Datasheet

x600 Series | Intelligent Gigabit Layer 3+ Switches
4 | x600 Series
Key Solution
VCStack (Virtual Chassis Stacking)
VCStack: Resiliency and Stability
Today’s modern Enterprise business relies
on Information Technology resources
and applications to access business-critical
information, and for day-to-day work.
A high-availability infrastructure is of
paramount importance. The Allied Telesis
x600 Series switches provide the ideal
solution with VCStack.
With VCStack, multiple switches appear
as a single virtual chassis. In normal
operation, this virtual chassis acts as a
single switch, simplifying management.
Diagram 3 shows link aggregation
between the core VCStack and the edge
switches. With link aggregation across
ports on different virtual chassis members,
there is no perceptible disruption in the
case of a link failure, and the full bandwidth
of the network remains available. Fast
Failover ensures absolutely minimal
network downtime in the event of a
problem.
VCStack and link aggregation provide a
solution where network resources are
spread across the virtual chassis members,
ensuring device and path resiliency.
Virtualization of the network core ensures
access to information when needed.
The x600 Series provides an extensive
range of port-density and uplink-
connectivity options, when used as
aggregation layer switches or Gigabit to
the desktop edge switches. This scalable
switch family can connect anything from a
small workgroup to a large business.
Diagram 3: VCStack - resilient network
Diagram 4 shows four AT-x600-48Ts/XP
switches connected as a virtual chassis
for maximum Gigabit to the desktop or
aggregation layer port density. With the
stacking bandwidth provided separately
from the 10 Gigabit uplink ports, this
solution provides a massive 160 Gigabits
of uplink bandwidth to the network core,
while the stacking backplane throughput
is completely unaffected for maximum
performance.
Whether used to provide a virtual
network core, or to maximize port
density, the x600 family switches
together with VCStack provide resiliency,
scalability and ease of management.
VCStack makes networking reliable.
Diagram 4: VCStack - scalable port density
1 Gigabit link
10/100 link
Link aggregation
Router
x600-24
x600-24Ts
Servers
Internet
8100S
AR415S
x600-24Ts-PoE+
x600-48Ts/XP
CORE
EDGE
AGGREGATION
10 Gigabit link
1 Gigabit link
10/100 link
Link aggregation
Servers
8100S
8100S
SBx908
x600