Thursday, 7 February 2013

Dell: May the Force 10 (Gigabit Ethernet ) be with your CAT6 cables

Embeds OpenFlow control freakage in two 10GE switches


By acquiring Force 10 Networks back in July 2011, privatizing IT giant Dell moved itself from a maker of low-end switches to a contender for a slice of the top-end market for 10 and 40 Gigabit Ethernet switches that are ever so slowly becoming the backbone of data centers. But you have to keep up with the times, and that means providing a 10GBaseT port alternative to SFP+ ports and cables that are commonly required on 10GE gear, and it also means adding OpenFlow management to the switches.…




via The Register - Networks

http://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.co.uk/2013/02/07/dell_s4820t_switch_openflow/

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