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Extreme Networks Data Sheet: Summit X150 Series
Ease of Management Supporting Rapid Network Deployment
Summit X150 switches running ExtremeXOS provide a consistent network operation across the network. Summit X150
provides a variety of methods in configuring and managing the switch for ease of management and for rapid network
deployment.
Ecient Management to Handle
Convergence-Driven Network
Changes
Power over Ethernet (PoE)
DeploymentsofIPTelephonydependonreliable,consistent
powerfromtheEthernetjack.SummitX150-24pisthebasisfor
areliableLANTelephonyinfrastructurewithfullyredundant
15.4wattsperport,andQoSandresiliencytomatchthe
failoverrequirementsforlatency-sensitiveserviceslikeVoIP
phones.WithSummitX150,deploymentofpoweredLAN
devicesisquickandeasywithitssupportoftheIEEE802.3af
standardandfullClass3poweravailabilityonallports
(SummitX150-24p),backedup100%bytheEPS-500
redundantpowersupply.
Voice Grade Connections
GranularQoS,lowlatencyandlowjitterprovidevoice-
qualityconnections.SummitX150supportsarangeofQoS
technologiesthatcanprioritizeandpredictablyhandlehigh
prioritytracpolicingorratelimitingoningress,802.1Q
taggingandDiservmarking,andshapingonegresswitheight
queuesperport.TheExtremeNetworkstraditionofbuilding
productswithlowlatencyandjittercontinueswiththeSummit
X150series.
Comprehensive Network Management
Asthenetworkbecomesafoundationoftheenterprise
application,networkmanagementbecomesanimportant
pieceofthesolution.SummitX150supportscomprehensive
networkmanagementthroughCommandLineInterface(CLI),
SNMPv1,v2c,v3andtheembeddedXML-basedWebUser
Interface,ExtremeXOSScreenPlay™.Withavarietyof
managementoptionsandconsistencyacrossotherExtreme
Networksmodularandxedcongurationswitches,Summit
X150seriesswitchesprovideeaseofmanagementfor
demandingapplications.
ExtremeNetworkshasdevelopedtoolsthatsimplifyandhelp
inecientlymanagingyournetwork.Ridgeline™networkand
servicemanagementprovidesfault,conguration,accounting,
performanceandsecurityfunctions,allowingmoreeective
managementofExtremeNetworksproducts,solutionsand
third-partydevices,inaconvergednetwork.
Single Streamlined Operating System
in the Entire Enterprise Network
ExtremeNetworksprovidesanExtremeXOS-basedEthernet
switchingplatformfromedge,toaggregation,tocoreofthe
enterprisenetwork.Havingoneoperatingsystemcanhelp
simplifynetworkdeploymentandoperation,aswellasongoing
maintenance,toreducethetotalcostofownership.SummitX150
runningtheExtremeXOSoperatingsysteminthenetwork,
providesaconsistentexperienceamongotherswitchessuchas
theBlackDiamond®modularchassis,andanexcellentuser
experiencefromedgetocore.
Network Configuration Automation
ExtremeXOSprovidesextensiblescriptingcapabilitythatallows
userstocreateacustomizedseriesofcommandsand
executables.Scriptingcanbeusedtoaddincremental
congurationtothenetworkinfrastructure,suchasalistof
VLANstobecongured.Thiscapabilityeasestherolloutof
networksandreducescongurationerrors.Forexample,using
thescriptingcapabilitiesofsystem-anduser-dened
environmentvariablesandconstructs,suchasif/thenandloops,
allowsautomatingregularmanagementtasksanddeployment
congurationsofQoSratelimitingandACLstomultipleportsor
multipleswitches.
Link Layer Discovery Protocol (LLDP)
and LLDP-Media Endpoint Discovery
(LLDP-MED)
ExtremeXOSsupportsIEEE802.1abstandards-baseddiscovery
protocolandprovidesvendor-independentdevicediscovery.
ItalsoprovidestightintegrationwithVoIPinfrastructureand
phones,includingE911ECSlocation,inventoryinformationand
ne-grainedPoEbudgetingandcongurationofinformation
suchasVLANsandQoStagging.
LLDPnotonlysimpliesdeploymentandlocationofaccess
devices,butcanalsobeusedasatroubleshootingandrmware
managementtool.LLDPisanextensiblestandard,providinga
frameworkforindustryconsortiumstodeneapplication-specic
extensionswithoutcausingcompatibilityissues.TheANSI/
TIA-1057LLDP-MediaEndpointDiscovery(LLDP-MED)standard
denesextensionsspecicallyforVoIP.Theseextensionsprovide
VoIP-specicinformationaswellasallowtransmissionof
congurationandlocationinformationtoVoIPphones.