Joint 10GbE Solution
Panduit Copper
Cabling Technology
Panduit TX6A 10GIG UTP Copper Cabling
System offers an innovative cable design
and advanced connector compensation
techniques to reduce cable size without
compromising internal and alien crosstalk
performance. Panduit TX6A 10GIG UTP
Copper Cabling Systems are available in
100m and now in new SD 70m versions.
The new TX6A-SD version offers a very
small cable diameter of 0.24 inch, which
is sized similarly to Cat6 cable and allows
reuse of existing pathways and cable
managers, optimizing cost-effective
10 GbE deployments in data centers.
Key benefits of the advanced next-
generation UTP cabling system include:
• Risk mitigation: Advanced connectivity
and cable design provides significant
headroom over the Cat6A and Class Ea
standards, eliminating the need to field
test for alien crosstalk.
• Agility and flexibility: Scalable and
modular system provides a clear
migration path to meet next-generation
application demands. A wide range
of data center architectures and
applications (long and short channels)
are supported, and bundling and
comingling of other copper category
cables is allowed.
• Reduced capital expenditures (CapEx):
Space utilization is increased through
high-density physical infrastructure
solutions combined with leading data
center reference architectures. QuickNet
pre-terminated solutions are also
available, reducing installation time
by up to 75%.
• Reduced operating expenses (OpEx):
Energy efficiency is improved through
better airflow management due to
smaller, effectively shaped cabling.
For more information, see
http://www.panduit.com/LandingPages/
HighSpeedDataTransport/index.htm
Intel
®
Ethernet Server Adapters
The Intel
®
Ethernet Server Adapter X520-T2
delivers easy-to-deploy, high-volume 10
GBASE-T connectivity over existing copper
infrastructures. These adapters deliver
advantages in cost, power, and server slot
savings compared to the use of multiple
GbE adapters. Backward compatibility with
1000BASE-T infrastructures helps ensure
easy deployment and upgrading.
The Intel Ethernet Server Adapter X520-T2
is Intel’s third-generation 10GBASE-T
adapter and includes new features to
support high-volume 10 Gigabit Ethernet:
• Dual-port design for redundancy
and greater throughput
• Send and receive ofoads to accelerate
Internet Small Computer System Interface
(iSCSI) traffic, and optimizations for
multicore processors to improve efficiency
• Intel Virtualization Technology for
Connectivity, including Virtual Machine
Device Queues and single-root I/O
virtualization (SR-IOV), delivers I/O
virtualization to boost throughput and
improve overall system performance in
virtualized and non-virtualized servers.
• PCI Express Generation 2–compliance
for dual-port, line-rate 10 Gigabit
Ethernet throughput
Showcased in this demo, the next-
generation Intel Ethernet dual-port
10GBASE-T server adapter is based on
Intel’s upcoming “Twinville” 10GBASE-T
controller. This single-chip controller
will also be integrated onto mainstream
server motherboards later in 2011, making
10GBASE-T the default connection for the
next generation of servers.
For more information, see
www.intel.com/go/ethernet
Cisco Nexus 2232TM
10GBASE-T Fabric Extender
The Cisco Nexus 2232TM 1/10GBASE-T
Fabric Extender builds on the success of
the Nexus 2000 platform and the benets
of 10GBASE-T technology.
The Nexus 2000 Fabric Extenders (FEX)
are fixed form-factor platforms that
act as remote line cards for a Cisco
Nexus 5000 or 7000 parent switch. They
provide operational simplicity at scale for
datacenter server access designs.
The Nexus 2232TM Fabric Extender
supports highly scalable 1/10GBASE-T
environments, with ease of migration from
1GBASE-T to 10GBASE-T, and flexible
use of Category 6/6a/7 cabling. It comes
with an uplink module that supports eight
10 Gigabit Ethernet fabric interfaces to
connect to a parent switch.
The Cisco Nexus 2232TM is available
today for connectivity to a Cisco Nexus
5000 parent switch. The minimum software
release required is Cisco NX-OS Software
Release 5.0(3)N2(1). A single point of
management can support up to 768
10GBASE-T ports with a combination
of Nexus 5K and N2K.
More information is available at
http:///www.cisco.com/go/nexus2000
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Copyright © 2011 Intel Corporation. All rights reserved.
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Intel, Cisco, Panduit 10 Gigabit Ethernet
Solution Demonstration Featuring 10GBASE-T
At-A-Glance