IBM BladeCenter Switches

BLADE Network Technologies has been making IBM BladeCenter switches since 2003.  During the past five years we have delivered a number of firsts for IBM BladeCenter: a layer 2-7 switch, a layer 2/3 switch, 10G Ethernet uplink switch, a full 10G Ethernet switch, a VM aware switch and a CEE/FCoE switch. 

Across the portfolio you will quickly notice that BLADE Network Technologies provides a number of competitive advantages:

• Unmatched Experience in the blade market
• Breadth of Portfolio
• Best Return on Investment
• Green Cool Designs
• Easier to Manage & Virtualize
• Extreme Performance
• Seamless Interoperability
• Deliver Converged Enhanced Ethernet and FCoE

Today's portfolio of IBM BladeCenter switch modules:

• BNT Virtual Fabric 10G Switch Module (10-port)
• BNT 1/10Gb Uplink Ethernet Switch Module
• BNT Layer 2-7 Gigabit Ethernet Switch Module
• BNT Layer 2/3 Copper Gigabit Ethernet Switch Module
• BNT Layer 2/3 Fiber Gigabit Ethernet Switch Module

All BNT switches also work with IBM BladeCenter Open Fabric Manager which can help client simplify address management, in addition to providing advance levels of failover.