The FastIron 3208RGC is a member of the JetCore-based FastIron product family, offering an advanced, modular Layer 2/3 fully redundant system with 10 Gigabit Ethernet capabilities, making it an ideal fit for high performance server farm connectivity. The FastIron 3208RGC is equipped with 32 ports of 100/1000 auto-sensing, auto MID/MDIX Gigabit Ethernet over copper interfaces, 8 mini-GBIC slots and one expansion slot that can accommodate an additional Gigabit Ethernet, redundant management or 10GbE module. The FI3208RGC delivers cost-effective Gigabit Ethernet over copper interfaces for scaling server bandwidth and offers smooth migration to the desktop. The JetCore-based FastIron systems are the first in the industry to provide Enterprise customers with a complete end-to-end LAN solution, ranging from the wiring closet to the LAN backbone, based on a single product family. The single JetCore product family simplifies network operations, administration, and sparing requirements, leading to dramatic savings in Total Cost of Ownership, (TCO).The JetCore-based FastIron systems also support 10 Gigabit Ethernet interface modules, to scale backbone connectivity. In addition, Foundry's IronShield security features protect the server farm against Denial of Service (DoS) attacks and provide administration security. These security features eliminate unnecessary network downtime caused by malicious hacker attacks.The new FastIron 3208RGC systems include advanced Layer 2/3 feature sets that deliver industry-leading scalability and performance, with embedded support for IP, IPX and AppleTalk based switching and Jumbo frames, useful for reducing CPU cycles during server farm backup operations. The FastIron can be upgraded with full multi-protocol routing capabilities including RIP and OSPF. Fine-grain bandwidth provisioning, sFlow (RFC 3176), rich QoS, complete multicast, and jumbo frames provide a complete enterprise LAN solution and a perfect foundation for voice over IP (VoIP) and next-generation streaming media applications.