Part Number Information - IBM G8264T Product Manual

The RackSwitch G8264 is designed to support a number of types of configurations: 1 Gb, 10 Gb,
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and 40 Gb, Virtual NIC, Converged Enhanced Ethernet (CEE/DCB), and iSCSI.
The RackSwitch G8264 with SFP+ technology is the ideal solution for clients looking for low
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latency and low power consumption.
The RackSwitch G8264 is designed to support Data Center Bridging (DCB), the IEEE's group of
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protocols that provide lossless Ethernet and allow clients to reduce the costs of implementing
either:
NAS or iSCSI convergence and priority-based flow control
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FCoE by aggregating switch ports before connecting to more costly upstream Fibre Channel
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gateway devices.
IBM is a leader in network virtualization, offering the on-switch IBM VMready® software that
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reduces the complexity of managing virtual machines (VMs) in the network.
The G8264 plays a vital role with IBM Virtual Fabric which reduces costs and complexity in
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environments where four or more NICs are needed per server. A perfect example is virtualization,
where clients often need as many as eight NICs per server.
The G8264T offers 48 10Gbase-T connections allowing for cost effective CAT6/6A cables of
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distances up to 100m.

Part number information

Table 1 lists the part numbers for ordering IBM System x® and IBM Power Systems™ modules and
additional options.
IBM System Networking RackSwitch G8264/G8264T 2