Extreme Networks has announced that it is shipping a greener, more energy-efficient version of its Summit X650 10GBASE-T data center switch. A high-performance 10GbE, Top-of-Rack Ethernet switch, the new version is designed for the next-generation data center, cloud computing and hosted environments.
To address the energy efficiency goals of data center planners, the new Summit X650-24t is designed to consume 200W less power during operation than the first generation. The SummitX650 is complemented with Intel’s new lower power 10GBASE-T adapter that provides state-of-the-art interfaces to high-performance servers.
“Power savings is critical to data center where space, heat and bandwidth have to be optimized,” said Harpreet Chadha, Senior Director of Product Management for Extreme Networks. “Delivery of the latest generation of the Summit X650 provides excellent energy efficiency and provides customers with cost-effective 10 GbE options for standard RJ45 copper interfaces using CAT 5 and CAT 6 cabling, up to 100 metres making it a perfect fit for the data center.”
Earlier this year, Extreme Networks was also the first to support copper 10 Gigabit (10GBASE-T) with the Summit X650 Top-of-Rack data center switch, complementing a complete 10GBASE-T ecosystem, from high-performance server adapters to switches.
