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If your data center is starting to feel the bandwidth crunch or being overwhelmed by cables, the HP 10Gb Ethernet BL-c Switch is the perfect solution. Twenty 10Gb ports (16 downlinks and 4 uplinks) provide switching power to drive the most demanding of applications. Whether it's Video on Demand, High Performance Computing Clusters, medical image rendering or iSCSI storage, the HP 10Gb Ethernet BL-c Switch is designed to handle it.

Looking to consolidate cables? The switch provides four 10Gb uplinks replacing the equivalent of 40 individual 1Gb links. Layer 2/3 switching keeps sensitive local server traffic within the enclosure and simplifies your network. Resiliency and high availability makes sure that your network remains up and fluid at all times.

What's new

Introducing the HP 10Gb Ethernet BL-c Switch, a low latency, high performance blade switch designed especially for critical high bandwidth applications. Now data center managers have the ability to deploy a complete 10Gb end to end network infrastructure from the server edge directly to the core or storage domain.

Performance
  • All 10Gb switching matrix with non blocking internal architecture
  • Low latency for High Performance Computing Clusters
  • Wire speed Layer 2/3 switching on all ports
  • Layer 3 forwarding controls subnet traffic
Management
  • Easy management with BNT's BladeHarmony Software
  • "Industry standard" or AlteonOS CLI interface
  • HTTP/HTTPS web interface and SNMP (v1, v2 and v3)
  • Password-enabled access
Options
  • 443756-B21 - Qty.1 HP 850nm SR XFP
  • 443757-B21 - Qty.1 HP 1350nm LR XFP module
  • 440910-B21 - Qty.1 HP NC512m Dual Port 10GbE Multifunction BL-c Adapter
  • 485194-B21 - Qty.1 HP 10GbE BLc Advanced Functionality Software
  • High performance 10Gb mezzanine adapters available through Solution Builder
Security
  • SSH secure access
  • Robust ACL filters prevent unauthorized traffic
  • RADIUS, TACACS, and TACACS+ Authentication
  • Up to 1000 VLANs keep sensitive traffic in their respective cluster domains

Ideal environment

Ideal for...

Financial and Scientific

  • Perfect for high performance analytic applications
  • Low latency for market data acquisition or iSCSI storage
  • 400Gb full-duplex bandwidth for today's multi-core virtualized servers
  • Layer 2/3 at the enclosure level reduces and secures network traffic

Higher Education and Application Service Providers

  • Broadcast IPTV throughout a campus or provide Video on Demand
  • Deploy VoIP, Web 2.0 or client services
  • 10Gb to each server blade accommodates the most demanding applications
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