NEC SIGMABLADE

NEC 10Gb Intelligent L3 Switch

The 10Gb Intelligent Layer 3 Switch provides four 10Gb Ethernet uplinks and 16 10Gb connections to server blades in the NEC SIGMABLADE blade server system. With 400 Gbps of switching capacity, the new switch delivers the performance required for NEC blade servers to handle today’s bandwidth-intensive server virtualization workloads, while consuming much lower power than the typical standalone 10Gb switches.

The 10Gb Intelligent L3 Switch is designed to work with SIGMABLADE-H/M enclosures and database-ready dual and quad core NEC Express5800 blade servers, Web, Email or front-end server-optimized NEC SIGMABLADE enclosure models.

Features:

• Two-slot width
• 4 External 10Gb XFP ports
• 16 internal 10G downlink ports
• 256Mb SDRAM
• 64Mb Flash memory
• Full line rate available—no dropped packets under normal condition
• Standards-based Layer 2 and Layer 3 features including:
  • VLANs
  • Spanning Tree
  • Rapid Spanning Tree
  • Multiple Spanning Tree
  • Uplink Failure Detection (4 Pairs)
  • IP forwarding
  • 250 IP interfaces
  • 2048 ARP entries
  • Global default route
  • Static routing support with 128 routing table entries
  • Dynamic routing support with entries in routing table (512 entries)
  • Dynamic Routing protocols (OSPF, RIPv1/v2)
  • VRRP
• Proven Interoperability in Cisco networks
• High-Availability
• Security
• Low Power Consumption: 60W

NEC 1Gb Intelligent L3 Switch

The 1Gb Intelligent L3 Switch provides line rate layer 2 switching and Layer 3 IP routing to the SIGMABLADE while minimizing the number of cables required to connect the enclosure to the network. It can be deployed in a pair for high availability and maximum uplink bandwidth. The 1Gb Intelligent L3 Switch builds on the robust features of the 1Gb Intelligent L2 Switch with the addition of Layer 3 routing, Virtual Router Redundancy Protocol-based high availability features and SFP Fiber uplink ports

The 1Gb Intelligent L3 Switch is designed to work with SIGMABLADE-H/M enclosures and database-ready dual and quad core NEC Express5800 blade servers, Web, Email or front-end server-optimized NEC SIGMABLADE enclosure models.

Features:

• Five Gigabit RJ-45 uplink ports
• Four optional external 1000SX fiber Uplinks
• 16 internal downlinks
• Two internal cross-connects in a single low cost blade switch
• 100% line rate—no dropped packets
• Standards-based Layer 2 and Layer 3 features including:
  • VLANs
  • Spanning Tree
  • Rapid Spanning Tree
  • Multiple Spanning Tree
  • Uplink Failure Detection (4 pairs)
  • IP forwarding
  • 256 IP interfaces
  • 2048 ARP entries
  • Global default route
  • Static routing support with 128 routing table entries
  • Dynamic routing support with entries in routing table (512 entries)
  • Dynamic Routing protocols (OSPF, RIPv1/v2)
  • VRRP
• Proven Interoperability in Cisco networks
• High-Availability
• Security
• Low Power Consumption: 30W
• Up to 10x savings over external switches

NEC 1Gb Intelligent L2 Switch

The 1Gb Intelligent L2 Switch provides line rate layer 2 switching to the SIGMABLADE while minimizing the number of cables required to connect the enclosure to the network. It can be deployed in pairs for high availability and maximum uplink bandwidth.

The 1Gb Intelligent L2 Switch is designed to work with SIGMABLADE-H/M enclosures and database-ready dual and quad core NEC Express5800 blade servers, Web, Email or front-end server-optimized NEC SIGMABLADE enclosure models.

Features:

• Five Gigabit RJ-45 uplink ports
• 16 internal server downlinks
• Two internal cross-connects in a single low cost blade switch
• 100% line rate—no dropped packets
• Standards-based Layer 2 features including:
  • VLANs
  • Spanning Tree
  • Rapid Spanning Tree
  • Multiple Spanning Tree
  • Uplink Failure Detection (4 pairs)
  • 2048 ARP entries
• Proven Interoperability in Cisco networks
• Supporting SmartPanel operating mode — Simple and effective to configure and manage the switch.
• High-Availability
• Security
• Low Power Consumption: 25W
• Up to 10x savings over external switches

SmartPanel for NEC 1Gb Intelligent L2 Switch

BLADE’s SmartPanel for NEC SIGMABLADE blade servers is a user selectable operating mode of the 1Gb Intelligent L2 Switch that is designed to meet the requirements of customers with simple network infrastructure requirements or limited on-site networking skills. Configuration and management of an NEC SIGMABLADE network is easy and intuitive for the server administrator. The networking features of BLADE’s Smart Panel are designed so that an improperly configured device cannot disrupt the network infrastructure. BLADE’s Smart Panel can be used to create up to five groups of NEC blade servers so administrators can control network policies such as security and bandwidth for each application group.

Features:

• Connection of Internal and external ports can be configured in groups
• A maximum of 16 internal ports can be grouped to one external port
• Supports VLANs (TagVLAN)
• Supports link aggregation (up to 5Gbps for external ports)
• Supports failover based on NIC teaming
• Has a simple to use graphical user interface (GUI)

Benefits

• Easy to configure with no networking knowledge required
• Freedom from network configuration mistakes
• Reduced number of network cables compared to using a passthrough device
• No need to re-cable during server configuration changes