What do Black Diamond, Alpine, and Summit all have in common? Besides references to skiing that is? That’s right! They’re all switches from Extreme Network (Summit switches are fixed configuration while Black Diamond and Alpine are modular). And if you already knew that, then you may be interested in knowing that Extreme Networks, in April of 2010, announced a new network solution at Interop Las Vegas. It’s the highly scalable VIM3-40G4X which adds four 40 GbE connections to the award-winning Summit(R) X650 Top-of-Rack stackable switches for $3,995, or less than $1,000 per port. Now that’s a deal!
This new VIM3-40G4X is fully compatible with the existing Summit X650 and Summit X480 stackable switches. This is ideal in preserving customers’ investments while still providing an effortless upgrade to greatly increased scalability of data centers — both virtualized and non-virtualized.
At Interop Las Vegas, Extreme Networks demonstrated the VIM3-40G4X installed in a Summit X650 stackable switch in a “Top-of-Rack” configuration connected to the BlackDiamond(R) 8800 chassis with a four port 40 GbE module configured as the Data Center core to show the power this switch can lend a network. All of the industry-leading features of the ExtremeXOS(R) modular operating system, including Layer 2/Layer 3 forwarding, redundancy and resiliency features such as EAPS, and the ability to bond together multiple links, are implemented at 40 GbE speeds.
Pricing and Availability: Extreme Networks VIM3-40G4X for the Summit X650 series switch will be in customer trial in the third quarter of 2010 and customer shipment follows at the U.S. list price of $3,995. We think it’s well worth the price.

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