Driving 10 Gigabit Ethernet Adoption in the Data Center
DRIVING 10 GIGABIT ETHERNET ADOPTION IN THE DATA CENTER
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ExtremeXOS
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X650 is a modular OS: ExtremeXOS. With one OS supporting
Extreme Networks entire product switching portfolio,
configuring and maintaining the network environment has
never been simpler. ExtremeXOS extensive XML APIs and
CLI scripting facility allows network administrators to manage
a complex data center network through a single interface
eliminating the need to learn multiple management interfaces.
Combined with ExtremeXOS ease of management is its rich-
feature set. Some of these features relevant to the data center
include seamless support for mixed IPv4 and IPv6 network
environments, security support through access control lists
(ACLs) to provide protection to the network, and its high
availability architecture and Ethernet Automated Protection
Switching (EAPS) protocol to reduce network downtime for
business continuity of mission-critical applications.
ExtremeXOS common modular OS image spanning the
entire network switching environment affords a data center
the necessary command-and-control infrastructure while, at
the same time, removing inherent network complexities.
Deploying Extreme Networks 10 Gigabit Ethernet switching
solutions at the data center network edge enables servers,
storage systems, and applications to achieve greater levels
of performance and productivity. These performance and
productivity improvements can dramatically change the
landscape of information processing as we know it today—
delivering vast amounts of information to applications and
users at data rates previously not attainable. The result is
new efficiencies of scale and the corresponding realized cost
savings as productivity increases.
Conclusion
One thing is certain: The demand for information is growing
exponentially. Along with this growth is a corresponding
demand for delivering this information to the applications
and end-users that process it. Advances in information-
processing technology, such as multi-core processors, server
virtualization, dramatically increased capacities of storage
systems, and a wealth of new information forms, all are
driving the demand on networks to deliver more information
faster and more efficiently. To achieve these ends, Intel
and Extreme Networks are providing 10 Gigabit Ethernet
solutions for existing and new data center networking
deployments, ensuring that increased network demand can
be realized at affordable costs.