L2/3 GigE Latency Tests

This series of tests compare Force10's TeraScale and Cisco's Catalyst 6500 gigabit Ethernet latency performance.  The tests show how changes to Force10's switch fabric scheduler (Epoch) to reduce latency also reduce the switch's throughput.

L2/3 GigE Performance Tests

These tests attempt to reproduce the Force10 commissioned Tolly Group performance report which claims zero-loss, non-blocking  L2 and L3 performance at all frame-sizes.  The report depicts the tradeoffs between low latency and performance and reveals the adverse effect of non-unicast traffic on throughput.

1-Million ACL Test

This test assesses the validity of Force10's 1-million ACLs test as described in the Tolly Group report 204147 which claims that the application of such a large ACL has no effect on the E1200's throughput.