Highlights

• Delivers agility at all layers of the data

center stack

• Provides high-density 100/40 GbE spine

and leaf connectivity in a 1U fixed form

factor

• Includes a programmable ASIC to

accelerate adoption of new protocols

and technologies

• Utilizes the Integrated Application

Hosting Architecture and Extreme

SLX Visibility Services for flexible, real-

time monitoring of virtualized,dynamic

workloads to streamline troubleshooting

• Provides payload timestamping to

more accurately set and measure

performance SLAs

• Incorporates turnkey and customizable

automation for the entire network

lifecycle

Programmable, Flexible, High-Density Switch

As data centers and cloud service providers embrace new high- performance servers

and distributed applications, they increasingly need dense 100/40 GbE switches for

leaf and spine configurations. Traditionally, infrastructure has been slow to evolve,

and it can be a barrier to innovation. With flexibility at all layers of the data

center stack, IT teams can drive agility. The ExtremeSwitching™ SLX 9240 Switch

is designed to help organizations stay ahead of this application- and data-driven

network transformation without compromising performance.

The SLX 9240 delivers the high-density 100 GbE connectivity required by high-end

enterprise and cloud data centers. The underlying hardware is programmable,

enabling a faster transition to emerging protocols and new technologies. Workload

visibility combined with end-to-end network visibility helps infrastructure teams

continue to improve SLAs as they increase network virtualization.

The SLX 9240 is a fixed 100/40 GbE leaf and spine switch in a 1U form factor that

supports 24 MB of dynamically shared packet buffer and an overall throughput of

3.2 Tbps/1.3 Bpps. It can be configured as a leaf switch or connect to 40 or 100 GbE

uplinks from leaf switches.

By leveraging this high-density switch, data center networks can dramatically

improve power, space, and cooling efficiencies, even at scale. A programmable ASIC

enables the adoption of new protocols and technologies through an OS, rather than

a forklift upgrade. Payload timestamping improves the accuracy of performance SLA

setting and measurement.

Data Sheet

SLX 9240

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