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109 Competitive Lab Test Results:

1. ADTRAN NetVanta 3200 Access Router vs. Cisco 1720/1751V Access Router with Firewall
2. ADTRAN NetVanta 3430 vs. Cisco 1841 and Cisco 2811
3. Alcatel Ascend MAX 6096 vs. Cisco AS5300
4. Alcatel IP PBX vs. Cisco IP PBX
5. Alcatel Livingston PortMaster 3 vs. Cisco AS5300
6. Alcatel-Lucent 7750 SR vs. Cisco ASR 9000
7. Alcatel Lucent MAX 6096 vs. Cisco AS5300
8. Alcatel Lucent PortMaster 3 vs. Cisco AS5300
9. Ariel RS4200 vs. Cisco AS5300
10. Arista Networks 7100 vs. Cisco Nexus 5000 - Read the very detailed response on the test results
11. Arista Networks 7148SX Switch vs. Cisco Nexus 5548P Switch
12. Aruba AP-105, Aruba AP-125, Aruba 6000 Controller vs. Cisco AP 3500 Series, Cisco Wireless Control System, Cisco 5508 Wireless LAN Controller, Cisco 3350 Mobility Services Engine
13. Aruba AP-125 vs. Cisco AIR-LAP-1252AG
14. Aruba AP-125 vs. Cisco Aironet 3502i, 1142N cost/capacity analysis and appendix
15. Aruba AP-70, Aruba 800 Controller vs. Cisco AP 1242, Cisco 4402 Wireless LAN Controller
16. Aruba 5000 WLAN vs. Cisco Airespace 4012 WLAN
17. Avaya 9600 VoIP Phones vs. Cisco 7900 VoIP Phones
18. Avaya CS 1000 vs. Cisco UCM
19. Avaya/Extreme IP Telephony Infrastructure vs. Cisco IP Telephony Infrastructure
20. Avaya IP PBX vs. Cisco IP PBX
21. Brocade DCX vs. Cisco MDS 9513 and Cisco MDS 9509 - April 09
22. Brocade DCX vs. Cisco MDS 9513 and Cisco MDS 9509 - February 09
23. Brocade Foundry BigIron 8000 vs. Cisco Catalyst 6500
24. Brocade Foundry Control Plane vs. Cisco Catalyst 6500
25. Brocade Silkworm 2400 vs. Cisco MDS 9509
26. Check Point NGX R65 vs. Cisco ASA 5580-40
27. Check Point VPN-1 NG Firewall vs. Cisco PIX 515E Firewall
28. Check Point VPN-1 Pro vs. Cisco ASA 5520
29. Citrix NetScaler Enterprise Edition 12000 vs. Cisco ACE (Application Control Engine Module) 8-Gbps
30. Dell PowerConnect 6248 Ethernet Switch vs. Cisco 2960, 2960-S and 3750-X-48 Catalyst Switches
31. D-Link DES-3528 xStack and DES-3528P xStack vs. Cisco SF300-24, SF300-24P and SF300-28
32. Enterasys Dragon Security Command Console (DSCC) vs. Cisco Security Monitoring, Analysis and Response System (Cisco Security MARS)
33. Enterasys XSR-1805 security router vs. Cisco 1751 router
34. Enterasys XSR-1805 security router vs. Cisco 1751 and 2651XM competitive VPN test
35. Enterasys XSR-1850 security router vs. Cisco 2651XM multiservice router
36. Extreme BlackDiamond vs. Cisco Catalyst 6500
37. Extreme BlackDiamond 6808 vs. Cisco Catalyst 6509
38. Extreme BlackDiamond/Summit vs. Cisco Catalyst Switches
39. F5 BIG-IP 3400, 6400 and 8800 vs. Cisco ACE 4710
40. F5 BIG-IP 8400 v9.2.3 vs. Cisco 6500 Application Control Engine Module v A.1.3
41. F5 BIG-IP 8800 LTM vs. Cisco ACE (Application Control Engine Module) 8-Gbps
42. Force10 ExaScale E-Series E1200i Core Switch vs. Cisco Nexus 7000 Series 18
43. Fortinet FortiGate 1000 vs. Cisco ASA 5520
44. Fortinet FortiMail-4000A vs. Cisco IronPort C350 E-mail Security Appliance
45. HP 3800 Switch vs. Cisco Catalyst 3750-X Switch   View Appendix
46. HP 3Com 5500G-EI 48-Port Switch vs. Cisco Catalyst 3750G-48TS Gigabit Ethernet Switch  |  Spanish
47. HP 3Com 7700R vs. Cisco 4507R/6509
48. HP 3Com TippingPoint vs. Cisco IPS 4255
49. HP 3Com Total Control 1000 vs. Cisco AS5300
50. HP E2510-24, E2610-24PT, E2610-24/12PWR and E2810-24G vs. Cisco SF300-24, SF300-24P and SF300-28
51. HP E2610 and E5500G Switches vs. Cisco 2960, 2960-S and 3750-X-48 Catalyst Switches
52. HP E5400 zl and HP 8200 zl Switches vs. Cisco Catalyst 3750-X and 4500 Switches
53. HP BladeSystem c7000 with ProLiant BL460c G6 Servers vs. Cisco UCS 5100 with B200 Servers
54. HP MSM422 AP, HP MSM760 Controller vs. Cisco AP 3500 Series, Cisco Wireless Control System, Cisco 5508 Wireless LAN Controller, Cisco 3350 Mobility Services Engine
55. HP ProCurve vs. Cisco TCO Comparison
56. HP ProCurve 2600 vs. Cisco Catalyst 3560G/E & 3750G/E
57. HP ProCurve Switch 2626-PWR vs. Cisco Catalyst Express 500
58. HP ProCurve 2626 and 2650 Layer 2/3 Switches vs. Cisco Catalyst 2960-24TC and 48TC
59. HP ProCurve 3400cl vs. Cisco Catalyst 3750G
60. IBM BNT Nortel Layer 2/3 10Gb Ethernet Switch Module for IBM BladeCenter vs. Cisco Catalyst 6509 Switch
61. IBM BNT RackSwitch G8000 vs. Cisco 2960, 2960-S and 3750-X-48 Catalyst Switches
62. IBM BNT RackSwitch G8100 and G8124 vs. Cisco Catalyst 4900M Switch
63. IBM BNT RackSwitch G8264 vs. Cisco Nexus 5548P Switch
64. InfoExpress DNAC vs. Cisco NAC/Cisco Clean Access
65. Juniper ERX-1440 vs. Cisco 10000
66. Juniper EX4200 Switch vs. Cisco Catalyst 3750-X Switch   View Appendix
67. Juniper EX4500 Switch vs. Cisco Nexus 5548P Switch
68. Juniper EX8216 Ethernet Switch vs. Cisco Nexus 7000 Series 18
69. Juniper M10i vs. Cisco 7604
70. Juniper MX 960 vs. Cisco ASR 9000
71. Juniper NetScreen-204 Firewall vs. Cisco PIX 515E Firewall
72. Juniper NetScreen-208 vs. Cisco ASA 5520
73. Juniper NS-5200 vs. Cisco ASA 5580-40
74. Juniper SRX3600 Firewall vs. Cisco ASA 5585-X Enterprise Firewall
75. Juniper T640 vs. Cisco 12810
76. Linksys SRW248G4 48-Port 10/100 + 4-Port Gigabit Switch with WebView vs. Cisco WS-C2960-48TT-L Catalyst 2960 48-Port Ethernet Switch
77. McData Intrepid 6140 vs. Cisco MDS 9509
78. Meru AP208, Meru MC3000 Controller vs. Cisco AP 1242, Cisco 4402 Wireless LAN Controller
79. Meru AP320 vs. Cisco AIR-LAP-1252AG
80. Meru AP320 3.4.SR3-113 vs. Cisco 1252 IOS 12.4(10B)JA
81. Meru AP320, Meru MC4100 WLAN Controller vs. Cisco AP 3500 Series, Cisco Wireless Control System, Cisco 5508 Wireless LAN Controller, Cisco 3350 Mobility Services Engine
82. Meru WLAN System vs. Cisco WLAN Solution
83. Motorola AirDefense vs. Cisco CleanAir
84. Motorola AP-7131N, Motorola AirDefense 1250 Services Console, Motorola AirDefense M520 Sensor, Motorola RFS7000 Controller vs. Cisco AP 3500 Series, Cisco Wireless Control System, Cisco 5508 Wireless LAN Controller, Cisco 3350 Mobility Services Engine
85. Motorola Symbol WS 5000 Wireless Switch vs. Cisco Aironet 1220 AP, also available - White Paper
86. NETGEAR ProSafe FSM726 and ProSafe GSM7224 vs. Cisco SF300-24, SF300-24P and SF300-28
87. Network Chemistry RFprotect 5.0 vs. Cisco 4400 WLC 4.0 and WCS 4.0 Server
88. Nokia IP2450 vs. Cisco ASA 5580-40
89. Nortel vs. Cisco TCO Comparison
90. Nortel BES50GE-24T PWR SMB Switch vs. Cisco Catalyst Express 500
91. Nortel ERS 2500 & 4500 vs. Cisco Catalyst 3560G/E & 3750G/E
92. Nortel ERS 2526T and ERS 2550T vs. Cisco Catalyst 2960-24TC and 48TC
93. Nortel Secure Router 4134 vs. Cisco ISR 3845
94. Nortel 4548GT Switch vs. Cisco 2960, 2960-S and 3750-X-48 Catalyst Switches
95. Nortel ERS 4548GT-PWR vs. Cisco Catalyst 3560G-48PS and 3750G-48PS
96. Nortel 5510-48T Ethernet Routing Switch vs. Cisco Catalyst 3750G-48TS Gigabit Ethernet
97. Nortel vs. Cisco: LAN and WAN Infrastructure Cost Comparison
98. Q1 Labs QRadar vs. Cisco Security MARS
99. Riverbed RiOS WAN Optimization vs. Cisco WAAS
100. Riverbed Steelhead 6020 vs. Cisco WAE-7371
101. ShoreTel IP PBX vs. Cisco IP PBX
102. ShoreTel Unified Communications System vs. Cisco Unified Communications Manager
103. Siemens HiPath Wireless Manager HiGuard vs. Cisco 4400 WLC 4.0 and WCS 4.0 Server
104. Siemens IP PBX vs. Cisco IP PBX
105. Trapeze MP-432 Access Point, Trapeze MX-200R Controller vs. Cisco AP 3500 Series, Cisco Wireless Control System, Cisco 5508 Wireless LAN Controller, Cisco 3350 Mobility Services Engine
106. U4EA Technologies GoS 2.0 vs. Cisco LLQ
107. Vyatta 1.1.2 vs. Cisco 2821 Integrated Services Router
108. Vyatta BGP Performance vs. Cisco 7204VXR Router
109. Xirrus Wi-Fi Array vs. Cisco Aironet 3502i, 1142N cost/capacity analysis and appendix

Lippis Test Reports:

10/40GbE switch performance/power test report - December 2011

The report details test results of the following products:

Alcatel-Lucent OmniSwitch 10K
Aclatel-Lucent OmniSwitch 6900-40X
Arista 7504 Series Data Center Switch
Arista 7124SX 10G SFP Data Center Switch
Arista 7050S-64 10/40G Data Center Switch
IBM BNT RackSwitch G8124
IBM BNT RackSwitch G8264
Brocade VDXTM 6720-24 Data Center Switch
Brocade VDXTM 6730-32 Data Center Switch
Extreme Networks BlackDiamond X8
Extreme Networks Summit X670V
Dell/Force10 S-Series S4810
Hitachi Cable, Apresia15000-64XL-PSR
Juniper Network EX Series EX8200 Ethernet Switch
Mellanox/Voltaire VantageTM 6048