Allied Telesis SwitchBlade x8100 Series - Manual (Page 23)

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SwitchBlade x8100 Series | Network Solutions
Solution 4 – SwitchBlade x8100 (CFC960) distributed collapsed backbone
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As large businesses spread across multiple buildings, both onsite
and across distances, their need for reliable access to online
resources and applications grows. Employees expect seamless
connectivity to data center services from all business locations.
Allied Telesis VCStack Plus allows two SwitchBlade x8100
chassis with dual CFC960 control cards to combine as a single
virtual unit. Fiber stacking connectivity means that the two
chassis do not have to be collocated, but can be kilometres
apart. This provides the complete resiliency of a distributed
backbone with separate physical units. It also retains the
simplicity of a collapsed backbone network, with only a single
virtual core chassis to manage.
The distributed collapsed backbone encompasses the best of
both worlds.
With a chassis in two different locations, data center services
can be mirrored for ‘always-on’ access, and to ensure
automated disaster recovery. Each individual chassis has power
and control resiliency to maximize uptime. Management of the
network core remains simple, as the virtual unit formed by the
two SBx8100 chassis keeps all switching and routing information
completely synchronized, for zero-touch failover.
Long-distance VCStack Plus on the SwitchBlade x8100
with CFC960 control cards makes the distributed collapsed
backbone a reality.
Allied Telesis build networks that guarantee data availability for
the large enterprise business.