IBM G8264 switch

  • Up to 64 10GbE SFP+ ports
  • 4 x 40 GbE QSFP+ ports
  • Hot-swap redundant power supplies & fans
  • Front-to-Back or Back-to-Front airflow
  • Same Switch firmware may be used in traditional L2/L3 mode or OpenFlow mode
  • Advanced L2/L3 Features
    • Advanced Layer 2 and Layer 3 protocols support
    • PIM SM/DM and IGMP v3
    • BGP, OSPFv3 (IPv6)
    • DataCenter Bridging (DCB) needed for FCoE
  • Network Virtualisation with VMready
  • Full Layer 2 and Layer 3 support
  • OpenFlow 1.0 with up to 97750 Flows
    • Connections to multiple controllers for high availability
    • Complete hardware implementation
  • Generally Available
  • More information at http://www-03.ibm.com/systems/x/options/networking/bnt8264/index.html