Abstract

NEC America, Inc. commissioned The Tolly Group to evaluate the Layer 2 and Layer 3 interoperability of the BlueFire 730, version R2.1 ed31(264), a work group switch. The Tolly Group engineers put the BlueFire 730 through a battery of tests designed to reveal the depth of interoperability the switch provides. The BlueFire was tested for interoperability with nine other switches from six other network infrastructure vendors.

The switch was tested for interoperability with switches from Alcatel, Enterasys, Extreme Networks (three switches), Foundry Networks, Marconi, and NEC. 

Tests included: Auto-negotiation, IP RIP (v1 and v2), OSPF, link aggregation, IPX RIP, VRRP, 802.1p/Q, Gigabit Ethernet uplinks. The switch passed all tests attempted.