To create smarter services, companies need smarter systems capable of harnessing the potiential of the world's devices, assets, and networks. It starts with a dynamic infrastructure that increases operational efficiency, unifies business and IT assets, helps consolidate network resources through virtualization, provides an integrated security strategy, and reduces energy consumption.
IBM s-series Ethernet switches meet today's demanding requirements to protect, optimize and grow the enterprise from basic connectivity to much higher levels of intelligent service-based infrastructures, providing even greater value to organizations. A highly dense, resilient and flexible architecture allows scaling up to 384 10/100/1000 Mbps Class 3 (15.4 watts) PoE capable ports or 36 ports of high-speed 10 GbE.
Designed to extend control from the network edge to the backbone, the switches provide intelligent network services, including superior quality of service (QoS), predictable performance, advanced security, comprehensive management and integrated resiliency. A common operating system and shared interface and power supply modules between the Ethernet Switch B08S and B16S help reduce the cost of ownership by minimizing operational expenses and improving return on investment (ROI).
IBM s-series Ethernet switches have an extensive feature set, making them well suited for real-time collaborative applications, IP telephony, IP video, e-learning and wireless LANs to raise an organization's productivity. With wire-speed performance and ultra low latency, these systems are ideal for converged network applications such as VoIP and video conferencing. Providing one of the industry's most scalable and resilient PoE designs, the 1 GbE PoE capable ports support the IEEE802.1AB LLDP and ANSI TIA 1057 LLDP-MED standards, enabling organizations to build advanced multi-vendor networks. LLDP enables discovery of accurate physical network topologies, including those that have multiple VLANs where all subnets may not be known. LLDP-MED advertises media and IP telephony specific messages, providing exceptional interoperability, IP telephony troubleshooting, and automatic deployment of policies, advanced PoE power negotiation, and E911 location/emergency call service. These features make converged network services easier to install, manage, and upgrade, significantly reducing operational costs.