10 Gigabit Ethernet for the data center

Network Architecture This newsletter is sponsored by D-Link D-Link Unified Switching Improves Network Efficiency As businesses scale, blending traditional wireless and wired networks become a challenge. D-Link's xStack 3200 series incorporate effortless wireless switching and advanced wired functionality for a TOTAL unified network solution. Discover how D-Link can help take your network to the next level. Download your copy of "Unified Wireless Switching" to learn more. Network World's Network Architecture Newsletter, 11/06/07 10 Gigabit Ethernet for the data center By Jeff Caruso Fulcrum Microsystems this week introduced six more members of its FocalPoint line of 10 Gigabit Ethernet switch chips, adding high-performance and low-latency routing. The FM4000 series is designed for Ethernet in data centers, and could be used for high-performance computing, server and storage host interconnections, and data center aggregation. In fact Fulcrum claims its switches can enable data-center networks to scale up to thousands of nodes. That's quite a data center. Find out why WAN Optimization is Right for You Discover how you can realize a three to four month return on investment with WAN optimization tools in this informative Webcast. Learn how all WAN optimization products are not the same and how to find the right box for your organization. To find out more click here. Fulcrum says the FM4000 chips are "complete" Layer 2/3/4 IP switch/routers with a total throughput that can reach 360 million packets per second across up to 24 ports. The latency is just 300 nanoseconds as a Layer 3/4 router. Congestion management and access control lists operate at line rate. The chips support line-rate routing for both IPv4 and IPv6. Fulcrum says the low latency and high density mean that the network can include up to 3,456 non-blocking nodes. Start-up Arastra announced two data center switches based on the chips. The Arastra 7148S packs 48 ports of 10 Gigabit Ethernet into a 1U chassis and supports a wide range of 10 Gigabit and Gigabit Ethernet interfaces. The Arastra 7124S has 24 ports. They run Arastra's own operating system. Arastra's take is that new servers will come with 10 Gigabit Ethernet interfaces standard, so it wants to provide data center switches that run at that speed. The switches are scheduled to ship in the first quarter of next year, when Fulcrum's chips will be shipping in volume. Editor's note: Starting the week of Nov. 19, you will notice a number of enhancements to Network World newsletters that will provide you with more resources and more news links relevant to the newsletter's subject. Beginning 'Tues., Nov. 13, the Network Architecture Newsletter, written by Jeff Caruso, will be merged with the LAN News Alert and will be named the Network Architecture Alert. You'll get Jeff's analysis of the Network Architecture market, which you will be able to read in full at NetworkWorld.com, plus links to the day's network architecture news and other relevant resources. This Alert will be mailed on Tuesdays and Thursdays. We hope you will enjoy the enhancements and we thank you for reading Network World newsletters.   What do you think? Post a comment on this newsletter

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