GEC NEWS WIREIntroduces The S6000 Data Centre Switching Platform In The Middle East
Dell Networking expanded its S-series portfolio with the new S6000, the industry’s highest-density 1RU 10/40GbE switching platform for highly-virtualized data centres. A fixed form factor design, the S6000 doubles the density and throughput while consuming up to 50 percent less power than previous generation top-of-rack switches. Built-in advanced virtualization and automation features help customers scale larger virtual deployments in a smaller physical footprint, and helps solve the challenge of bridging virtualized and non-virtualized aspects of the infrastructure.
“Virtual environments are expanding while physical footprints remain constant, resulting in massive density increases in servers and storage. Networks need to keep up. That’s what inspired the S6000,” said Shabbir Ahmad, Regional Sales Director, Networking, EMEA Emerging Markets. “The S6000 platform can help customers unify virtualized and non-virtualized IT elements, providing a gateway to a software-defined enterprise.”
“The S6000 delivers a re-imagining of the data centre backbone,” said Joel Jaeggli, Zynga network engineer and Dell S6000 beta tester. “The 40Gb/s data centre core transition begins in earnest with the arrival of high-density fixed-configuration switches.”
S6000 is Fresh Air capable and validated as part of Dell’s Fresh Air cooling solution for servers, storage and networking. By leveraging the thermal and reliability advantages engineered into this portfolio of equipment, customers are able to run data centres even warmer, helping reduce additional maintenance and infrastructure costs, while enabling lower overall energy consumption. “To help accelerate the adoption of Network Virtualization technologies, it will be imperative for organizations to have visibility across both the virtualized and physical network environment,” said Bob Laliberte, Senior Analyst, Enterprise Strategy Group. “The Dell S6000 is tightly integrated with VMware solutions to enable a holistic view of the network environment that will enable faster troubleshooting and more effective provisioning.”
Dell expects worldwide availability of the S6000 switching platform in its fiscal third quarter 2013.
