 "Dell Expands Networking Portfolio For Enterprises And Small Business")
Dell has announced the Dell PowerConnect 8100 managed 10Gigabit Ethernet (GbE) switch family offering customers, building blocks to deploy applications quickly, scale operations and reduce costs. The new additions to the PowerConnect family are high-density, high-performance switch solutions designed to streamline deployments for enterprise campus and small core, mid-market network infrastructures.
With the rapid growth of rich media, communications and heavy business workloads, campus and small business networks are under increased pressure to improve productivity, maximise efficiency and simplify management. Dell designed the new PowerConnect 8100 Series to meet customer demand for networking solutions that deliver a combination of scalability, performance, operational simplicity, and cost-effectiveness in 24/7 operations.
Customers can replace older core and aggregation layers with scalable, higher-density solutions for the flexibility to step up to 10GbE and 40GbE infrastructures. The new switches enable a complete end-to-end 10GbE solution, featuring Dell PowerEdge 12th generation servers with 10GbE onboard, as well as Dell EqualLogic and Dell Compellent 10GbE storage arrays. Key functionality includes the 8100 delivers line-rate, low-latency 10GbE performance and up to four 40GbE ports. The switches are optimised for video conferencing, virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI), and unified communications and collaboration (UCC) for mid-market unified campus aggregation. Up to six switches can be stacked and managed simply, enabling businesses to quickly add capacity while delivering a reliable infrastructure that just works. The 8100 series simplifies integration for mid-size storage area networks with iSCSI traffic flow optimisation and automated configuration with Dell EqualLogic storage arrays while enabling loss-less data operations across converged (DCB) networks.
The PowerConnect 8100 Series builds on Dell’s Virtual Networking Architecture (VNA) delivering an open networking framework for efficient IT infrastructure and workload intelligence, backed by technology, solutions and products for datacentres and campus environments.