The Allied Telesis SwitchBlade x908 industry-leading modular switch is the ideal solution for the modern enterprise network core where resiliency, reliability and performance are the key requirements.
VCStack provides excellent resiliency by allowing you to create a single "virtual chassis" from two physical devices. If one stacked device fails, traffic routes seamlessly to the other, preventing network disruption. VCStack delivers a resilient core at a fraction of the cost of a full chassis-based system, and it allows you to manage the stack as a single node on the network, greatly simplifying your management tasks.
The SwitchBlade x908 was designed with reliability in mind. With dual power supplies, fan modules and a comprehensive range of expansion modules (XEMs), which are all hot-swappable, you can maintain and reconfigure when necessary without affecting network uptime. You can also expand your network core as required without replacing any hardware - simply add more XEMs from the range: 10/100/1000Mbps in copper and fiber, and 10 Gigabit Ethernet (10GbE) fiber.
High performance makes the SwitchBlade x908 an ideal core or aggregation device. Enjoy low latency and wirespeed L3 routing in a compact 3 rack unit device, combined with a 640Gbps switching fabric. VCStack uses high-speed stacking links to deliver 160Gbps of backplane capacity.