Extreme Networks Product Brief: Summit X460 Series
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High Availability
TheSummitX460seriesprovideshighavailabil-
itybyemployingamodularoperatingsystem,
incorporatingresilientsoftwarefeaturesand
supplyinghardwareredundancies.High
availabilityprotocolssuchasEthernet
AutomaticProtectionSwitching(EAPS)that
failoverinlessthan50millisecondsprovide
toll-qualityvoiceandpicture-perfectvideo.
SummitX460switchesoerdual
SummitStackstackinginterfaceswithexible
bandwidthchoicestosupportconverged
servicessuchasvideoandVoiceoverIP
throughitshighlyavailablearchitecture.
SummitStacksupports40Gbpswithupto
eightunitsinastackthatcanbeamixtureof
compatibleswitches.
UsingQSFP+technology,SummitStack-V80
supports80Gbpsforapplicationswherea
highvolumeoftractraversesthestacking
links,orwhenstackingacrosslongerdistances
oracrossdatacenterracksisneeded.
ThenewSummitStack-Vcapabilityutilizes10
GbEportsasstackingports,enablingtheuse
ofstandardcablingandopticstechnologies
usedfor10GbE.SummitStack-Venables
long-distancestackingconnectivityofupto
40kmwhilereducingthecablecomplexityof
implementingastackingsolution.
RedundanciesinAC/DCpowersupplies,
uplinkports,operatingsystemandcongura-
tionimagesfurthercontributetocontinuous
networkavailability.
Flexible PoE with Automatic
VoIP Provisioning
SummitX460switchessupporttheIEEEat
802.3PoE-plusstandardandprovideupto30
wattstopowerstandards-compliantPoE
devices.Theswitchesprovideadvanced
tracmanagementcapabilitiesandallow
large-scalerolloutofequipmentsuchas
Voice-over-IPphones,wirelessaccesspoints,
securitycamerasandotherdevicesthat
requirepowerfromtheLANconnection.
SupportingUniversalPortandLLDP,a
SummitX460switchallowsenterprisesto
addnewaccessdevicesinanon-disruptive
plug-and-playfashionwhilesimplifying
troubleshootingandminimizingcomplexities
thatarisefromconvergence-drivennetwork
changes.Itallowsdynamiccongurationof
voiceVLANsandQualityofService(QoS).
Carrier Ethernet Service
Delivery
SummitX460switchesmeetdualservice
deliveryrequirementsasanEthernetaccess
centraloceswitchwhichcanreducethe
provider’soperationalexpense.Bysupporting
granulartracclassicationandmetering
incomingpacketsatlinerate,theswitchesare
idealsolutionsforcarrierdeployments.The
switchessupportExtremeNetworksvMANtag
stackingmechanism,compliantwiththeIEEE
802.1adProviderBridgingstandard,aswellas
MPLS/H-VPLS.Additionalpurpose-built
featuresincludemulticastandMACaddress
scalabilityandadvancedbuercontrolfor
consistenttoll-qualityservice.
Support for Virtualized
Data Centers
DirectAttacheliminatesswitchingatthe
virtualswitchlayer,simplifyingthenetwork
andimprovingperformance.DirectAttach
enablesdatacentersimplicationbyreducing
networktiersfrom4or5tierstojust3or2
tiers,dependingonthesizeofthedatacenter.
(RequirestheDirectAttachFeaturePack,part
number11011.)
XNV(ExtremeXOSNetworkVirtualization)isa
setofsoftwaremodulesfortheExtremeXOS
basedswitchingproductportfolio,andis
availableviatheDataCenterFeaturePackfor
Ridgeline™,anetworkandservicemanage-
mentapplication.XNVbringsinsight,control
andautomationforhighlyvirtualizeddata
centerstothenetwork.
Comprehensive Security
Management
Userauthenticationandhostintegrity
checkingenforceadmissionandusagepolicies
ondedicatedandsharedportsattheedgeof
thenetwork.Thepowerfultechnologies
sFlow®andIPFIXoercontinuousand
simultaneousmonitoringofapplication-level
tracowsonallinterfaces.
TheUniversalPortdynamicscripting
frameworkavailableinSummitX460switches
letsyouimplementsecurityprolestocreate
ne-grainedandrobustsecuritypolicies.Upon
authentication,theswitchcanloaddynamic
ACL/QoSforauserorgroupofusers,todeny/
allowtheaccesstotheapplicationserversor
segmentswithinthenetwork.
SummitX460switchescomplementperim-
eterrewallsbyutilizingtheCLEAR-Flow
SecurityRulesEngine.SummitX460switches
canbeprogrammedtoautomaticallydetect
andmitigatesecuritythreatsinseconds.
Identity Manager
IdentityManagerallowsnetworkmanagersto
trackuserswhoaccesstheirnetwork.User
identityiscapturedbasedonNetLogin
authentication,LLDPdiscoveryandKerberos
snooping.ExtremeXOSusestheinformation
tothenreportontheMAC,VLAN,computer
hostname,andportlocationoftheuser.
Further,IdentityManagercancreateboth
rolesandpolicies,andthenbindthem
togethertocreaterole-basedprolesbased
onorganizationalstructureorotherlogical
groupings,andapplythemacrossmultiple
userstoallowappropriateaccesstonetwork
resources.
Ease of Management
Ridgeline™networkandservicemanagement
providesfault,conguration,accounting,
performanceandsecurityfunctions,
allowingmoreeectivemanagementof
ExtremeNetworksproducts,solutionsand
third-partydevices,inaconvergednetwork.
Features Summit X460 Series Switches
Copper 10/100/1000BASE-T Summit X460-24t Summit X460-24p Summit X460-24x
Summit X460-48tDC Summit X460-48t Summit X460-48p
Summit X460-24tDC Summit X460-24xDC
Fiber 100/1000BASE-X Summit X460-48x Summit X460-48xDC
Power over Ethernet Plus Summit X460-24p Summit X460-48p
Optional Stacking Modules (40 Gbps or 80 Gbps) 2-port SummitStack module
2-port SummitStack-V80 module (QSFP+)
Optional 10 Gigabit Ethernet 2-port 10 Gbps XGM3-2sf (SFP+)
Simultaneous Dual 10 GbE and Stacking Modules Yes
Dual, Hot-swappable AC/DC Power Supplies Summit 300W AC PSU Summit 300W DC PSU
Summit 750W AC PoE PSU