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IBM System Networking RackSwitch G8264

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Line cords, descriptions, and feature codes are listed in Table 3.

Table 3. Line cords description and IBM Power Systems and Storage feature codes

Description

Feature code

Power Cord 4.3m (14-ft), Drawer to Wall/IBM PDU (250V/10A)

6458

Power Cord 4.3m (14-ft), Drawer to Wall/OEM PDU (250V/15A) U. S.

6469

Power Cord 1.8m (6-ft), Drawer to Wall (125V/15A)

6470

Power Cord 2.7m (9-ft), Drawer to Wall/OEM PDU (125V/15A)

6471

Power Cord 2.7m (9-ft), Drawer to Wall/OEM PDU (250V/16A)

6472

Power Cord 2.7m (9-ft), Drawer to Wall/OEM PDU (250V/10A)

6473

Power Cord 2.7m (9-ft), Drawer to Wall/OEM PDU, (250V/13A)

6474

Power Cord 2.7m (9-ft), Drawer to Wall/OEM PDU, (250V/16A)

6475

Power Cord 2.7m (9-ft), Drawer to Wall/OEM PDU, (250V/10A)

6476

Power Cord 2.7m (9-ft), Drawer to Wall/OEM PDU, (250V/16A)

6477

Power Cord 2.7m (9-ft), Drawer to Wall/OEM PDU, (125V/15A or 250V/10A)

6488

Power Cord 2.7m (9-ft), Drawer to Wall/OEM PDU, (250V/10A)

6493

Power Cord 2.7m (9-ft), Drawer to Wall/OEM PDU, (250V/10A)

6494

Power Cord 4.3m (14-ft), Drawer to Wall/OEM PDU (125V/15A)

6660

Power Cord 2.8m (9.2-ft), Drawer to Wall/IBM PDU, (250V/ 10A)

6665

Power Cord 2.7m (9-ft), Dawer to Wall/OEM PDU, (250V/10A)

6680

Power Cord 2.7m (9-ft), Drawer to Wall/OEM PDU, (250V/10A)

6671

Power Cord 1.5m (5-ft), Drawer to Wall/OEM PDU, (250V/10A)

6672

Benefits

The IBM System Networking RackSwitch G8264 offers the following benefits:

High performance

The 10 Gb/40 Gb switch provides the best combination of low latency, non-blocking line-rate 

switching, and ease of management. It has a throughput of 1.28 Tbps. 

Lower power and better cooling

The IBM RackSwitch G8264 uses as little as 330 W of power, which is a fraction of the power 

consumption of most competitive offerings. Unlike side-cooled switches, which can cause 
heat recirculation and reliability concerns, the front-to-rear or rear-to-front cooling design of 
the G8264 reduces data center air conditioning costs by having airflow match the servers in 
the rack. In addition, variable speed fans help to automatically reduce power consumption.

Stacking

With the G8264, a single switch image and configuration file can be used for up to eight 

switches, sharing only one IP address and one management interface.

Virtual Fabric

The G8264 can help customers address I/O requirements for multiple NICs while reducing 

cost and complexity. Virtual Fabric for IBM allows you to carve a physical NIC into multiple 
virtual NICs (between 2 - 8 vNIC) and to create a virtual pipe between the adapter and the 

Summary of Contents for RackSwitch G8264

Page 1: ...rtual Fabric helps reduce the number of multiple I O adapters to a single dual port 10 G adapter and reduces the number of cables and required upstream switch ports By using Virtual Fabric you can car...

Page 2: ...ore NICs are needed per server An example is virtualization where clients often need up to eight NICs per server For more information see IBM Virtual Fabric at http www ibm com systems networking soft...

Page 3: ...288 ECBG 1 m IBM Passive DAC SFP Cable 90Y9427 ECB4 3 m IBM Passive DAC SFP Cable 90Y9430 ECB5 5 m IBM Passive DAC SFP Cable 90Y9433 ECB6 7 m IBM Passive DAC SFP Cable 00D6151 ECBH 1 m IBM Active DAC...

Page 4: ...d feature codes for ordering part 4 Miscellaneous options System x part number Power Systems feature code IBM System Networking Adjustable 19 4 Post Rail Kit 00D6185 EU27 Front to rear hot swappable p...

Page 5: ...10A 250 V OPT 39Y7918 Power Cord Europe Denmark AC plug 10A 250 V OPT 39Y7919 Power Cord Europe Switzerland AC plug 10A 250 V OPT 39Y7920 Power Cord Israel AC plug 10A 250 V OPT 39Y7922 Power Cord Sou...

Page 6: ...l OEM PDU 250V 10A 6680 Power Cord 2 7m 9 ft Drawer to Wall OEM PDU 250V 10A 6671 Power Cord 1 5m 5 ft Drawer to Wall OEM PDU 250V 10A 6672 Benefits The IBM System Networking RackSwitch G8264 offers t...

Page 7: ...Mode or PIM Dense Mode Converged fabric The IBM switch supports CEE and connectivity to FCoE gateways CEE helps enable clients to combine storage messaging traffic VoIP video and other data on a commo...

Page 8: ...re Upgrade Entitlement is based on the switch s warranty or post warranty extension and service contracts Features and specifications Performance hardware and software features are described in the fo...

Page 9: ...s for reduced power draw o Figure 3 shows the rear view of the IBM RackSwitch G8264 Figure 3 Rear view of IBM RackSwitch G8264 Power Dual hot swap power modules 50 60Hz 100 240 VAC auto switching per...

Page 10: ...g o FCoE Lossless Ethernet 802 1 Data Center Bridging o Priority Based Flow Control PFC o Enhanced Transmission Selection ETS o Data Center Bridge Exchange protocol DCBX o FIP Snooping o Fibre Channel...

Page 11: ...ready with VI API support o vNIC MIB support for SNMP o OpenFlow OpenFlow v1 0 o OpenFlow hybrid mode o Clients IBM System Networking Switch Center SNSC o ISCLI Cisco like o Scriptable CLI o Browser b...

Page 12: ...lled o Most clients will have up to twenty 2U servers per rack With the G8264 switch being able to support up to 64 SFP ports a client can easily use a switch across three racks of severs and more lik...

Page 13: ...r and the IBM RackSwitch G8000 G8052 1 GbE at Edge Access The G8264 is also ideal at the distribution layer when you are looking to aggregate connections for access layer switches like the G8000 or G8...

Page 14: ...The following high level configuration is an example of how a configuration might look if the G8052 is used as leaf switches and the G8264 is used as a spine switch All active links Traffic load balan...

Page 15: ...itch ports Reduced complexity o Fewer items to manage based standards making management easier with the addition of high availability and better security Better performance o A significant amount more...

Page 16: ...the economics of storage G8264 benefits for IP Storage applications are as follows Lossless Ethernet Fabric Low latency ideal for HPC clusters cloud and financial applications Line rate high bandwidt...

Page 17: ...IBM System Networking RackSwitch G8264 17 Figure 8 shows the iSCSI Figure 8 iSCSI...

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