Driving 10 Gigabit Ethernet Adoption in the Data Center

DRIVING 10 GIGABIT ETHERNET ADOPTION IN THE DATA CENTER
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Summit X650 is ideal as a top-of-rack switch for data center
serverconnectivity.Correspondingly,theBlackDiamond
8800 is well suited as an end-of-row switch, aggregating
edge and core connectivity in the data center. Complementing
theBlackDiamond8800andtheSummitX650isExtreme
Networks ExtremeXOS
®
modular OS resulting in a highly
reliable, yet simple to configure, solution that meets the
demanding networking needs found in modern data centers.
BlackDiamond 8800 series switch
ThedesignoftheBlackDiamond8800seriesswitchprovides
optimal flexibility to data center network configurations
with its modular design. Customers can select purpose-
builtmodulesorbladestotailortheBlackDiamond8800
port types and speeds. With its non-blocking interconnect
design and a total switching capacity of 1.45 terabits per
second and 816 gigabits per second in the backplanes of the
BlackDiamond8810andBlackDiamond8806,respectively,
there is plenty of capacity to scale these switches when future
network needs increase.
ThelatestBlackDiamond8800’s“c”seriesbladeselection
offers an eight port 10 Gigabit Ethernet blade. With nine of
thesebladesconguredinaBlackDiamond8810,theresult
is seventy-two 10 Gigabit Ethernet ports all within a 14RU
chassis.Similarly,theBlackDiamond8806canbecongured
with up to five 10 Gigabit Ethernet blades for a maximum of
forty 10 Gigabit Ethernet ports contained in a 10RU chassis.
BothBlackDiamond8800modelsincludeapassivebackplane
complemented by high availability design elements, such as
isolated control and data planes, redundant controller boards
for power distribution, and physical monitoring, to identify
potential problems before they affect network availability. To
ensurecontinuousoperationtheBlackDiamond8800series
offers redundant power supplies and redundant Management
Switch Modules (MSMs) with active failover.
ExtremeNetworksBlackDiamond8800seriesswitches
deliver both Gigabit Ethernet and 10 Gigabit Ethernet
wherever it is needed—from the network edge to the network
core and the ability to aggregate high-speed connections to
eliminate bottlenecks between the edge and the core. The
BlackDiamond8800isanidealend-of-rowsolutionfordense
rack server environments in the ever-expanding data center.
Summit X650 series switch
The Summit X650 series switch offers remarkable performance
in a very small package. This switch is a purpose-built top-of-
rack design offering 24 non-blocking 10 Gigabit Ethernet ports
in a 1RU form factor. It is ideal for deployment in data centers
where connectivity to blade servers and Ethernet-based storage
systems is contained in a single data center rack.
TheSummitX650isofferedintwomodels:a10GBASE-T
version to accommodate the need for copper twisted-pair
cableconnectionsandanSFP+version(10GBASE-X)to
accommodateopticalberconnections.Bothmodelscontain
the most advanced 10 Gigabit Ethernet technology to support
exceptionally high-density switching with very low latencies
and highly scalable routing. The result is an Ethernet switch
that can meet the critical demands of the data center.
One of the key features of the Summit X650 series switch
is its ability to stack with other Summit switches through
Extreme’s switch stacking technology, SummitStack
TM
The
Summit X650 offers flexible stacking options supporting
existing stacking configurations Summit X250 and
Summit X450 switches using a 40 Gigabit SummitStack
interconnection, a new ultra high speed Summit Stack256
that supports the stacking of eight Summit X650s for a
massive 192-port 10 Gigabit Ethernet, or a SummitStack512
allowing for two Summit X650s to be stacked together for
non-blocking performance across all forty-eight 10 Gigabit
Ethernet ports. These stacking options are supported through
Extreme’s unique Summit X650 Versatile Interface Module
(VIM) giving customers the ability to configure the Summit
X650 to meet their specific data center needs.
The Summit X650 is the answer for migrating existing
servers and storage systems from Gigabit Ethernet
environments to 10 Gigabit Ethernet in modern, virtualized
data centers. With its versatile design, the Summit X650 has
the flexibility to accommodate massive 10 Gigabit Ethernet
edge configurations along with the ability to aggregate traffic
onto a data center’s core backbone network.