BNT RackSwitch G8052

Highlights

• 48 × 1 GbE RJ45 ports and four standard 10 GbE SFP+ ports
• Choice of airflow direction, allowing for significant savings in cooling costs
• Low 130 W power rating and variable speed fans help reduce power consumption
• Network virtualization―VMready automatically detects virtual machine movement from one physical server to another
• Stacking―A single switch image and configuration file can be used for up to eight switches, sharing only one IP address and one management interface (available 2Q 2011).
• Availability―Built-in (standard) redundant fans, redundant power supplies, and HA software features.

The IBM BNT RackSwitch™ G8052 is an Ethernet switch specifically designed for the data center, providing a virtual, cool and easy network solution.

The BNT RackSwitch G8052 is virtual―providing rack-level virtualization of networking interfaces for a rack full of server and storage systems―decoupling the scaling of networking and computing capacity via on-switch VMready™ software. VMready enables the movement of virtual machines—providing matching movement of VLAN assignments, ACLs, and other networking and security settings. VMready works with all leading VM providers (VMware, Citrix Xen, Microsoft®, etc.).

The RackSwitch G8052 is cool―implementing a choice of directional cooling to maximize data center layout and provisioning. Its superior airflow design complements the hot-aisle and cold-aisle data center cooling model.

The RackSwitch G8052 is easy―with server-oriented provisioning via point-and-click management interfaces, along with the optional BLADEHarmony Manager software package for updating large groups of switches.

The RackSwitch G8052 offers 48x1 Gigabit Ethernet ports and four standard (no uplink module necessary) 10 Gigabit Ethernet ports in a 1U footprint. Designed with top performance in mind, the G8052 provides line-rate, high-bandwidth switching, filtering, and traffic queuing without delaying data, and large data-center-grade buffers to keep traffic moving. Redundant power and fans along with numerous high availability features mean that the G8052 is always available for business-sensitive traffic.

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