S-Series
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Terabit-class, Convergence-ready, Modular Switch for Edge-to-Core and Data Center Deployments Terabit-class performance with granular traffic visibility and control Automated network provisioning for virtualized, cloud, and converged voice/video/data environments High availability features including self-healing maximize business continuity for critical applications Versatile high density solution with highly flexible connectivity and power options reduces cost of ownership Greater than 6 Tbps backplane capacity with 1.28 Tbps switching capacity and 960 Mpps throughput
Product Overview
The Extreme Networks S-Series® delivers a powerful combination of Terabit-class performance along with granular visibility and control over users, services, and applications to meet the increasing demands of today’s businesses and enable optimization of key technologies including voice and video, virtualization, and cloud computing. Unlike competitive solutions lacking comprehensive centralized management and adequate high availability services, the Extreme Networks S-Series drives down operational costs through a combination of management automation, a robust and highly resilient distributed architecture, built-in security, and flexible power configurations specifically designed to reduce power and cooling costs. The highly versatile Enterasys S-Series delivers both the comprehensive functionality and configuration flexibility to be deployed as a premium high-density network edge access device, high performance distribution layer switch, resilient enterprise class multi-Terabit core router, or as a data center virtualization solution.
Enterasys S-Series switches are available in the following form factors:
• S-Series Stand Alone (SSA) system with 48 ports of Triple Speed Ethernet or 48 ports of Gigabit Ethernet SFP connectivity and 4 ports of 10 Gigabit Ethernet SFP+ connectivity
• 1-slot chassis offering up to 72 ports of Gigabit Ethernet or 16 ports of 10 Gigabit Ethernet connectivity
• 3-slot chassis offering up to 180 ports of Gigabit Ethernet or 12 ports of 10 Gigabit Ethernet connectivity
• 4-slot chassis offering up to 288 ports of Gigabit Ethernet or 64 ports of 10 Gigabit Ethernet connectivity
• 6-slot chassis offering up to 432 ports of Gigabit Ethernet or 96 ports of 10 Gigabit Ethernet connectivity
• 8-slot chassis offering up to 576 ports of Gigabit Ethernet or 128 ports of 10 Gigabit Ethernet connectivity
The S-Series provides a highly resilient distributed switching and routing architecture with management and control functions embedded in each module, delivering unsurpassed reliability, scalability, and fault tolerance. Organizations can cost-effectively add connectivity as needed while scaling performance capacity with each new module. The highly available architecture makes forwarding decisions, and enforces security policies and roles while classifying/prioritizing traffic at wire speed. All I/O modules provide the highest Quality of Service (QoS) features for critical applications such as voice and HD video even during periods of high network traffic load while also proactively preventing Denial of Service (DoS) attacks and malware propagation.
The S-Series implements an industry-leading, flow-based switching architecture to intelligently manage individual user and application conversations—far beyond the capabilities of switches that are limited to using VLANs, ACLs, and ports to implement role-based access controls. Users are identified and roles are applied to ensure each individual user can access their business-critical applications no matter where they connect to the network. S-Series policy rules combined with deep packet inspection can intelligently sense and automatically respond to security threats while improving reliability and quality of the user experience.
A significant differentiator for the S-Series is the ability to collect NetFlow data at wire-speed on every port, providing total visibility into network resource consumption for users and applications. The S-Series is the only enterprise switch to support multi-user, multi-method authentication on every port — absolutely essential when you have devices such as IP phones, computers, printers, copiers, security cameras, badge readers, and virtual machines connected to the network. When quality of service, device and application prioritization, and security matters there is no better choice than the Extreme Networks S-Series.