The cloud's the limit for new switches

Cloud scaling will be all the switching rage at this week's Interop. Three major vendors last week took their platforms deeper into and then beyond the data center, outdueling each other on server access density and software programmability, two key attributes needed for the virtualized gold mi...

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Published in:Network World 2013-05, Vol.30 (8), p.8
Main Author: Duffy, Jim
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Alliances
Automation
Cloud computing
Computer centers
Customer services
Ethernet
Operating systems
Servers
Software industry
Software upgrading
Systems design
Systems development
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Summary:Cloud scaling will be all the switching rage at this week's Interop. Three major vendors last week took their platforms deeper into and then beyond the data center, outdueling each other on server access density and software programmability, two key attributes needed for the virtualized gold mine called the cloud. And in so doing, they have raised the bar and perhaps set the stage for one of the more anticipated announcements in SDN switching from CISCO spin-in Insieme. Arista Networks, HP and Brocade unleashed new switches, modules and software, including SDN tools, designed to scale their platforms and fabric architectures into the hundreds of thousands of 10G-attached servers. In the aggregation layer, HP unveiled the 11908 switch, which is also supports Open-Flow 1.3. The 11908 features a 7.7Tbps non-blocking fabric that can support up to 384 10G and 64 40G Ethernet ports. HP also unveiled a virtual switch to run under server hypervisors.
ISSN:0887-7661