Arista Delivers Industry's First 10G Pass-Through Card for IBM BladeCenter.MENLO PARK Menlo Park. 1 Residential city (1990 pop. 28,040), San Mateo co., W Calif.; inc. 1874. Electronic equipment and aerospace products are manufactured in the city. Menlo College and a Stanford Univ. research institute are there. 2 Uninc. , Calif. -- Arista arista (ä·riˑ·st Networks today announced a 10 Gigabit Ethernet An Ethernet standard that transmits at 1 Gbps. Used mostly to connect high-end workstations and servers as well as for network backbones, Gigabit Ethernet transmits full duplex from point to point using switches and half duplex in a shared environment (CSMA/CD) using a hub. Pass-Through Card for the IBM BladeCenter The IBM BladeCenter is IBM's blade server architecture. History Originally introduced in 2002, based on engineering work started in 1999, the IBM BladeCenter was a relative late comer to the blade market. H, addressing bandwidth intensive applications while alleviating both capital and operational costs in the data center. As opposed to traditional blade switches, the Arista 10G Pass-Through Card enables a much simplified and ultra-low latency, truly non-blocking network design. Each server's 10G NIC (1) (Network Interface Card) See network adapter. See also InterNIC. (2) (New Internet Computer) An earlier Linux-based computer from The New Internet Computer Company (NICC), Palo Alto, CA. is "passed-through" to a rack-top switch without being switched or blocked and without requiring any network management at the IBM BladeCenter chassis level. The non-blocking performance improves server utilization and consequently data center power efficiency while at the same time improving network stability and reducing operational costs. "Arista's 10G Pass-Through Card is simpler, faster, and more cost-effective than traditional blade switches," said Andy Bechtolsheim Andy (Andreas) von Bechtolsheim (born in Germany in 1955) co-founded Sun Microsystems in 1982 with Vinod Khosla, Bill Joy, and Scott McNealy. Bechtolsheim received an undergraduate degree from the Technical University of Munich, Germany, and received his master's degree in , Chief Development Officer of Arista. "They are ideal for high-performance blade server applications including virtualization An umbrella term for enhancing a computer's ability to do work. Following are the ways virtualization is used. Hardware Virtualization Partitioning the computer's memory into separate and isolated "virtual machines" simulates multiple machines within one physical computer. , network storage and video streaming." Designed for simplicity and reliability, the Arista 10G Pass-Through Card does not require any software or configuration. The card is accessible by the BladeCenter Management Module for control and status. Cable management is simplified with QSFP cables that allow the full network bandwidth from all fourteen 10G server blades to be passed to the network with just four cables. "As a fellow member of Blade.org, Arista shares in IBM's goals to continuously listen to customers and support the development of innovative blade solutions," said Doug Balog, Vice President, IBM (International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY, www.ibm.com) The world's largest computer company. IBM's product lines include the S/390 mainframes (zSeries), AS/400 midrange business systems (iSeries), RS/6000 workstations and servers (pSeries), Intel-based servers (xSeries) Modular Development and Chairman, Blade.org. "The Arista 10G Pass-Through Card for BladeCenter H is an example of this innovation in practice - providing a unique networking solution for customers who need non-blocking performance and a lower total cost of ownership." A typical 42 RU rack can accommodate up to three IBM BladeCenter H chassis which means that up to 42 blade servers can be connected via 10G Pass-Through Cards to a single 48-port Arista 7148SX series switch acting as a top-of-rack aggregator. This represents a 3-fold reduction in the number of switches to be managed versus a traditional blade switch implementation. "A 10G pass-through implementation establishes a clear demarcation point between the blade server and the network," added Jur Faber, CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. of Consolidate-IT, Arista's pan-European Distributor. "We anticipate many 10G deployments across Europe with this new 10G Pass-Through Card for IBM environments as customers continue to look for ways to lower their total cost of ownership." The Arista 10G Pass-Through Card for IBM BladeCenter is currently in field trials. Production units will be available this quarter and can be ordered now. Pricing and ordering information can be found at: http://www.aristanetworks.com/en/ordering About Arista Networks Arista Networks, formerly known as Arastra, was founded to deliver cloud networking solutions for large datacenter and computing environments. Arista offers best-of-breed 10 Gigabit Ethernet switches that redefine scalability, robustness, and price-performance. At the core of Arista's platform is Arista's EOS Eos (ē`ŏs), in Greek religion and mythology, goddess of dawn; daughter of the Titans Hyperion and Theia. Every morning she arose early and preceded her brother Helios into the heavens. Extensible Operating System, a pioneering new software architecture with self-healing and live in-service software upgrade capabilities. Arista's team is comprised of experienced management and engineering talent from leading networking companies. Arista markets its products worldwide through distribution partners, systems integrators and resellers with a strong dedication to partner and customer success. For more information, please visit http://www.aristanetworks.com or contact Arista at info@aristanetworks.com or 650-462-5000. |
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