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Foundry Networks™ to Take Leading Role at Premier High Performance Computing Event

Foundry's Switches Chosen as High Performance Ethernet Solution for Show Backbone, Bandwidth Challenge and Partner Demonstrations at SC2005 Conference in Seattle

San Jose, CA – November 14, 2005 - Foundry Networks™, Inc. (Nasdaq: FDRY) a performance and total solutions leader for end-to-end switching, routing, and Web traffic management solutions, today announced extensive participation in SC2005, the premier international conference on high performance computing, data networking and storage. Foundry is providing equipment for the show's SCinet high-performance backbone network and participating in this year's Bandwidth Challenge with Los Alamos National Laboratory, the University of Washington and the University of Tokyo. Foundry switches will be on display in a number of other exhibitors' booths including Microsoft's key partner booth (booth #1206) in which Foundry switches will be used as the interconnect for cluster computing demonstrations. Additional Foundry partners and customers demonstrating HPC and cluster computing applications using Foundry switches include Apple Computer, Level 5 Networks, Linux Networx, Oak Ridge National Labs, Vanderbilt University and the California Institute of Technology. Foundry will be exhibiting its high performance Ethernet systems in its own booth, #646.

"Foundry has long had a reputation as a cutting-edge Ethernet switch vendor that constantly pushes the performance and density envelope. This has made Foundry attractive to the HPC market where speed and density are of paramount importance and its new alliances and partnerships will raise Foundry's profile in the HPC market," said Steven J. Schuchart Jr. Senior Analyst, Current Analysis.

As part of its continuing support of the HPC community, Foundry is providing its award-winning BigIron RX-16 terabit-capacity switch for the SCinet high performance show backbone. The BigIron RX-16 is delivering wire-speed IPv4 and IPv6 routed services, including support for multicast, IS-IS, BGP and OSPF protocols. The switch is providing gigabit and 10-gigabit connectivity to the world's leading high-performance computing networks in addition to providing networked connections between exhibitors for collaborative events across the convention center.

The BigIron RX-16 is the world's most scalable non-blocking Ethernet solution, supporting 64 wire-speed 10-Gigabit Ethernet ports and 768 wire- speed Gigabit Ethernet ports in a single 14U chassis. Foundry is displaying its new high-density 48-port Gigabit Ethernet module for the BigIron RX at its SC2005 booth. Sixteen modules can be configured in a single chassis for a total of 768 ports of wire-speed Gigabit Ethernet per system and 2,304 ports per seven-foot rack. The system's redundant architecture and unmatched Ethernet scalability make it an ideal solution for cluster and high performance computing environments.

Foundry switches are also being used by two scientific teams competing in the SC2005 Bandwidth Challenge, a competition that recognizes achievement for advanced high-bandwidth applications over very long distances. The University of Tokyo and University of Washington are teamed together (booth #233) and are using Foundry's NetIron 40G router for their Bandwidth Challenge entry. Los Alamos National Laboratory is using Foundry's BigIron RX-4 and FastIron Edge X424 switches in its Bandwidth Challenge entry.

The demonstration in the Microsoft booth (booth #1206) will include Windows Compute Cluster Server 2003 using a FastIron SuperX compact modular Ethernet switch configured with 10-Gigabit Ethernet ports for the cluster interconnect. The FastIron SuperX will also be on display in the Myricom booth (booth #436) as the 10-Gigabit Ethernet interconnect in a demonstration of Myricom's new Myri-10G 10 Gigabit Ethernet network interface card.

"Foundry's FastIron Edge X Series workgroup switches provide line rate performance, unprecedented port densities and easy access for the HPC environment," said Yang Xia, network engineer in the High Energy Physics Department at the California Institute of Technology.

"Foundry recognizes the growing importance of high performance computing across all industries. We are working closely with our partners to provide cost-effective and scalable solutions that leverage open and mainstream technologies for HPC environments," said Mark Danckert, Foundry's director of alliances. "The exhibits and demonstrations at the SC2005 Conference highlight a growing trend in the HPC industry -- the application of high performance Ethernet in HPC and cluster computing networks. We are pleased to be demonstrating in so many venues Ethernet solutions that deliver the performance, scalability and ease of use to meet the needs of the HPC community."

About Foundry Networks

Foundry Networks, Inc. (NASDAQ: FDRY) is a leading provider of high-performance enterprise and service provider switching, routing, security and Web traffic management solutions, including Layer 2/3 LAN switches, Layer 3 Backbone switches, Layer 4-7 application switches, wireless LAN and access points, metro routers and core routers. Foundry's customers include the world's premier ISPs, metro service providers, and enterprises, including e-commerce sites, universities, entertainment, health and wellness, government, financial and manufacturing companies. For more information about the company and its products, call 1.888.TURBOLAN or visit www.foundrynet.com.

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