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Implementing IBM System Networking
10Gb Ethernet Switches
Introduction to IBM
System Networking
RackSwitch hardware
Sample network
design and
implementation
Switch
troubleshooting and
maintenance
In today’s infrastructure, it is common to build networks based on 10
Gb Ethernet technology. The IBM portfolio of 10 Gb systems networking
products includes Top-of-Rack switches, and the embedded switches
in the IBM BladeCenter family. In 2010, IBM formed the IBM System
Networking business (by acquiring BLADE Network Technologies),
which is now focused on driving data center networking by using the
latest Ethernet technologies.
The main focus of this IBM Redbooks publication is on the IBM System
Networking 10Gb Switch Modules, which include both embedded and
Top-of-Rack (TOR) models. After reading this book, you can perform
basic to advanced configurations of IBM System Networking 10Gb
Switch Modules.
In this publication, we introduce the various 10 Gb switch models that
are available today and then describe in detail the features that are
applicable to these switches.
We then present two architectures that use these 10 Gb switches,
which are used throughout this book. These designs are based on
preferred practices and the experience of authors of this book. Our
intention is to show the configuration of the different features that are
available with IBM System Networking 10Gb Switch Modules. We
follow the three-tier Data Center design, focusing on the Access and
Aggregation Layers, because those layers are the layers that IBM
System Networking Switches use.
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