Connecting Servers, Storage and Networks
Data centres can standardise on a unified and affordable rack-level, or top of rack, network infrastructure to provision and scale out Web 2.0 environments, high-performance clusters and virtualised data centres. IBM's Ethernet RackSwitch family is designed to bring speed and intelligence to the edge of your network; where it's closer to your business, users and innovations. IBM's top of rack products are lossless, low latency and low power.
The IBM RackSwitch G8000 is a top of rack switch specifically designed for the data centre. It combines great performance, server-like airflow for cooling and low power consumption in a virtualisation-ready package available at an attractive price.
Form factor
1U
Ports
48x1 GbE (44RJ-45 and 4 SFP), up to 4x10 GbE CX4 or SFP+ with optional uplink module
Max Thru-put (bidirectional)/Latency
176 Gbps/4.6 microseconds
Redundancy
Redundant power supplies and fans come standard
Warranty
3-year next business day advance replacement with phone support and 3-year software upgrades
This RackSwitch is a top of rack switch specifically designed for the data centre. It combines great performance, server-like airflow for cooling and low power consumption in a virtualisation-ready package available at an attractive price.
Warranty
3-year next business day replacement, phone support and software upgrades
Ports
48 x 1 GbE (48RJ-45), 4 x 10 GbE SFP+
Max Thru-put (bidirectional)/Latency
1.8 microseconds
Redundancy
Redundant power and fans standard
The G8124 is designed with top performance in mind. The low-latency switch provides line-rate, high-bandwidth switching, filtering and traffic queuing without delaying data
Form factor
1U
Ports
24 1/10GbE SFP+
Max Thru-put (bidirectional)/Latency
480 Gbps/.68 microseconds
Redundancy
Redundant power supplies and fans come standard
Warranty
3-year next business day advanced replacement with phone support and 3-year software upgrades
The RackSwitch G8264 is a 10 gigabit (Gb)/40 Gb top of rack switch specifically designed for applications requiring the highest performance. It combines state of the art 1.28 terabits per second (Tbps) throughput with up to sixty-four 10 Gb small form-factor pluggable (SFP+) connections in an ultra-dense 1U form factor.
Warranty
Three-year customer replaceable unit and onsite limited warranty, next business day 09:00 to 17:00, service upgrades available
Max Thru-put (bidirectional)/Latency
1.28 Tbps/880 nanoseconds
Ports
48 × 10 gigabit Ethernet (GbE) SFP+, 4 × 40 GbE quad small form-factor pluggable (QSFP+)
Redundancy
Redundant power and fans standard
The RackSwitch G8264T is 10GBase-T top of rack switch which provides a flexible and low-cost connectivity option for servers and storage devices.
Warranty
3-year customer replaceable unit and onsite limited warranty, next business day 9×5, service upgrades available
Max Thru-put (bidirectional) Gbps
1.28 Tbps/3.2 microseconds
Ports
48 x 10GBase-T, 4x40 GbE QSFP+
Redundancy
Redundant power and fans standard
The RackSwitch™ G8264CS simplifies deployment and future growth with its Omni Ports giving clients the choice of 10 Gb Ethernet, 4/8 Gb Fibre Channel or both for upstream connections. It combines state of the art 1.28 Tbps throughput in an ultra-dense 1U form factor.
Warranty
3-year customer replaceable unit and onsite limited warranty, next business day 9×5, service upgrades available
Max Thru-put (bidirectional)/Latency
1.28 Tbps/Low latency
Ports
36 × 10 GbE SFP+, 12 Omni Ports, 4 × 40 GbE QSFP+
Redundancy
Redundant hot-swap power and fans standard
The RackSwitch G8316 is a 40 Gb top of rack aggregation switch specifically designed for applications requiring the highest performance. It combines state of the art 1.28 Tbps throughput with up to 64 10 Gb SFP+ ports in an ultra-dense 1U form factor.
Warranty
One-year next business day replacement, phone support and software upgrades
Max Thru-put (bidirectional)/Latency
1.28 Tbps/less than 1 microsecond
Ports
16×40 GbE QSFP+, 64×10 GbE SFP+
Redundancy
Redundant power and fans standard
I/O virtualisation
Virtual Fabric for IBM System x
IBM Virtual fabric is a fast, flexible, reliable I/O solution that helps reduce cost and complexity in both virtualised and non-virtualised environments.
Virtual:
Multiple virtual ports (Ethernet) from a single physical port
Performance:
Fast line-rate 10Gb performance
Scalability:
Define exact number of ports needed (from 2 to 8 per adapter)
Flexibility:
Each virtual port operates anywhere between 100Mb and 10Gb
Reliability:
Intelligent Failure Monitoring to enable automatic failover between physical or virtual ports
