BlackDiamond
product comparison chart
| BLACKDIAMOND | ||||||||
| Features | 8806 | 8810 | 10808 | 12802R | 12804R | 12804C | 20804 | 20808 |
| Max Auto-Negotiating 10/100BASE-TX Ports | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Max Auto-Negotiating 10/100/1000BASE-T Ports | 400 | 784 | 480 | 40 | 80 | 80 | N/A | N/A |
| Max Gigabit Ethernet Ports (GBIC or SFP) | 248 | 440 | 480 | 40 | 80 | 80 | 160 | 320 |
| Max 10 Gigabit Ethernet Ports | 98 | 194 | 48 | 4 | 8 | 8 | 32 | 64 |
| Form Factor/Footprint | Chassis/ 10RU | Chassis/ 14RU | Chassis/ 22RU | Chassis/ 3RU | Chassis/ 10RU | Chassis/ 10RU | Chassis/ 11RU | Chassis/ 14.5RU |
| Stacking Support | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Total Switching Capacityь | 816 Gbps | 1.45 Tbps | 1.28 Tbps | 80 Gbps | 160 Gbps | 160 Gbps | 1 Tbps | 2 Tbps |
| Programmable ASICs | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Redundant Power | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Power over Ethernet | 802,3af | 802,3af | No | No | No | No | No | No |
| Wire-Speed Layer 2/Layer 3 Switching | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Routing - IPv4 | BGP4, IS-IS, OSPF, RIP, v1/v2, PIM, MSDP | BGP4, IS-IS, OSPF, RIP, v1/v2, PIM, MSDP | BGP4, IS-IS, OSPF, RIP, v1/v2, PIM, MSDP | BGP4, IS-IS, OSPF, RIP, v1/v2, PIM, MSDP | BGP4, IS-IS, OSPF, RIP, v1/v2, PIM, MSDP | BGP4, IS-IS, OSPF, RIP, v1/v2, PIM, MSDP | BGP4, IS-IS, OSPF, RIP, v1/v2, PIM, MSDP | BGP4, IS-IS, OSPF, RIP, v1/v2, PIM, MSDP |
| Routing - IPv6 | RIPng, OSPFv3, IS-IS | RIPng, OSPFv3, IS-IS | RIPng, OSPFv3, IS-IS | RIPng, OSPFv3, IS-IS | RIPng, OSPFv3, IS-IS | RIPng, OSPFv3, IS-IS | RIPng, OSPFv3, IS-IS | RIPng, OSPFv3, IS-IS |
| MPLS/H-VPLS | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Policy-Based Routing/Switching | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Policy-Based Quality of Service (QoS) | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes/Three Tier | Yes/Three Tier | Yes | Yes/Three Tier | Yes/Three Tier |
| Network Login | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No |
| Access Control Lists | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Universal Port | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| CLI scripting | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Widgets | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Layer 3 Virtual Switching3 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| vMANs (802.1ad) | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| MAC-in-MAC (802.1ah) | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| CLEAR-Flow | Yes (c-series) | Yes (c-series) | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| sFlow | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| EAPS | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Advanced Spanning Tree (802.1w, 802.1s, PVST+) | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Link Aggregation | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Switch Management Capabilities | SNMP, XML, Web, CLI, 4 RMON groups | SNMP, XML, Web, CLI, 4 RMON groups | SNMP, XML, Web, CLI, 4 RMON groups | SNMP, XML, Web, CLI, 4 RMON groups | SNMP, XML, Web, CLI, 4 RMON groups | SNMP, XML, Web, CLI, 4 RMON groups | SNMP, XML, Web, CLI, 4 RMON groups | SNMP, XML, Web, CLI, 4 RMON groups |
| License - Upgrades | Core | Core | MPLS, H-QoS | MPLS | MPLS, H-QoS | MPLS | MPLS-PBB, H-QoS |
MPLS-PBB, H-QoS |
| License - Default | Advanced Edge | Advanced Edge | Core | Core | Core | Core | Core | Core |