Lenovo G8264 Product Manual

RackSwitch G8264

Product Guide

The RackSwitch™ G8264 that leverages 10Gb SFP+ and 40Gb QSFP+ Ethernet technology is specifically designed

for the data center. It is ideal for today's big data, cloud, and optimized workload solutions. It is an enterprise class

Layer 2 and Layer 3 full featured switch that delivers line-rate, high-bandwidth switching, filtering, and traffic

queuing without delaying data. Large data-center grade buffers help keep traffic moving, while the redundant power

and fans along with numerous high availability features help provide high availability for business sensitive traffic.

The RackSwitch G8264, shown in Figure 1, is ideal for latency sensitive applications such as high performance

computing clusters and financial applications. In addition to the 10 Gb Ethernet (GbE) and 40 GbE connections, the

G8264 also has the capability for traditional 1 GbE connections. The G8264 supports the newest protocols including

Data Center Bridging/Converged Enhanced Ethernet (DCB/CEE) for Fibre Channel over Ethernet (FCoE) in addition

to iSCSI and network-attached storage (NAS).

Figure 1. RackSwitch G8264

Did you know?

The G8264 supports Virtual Fabric, which helps clients significantly reduce cost and complexity related to I/O

requirements of many virtualization deployments. Virtual Fabric helps reduce the number of multiple I/O adapters to

a single dual-port 10 G adapter and reduces the number of cables and required upstream switch ports. By using

Virtual Fabric, you can carve a dual-port 10 G server adapter into 8 virtual network interface cards (vNICs) and

create dedicated virtual pipes between the adapter and switch for optimal performance, higher availability, and

improved security. With Virtual Fabric, you can make dynamic changes and allocate bandwidth per vNIC so that

you can adjust it over time without downtime.

The RackSwitch G8264 is the first 10 GbE switch to offer benefits of OpenFlow. OpenFlow is the new open

application programming interface (API) that enables the network administrator to easily configure and manage

virtual networks that control traffic on a "per-flow" basis. It creates multiple independent virtual networks and

related policies without dealing with the complexities of the underlying physical network and protocols. With

OpenFlow, clients can easily create user-controlled virtual networks, optimize performance dynamically, and

minimize complexity when used with an industry compliant OpenFlow controller.

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