Overview
The Allied Telesis SwitchBlade x8106 features 80 Gbps non-blocking throughput to each line card slot, providing maximum performance and wirespeed delivery of critical IPv4 and IPv6 traffic. This compact, 4RU advanced layer 3+ chassis switch features 6 slots and an included fan module.¦The SwitchBlade x8106 is a compact, high-performing, scalable solution. Dual control cards are partnered with four line card slots. Active-active switching fabric utilizes all available system bandwidth all of the time and fast failover is provided with the second control card in hot-standby. The SwitchBlade's highly resilient design includes dual controllers, dual PSUs and dual redundant passive backplane paths. The ability to hot-swap additional control cards, line cards and system or PoE power supplies guarantees maximum system uptime.¦The SwitchBlade x8106 is incredibly eco-friendly, utilizing high-efficiency power supplies and low-power chip sets. Easily the most power efficient chassis in its class, the SwitchBlade x8106 features lower cost of ownership - and is better for the planet, too.
  • Allied Telesis Management Framework (AMF)
  • Dual controller fabric slots and four line card slots
  • Dual system power supply slots and an additional two slots for PoE+ power supplies
  • High port density in a compact form factor
  • High reliability with dual redundant load-sharing PSUs
  • Maximum uptime with all hardware hot-swappable
  • Active-Active switch fabric
  • Most eco-friendly chassis in its class
  • Power over Ethernet Plus (PoE+)
  • Included fan module
  • AlliedWare Plus feature-rich operating system
  • Industry-standard CLI
  • Industry-leading Quality of Service (QoS)
  • EPSRing (Ethernet Protection Switched Ring)
  • Access Control Lists (ACLs)
High availability Resilient network topologies ensure critical information is available when you need it. The SwitchBlade x8112 has a highly resilient design including dual controllers, dual PSUs and dual redundant passive backplane paths. Active-Active switching fabric utilizes all available system bandwidth all of the time and fast failover is provided with the second control card in hot-standby. The ability to hot-swap additional control cards, line cards, and system or PoE power supplies guarantees maximum system uptime. With network resources like servers, and Internet routers, as well as downstream access devices, connected across line-cards, a SwitchBlade x8112 in the core provides a network with no single point of failure. Distributed core network Your need to distribute the core of your network may be driven by any of a number of reasons - connecting a campus, providing disaster recovery, uniting disparate departments. Whatever the driver, distributed network core solutions will always require high performance and high availability, without adding unnecessary layers of complexity to the network or its management. The ideal network for a distributed core environment will provide additional reliability and performance, while maintaining ease of use. Allied Telesis Ethernet Protection Switched Ring (EPSRing) solutions including the SwitchBlade x8112 provide high performance, high reliability, flexible, scalable distributed network cores. The core can be as small or as large as you need. The recovery time when links or nodes go down is extremely fast - as low as 50 ms, making this solution ideal for the provision of converged voice, data, video services. Converged services in the enterprise The prevalence of multimedia traffic on modern enterprise networks has provided more engaging methods of sharing information. Converging VoIP and video-to-the-desktop onto the same network infrastructure that provides traditional data connectivity is a powerful way to reduce expenditure while enhancing productivity. Allied Telesis provides the combination of technologies that are essential to a secure, reliable, uncomplicated converged enterprise network. Features like Power over Ethernet (PoE) can simplify end-point deployment, with power delivered along with data to devices such as IP phones, security cameras and wireless access points. Other features ranging from LLDP and 802.1x at the edge to high-availability stacking at the core, and integrated QoS throughout, are technologies that Allied Telesis combines into a solution that works in perfect unison.