Woven Systems Intros the TRX 100 Gigabit Ethernet Edge Switch

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Woven Systems has announced the introduction of the TRX 100, a 48-port Gigabit Ethernet (GE) edge switch, and the addition of fiber optic interfaces to its flagship EFX 1000 Ethernet Fabric Switch. The combination of the EFX 1000 core and TRX 100 edge switches constitutes the industry's highest capacity Ethernet Fabric switching solution that can sustain low latency, non-blocking throughput at 10 Gbps across 4000 edge ports to satisfy the most demanding scalability needs of today's data centers and HPC clusters.

The Woven Systems TRX 100 Ethernet Switch is a compact (1U), high-performance, managed Ethernet solution designed for top-of-rack server aggregation and virtualization in data centers. As an edge switch connected to the Woven EFX 1000 Ethernet Fabric Switch, the TRX 100 enables unprecedented scaling and performance for servers connected with GE interfaces, significantly reducing the cost of interconnects throughout the data center.

The TRX 100 includes 48 standard 10/100/1000BASE-T auto-sensing ports, and offers two options for the four 10 Gbps Ethernet uplinks: powered CX4 for active copper and optical CX4 cables, or SFP+ for fiber optic cabling. The inclusion of four 10 Gbps uplinks minimizes over-subscription, and enables the TRX 100 to deliver peak I/O performance from today's quad-core processors.

With redundant AC and DC power inputs and a mean time between failures in excess of 20 years, the TRX 100 satisfies the high availability requirements of commercial applications. The switch also satisfies the energy conservation needs of fast-growing data centers with its low total power consumption of only 3 watts per port for the 48 GigE and four 10 GE ports.

The new 12-port 10 GE XFP interface card adds both flexibility and range to the EFX 1000 Ethernet Fabric Switch product line. A single switch can support any mix of twisted-pair copper (CX4) and fiber optic interfaces required to connect TRX 100 or other switches. The XFP and SFP+ Small Form Factor Pluggable transceivers are optically compatible, further enhancing interoperability and flexibility. The optical interface supports short- and long-reach connections increasing the reach of a Woven fabric inside the data center by 700 percent. Long reach transceivers support distances up to 10 kilometers, allowing users to extend their EFX 1000 data center fabrics across the metropolitan area for disaster recovery applications.

The Woven Systems EFX 1000 Ethernet Fabric Switch is a modular 10U switching platform that supports up to 144 non-blocking 10 Gbps Ethernet ports. The Ethernet Fabric, created on a single or multiple EFX 1000 switches, utilizes multiple active paths to create resilient, mesh topologies. Over 4000 non-blocking edge ports can be configured in a single Layer 2 Ethernet Fabric. Woven's switch architecture incorporates patented vSCALE packet processing technology with Active Congestion Management to automatically redirect traffic to available, uncongested paths to deliver the highest throughput. Utilizing cut-through switching, the EFX 1000 achieves port-to-port latency of just 1.5 µs through a single switch and 4 µs across a multi-switch 4000-node fabric; failover to alternate paths occurs in less than 10 ms, thereby avoiding lost network connections and application time-outs. Carrier-class high availability features include redundant, hot-swappable system controller cards, power supplies and cooling trays. Fully compliant with IEEE Ethernet standards and consuming only 16 watts per port, the EFX 1000 interoperates with any 10 GE network interface card, iSCSI host bus adapter, storage system, switch or router.

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