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Highlights

  • G8264
    • Optimized for applications requiring high bandwidth and low latency
    • Supports Virtual Fabric and OpenFlow
    • Up to 64 10 Gb SFP+ ports in a 1U form factor
    • Future-proofed with four 40 Gb QSFP+ ports
  • G8264T
    • Forty-eight 10GBase-T connections plus four 40 Gb QSFP+ connections in a 1U form factor
    • Flexible and low-cost connectivity option for 10 Gb environments supporting distances up to 100 m

Designed with top performance in mind, the IBM RackSwitch G8264 and IBM RackSwitch G8264T are ideal for today’s big data, cloud and optimized workloads. Both are enterprise-class and full-featured data-center switches that deliver line-rate, high-bandwidth switching, filtering, and traffic queuing without delaying data. Large data-center grade buffers keep traffic moving. Redundant power and fans along with numerous high availability features equip the switches for business-sensitive traffic. The G8264 and G8264T support IBM VMready technology, an innovative, standards-based solution to manage virtual machines (VMs) in small to large-scale data center and cloud environments.

The RackSwitch G8264 is ideal for latency-sensitive applications such as high performance computing clusters and financial applications. The G8264 supports IBM Virtual Fabric to help clients reduce the number of I/O adapters to a single dual-port 10 Gb adapter, helping reduce the cost and complexity. The G8264 supports the newest protocols—including Data Center Bridging/Converged Enhanced Ethernet (DCB/CEE) for support of Fibre Channel over Ethernet (FCoE), in addition to iSCSI and NAS.

Product features

  • G8264 is optimized for High Performance Computing and other applications requiring high bandwidth and low latency
  • G8264T is a low cost, flexible connectivity option for high-speed servers and storage devices
  • Software is based on Internet standards for optimal interoperability with Cisco or other vendors’ networks
  • VMready and Virtual Fabric for virtualized networks†
  • OpenFlow enabled, making user-controlled virtual networks easy to create, optimizing performance dynamically and minimizing complexity.*

Hardware summary

  • 48 × 10 GbE SFP+ ports, 4 × 40 GbE QSFP+ ports in a 1U form factor (G8264)
  • 48 10GBase-T ports, 4 × 40 GbE QSFP+ ports in a 1U form factor (G8264T)
  • Up to 16x 10GbE SFP+ connections using optional breakout cables
  • Hot-swappable redundant power supplies and fans
  • Two airflow options to manage hot- and cold-aisle applications

† Virtual Fabric currently available on G8264

* OpenFlow currently available on G8264

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