Around mid-year last year Dell announced its first Force10 product for the Dell M1000e Bladed system, the Force10 MXL 10/40GbE switch. Now we are taking it a step further and showing you how easy it is to incorporate this switch into your Cisco Nexus environment, with the release of the “Deploying the Dell Force10 MXL on a Cisco Nexus Network” whitepaper. This guide provides in depth detail on using an MXL in a Cisco Network and its advantages.
-Advantages of MXL…
- The MXL provides same interoperability with Cisco Nexus 5500 Series ToR
- The MXL is a high density device allows customers to connect to 32 server ports from a converged switch.
- The MXL provides a local switching/East-West advantage
- Reduced cables and components
- 40GbE uplinks/stacking with the MXL
- The MXL is built on a scalable architecture for growth
- The MXL is part of the Converged Blade Data Center, announced in June 2012
- Pre-certified architecture with proven Dell Servers & Storage
I also suggest you take a look at the blog Kevin Houston wrote on BladesMadeSimple.com for a look at some of the more advanced topics covered in this whitepaper.