RackSwitch

BLADE’s new 1U RackSwitch product family extends virtualization by mirroring the benefits of server virtualization within the network at the rack level, saves energy through rack-friendly cooling and alleviates management pain by removing complexity through simplified management and fabric convergence.

• VIRTUAL: Networking Virtualization switch-resident software
  • SmartConnect™: Worlds first rack-level network virtualization
  • VMready™: Removes stress on network caused by virtualization (e.g. migrating network security policies)
• COOLER: First server and storage rack-optimized switch
  • Airflow to match server and storage racks, not wiring closets
• EASIER: Simple management
  • BLADEHarmony™ Manager for centrally managing 1000’s of BLADE switches
  • Converged fabric with 10G Ethernet avoids dealing with multiple networks

RackSwitch products from BLADE take a breakthrough approach that is becoming known as “Rackonomics” to reduce the total cost of ownership of data center infrastructures, overcome network overload and enable scale-out data center economies.

For the first time, data center architects can standardize on a unified and affordable rack-level network infrastructure to provision and scale out Web 2.0 environments, high-performance clusters and virtualized data centers.