Description
LENOVO System Networking RackSwitch G8332 Rear to Front
With latency below 600 nanoseconds, the LENOVO System Networking RackSwitch G8332 is among industry leaders. This low latency and the 2.56 Tbps throughput makes the RackSwitch G8332 an ideal offering for latency-sensitive applications, such as high-performance computing, financial applications, hosting environments, and cloud designs in Enterprise, Web 2.0, and virtual machine (VM) Centric data centers. In addition, the LENOVO System Networking RackSwitch G8332 supports VMready® with NMotion™, which enables the network to be virtual machine (VM) aware, and provides the capability to have a virtualization environment that is simpler and less expensive with exceptional performance.
The LENOVO System Networking RackSwitch G8332 offers the following features and benefits:
- High performance
- Lower power and better cooling
- Fault tolerance
- Layer 3 functionality
- Converged fabric
- Seamless interoperability
- Lenovo Cloud Networking Operating System (CNOS)
- Lenovo Enterprise Networking Operating System (ENOS)
The LENOVO System Networking RackSwitch G8332 with Cloud NOS offers the following additional features:
- Automated VM-aware network provisioning
- Zero Touch Provisioning
- Python Scripting
- REST API Programming
- Transparent networking capability
- OpenFlow enabled
- Network address translation
| Component | Specification |
| Form factor | 1U rack mount |
| Ports | 32x QSFP+ ports (24x 40 GbE ports, each with 4x 10 GbE support; 8x 40 GbE ports) |
| Media types | 40 Gb Ethernet QSFP+:
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| Switching method | Cut-through. |
| Data traffic types | Unicast, multicast, broadcast. |
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| Performance | Non-blocking architecture with wire-speed forwarding of traffic:
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| Scalability |
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| Cooling | Four 3+1 redundant hot-swap fans. Rear (non-port side) to front (port side) or front to rear airflow. |
| Power supply | Two load-sharing, redundant hot-swap 750 W (rear to front) or 550 W (front to rear) AC (100 – 240 V) power supplies (1x IEC 320-C14 connector on each power supply). |
| Hot-swap parts | QSFP+ transceivers, QSFP+ DAC cables, power supplies, fans. |
| Management ports | 1x 10/100/1000 Mb Ethernet port (RJ-45); 1x RS-232 port (Mini-USB); 1x USB port (for additional firmware, log, and configuration files storage). |
| Management interfaces | Industry standard command line interface (isCLI); SNMP v1 and v3; Netconf (XML) (ENOS only); REST API (CNOS only). Optional Lenovo Switch Center (ENOS only). Optional Lenovo XClarity for discovery, inventory, monitoring and events. Optional Lenovo Networking Content Pack for VMware vRealize Log Insight. |
| Security features | Secure Shell (SSH); Secure Copy (SCP); Secure FTP (sFTP); user level security; Role-based Access Control (RBAC); LDAP/LDAPS (ENOS only), RADIUS, and TACACS+ authentication; access control lists (ACLs); port-based network access control (IEEE 802.1x; ENOS only). |
| Hardware warranty | Three-year customer-replaceable unit and onsite limited warranty with 9×5 next business day terms. Optional warranty service upgrades are available through Lenovo: 24×7 coverage, 2-hour or 4-hour response time, 1-year or 2-year warranty extensions, 1-year or 3-year Remote Technical Support (RTS). |
| Software maintenance | Three-year software support and subscription is included in the base warranty. Optional 1-year and 2-year warranty extensions include software support and subscription. |
| Mean Time Between Failures | 178,868 hours with ambient operating temperature of 40° C. |
| Dimensions | Height: 44 mm (1.7 in.); width: 439 mm (17.3 in.); depth: 513 mm (20.2 in.) |
| Weight | 11.5 kg (25.3 lb). |
