Description

LENOVO System Networking RackSwitch G8264CS Rear to Front

The LENOVO System Networking RackSwitch G8264CS top-of-rack switch offers the benefits of a converged infrastructure. As part of its forward-thinking design, this switch has the flexibility for growth and expansion. This switch is ideal for clients who want to connect to SANs and clients who want native Fibre Channel connectivity, in addition to support for such protocols as Ethernet, Fibre Channel over Ethernet (FCoE), and iSCSI.
The RackSwitch G8264CS includes the following features:

• Lossless Ethernet, Fibre Channel, and FCoE in one switch
• A total of 36 SFP+ ports that support 1 Gb or 10 Gb Ethernet
• Flexibility with 12 Omni Ports that support 10 Gb Ethernet or 4/8 Gb Fibre Channel connections
• Can aggregate FC or FCoE traffic and connect to SANs
• Future-proofed with four 40 Gb QSFP+ ports
• Low cost, low complexity, and simpler deployment and management

The LENOVO System Networking RackSwitch G8264CS simplifies deployment with its innovative and flexible Omni Port technology. The 12 Omni Ports on the G8264CS give clients the flexibility to choose a 10 Gb Ethernet, 4/8 Gb Fibre Channel, or both for upstream connections. In FC mode, Omni Ports provide convenient access to FC storage. The Omni Port technology that is provided on the G8264CS helps consolidate enterprise storage, networking, data, and management onto a simple-to-manage, efficient, and cost-effective single fabric. Also, the G8264CS can be used to create 252-node PODs or clusters with Flex System™ Interconnect Fabric.
The LENOVO System Networking RackSwitch G8264CS is considered particularly suited for the following customers:

• Customers who want to implement a converged infrastructure with FCoE where the G8264CS acts as a Full Fabric FC/FCoE switch for the end-to-end FCoE configurations or as a Fibre Channel Forwarder (FCF) NPV Gateway that breaks out FC traffic for the native Fibre Channel SAN connectivity.
• Customers who are implementing a virtualized environment.
• Customers who require investment protection for 40 GbE network connectivity.
• Customers who want to reduce total cost of ownership (TCO) and improve performance while maintaining high levels of availability and security.
• Customers who want to avoid or minimize oversubscription, which can result in congestion and loss of performance.

The RackSwitch G8264CS offers the following features and benefits:

• Lowers the TCO with consolidation
• Improves performance and increases availability
• High performance
• Lower power and better cooling
• Support for Virtual Fabric
• VM-aware networking
• Layer 3 functionality
• Seamless interoperability
• Fault tolerance
• Multicast support
• Transparent networking capability