Lenovo Flex System Fabric EN4093R 10Gb Scalable Switch
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Increase Performance With the growth of virtualization and the evolution of cloud, many of today’s applications require low latency and high bandwidth performance. To enable integration into the higher bandwidth networks supporting cloud services, the industryleading EN4093R is the first blade switch to feature 40Gb external ports. Additionally, the Flex System Fabric EN4093R is the first blade switch to support submicrosecond latency, while also delivering full line-rate performance of up to 1.28Tbps, making it ideal for managing dynamic workloads across your network.
Scalability, Flexibility
The EN4093R provides extreme scalability that can help reduce cost, complexity and enable rapid deployment today or in the future. Pay-as-you-grow scalability allows clients to easily and cost effectively enable additional ports through the purchase of a simple software license key. Additionally, the new flexible portmapping feature offers unmatched configuration customization by allowing any active port on the EN4093R to be designated as either an internal or external port. This port mobility capability enables I/O connectivity optimization within the Flex System chassis. With this capability, a client can deploy a pair of EN4093R modules to support an application requiring six 10Gb server ports. Supporting this application would require others to deploy up to six Ethernet modules. Consequently, this provides clients with up to 66 percent† fewer devices to manage, thereby lowering operational costs and reducing power requirements. 2 Lenovo Flex System Fabric EN4093R 10Gb Scalable Switch Simple Connectivity To provide clients with both flexibility and investment protection as their connectivity needs evolve over time, the Flex System Fabric EN4093R supports multiple operational modes. For clients seeking a simple transparent connection to their existing network but do not require advanced Layer 2 or Layer 3 networking capabilities, the EN4093R may be utilized in easy connect mode. This operational mode often helps avoid tensions between system and network administrators. However, the EN4093R may also be utilized in standard mode for clients who need to take advantage of its feature-rich suite of enterprise-class Layer 2 and Layer 3 capabilities. For those looking for further simplification, the EN4093R stacking feature allows multiple EN4093R switch modules to be managed as one logical switch, thereby reducing deployment time and network management complexity. For those contemplating the convergence of their data and storage networks, the Flex System Fabric EN4093R supports all the necessary protocols including Data Center Bridging/Converged Enhanced Ethernet (DCB/CEE). This enables the EN4093R to support network convergence with storage networks that use iSCSI, NAS or FCoE. Cloud Ready With the majority of IT organizations implementing virtualization, there has been an increased need to reduce the cost and complexity of their environments. Removing multiple physical I/O ports addresses these requirements. Virtual Fabric provides a way for you to separate a pair of 10Gb ports into virtual NICs (vNIC) to meet those requirements. To help deliver maximum performance per vNIC, plus provide higher availability and security with isolation between vNIC’s, the switch leverages capabilities of its networking operating system. Furthermore, the EN4093R offers benefits of next-generation vNIC—Unified Fabric Port (UFP). UFP is an advanced, cost-effective solution that provides a flexible way for clients to allocate, reallocate and adjust bandwidth to meet their ever-changing data center requirements. In addition, delivering advanced virtualization awareness helps simplify management and automates VM mobility by making the network VM-aware—for all major hypervisors—with VMready. With Switch Partition (SPAR), clients can virtualize the switch with partitions that isolate communications for multi-tenancy environments. Software Defined Network Ready Today some data centers are gravitating toward a new environment; one that is software defined. With the proliferation of big data and devices like smart phones, data centers must be agile and responsive. Even with recent advances, the physical network often lacks the flexibility needed to accelerate business success. Flex System and the EN4093R support OpenFlow in a blade server chassis. This enables the EN4093R to be deployed as a network element in a broader OpenFlow network and obtain flow directions from a centralized OpenFlow controller.
Scalability, Flexibility
The EN4093R provides extreme scalability that can help reduce cost, complexity and enable rapid deployment today or in the future. Pay-as-you-grow scalability allows clients to easily and cost effectively enable additional ports through the purchase of a simple software license key. Additionally, the new flexible portmapping feature offers unmatched configuration customization by allowing any active port on the EN4093R to be designated as either an internal or external port. This port mobility capability enables I/O connectivity optimization within the Flex System chassis. With this capability, a client can deploy a pair of EN4093R modules to support an application requiring six 10Gb server ports. Supporting this application would require others to deploy up to six Ethernet modules. Consequently, this provides clients with up to 66 percent† fewer devices to manage, thereby lowering operational costs and reducing power requirements. 2 Lenovo Flex System Fabric EN4093R 10Gb Scalable Switch Simple Connectivity To provide clients with both flexibility and investment protection as their connectivity needs evolve over time, the Flex System Fabric EN4093R supports multiple operational modes. For clients seeking a simple transparent connection to their existing network but do not require advanced Layer 2 or Layer 3 networking capabilities, the EN4093R may be utilized in easy connect mode. This operational mode often helps avoid tensions between system and network administrators. However, the EN4093R may also be utilized in standard mode for clients who need to take advantage of its feature-rich suite of enterprise-class Layer 2 and Layer 3 capabilities. For those looking for further simplification, the EN4093R stacking feature allows multiple EN4093R switch modules to be managed as one logical switch, thereby reducing deployment time and network management complexity. For those contemplating the convergence of their data and storage networks, the Flex System Fabric EN4093R supports all the necessary protocols including Data Center Bridging/Converged Enhanced Ethernet (DCB/CEE). This enables the EN4093R to support network convergence with storage networks that use iSCSI, NAS or FCoE. Cloud Ready With the majority of IT organizations implementing virtualization, there has been an increased need to reduce the cost and complexity of their environments. Removing multiple physical I/O ports addresses these requirements. Virtual Fabric provides a way for you to separate a pair of 10Gb ports into virtual NICs (vNIC) to meet those requirements. To help deliver maximum performance per vNIC, plus provide higher availability and security with isolation between vNIC’s, the switch leverages capabilities of its networking operating system. Furthermore, the EN4093R offers benefits of next-generation vNIC—Unified Fabric Port (UFP). UFP is an advanced, cost-effective solution that provides a flexible way for clients to allocate, reallocate and adjust bandwidth to meet their ever-changing data center requirements. In addition, delivering advanced virtualization awareness helps simplify management and automates VM mobility by making the network VM-aware—for all major hypervisors—with VMready. With Switch Partition (SPAR), clients can virtualize the switch with partitions that isolate communications for multi-tenancy environments. Software Defined Network Ready Today some data centers are gravitating toward a new environment; one that is software defined. With the proliferation of big data and devices like smart phones, data centers must be agile and responsive. Even with recent advances, the physical network often lacks the flexibility needed to accelerate business success. Flex System and the EN4093R support OpenFlow in a blade server chassis. This enables the EN4093R to be deployed as a network element in a broader OpenFlow network and obtain flow directions from a centralized OpenFlow controller.