ExtremeRouting SLX 9540-48S Switch DC with Back-to-Front Airflow

With cloud services, 4K HD video streaming, Internet of Things (IoT), and mobile connectivity for billions of devices becoming standard, organizations must modernize the way they communicate and conduct business. In addition to consuming an enormous amount of network capacity, these services increase operational complexity just as organizations are striving to meet customer demands for greater business agility and performance.

To succeed in the digital era, organizations need network platforms that allow them to simplify and speed up operations, without increasing costs. Such platforms incorporate innovative software to analyze and automate network operations, thereby reducing OpEx, and provide flexible deployment options with forwarding performance and scale to dramatically reduce CapEx.

A Flexible, High-Performance Switching Platform

The ExtremeRouting SLX 9540 is designed to cost-effectively deliver the performance needed to address the explosive growth in network bandwidth, devices, and services — today and well into the future. This flexible platform, powered by Extreme SLX-OS, provides carrier-class advanced features that leverage proven Extreme routing, MPLS, Carrier Ethernet, and VXLAN overlay technology currently deployed in the most demanding service provider, data center, and enterprise networks. And it is all delivered through space- and power-efficient forwarding hardware.

The flexible architecture is designed for optimal operations, supporting diverse deployment options — such as data center edge, WAN edge, IXP, and colocation data center deployments — that require deep buffering for lossless forwarding, advanced MPLS, Carrier Ethernet features or VXLAN network virtualization overlays, and greater bandwidth. In addition, the SLX 9540 helps address the increasing agility and analytics needs of digital organizations with innovative network automation, visbility and the Extreme SLX Insight Architecture.

Highlights

• Enables flexible edge connectivity by cost-effectively delivering density, features, and performance optimized for data center interconnect, WAN edge, IXP, and colocation data center deployments
• Includes multiple configurations of dense 10 GbE and 100 GbE ports for diverse deployment options
• Delivers up to 720 Mpps forwarding capacity and up to 800 Gbps switch fabric capacity with an industry-leading
• 6 GB of tunable, ultra-deep packet buffers in a 1U form factor
• Provides carrier-class forwarding, including full IPv4/v6 switching, MPLS, VPLS, VLL, and BGP-EVPN VXLAN overlay capabilities on a single platform
• Supports customizable, real-time monitoring via the Extreme SLX Insight Architecture for improved troubleshooting with reduced MTTR, optimized use of off-device Big Data analytics and monitoring platforms, and intelligent automation