Data Center Switching
Bringing speed and intelligence to the edge of the network™
Bringing speed and intelligence to the edge of the network™
Products & Services - 10GbE Switches & More
BLADE Network Technologies (BLADE) brings intelligence and speed to the edge of the network where it’s closer to business applications, users and innovation.
BLADE’s superior performance, ultra-low latency and virtual machine awareness are ideally suited to handle dynamic demands at the network edge. Our lossless, low-latency, low-cost and low-power blade and RackSwitch™ 1 and 10 Gigabit Ethernet switches, VMready network virtualization and BLADEHarmony switch management connect and unify physical and virtual servers, storage and networks in the world’s largest data centers. BLADE’s Unified Fabric Architecture™ is a fast, virtual, proven and interoperable converged fabric for Ethernet Everywhere.
BLADE's embedded and top of rack Ethernet switches add network intelligence to the blade enclosure while enhancing performance and providing high availability, scalability, manageability, and security to the blade environment.
BLADE’s superior performance, ultra-low latency and virtual machine awareness are ideally suited to handle dynamic demands at the network edge. Our lossless, low-latency, low-cost and low-power blade and RackSwitch™ 1 and 10 Gigabit Ethernet switches, VMready network virtualization and BLADEHarmony switch management connect and unify physical and virtual servers, storage and networks in the world’s largest data centers. BLADE’s Unified Fabric Architecture™ is a fast, virtual, proven and interoperable converged fabric for Ethernet Everywhere.
BLADE's embedded and top of rack Ethernet switches add network intelligence to the blade enclosure while enhancing performance and providing high availability, scalability, manageability, and security to the blade environment.
Customers who add BLADE switches to their infrastructure will realize significant reduction in Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) for their data center infrastructure.
- BLADE’s 1U 1GbE and 10GbE RackSwitch product family extends virtualization by mirroring the benefits of server virtualization within the network at the rack level, saves energy through rack-friendly cooling and alleviates management pain by removing complexity through simplified management and fabric convergence.
- BLADE offers a comprehensive line of embedded blade switch modules. BLADE’s embedded Gigabit and 10 Gigabit Ethernet IP and Application Switch modules are available for IBM BladeCenter, HP BladeSystem, and NEC SIGMABLADE. They consolidate server I/O, enable network virtualization, and reduce data center complexity by consolidating network intelligence within the blade server chassis.
- BLADE VMready switch-resident network virtuaiization enables the network to be Virtual Machine aware.
- BLADEHarmony Manager software enables remote monitoring and switch management of BLADE switch modules.
- BLADE’s Professional Services enable rapid planning, design, installation, operation and optimization for blade server environments.
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All embedded blade switches are sold by BLADE's OEM partners.
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All embedded blade switches are sold by BLADE's OEM partners.