top five networking companies.
D-Link (India) has been the recipient of many awards such as Most Valued Principal*, Preferred Channel Choice**, Channel Champion*** and Most Preferred Networking brand****.
The annual Gartner report## revealed that D-Link holds the top position globally in Wireless LAN stand-alone access point unit shipments for mid- and large-size enterprises in 2009. D-Link also features in Gartners latest published MAGIC QUANDRANT for WIRELESS LAN Infrastructure###.
D-Link (India) has a toll free support helpdesk and 18 advanced service centers across India.
- Channel World Most Valued principal - Bronze in Wireless networking category
- DQ Channel Choice Gold Award 2008 for Wired and Wireless Networking
- CRN Channel Champion award 2009, 2008 & 2007
- VARIndia Star Nite Awards -2009 and 2008
# IDC 2007 data
Source: Gartner, Inc., Market Share: Enterprise Wireless LAN Equipment, Worldwide, 2009, by Christian Canales, 8 March 2010
Source: Gartner, Inc., Magic Quadrant for Wireless LAN Infrastructure (Global), by Tim Zimmerman, Michael J. King, 12 February 2010
