Diagram 1 is an example of a resilient datacenter center designed using PowerConnect 6024 switches. This solution provides high availability wire-speed Gigabit routing capabilities to access a large number of servers. Servers can be connected to the switches using either copper or fiber cabling. Each switch is capable of supporting up to 21 servers while providing resilient Gigabit Ethernet uplinks to the network core. Additionally, the two PowerConnect 6024 switches are connected to each other to provide higher availability. In the event of an uplink from either switch losing communication with the core, traffic can still be routed via the failover links. With the Virtual Redundant Routing Protocol (VRRP), the routing tables are replicated between the two switches. To ensure high availability, the PowerConnect 6024’s integrated redundant hot-swappable power supplies and cooling fans maximize the uptime of the network. Standards based networking protocols help keep deployment challenges to a minimum.
Application benefits include:
-Highly-available network connectivity
-High-performance server connectivity
-Cost-effective server connectivity
Diagram 2. Aggregation Solution
Network Core
Aggregation Switch | 2 GBPS LAG Trunks | Aggregation Switch |
PowerConnect 6024 F | | | | | PowerConnect 6024 F |
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Subnet A
Edge Switch 1
PowerConnect 3348
stacked
Subnet B
Edge Switch 2
PowerConnect 5224s
cascaded
Diagram 2 is an example of a traffic aggregation solution designed using PowerConnect 3348, 5224 and 6024F switches. This solution can provide high availability and fail-over protection for a large number of desktop clients.
In this example, the PowerConnect 6024F switches connect different subnets or VLANs to the network core using multiple fiber SFP ports as a single IEEE 802.3ad aggregated link. The aggregation switch provides Layer 3 capabilities which enable it to route traffic without having to
