G82640 pages

IBM Systems and Technology
Data Sheet

IBM System Networking
RackSwitch G8264
10 Gb/40 Gb Ethernet Switch designed for the
data center

Highlights
G8264
●● ● ●

●● ● ●

Optimized for applications requiring high
bandwidth and low latency
Supports Virtual Fabric and OpenFlow

Up to sixty-four 10 Gb SFP+ ports in a
1U form factor

●● ● ●

●● ● ●

Future-proofed with four 40 Gb
QSFP+ ports

Stacking—A single switch image and configuration file can be used for up to eight
switches, sharing only one IP address and
one management interface

●● ● ●

Built with top performance in mind, the IBM® RackSwitch™ G8264 is
ideal for today’s big data, cloud and optimized workloads. It is an
enterprise-class and full-featured data-center switch that delivers linerate, high-bandwidth switching, filtering, and traffic queuing without
delaying data. Large data-center grade buffers keep traffic moving.
Redundant power and fans along with numerous high availability features
equips the switch for business-sensitive traffic. The G8264 supports
IBM VMready® technology, an innovative, standards-based solution to
manage virtual machines (VMs) in small to large-scale data center and
cloud environments.
The RackSwitch G8264 is ideal for latency-sensitive applications such as
high performance computing clusters and financial applications and is a
key piece when connecting multiple chassis together with Pure System
Solutions. The G8264 supports stacking for up to eight switches for simplified switch management as well as IBM Virtual Fabric to enable clients
to diminish the number of I/O adapters buy creating virtual NIC’s out of
a 10 Gb adapter, helping reduce cost and complexity. The G8264 supports the newest protocols—including Data Center Bridging/Converged
Enhanced Ethernet (DCB/CEE) for support of Fibre Channel over
Ethernet (FCoE), in addition to iSCSI and NAS.
The RackSwitch G8264 is the first 10 GbE switch to offer benefits of
OpenFlow, the first protocol designed specifically for software defined
networking (SDN), providing high-performance, traffic control,
improved automation and centralized management across multiple
network devices.