IBM RackSwitch G8264
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1. LI Integration with L2 Failover Virtual link aggregation groups vLAGs 802 1Qbg Edge Virtual Bridging EVB is an emerging IEEE standard for allowing networks to become virtual machine VM aware LI Virtual Ethernet Bridging VEB and Virtual Ethernet Port Aggregator VEPA are mechanisms for switching between VMs on the same hypervisor El Edge Control Protocol ECP is a transport protocol that operates between two peers over an IEEE 802 LAN providing reliable in order delivery of upper layer protocol data units 2 Virtual Station Interface VSI Discovery and Configuration Protocol VDP allows centralized configuration of network policies that will persist with the VM independent of its location EVB Type Length Value TLV is used to discover and configure VEPA ECP and VDP VMready support Converged Enhanced Ethernet 0 Priority Based Flow Control PFC IEEE 802 1Qbb extends 802 3x standard flow control to allow the switch to pause traffic based on the 802 1p priority value in each packet s VLAN tag Enhanced Transmission Selection ETS IEEE 802 1Qaz provides a method for allocating link bandwidth based on the 802 1p priority value in each packet s VLAN tag Data Center Bridging Capability Exchange Protocol DCBX IEEE 802 1AB allows neighboring network devices to exchange information about their capabilities Fibre Channel over Ethernet FCoE O O2. Virtual Router Redundancy Protocol VRRP for Layer 3 router redundancy IEEE 802 1D STP for providing L2 redundancy IEEE 802 1s Multiple STP MSTP for topology optimization up to 32 STP instances are supported by a single switch IEEE 802 1w Rapid STP RSTP provides rapid STP convergence for critical delay sensitive traffic like voice or video Per VLAN Rapid STP PVRST enhancements Layer 2 Trunk Failover to support active standby configurations of network adapter teaming on compute nodes Hot Links provides basic link redundancy with fast recovery for network topologies that require Spanning Tree to be turned off e VLAN support 0 RackSwitch G8264 Up to 4095 VLANs supported per switch with VLAN numbers ranging from 1 to 4095 VLAN 4095 is used by the management network Port based and protocol based VLANs 802 1Q VLAN tagging support Ingress VLAN tagging support to tunnel packets through a public domain without altering the original 802 1Q tagging information Private VLANs support as defined in RFC 5517 e Security O O O O O O 0 VLAN based MAC based and IP based access control lists ACLs 802 1x port based authentication Multiple user IDs and passwords User access control Radius TACACS and LDAP authentication and authorization NIST 800 131A Encryption Selectable encryption protocol e Quality of Service QoS o 0 Support for IEEE 802 1p IP ToS DSCP and ACL based MAC IP source and dest
3. Table 2 Power cables Description Part number Feature code for MTM 7309 HC3 and 7309 HC4 Rack power cables 1 5m 10A 100 250V C13 to IEC 320 C14 Rack Power Cable 39Y7937 6201 2 8m 10A 100 250V C13 to IEC 320 C20 Rack Power Cable 39Y7938 6204 4 3m 10A 100 250V C13 to IEC 320 C14 Rack Power Cable 39Y7932 6263 Country specific power cords European 10A line C13 to CEE 7 7 2 8M 39Y7917 6212 Denmark 10A line C13 to DK2 5A 2 8M 39Y7918 6213 Switzerland 10A line C13 to SEV 1011 2 8M 39Y7919 6216 Israel 10A line C13 to SI 32 2 8M 39Y7920 6218 South Africa 10A line C13 to SABS 164 1 2 8M 39Y7922 6214 United Kingdom 10A line C13 to BS 1363 2 8M 39Y7923 6215 Australia NZ 10A line C13 to SAA AS C112 2 8M 39Y7924 6211 Korea 7A line C13 to KETI 15A 250V 2 8M 39Y7925 6219 India 6A line C13 to Fig 68 2 8M 39Y7927 6269 China 6A line C13 to GB 2099 1 2 8M 39Y7928 6210 Brazil 10A line C13 to NBR 6147 2 8M 39Y7929 6223 Argentina 10A line C13 to IRAM 2063 2 8M 39Y7930 6222 10A 250V C13 to NEMA 6 15P 2 8m power cord 46M2592 A1RF Japan 10A 100V C13 to JIS C 8303 2 8m power cord 46M2593 A1RE RackSwitch G8264 3 Supported cables and transceivers With the flexibility of the G8264 switch clients can take advantage of the technologies that they require for multiple environments For 1 GbE server or
4. 63 Core NEBS Physical Protection o GR 1089 Core EMC and Electrical Safety for Network Telecommunications Equipment o Non PoE models 24 port and 48 port oo0oo0o ooo0oo000000 e Environmental o Reduction of Hazardous Substances ROHS 6 RackSwitch G8264 Typical configurations The following configurations are the most typical for using the RackSwitch G8264 Rack optimized server aggregation 10 GbE attached rack servers Rack optimized server aggregation 1 GbE attached rack servers 2560 node 1 GbE network Using next generation 64 port 1U switches Virtual Fabric configuration with System x servers using the Emulex Virtual Fabric Adapter IP storage over 10 GbE Changing the economics of storage Rack optimized server aggregation 10 GbE attached rack servers The RackSwitch G8264 is an ideal networking device for port aggregation allowing the consolidation of one to three racks full of servers before connecting to an upstream switch e High concentration of rack optimized servers for example 0 o 0 System x 1U servers with a 10 Gb adapter installed Easily supports 40 servers per rack Easily supports up to 48 servers or more depending on uplink bandwidth required across two racks including storage or UPS System x 2U servers with a 10 Gb adapter installed Most clients will have up to twenty 2U ser
5. DAC SFP Cable 00D6151 A3RH SFP active direct attach cables 10 GbE 1m Active DAC SFP Cable 95Y0323 A25A 3m Active DAC SFP Cable 95Y0326 A25B 5m Active DAC SFP Cable 95Y0329 A25C QSFP transceiver and cables 40 GbE QSFP 40GBASE SR4 Transceiver 49Y7884 A1DR Requires either cable 90Y3519 or cable 90Y3521 10m MTP Fiber Optical Cable requires transceiver 49Y7884 90Y3519 A1MM 30m MTP Fiber Optical Cable requires transceiver 49Y7884 90Y3521 A1MN QSFP 40GBASE LR4 Transceiver 00D6222 A3NY QSFP breakout cables 40 GbE to 4x10 GbE 1m 40Gb QSFP to 4 x 10Gb SFP Cable 49Y7886 A1DL 3m 40Gb QSFP to 4 x 10Gb SFP Cable 49Y7887 A1DM 5m 40Gb QSFP to 4 x 10Gb SFP Cable 49Y7888 A1DN QSFP direct attach cables 40 GbE 1m QSFP to QSFP DAC Cable 49Y7890 A1DP 3m QSFP to QSFP DAC Cable 49Y7891 A1DQ 5m QSFP to QSFP DAC Cable 00D5810 A2X8 7m QSFP to QSFP DAC Cable 00D5813 A2X9 Up to six SFP ER Transceivers is supported per switch IBM Power Systems 10Gb NIC connectivity requires SFP active DAC cables RackSwitch G8264 Benefits The RackSwitch G8264 is considered particularly suited for these environments The G8264 supports several types of configurations 1 GbE 10 GbE 40 GbE vNIC Converged Enhanced Ethernet CEE DCB NAS and iSCSI The G8264 with SFP technology is the ideal solution for clients who are looking for low latency and low power consumption The G8264 supports st
6. Not all covered types of warranty service offerings might be available in a particular country For more information about the Lenovo warranty service upgrade offerings that are available in your country visit the ServicePac Product Selector at the following website https www 304 ibm com sales gss download spst servicepac Physical specifications The approximate dimensions and weight of the G8264 switch are as follows Height 44 mm 1 7 in Width 440 mm 17 3 in Depth 381 mm 15 0 in Weight 6 4 kg 14 1 Ib Operating environment The G8264 switch is supported in the following operating environment Temperature 0 to 45 C 32 to 113 F Relative humidity Non condensing 10 85 Altitude up to 3 049 m 10 000 feet Acoustic noise Less than 65 dB Airflow Front to rear or rear to front cooling with redundant variable speed fans for reduced power draw Electrical input 50 60 Hz 100 240 V AC auto switching e Typical power 330 W RackSwitch G8264 16 Agency approvals The switch conforms to the following regulations e Safety certifications UL UL60950 1 First Edition C UL to CAN CSA 22 2 No 60950 1 First Edition TUV GS to EN 60950 1 Amendment A1 A4 A11 CB IEC60950 1 all country deviations e Electromagnetic compatibility certifications FCC 47CFR Part 15 Class A EN 55022 Class A ICES 003 Class A VCCI Class A AS NZS CISPR 22 Class A CISPR 22 Class A EN 55024 EN 300386 CE e NEBS o GR
7. and benefits RackSwitch G8264 Top of Rack Switch 10G attached 2U rack servers Features Benefits Line rate non blocking all 64 ports Supports massive compute and virtualization workloads Deterministically low latency Faster application response times Support for IGMP Snooping and L3 forwarding Enables high bandwidth low latency multicast applications Standards based Layer 2 3 protocols industry standard CLI Interoperates with the existing network no learning curve RackSwitch G8264 Rack optimized server aggregation 1 GbE attached rack servers The design goal is to have the RackSwitch G8264 10 GbE switch at the distribution layer and RackSwitch G8000 G8052 1 GbE at the Edge Access layer The G8264 is also ideal at the distribution layer when you are looking to aggregate connections for access layer switches like the G8000 or G8052 which support forty eight 1 GbE ports to the servers and four 10 GbE uplinks In either scenario the G8264 provides exceptional value by providing the following support e Upto 12 G8000 G8052 switches 576 servers when using the four 10 Gb uplinks per G8000 G8052 while still having the four 40 Gb uplinks from the G8264 to the core e Upto 16 G8000 G8052 switches 768 servers when using the four 10 Gb uplinks per G8000 G8052 and using 10 Gb SFP break out cables in the four 40 Gb ports with no up
8. for System x is built using industry standards and is the ideal solution for customers that require more than two NICs per server Over the past couple of years many clients have seen their 1 O requirements per server increase anywhere from 4 to 6 to 8 or even more NICs per server especially with the adoption of virtualization What Virtual Fabric does is provide clients with the ability to leverage a virtual NIC approach leveraging 10 Gb Ethernet technology to help reduce cost and complexity while also achieving better performance and more flexibility It provides the following benefits o Reduced costs Acquisition and operating by using fewer adapters cables and upstream switch ports o Reduced complexity Fewer items to manage based standards making management easier with the addition of high availability and better security o Better performance A significant amount more I O bandwidth per server and lower latency than traditional 1 Gb Ethernet RackSwitch G8264 21 Flexibility The ability to carve up a dual port 10 Gb adapter into 4 8 virtual NICs and create virtual pipes between the adapter and switch for higher availability and security Not only can customers dynamically allocate I O bandwidth to each virtual NIC Virtual Fabric also provides the ability to change those allocations as needed For example a customer might have one configuration for workload during the day and another during the evenings Virtual Fabric has the ab
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10. 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 carve a dual port 10 G server adapter into 8 virtual network interface cards vNICs and create dedicated virtual pipes between the adapter and switch for optimal performance higher availability and improved security With Virtual Fabric you can make dynamic changes and allocate bandwidth per vNIC so that you can adjust it over time without downtime The RackSwitch G8264 is the first 10 GbE switch to offer benefits of OpenFlow OpenFlow is the new open application programming interface API that enables the network administrator to easily configure and manage virtual networks that control traffic on a per flow basis It creates multiple independent virtual networks and related policies without dealing with the complexities of the underlying physical network and protocols With OpenFlow clients can easily create user controlled virtual networks optimize performance dynamically and minimize complexity when used with an industry compliant OpenFlow controller RackSwitch G8264 1 Part number information The part numbers to order the switch and additional options are shown in Table 1 Table 1 Part numbers and feature codes for ordering Feature code for Feature code for Description Partnumber MTM 7309 HC3 MTM 7309 HC4 Switch RackS
11. G8264 with the RackSwitch G8264T Table 4 Comparison of the RackSwitch G8264 and RackSwitch G8264T features RackSwitch G8264 RackSwitch G8264T Port types Based on SFP Based on 10GBase T Latency Lower latency 880 nanosecond 3 2 microseconds Stacking Yes No Typical power Lower power 330 watts Competitive versus other 10GBase T 385 W Copper cable length Up to 7 m Up to 100 m Total distance Up to 40 km with Transceiver Limited to 100 m TCO Less than other SFP oe a less based on Features and specifications Note Features and specifications listed in this section are based on Networking OS 7 9 The RackSwitch G8264 has the following features and specifications e Form factor 1U rack mount switch o RackSwitch G8264 Rear to Front version for ports located in the rear of the rack matching System x BladeCenter and Flex System designs o RackSwitch G8264 Front to Rear version for ports located in the front of the rack matching airflow of iDataPlex and NextScale System designs e Ports o 48 ports for 1 Gb or 10 Gb Ethernet SFP SFP transceivers support for 1OOOBASE SX 1000BASE LX 1000BASE T 10GBASE SR 10GBASE LR or 1OGBASE ER or SFP direct attach copper cables SFP modules and DAC cables are not included and must be purchased separately o 4 ports for 40 Gb Ethernet QSFP transceivers QSFP to QSFP DAC cables or QSFP to 4x 10 Gb SFP b
12. O O 90 FC BB5 FCoE specification compliant FCoE transit switch operations FCoE Initialization Protocol FIP support for automatic ACL configuration FCoE Link Aggregation Group LAG support Supports 2 048 FCoE sessions with FIP Snooping by using Class ID ACLs Stacking O O O 90 Up to eight switches in a stack single IP management 802 1Qbg support vNIC or UFP support Support for UFP with 802 1Qbg RackSwitch G8264 11 Manageability Simple Network Management Protocol SNMP V1 V2 and V3 HTTP browser GUI Telnet interface for CLI Secure Shell SSH Secure FTP SFTP Service Location Protocol SLP Link Layer Discovery Protocol LLDP Serial interface for CLI Scriptable CLI Firmware image update TFTP and FTP Network Time Protocol NTP and Precision Time Protocol PTP for switch clock synchronization O O O O O O O O O O O O Switch Center management application Monitoring o Switch LEDs for port status and switch status indication Remote Monitoring RMON agent to collect statistics and proactively monitor switch performance o Port mirroring for analyzing network traffic passing through switch Change tracking and remote logging with syslog feature Support for sSFLOW agent for monitoring traffic in data networks Separate SFLOW analyzer required elsewhere The following features are not supported with IPv 6 Bootstrap Protocol BOOTP and DHCP RADIUS TACACS and LDAP Stacking VMwere Virtual Cen
13. OFE333 SFP SX Transceiver 1000BASE SX_ Up to 25 m with fiber optic cables supplied by Lenovo LC 81Y1622 see Table 3 850 nm multimode fiber cable 50 u or 62 5 u up to 550 m SFP LX Transceiver 1000BASE LX 1310 nm single mode fiber cable up to 10 km LC 90Y9424 Management ports 1 GbE management port 1000BASE T UTP Category 5 5E and 6 up to 100 meters RJ 45 RS 232 management port RS 232 DB 9 to mini USB or RJ 45 to mini USB console cable Mini USB RackSwitch G8264 Warranty The RackSwitch G8264 comes with a standard 3 year hardware warranty with Next Business Day NBD 9x5 Customer Replaceable Unit CRU warranty service from Lenovo Software Upgrade Entitlement is based on the switch s warranty or post warranty extension and service contracts Optional warranty and maintenance upgrades are available for the G8264 switch through Lenovo e Warranty service upgrades 3 4 or 5 years o 24x7 onsite repair with 4 hour target response time o 24x7 onsite repair with same day target response time o 9x5 onsite repair with 4 hour target response time e Maintenance post warranty service offerings 1 or 2 years o 9x5 onsite repair with 4 hour target response time o 9x5 onsite repair with next business day target response time Warranty service upgrade offerings are country specific that is each country might have its own service types service levels response times and terms and conditions
14. acking for up to eight switches using a single switch image and configuration file that shares one IP address and one management interface for simplified management The G8264 supports Data Center Bridging DCB the group of protocols from IEEE that provide lossless Ethernet and that allow clients to reduce the costs of implementing either o NAS or iSCSI convergence and priority based flow control o FCoE by aggregating switch ports before connecting to more costly upstream Fibre Channel gateway devices The G8264 can be configured in easy connect mode to allow for transparent and simple connectivity to the upstream network enabling easy connectivity to upstream Cisco Juniper or other networks without having to change those networks Lenovo is a leader in network virtualization offering the on switch VMready software that reduces the complexity of managing virtual machines VMs in the network For more information see VMready at http www ibm com systems networking software vmready The G8264 is SDN ready with its OpenFlow support With OpenFlow you can easily create user controlled virtual networks optimize performance dynamically and minimize complexity when used with an OpenFlow controller The G8264 plays a vital role with Virtual Fabric which reduces costs and complexity in environments where four or more NICs are needed per server An example is virtualization where clients often need up to eight NICs per server For more
15. copper 40 Gb Ethernet IEEE 802 3u 100BASE TX Fast Ethernet IEEE 802 3x Full duplex Flow Control IEEE 802 3z 1000BASE SX short range fiber optics Gigabit Ethernet IEEE 802 3z 1000BASE LX long range fiber optics Gigabit Ethernet Connectors and LEDs Figure 2 shows the front panel of the RackSwitch G8264 Ethernet out of band RS 232 port management Mini USB port RJ 45 System USB 4x QSFP ports 48x SFP SFP ports LEDs por 40 GbE or 4x 10 GbE per port 1 GbE or 10 GbE per port Figure 2 Front panel of the RackSwitch G8264 RackSwitch G8264 13 The front panel of the G8264 contains the following components LEDs that display the status of the switch and the network One Mini USB RS 232 console port that provides an additional means to configure the switch One USB port for mass storage devices 48x SFP SFP port connectors to attach SFP SFP transceivers for 1 Gb or 10 Gb Ethernet connections or DAC cables for 10 Gb Ethernet connections 4x QSFP port connectors to attach QSFP transceivers for 40 Gb Ethernet connections or DAC cables for 40 Gb or 4x 10 Gb Ethernet connections An Ethernet link OK LED and an Ethernet Tx Rx LED for each Ethernet port on the switch Figure 3 shows the rear panel of the RackSwitch G8264 4x Hot swap fan assemblies 2x Hot swap AC power supplies with IEC 320 C14 power connector Figure 3 Rear panel of the RackSwitch G8264 The rear panel of the G8264 contains th
16. e following components e Two Hot swap AC power supplies IEC 320 C 14 power connector e Four hot swap fan assemblies RackSwitch G8264 Network cabling requirements The network cables that can be used with the switch are listed in Table 5 Table 5 G8264 network cabling requirements comes standard with the switch Transceiver Standard Cable Connector 40 Gb Ethernet QSFP 40GBASE SR 40GBASE SR4 10m or 30 m MTP fiber optics cables see Table 3 MTP Transceiver 49Y7884 support for up to 100 150 m with OM3 OM4 multimode fiber QSFP 40GBASE LR4 40GBASE LR4 1310 nm single mode fiber cable up to 10 km LC Transceiver 00D6222 Direct attach cable 40GBASE CR4 QSFP to QSFP DAC cables up to 7 m see Table 3 QSFP 10 Gb Ethernet SFP SR Transceiver 10GBASE SR __ Up to 25 m with fiber optic cables supplied by Lenovo LC 46C3447 see Table 3 850 nm OM3 multimode fiber cable 50 u or 62 5 u up to 300 m or up to 400 m with OM4 multimode fiber SFP LR Transceiver 10GBASE LR 1310 nm single mode fiber cable up to 10 km LC 90Y9412 SFP ER Transceiver 10GBASE ER _ 1310 nm single mode fiber cable up to 40 km LC 90Y9415 Direct attach cable 10GSFP Cu SFP DAC cables up to 7 m see Table 3 SFP 1 Gb Ethernet SFP RJ 45 Transceiver 1000BASE T UTP Category 5 5E and 6 up to 100 meters RJ 45 O
17. ility to make those changes on the fly without downtime e Virtual Fabric is designed in partnership with Emulex This solution requires the following components o 0 Emulex 10 Gb Virtual Fabric Adapters for System x For more details see Emulex 10Gb Virtual Fabric Adapter II and III Family for System x TIPS0844 at http www redbooks ibm com abstracts tips0844 html RackSwitch G8264 Figure 7 shows the Virtual Fabric logical design 20Gbps to the server 1NIC 2 network cables Figure 7 The Virtual Fabric logical design RackSwitch G8264 22 IP storage over 10 GbE Changing 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 bandwidth performance Low power consumption with fewer components Low cost pay as you grow 10 Gb 40 Gb storage network Figure 8 shows IP storage connectivity Windows Client Linux Client Network Attached CIFS NFS Storage CI L Jir Top of Rack Switch 10G Lossless Ethernet Fabric 10G RackSwitch G8264 iSCSI Gateway 10G Rack Servers A iSCSI Disk Fibre Channel Fibre Channel Arrays Hosts Storage Array Figure 8 IP storage connectivity RackSwitch G8264 Related publications For more information see the following references Offering Information page to search on announcement letters sales manuals
18. ination addresses VLANs traffic classification and processing Traffic shaping and re marking based on defined policies Eight output Class of Service COS queues per port for processing qualified traffic Weighted Random Early Detection WRED with Explicit Congestion Notification ECN to help avoid congestion IPv4 IPv6 ACL metering e IP v4 Layer 3 functions O O O O O O O O O O Host management IP forwarding IP filtering with ACLs up to 256 IPv4 ACLs supported VRRP for router redundancy Support for up to 128 static routes Routing protocol support RIP v1 RIP v2 OSPF v2 BGP Support for policy based routing PBR Support for DHCP Relay Support for IGMP snooping and IGMP relay Support for Protocol Independent Multicast PIM in Sparse Mode PIM SM and Dense Mode PIM DM e Pv 6 Layer 3 functions 0 O O O O IPv6 host management IPv6 forwarding Up to 128 static routes Support for OSPF v3 routing protocol IPv6 filtering with ACLs up to 128 IPv6 ACLs supported e OpenFlow 1 0 and 1 3 1 support RackSwitch G8264 10 Virtualization o 0 0 Virtual NICs vNICs with Ethernet iSCSI or FCoE traffic on vNICs Unified Fabric Port UFP L Ethernet or FCoE traffic is supported on UFP virtual ports vPorts Supports up to 1024 VLAN for the virtual ports Supports either VMready or 802 1Qbg Edge Virtual Bridging not both on the same physical port
19. information see Virtual Fabric at http www ibm com systems networking software virtualfabric html The RackSwitch G8264 offers the following benefits RackSwitch G8264 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 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 e Virtual Fabric The G8264 can help customers address I O requirements for multiple NICs while reducing cost and complexity Virtual Fabric 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 switch for improved performance availability and security e VM aware Networking VMready software on the switch simplifies configuration and improves security in virtual
20. ion The result obtained in other operating environments may vary Lenovo may use or distribute any of the information you supply in any way it believes appropriate without incurring any obligation to you Any references in this publication to non Lenovo Web sites are provided for convenience only and do not in any manner serve as an endorsement of those Web sites The materials at those Web sites are not part of the materials for this Lenovo product and use of those Web sites is at your own risk Any performance data contained herein was determined in a controlled environment Therefore the result obtained in other operating environments may vary significantly Some measurements may have been made on development level systems and there is no guarantee that these measurements will be the same on generally available systems Furthermore some measurements may have been estimated through extrapolation Actual results may vary Users of this document should verify the applicable data for their specific environment Copyright Lenovo 2011 2015 All rights reserved RackSwitch G8264 25 This document was created or updated on January 9 2015 Send us your comments in one of the following ways e Use the online Contact us review form found at ibm com redbooks e Send your comments in an e mail to redbooks us ibm com This document is available online at http www ibm com redbooks absiracts tips0815 html Trademarks Lenovo For Those Who D
21. ired Each Power Supply Spare option contains one hot swap power supply rear to front or front to rear and each Fan Assembly Spare option contains one hot swap fan assembly rear to front or front to rear RackSwitch G8264 The G8264 switch also comes standard with the Console Cable Kit for management through a serial interface Spare serial management cables can be ordered if required The Console Cable Kit Spare option contains the following items e RJ 45 plug to RJ 45 plug serial cable 1 m e Mini USB to RJ 45 jack adapter cable 0 2 m with retention clip e DB 9 to RJ 45 jack adapter The G8264 switch supports optional adjustable 19 inch 4 post rack installation kit part number 00D6185 Optionally Air Inlet Duct part number OOD6060 can be ordered with the G8264 rear to front airflow switch for 4 post rack installations The G8264 front to rear airflow switch optionally supports recessed 19 inch 4 post rack kit OOCG089 which is used when the switch is installed in the 1410 Intelligent Cluster Rack 9363 Enterprise Rack or PureFlex System Rack with NextScale System The G8264 front to rear airflow switch also supports 4 post iDataPlex rack kit 90Y3535 which is used when the switch is installed in the iDataPlex Rack The G8264 switch ships standard without any AC power cables Table 2 lists the part numbers and feature codes to order the power cables two power cables are required per switch
22. ized environments VMready automatically detects virtual machine movement between physical servers and instantly reconfigures each VM s network policies across VLANs to keep the network up and running without interrupting traffic or impacting performance VMready works with all leading VM providers such as VMware Citrix Xen and Microsoft Hyper V e Layer 3 functionality The G8264 includes Layer 3 functionality which provides security and performance benefits as inter VLAN traffic stays within the switch This switch also provides the full range of Layer 3 protocols from static routes for technologies such as Open Shortest Path First OSPF and Border Gateway Protocol BGP for enterprise customers e Seamless interoperability RackSwitch switches perform seamlessly with other vendors upstream switches e Fault tolerance RackSwitch switches learn alternate routes automatically and perform faster convergence in the unlikely case of a link switch or power failure The switch uses proven technologies like L2 trunk failover advanced VLAN based failover VRRP and HotLink e Multicast The G8264 supports IGMP Snooping v1 v2 and v3 with 2 K IGMP groups It also supports Protocol Independent Multicast PIM such as PIM Sparse Mode or PIM Dense Mode e Converged fabric The G8264 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
23. lenovo ia THOSE Me WHO DO RackSwitch G8264 Lenovo Press Product Guide The RackSwitch G8264 that leverages 10Gb SFP and 40Gb QSFP Ethernet technology is specifically designed for the data center It is ideal for today s big data cloud and optimized workload solutions It is an enterprise class Layer 2 and Layer 3 full featured switch that delivers line rate high bandwidth switching filtering and traffic queuing without delaying data Large data center grade buffers help keep traffic moving while the redundant power and fans along with numerous high availability features help provide high availability for business sensitive traffic The RackSwitch G8264 shown in Figure 1 is ideal for latency sensitive applications such as high performance computing clusters and financial applications In addition to the 10 Gb Ethernet GbE and 40 GbE connections the G8264 also has the capability for traditional 1 GbE connections The G8264 supports the newest protocols including Data Center Bridging Converged Enhanced Ethernet DCB CEE for Fibre Channel over Ethernet FCoE in addition to iSCSI and network attached storage NAS Figure 1 RackSwitch G8264 a a a ee a oS oe z gt x a 1 os g Did you know The G8264 supports Virtual Fabric which helps clients significantly reduce cost and complexity related to I O requirements of many virtualization deployments Virtual Fabric helps reduce the number of multiple I O adapters
24. links to a core Keep in mind the following additional details Logical configuration Configure G8000 G8052 for Layer 2 and apply static routes for L3 forwarding Full Layer 2 3 Feature Set STP MSTP RSTP PVRST RIP v1 2 static routes OSPF Security 802 1X RADIUS TACACS Wire Speed ACLs SSH v1 v2 HTTPS Secure BBI QoS Up to eight queues per port IEEE 802 1p and DiffServ prioritization Figure 5 shows the aggregation design for 1 GbE attached rack servers a G8264s Distribution Switches 8052s JL Figure 5 1 GbE port aggregation RackSwitch G8264 2560 node 1 GbE network Using next generation 64 port 1U switches 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 e All active links o Traffic load balanced across all links using Layer 3 ECMP e 64 RackSwitch G8052 Leaf Switches for 2560 non blocking 1 GbE ports o 48x 10 100 1000 server facing ports each o 4x 10GBASE SR fiber uplinks each e Four RackSwitch G8264 spine switches for non blocking core Figure 6 shows the 2560 node logical design 4x RackSwitch G8264 spine Lz 64x RackSwitch G8052 leaf switches Figure 6 The 2560 node logical design Virtual Fabric configuration with System x servers using the Emulex Virtual Fabric Adapters The following example describes an Virtual Fabric implementation e Virtual Fabric
25. n data center Ethernet infrastructure FCoE helps enable highly efficient block storage over Ethernet for consolidating server network connectivity As a result clients can deploy a single server interface for multiple data types which can simplify both deployment and management of server network connectivity while maintaining the high availability and robustness required for storage transactions e OpenFlow enabled The RackSwitch G8264 is the first 10 GbE switch to offer benefits of OpenFlow OpenFlow is the new open API that enables the network administrator to easily configure and manage virtual networks that control traffic on a per flow basis It creates multiple independent virtual networks and related policies without dealing with the complexities of the underlying physical network and protocols The G8264 is also the ideal switch to use with industry compliant OpenFlow controllers e Transparent networking capability With a simple configuration change to Easy Connect Mode the RackSwitch G8264 becomes a transparent network device invisible to the core eliminating network administration concerns of Spanning Tree Protocol configuration interoperability VLAN assignments and avoids any possible loops By emulating a host NIC to the data center core it accelerates the provisioning of VMs by eliminating the need to configure the typical access switch parameters RackSwitch G8264 7 Table 4 compares the features of the RackSwitch
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28. reak out cables QSFP modules and DAC cables are not included and must be purchased separately One 10 100 1000 Ethernet port RJ 45 connector for out of band OOB management o One RS 232 serial port mini USB connector that provides an additional means to configure the switch o One USB port for mass storage devices RackSwitch G8264 8 e Scalability and performance o o o O O O O 90 o 1 Gb 10 Gb and 40 Gb Ethernet ports for bandwidth optimization and performance Up to 64 10 Gb Ethernet SFP connections with optional break out cables Non blocking architecture with wire speed forwarding of traffic and aggregated throughput of 1 28 Tbps Up to 960 Million packets per second Mpps with 880 nanoseconds switching latency Media access control MAC address learning automatic update support for up to 128 000 MAC addresses Up to 126 IP interfaces per switch Static and LACP IEEE 802 3ad link aggregation up to 64 trunk groups with up to 32 ports per trunk group Support for jumbo frames up to 9 216 bytes Broadcast multicast storm control IGMP snooping to limit flooding of IP multicast traffic IGMP filtering to control multicast traffic for hosts participating in multicast groups Configurable traffic distribution schemes over trunk links based on source destination IP or MAC addresses or both Fast port forwarding and fast uplink convergence for rapid STP convergence e Availability and redundancy 0
29. ter vCenter for VMready Routing Information Protocol RIP Border Gateway Protocol BGP Protocol Independent Multicast PIM Virtual Router Redundancy Protocol VRRP sFLOW The following features are not supported with Stacking for a full list of features refer to the Networking OS Application Guide FCoE IGMP Relay IGMP Querier and IGMPv3 IPv6 Policy based routing Routing protocols RIP OSPF BGP sFLOW Virtual Router Redundancy Protocol VRRP RackSwitch G8264 12 Standards supported The switch supports the following standards IEEE 802 1AB Data Center Bridging Capability Exchange Protocol DCBX IEEE 802 1D Spanning Tree Protocol STP IEEE 802 1p Class of Service CoS prioritization IEEE 802 1s Multiple STP MSTP IEEE 802 1Q Tagged VLAN frame tagging on all ports when VLANs are enabled IEEE 802 1Qbg Edge Virtual Bridging IEEE 802 1Qbb Priority Based Flow Control PFC IEEE 802 1Qaz Enhanced Transmission Selection ETS IEEE 802 1x port based authentication IEEE 802 1w Rapid STP RSTP IEEE 802 3 10BASE T Ethernet IEEE 802 3ab 1000BASE T copper twisted pair Gigabit Ethernet IEEE 802 3ad Link Aggregation Control Protocol IEEE 802 3ae 10GBASE SR short range fiber optics 10 Gb Ethernet IEEE 802 3ae 10GBASE LR long range fiber optics 10 Gb Ethernet IEEE 802 3ae 10GBASE ER extended range fiber optics 10 Gb Ethernet IEEE 802 3ba 40GBASE SR4 short range fiber optics 40 Gb Ethernet IEEE 802 3ba 40GBASE CR4
30. the 40GBASE LR QSFP transceiver can be used with single mode fiber with LC connectors Table 3 lists the supported cables and transceivers Table 3 Supported transceivers and direct attach cables Part 1 Feature code for MTM 7309 HC3 and Description Part number 7309 HC4 SFP transceivers 1 GbE SFP 1000Base T RJ 45 Transceiver does not support 10 100 Mbps OOFE333 A5DL SFP SX Transceiver 81Y1622 3269 SFP LX Transceiver 90Y9424 A1PN SFP transceivers 10 GbE SFP SR Transceiver 46C3447 5053 SFP LR Transceiver 90Y9412 A1PM SFP ER Transceiver 90Y9415 A1PP Optical cables for 1 GbE SFP SX and 10 GbE SFP SR transceivers 1m LC LC Fiber Cable networking 88Y6851 A1DS 5m LC LC Fiber Cable networking 88Y6854 A1DT 25m LC LC Fiber Cable networking 88Y6857 A1DU RackSwitch G8264 Table 3 Supported transceivers and direct attach cables Part 2 Feature code for MTM 7309 HC3 and Description Part number 7309 HC4 SFP passive direct attach cables 10 GbE 0 5m Passive DAC SFP Cable 00D6288 A3RG 1m Passive DAC SFP Cable 90Y9427 A1PH 1 5m Passive DAC SFP Cable OOAY764 A51N 2m Passive DAC SFP Cable OOAY765 A51P 3m Passive DAC SFP Cable 90Y9430 A1PJ 5m Passive DAC SFP Cable 90Y9433 A1PK 7m Passive
31. upstream network links clients can use SFP transceivers plus RJ 45 cables or LC to LC fiber cables depending on the transceiver For 10 GbE server or upstream network connectivity clients can use direct attached copper DAC SFP cables for in rack cabling and distances up to 7 m These DAC cables have SFP connectors on each end and they do not need separate transceivers For longer distances the 1OGBASE SR transceiver can support distances up to 300 meters over OM3 multimode fiber or up to 400 meters over OM4 multimode fiber with LC connectors The 10GBASE LR transceivers can support distances up to 10 kilometers on single mode fiber with LC connectors For extended distances the 10GBASE ER transceivers can support distances up to 40 kilometers on single mode fiber with LC connectors To increase the number of available 10 GbE ports clients can split out four 10 GbE ports for each 40 GbE port using QSFP DAC Breakout Cables for distances up to 5 meters For distances up to 100 m optical MTP to LC break out cables can be used with the 40GBASE SR4 transceiver but Lenovo does not supply these optical breakout cables For 40 GbE to 40 GbE connectivity clients can use the affordable QSFP to QSFP DAC cables for distances up to 7 meters For distances up to 100 m the 40GBASE SR4 QSFP transceiver can be used with OM3 multimode fiber with MTP connectors or up to 150 m when using OM4 multimode fiber with MTP connectors For distances up to 10 km
32. vers 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 likely two for redundancy BladeCenter using any of the following modules in the chassis BladeCenter 1 10 Gb Uplink Ethernet Switch Module With only two 10 Gb SFP ports per chassis clients with larger data centers can easily suppor 24 chassis or more per RackSwitch G8264 BladeCenter Virtual Fabric 10 Gb Switch Module With support of up to ten 10 Gb SFP ports per switch clients can easily support 4 6 chassis per RackSwitch and if they are not concerned about oversubscription they can support up to 24 or more per RackSwitch G8264 10 Gb Ethernet Pass Thru Module for BladeCenter For many clients looking to use a pass through module upstream costs can be expensive especially if you are connecting to a core switch and are looking at up to fourteen 10 Gb ports per chassis The G8264 provides a much more cost effective alternative and can support up to four fully populated BladeCenter H chassis per RackSwitch This alternative is also much better for larger BladeCenter H environments compared to a smaller 24 port switch e Low profile high performance 48 64 port 10 GbE switch needed for aggregation function per rack RackSwitch G8264 18 Figure 4 shows 10 GbE port aggregation and Table 6 lists the features and benefits Figure 4 10 GbE port aggregation Table 6 Features
33. witch G8264 Rear to Front 7309G64 A1AC None RackSwitch G8264 Front to Rear 730964F None A1AD Miscellaneous options Console Cable Kit Spare 90Y9462 A2MG A2MG Adjustable 19 4 Post Rail Kit 00D6185 A3KP A3KP Recessed 19 4 Post Rail Kit 00CG089 None A51M iDataPlex Rail Kit 90Y3535 None A1SZ Air Inlet Duct for 483 mm RackSwitch 00D6060 A3KQ None Hot Swappable Front to Rear Power Supply Spare 49Y7937 None A2MJ Hot Swappable Rear to Front Power Supply Spare 49Y7938 A2MH None Hot Swappable Front to Rear Fan Assembly Spare 49Y7939 None A2MF Hot Swappable Rear to Front Fan Assembly Spare 88Y6026 A2ME None The part numbers for the G8264 switches include the following items One RackSwitch G8264 with two power supplies and four fan assemblies rear to front airflow or front to rear airflow Generic Rack Mount Kit 2 post Console Cable Kit that includes o RJ 45 plug to RJ 45 plug serial cable 1 m o Mini USB to RJ 45 jack adapter cable 0 2 m with retention clip o DB 9 to RJ 45 jack adapter Warranty Flyer Important Notices Flyer Documentation CD ROM Note Power cables are not included and must be ordered separately see Table 2 for details The G8264 switch supports up to two hot swap power supplies two power supplies come standard with the switch and up to four hot swap fan assemblies four fan assemblies come standard with the switch Spare power supplies and fan assemblies can be ordered if requ
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