Extreme Networks Product Brief

Make Your Network Mobile

BlackDiamond 8800 Series Switcheswith 8500/8800/8900 Series Modules

BlackDiamond® 8800 series switches simplify the Enterprise network.

Features• High-densitygigabitand10GigabitEthernetswitch

• Highavailabilitytomaximizenetworkuptime

• Highperformanceconnectivityforconvergednetworks

• Comprehensivesecuritytomaximizeprotection

• Easeofmanagementtoreducethecomplexityofnetworkoperation

• Supportfor40GigabitEthernet*

Target Applications• High-performancecoreswitchformediumtolargeenterprisenetworks

• Scalableandresilientswitchformetrocoreandmobilebackhaulcellsiteaggregationhub

• High-densityswitchprovidinglow-latencyconnectionsatlowpowerfordatacentersandHPCC

• Cost-effectiveedgeswitchforwiringcloset

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8500-seriesmodules 8800 c-series

modules

8900-xl/xm seriesmodules

Recommended Module Deployment

8900-seriesmodules

*Futureavailability.

EnterpriseITmanagersandserviceprovidershavelimitedtimeandresourcestodealwithoverlycomplex,specializednetworkinfrastructuresolutions.BlackDiamond8800seriesswitchesfromExtremeNetworks®simplifythearchitecture.Purpose-builtcore,aggregation,edgeanddatacenter/serviceprovidermodulescanmeetyourchassisneedsacrossthenetwork.BlackDiamond8800seriesswitchesdelivervoice-classavailability,high-densityPoweroverEthernet(PoE),GigabitEthernet,and10GigabitEthernetwhereveritisneeded.

Withthreefamiliesofmodulestochoosefrom,theBlackDiamond8800seriesswitchescansupportawidevarietyofapplications.Inenterpriseanddatacenternetworks,traditionalthree-tierarchitecturescanbereplacedwithastreamlinedtwo-tiernetworkthathelpsreducemanagementoverhead,operationalcomplexityandcapitalexpenditures.TheBlackDiamond8800seriesswitcheswiththeir8900-xl10gigabitmodulesmeettheneedsofnextgenerationserviceprovidertransportnetworksforconvergedservicesandareidealfordeploy-mentatthemetrocoreandmobilebackhaulaggregationhub.BlackDiamond8900-xm40Gigabitmodulesmeettheneedsofnext-generationdatacentersandserviceproviders.

TheportsinterconnectthousandsofserversforHighPerformanceClusterComputing(HPCC).AfullrangeofLayers2–4featuresallowtheaggregationofhigh-speedconnections,minimizingbottlenecks.

High AvailabilityBlackDiamond8800seriesswitchesachievevoice-classavailabilitybycombininghighlyresilientsoftwareandredundanthardware.ExtremeXOS®dramaticallyincreasesnetworkavailabilitybymonitoringindependentoperatingsystemprocessesinrealtime.Ifanyoftheseprocessesbecomeunresponsive,orstoprunning,theyareautomati-callyrestarted.ThemodulardesignofExtremeXOSallowstheextensionofswitchfunctionality.Newfunctionalitycaneasilybeaddedtotheswitch.

BlackDiamond8800seriesswitchessupporthighavailabil-ityprotocols,includingEthernetAutomaticProtectionSwitching(EAPS),allowingtheIPnetworktoprovidethelevelofresiliencyanduptimethatusersexpectfromtheirtraditionalvoicenetworks.Inmostsituations,VoIPcallsdon’tdropanddigitalvideofeedsdon’tfreezeorpixelize

Extreme Networks Product Brief: BlackDiamond 8800 Series Switches

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becauseEAPSallowsthenetworktorecoveralmosttransparentlyfromlinkfailure(inlessthan50milliseconds).FastfailoveraidsHPCCbykeepingcalculationsandprocessesmovingalongunimpeded.

BlackDiamond8800seriesswitchesincludeapassivebackplanecomplementedbyhighavailabilitydesignelementssuchasisolatedcontrolanddataplanes,redundantcontrollerboardsforpowerdistribution,andfancontrolandenvironmentalmonitoringtoidentifyanomaliesbeforetheyaffectnetworkavailability.

High-Performance ConnectivityBlackDiamond8800seriesswitchessupportupto2,352gigabitportsorupto58210GigabitEthernetportsinasinglesevenfootrack,allowingtheseswitchestodeliververycost-effectiveconnectivityforarangeofedge,aggregation,coreanddatacenterneeds.

ExtremeNetworkstraditionofbuildingproductswithlowlatencyandjittercontinueswithBlackDiamond8800seriesswitches,providingvoice-qualityconnections.BlackDiamond8800switchescanofferPoEoneveryport.TheirextensibilitysupportslargeIPTelephonydeploymentsandscalesseamlesslyasnon-computingdevices,suchassurveillancecamerasandPersonalDigitalAssistants(PDAs),areaccommodatedattheedge.

BlackDiamond8800seriesswitchesincorpo-rateLinkLayerDiscoveryProtocol(LLDP)tosimplifytroubleshootingofenterprisenetworksandenhancetheabilityofmanage-menttoolstodiscoverandmaintainaccuratenetworktopologies.Byreducingthecomplex-ityandexpensethatarisefromconvergence-drivennetworkchanges,BlackDiamond8800switchesallowenterprisestoaddnewaccessdevicesinanon-disruptive,plug-and-playfashion.

Comprehensive Security ManagementBlackDiamond8800switches,whencom-binedwithExtremeNetworksRidgeline™managementtool,allowyoutoadoptastrategyinsafeguardingyournetworkonmultiplelevels.

Userauthenticationandhostintegritycheckingenforceadmissionandusagepoliciesondedicatedandsharedportsattheedgeofthenetwork.ThepowerfulsFlow®andIPFIXtechnologiesprovidethreatdetectionandresponsebyofferingcontinuousandsimultaneousmonitoringofapplication-leveltrafficflowsonallinterfaces.Intheeventofanattack,networkmanagerscandynamicallyreconfiguretheswitchestoclosevulnerabili-ties,hardeningthenetworkwithoutshuttingdownnetworkoperation.BlackDiamond8800switches’policy-basedroutingprovidesaflexiblemechanismfornetworkadministratorstocustomizetheflowoftraffic.AccessControlLists(ACLs)configuredontheswitchcanredirectpacketsawayfromtheirnormalpath

toanotherphysicalswitchport.PacketsareselectedaccordingtotheirACLmatchconditionssuchasclassofservice,VLAN,IPaddresses,protocol,portnumberorothercriteria.

BlackDiamond8800switchescomplementperimeterfirewallsbyprotectingthe“softinterior”ofthenetwork.Utilizingtheindustry’smostadvancedCLEAR-FlowSecurityRulesEngine,theswitchescanbeprogrammedtoautomaticallydetectandmitigatesecuritythreatsinseconds.

Identity ManagerIdentityManagerallowsnetworkmanagerstotrackuserswhoaccesstheirnetwork.UseridentityiscapturedbasedonNetLoginauthentication,LLDPdiscoveryandKerberossnooping.ExtremeXOSusestheinformationtothenreportontheMAC,VLAN,computerhostname,andportlocationoftheuser.Further,IdentityManagercancreatebothrolesandpolicies,andthenbindthemtogethertocreaterole-basedprofilesbasedonorganizationalstructureorotherlogicalgroupings,andapplythemacrossmultipleuserstoallowappropriateaccesstonetworkresources.Inaddition,supportforWideKeyACLsfurtherimprovessecuritybygoingbeyondthetypicalsource/destinationandMACaddressasidentificationcriteriaaccessmechanismtoprovidefilteringcapabilities.

Ease of ManagementExtremeNetworkshasdevelopedtoolsthatsaveyoutimeandresourcesinmanagingyournetwork.TheUniversalPortcapabilityallowsauto-configurationofVoIPphones,forexample,providingsimplicityinmanagingnetworkchanges.Ridgelinenetworkandservicemanagementprovidesfault,configura-tion,accounting,performanceandsecurityfunctions,allowingmoreeffectivemanage-mentofExtremeNetworksproducts,solutionsandthird-partydevices,inaconvergednetwork.

Investment ProtectionWithawiderangeofavailableI/Oandmanagementmodules,theBlackDiamond8800seriesswitchesprovideunparalleledinvestmentprotectionovertheproductlifetime.PastandcurrentgenerationsofmodulesarecompatiblewithanyBlackDiamond8800serieschassis.

BlackDiamond 8800 Series of Switches Modules (All modules are supported in both BlackDiamond 8806/8810)

Management Module Options

BlackDiamond 8900-series

8900-MSM128 Management Switch Module, optional I/O port

BlackDiamond 8800 c-series

MSM-48c Management Switch Module, optional I/O port

BlackDiamond 8500-series

8500-MSM24 Management Switch Module, optional I/O port

I/O Module Options

BlackDiamond 8900-xl/xm series

8900-40GX-xm* 6-port 40GBASE-X QSFP+

8900-10G8X-xl 8-port 10GBASE-X XFP

8900-G48T-xl 48- port 10/100/1000BASE-T, RJ45, optional PoE

8900-G48X-xl 48-port 10GBASE-X SFP

BlackDiamond 8900-series

8900-10G24X-c 24-port 10GBASE-X SFP+

8900-G96T-c 96-port 10/100/1000BASE-T MRJ-21

BlackDiamond 8800 c-series

10G4Xc 4-port 10GBASE-SFP

10G8Xc 8-port 10GBASE-XFP

G24Xc 24-port 1000BASE-X SFP

G48Tc 48-port 10/100/1000BASE-T RJ-45, optional PoE card

G48Xc 48-port 1000BASE-X SFP

BlackDiamond 8500-series

8500-G24X-e 24-port 1000BASE-X SFP

8500-G48T-e 48-port 10/100/1000BASE-T, RJ-45, optional PoE card

Pluggable Options

S-10G1Xc 1-port 10G XFP card

S-10G2Xc 2-port 10G XFP card

S-G8Xc 8-port 1G SFP card

S-PoE PoE card

*Futureavailability.