| Publisher | IDC | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Format | 262.0KB PDF, requires Acrobat Rdr 5 | Date added | 08 Sep 2003 |
| Topics | Blades, Switching | ||
| Downloads | 23 | ||
In the past decade, organizations have dramatically increased the number of network devices in their datacenters, adding critical functionality but complicating datacenter management. The Internet boom, in particular, fueled an explosion of single-function network appliances, creating a highly complex and inefficient datacenter topology that is difficult and expensive to manage and vulnerable to security threats. IBM embedded and integrated a Layer 2.7 Gigabit Ethernet switch module designed by Nortel Networks into its eServer BladeCenter offering. With the inclusion of a Layer 2.7 switch, IBM expects to add new capabilities and benefits to its blade server offering, including increased application availability and performance, improved manageability and security protection, easier scalability, and greater flexibility to support on-demand computing. This paper validates the benefits of embedding and integrating Layer 2.7 switches into a blade server chassis.
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