Connecting Servers, Storage and Networks
Data centers can standardize 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 virtualized data centers. 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 RackSwitch G8000 is a top-of-rack switch specifically designed for the data center. It combines great performance, server-like airflow for cooling and low power consumption in a virtualization-ready package available at an attractive price.
| Warranty | 3-year next-business-day advance replacement with phone support and 3-year software upgrades |
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| Max Thru-put (bidirectional) Gbps | 176 Gbps |
| Ports | 48 x 1 GbE (44 RJ-45 and 4 SFP), and up to 4 x 10 GbE CX4 or SFP+ with optional uplink module |
| Redundancy | Redundant power supplies and fans come standard |
The RackSwitch G8052 is a top-of-rack switch specifically designed for the data center. It combines great performance, server-like airflow for cooling and low power consumption in a virtualization-ready package available at an attractive price.
| Warranty | 3-year next business day replacement, phone support and software upgrades |
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| Max Thru-put (bidirectional) Gbps | 176 Gbps/1.8 microseconds |
| Ports | 48 × 1 GbE (48RJ-45), 4 × 10 GbE SFP+ |
| Redundancy | Redundant power and fans standard |
The RackSwitch G8124E is designed with top performance in mind. The low-latency switch provides line-rate, high-bandwidth switching, filtering and traffic queuing without delaying data
| Warranty | 3-year next business day advanced replacement with phone support and 3-year software upgrades |
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| Max Thru-put (bidirectional) Gbps | 480 Gbps/570 nanoseconds |
| Ports | 24 1/10GbE SFP+ |
| Redundancy | Redundant power supplies and fans come standard |
The RackSwitch G8264 is a 10 Gb/40 Gb top of rack switch specifically designed for applications requiring the highest performance. It combines state of the art 1.28 Tbps throughput with up to sixty-four 10 Gb SFP+ connections 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 |
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| Max Thru-put (bidirectional) Gbps | 1.28 Tbps/880 nanoseconds |
| Ports | 48 × 10 GbE SFP+, 4 × 40 GbE 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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| Max Thru-put (bidirectional) Gbps | 1.28 Tbps/less than 1 microsecond |
| Ports | 16×40 GbE QSFP+, 64×10 GbE SFP+ |
| Redundancy | Redundant power and fans standard |
IBM Virtual fabric is a fast, flexible, reliable I/O solution that helps reduce cost and complexity in both virtualized and non-virtualized environments.
| Virtual: | Multiple virtual ports (Ethernet) from a single physical port |
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| 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 |
