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RackSwitch G8264CS
Product Guide
Many clients successfully use Ethernet and Fibre Channel connectivity from their servers to their LAN and SAN.
These clients are seeking ways to reduce the cost and complexity of these environments by using the capabilities of
Ethernet and Fibre Channel convergence.
The RackSwitch™ G8264CS top-of-rack switch (shown in Figure 1) offers the benefits of a converged infrastructure.
As part of its forward thinking design, this switch has flexibility for future growth and expansion. This switch is ideal
for clients who are looking to connect to existing SANs and clients who want native Fibre Channel connectivity, in
addition to support for such protocols as Ethernet, Fibre Channel over Ethernet (FCoE), and iSCSI.
The RackSwitch G8264CS includes the following highlights:
Lossless Ethernet, Fibre Channel, and FCoE in one switch
36 SFP+ ports supporting 1 Gb or 10 Gb Ethernet
Flexibility with 12 Omni Ports that support 10 Gb Ethernet or 4/8 Gb Fibre Channel connections
Ideal for clients looking to aggregate FC or FCoE traffic with the ability to connect to existing SANs
Future-proofed with four 40 Gb QSFP+ ports
Low cost, low complexity, and simpler deployment and management
Figure 1. RackSwitch G8264CS
Did you know?
The RackSwitch G8264CS simplifies deployment with its innovative and flexible Omni Port technology. The 12 Omni
Ports on the G8264CS give clients the flexibility to choose a 10 Gb Ethernet, 4/8 Gb Fibre Channel, or both for
upstream connections. In FC mode, Omni Ports provide convenient access to FC storage. The Omni Port technology
that is provided on the G8264CS helps consolidate enterprise storage, networking, data, and management onto a
simple-to-manage, efficient, and cost-effective single fabric. Also, the G8264CS can be used to create 252-node
PODs or clusters with Flex System Interconnect Fabric.
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  • Page 1 The RackSwitch G8264CS simplifies deployment with its innovative and flexible Omni Port technology. The 12 Omni Ports on the G8264CS give clients the flexibility to choose a 10 Gb Ethernet, 4/8 Gb Fibre Channel, or both for upstream connections. In FC mode, Omni Ports provide convenient access to FC storage. The Omni Port technology that is provided on the G8264CS helps consolidate enterprise storage, networking, data, and management onto a simple-to-manage, efficient, and cost-effective single fabric.

  • Page 2: Part Number Information

    Note: Power cables are not included and must be ordered separately (see Table 2 for details). The G8264CS switch supports up to two redundant hot-swap 550 W AC power supplies for front-to-rear air flow or 750 W AC power supplies for rear-to-front air flow (two power supplies come standard with the switch) and up to four redundant hot-swap fan assemblies (four fan assemblies come standard with the switch).

  • Page 3: Supported Cables And Transceivers

    G8264CS (front-to-rear airflow) switch also supports 4-post iDataPlex® rack kit (90Y3535) which is used when the switch is installed in the iDataPlex Rack. The G8264CS switch ships standard without any AC power cables. Table 2 lists the part numbers and feature codes to order the power cables (two power cables are required per switch).
  • Page 4 To increase the number of available 10 GbE ports, clients can split out four 10 GbE ports for each 40 GbE port using QSFP+ DAC Breakout Cables for distances up to 5 meters. For distances up to 100 m, optical MTP-to- LC break-out cables can be used with the 40GBASE-SR4 transceiver, but Lenovo does not supply these optical breakout cables.
  • Page 5 Feature code Maximum number (MTM 7309- quantity HCK / 7309- supported HCM) SFP transceivers - 1 GbE Lenovo 1000BASE-T SFP Transceiver (does not support 10/100 Mbps) 00FE333 A5DL Lenovo 1000BASE-SX SFP Transceiver 81Y1622 3269 Lenovo 1000BASE-LX SFP Transceiver 90Y9424 A1PN...
  • Page 6 The RackSwitch G8264CS is considered particularly suited for these clients: Clients who want to implement a converged infrastructure with FCoE where the G8264CS acts as a Full Fabric FC/FCoE switch for the end-to-end FCoE configurations or as a Fibre Channel Forwarder (FCF) NPV Gateway breaking out FC traffic for the native Fibre Channel SAN connectivity.
  • Page 7 It has a throughput of up to 1.28 Tbps. Lower power and better cooling The G8264CS uses as little as 330 W of power, which is a fraction of the power consumption of most competitive offerings. Unlike side-cooled switches, which can cause heat recirculation and reliability concerns, the front-to-rear or rear-to-front cooling design of the G8264CS switch reduces the costs of data center air conditioning by having airflow match the servers in the rack.

  • Page 8: Features And Specifications

    The RackSwitch G8264CS has the following features and specifications: Form factor: 1U rack mount switch RackSwitch G8264CS Rear-to-Front version for ports located in the rear of the rack matching System x®, BladeCenter® and Flex System® designs RackSwitch G8264CS Front-to-Rear version for ports located in the front of the rack matching airflow of iDataPlex and NeXtScale System®...
  • Page 9 EVB Type-Length-Value (TLV) is used to discover and configure VEPA, ECP, and VDP. VMready support Up to 2,048 virtual entities (VEs) Automatic VE discovery Up to 32 local or distributed VM groups for VEs NMotion™ feature for automatic network configuration migration RackSwitch G8264CS...
  • Page 10 Support for sFLOW agent for monitoring traffic in data networks (separate sFLOW analyzer required elsewhere) The following features are not supported with IPv6: Bootstrap Protocol (BOOTP) and DHCP RADIUS, TACACS+ and LDAP VMware Virtual Center (vCenter) for VMready Routing Information Protocol (RIP) Internet Group Management Protocol (IGMP) RackSwitch G8264CS...

  • Page 11: Standards Supported

    FC-PI-2, Revision 10 (ANSI/INCITS 404-2006) FC-PI-4, Revision 7.0 FC-FS, Revision 1.9 (ANSI/INCITS 373-2003) FC-FS-2, Revision 0.91 FC_FS_3 Revision 1.11 FC-LS, Revision 1.2 FC-SW-2, Revision 5.3 (ANSI/INCITS 355-2001) FC-SW-3, Revision 6.6 (ANSI/INCITS 384-2004) FC-SW-5, Revision 8.5 (ANSI/INCITS 461-2010) FC-GS-3, Revision 7.01 (ANSI/INCITS 348-2001) RackSwitch G8264CS...

  • Page 12: Connectors And Leds

    FC-SP, Revision 1.6 FC-DA, Revision 3.1 (INCITS TR-36-2004) Connectors and LEDs Figure 2 shows the front panel of the RackSwitch G8264CS. Figure 2. Front panel of the RackSwitch G8264CS The front panel of the G8264CS contains the following components: LEDs that display the status of the switch and the network.

  • Page 13: Network Cabling Requirements

    Figure 3 shows the rear panel of the RackSwitch G8264CS. Figure 3. Rear panel of the RackSwitch G8264CS The rear panel of the G8264CS contains the following components: Two hot-swap AC power supplies (IEC 320-C14 power connector) Four hot-swap fan assemblies...

  • Page 14: Warranty

    40 Gb Ethernet 40GBASE-SR QSFP+ 40GBASE-SR4 10 m or 30 m MTP fiber optics cables supplied by Lenovo (see Transceiver (49Y7884) Table 3); support for up to 100 m with OM3 multimode fiber or up to 150 m with OM4 multimode fiber...

  • Page 15: Physical Specifications

    Not all covered types of warranty service offerings might be available in a particular country. For more information about the Lenovo warranty service upgrade offerings that are available in your country, visit the Product Selector at the following website: https://www-304.ibm.com/sales/gss/download/spst/servicepac...

  • Page 16: Typical Configurations

    Leveraging an existing LAN Figure 4 shows how a client with existing SAN switches can use the G8264CS to simplify its rack environments by deploying 10 Gb Ethernet in the rack between the System x or ThinkServer® servers, and the G8264CS. The client can leverage Ethernet in the rack while breaking out the FC connections at the top of the rack, to connect to the existing SAN switches, and then on to the client's storage devices.
  • Page 17 Tape 88Y6454 + 95Y3760 QLogic 8200 PCIe pNIC G8264CS Cisco SAN Storwize V3700 Win2008 (Adapter + FoD Key): vNIC2 Brocade SAN Storwize V7000 WS2012 90Y4600 + 00Y5624 SAN Volume Controller ESX 4/5 DS3K/5K/8K RHEL 5/6 SLES 10/11 Tape RackSwitch G8264CS...
  • Page 18 G8124E to simplify its rack environments with Ethernet only. Ethernet can go down to the end of the row, or closer, to the client's storage where the client can install the G8264CS. Next, Ethernet can break out the FC connections at the top of the rack to connect to the existing SAN switches, and finally it can go on to the client's storage devices.
  • Page 19 Ethernet only. Ethernet can go down to the end of the row, or closer, to the client's storage where the client can install the G8264CS to connect directly upstream to an Storwize V3700/V7000 using simpler Ethernet connectivity.
  • Page 20 10 Gb Ethernet adapter only in the chassis. The client can use the G8264CS at the top of the rack or somewhere else in the data center, breaking out the FC connections and connecting to the existing SAN switches, and then to the storage devices.
  • Page 21 CNA functionality, with a 10Gb Ethernet module, such as the SI4093/EN4093/EN4093R, in the chassis (no FC adapter or switches necessary). The client can then use the G8264CS at the top of the rack or somewhere else in the data center, breaking out the FC connections and connecting to the existing Brocade or Cisco SAN switches, and then in to the storage devices.
  • Page 22 Leveraging a Flex System environment: FCoE end-to-end Figure 9 shows an example of how a client can use the G8264CS for convergence in a Flex System environment to connect directly into their storage using FCoE. This approach can help clients significantly reduce costs inside the chassis by removing the need for FC SAN switches between the G8264CS and the storage.
  • Page 23 Flex System POD. The key I/O components of this solution consist of a pair of RackSwitch G8264CS. One of the G8264CS will be the center of intelligence and provides all direction and updates to the redundant G8264CS and the 2-18 Flex System SI4093 System Interconnect Modules.

  • Page 24: Related Publications And Links

    For announcement letters, sale manuals, or both, see the Offering Information page at: http://www.ibm.com/common/ssi/index.wss?request_locale=en On this page, enter RackSwitch G8264CS, select the information type, and then click Search. On the next page, narrow your search results by geography and language.
  • Page 25 Any references in this publication to non-Lenovo Web sites are provided for convenience only and do not in any manner serve as an endorsement of those Web sites. The materials at those Web sites are not part of the materials for this Lenovo product, and use of those Web sites is at your own risk.
  • Page 26 Trademarks Lenovo, the Lenovo logo, and For Those Who Do are trademarks or registered trademarks of Lenovo in the United States, other countries, or both. A current list of Lenovo trademarks is available on the Web at http://www.lenovo.com/legal/copytrade.html. The following terms are trademarks of Lenovo in the United States, other countries, or both: Lenovo®...

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