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Sun Blade 6000 and Sun Netra 6000 Virtualized 40 GbE Network Express Module

Sun Blade 6000 Virtualized 40 GbE Network Express Module

Flexible and Cost-Effective Network Connectivity for Virtualization

Oracle's Sun Blade 6000 and Sun Netra 6000 Virtualized 40 GbE Network Express Module is the industry's first fully virtualized 40GbE network aggregation solution to meet the needs of demanding workloads. It provides scalable I/O throughput (1, 10, 40 Gb/sec) for multiple blade servers with zero management overhead.

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	KEY APPLICATIONS
	Distributed applications Highly virtualized cloud computing environments Enterprise application infrastructure software, including Oracle Fusion Middleware 11g Clustered databases

	AT A GLANCE
	Embedded network virtualization with zero management overhead Simplified data center infrastructure with 10:1 cable reduction Configuration flexibility for heterogeneous consolidation Simple, hot-swappable design reduces application downtime

KEY SYSTEM FEATURES AND BENEFITS

Feature	Benefit
Embedded network virtualization	Lower complexity
Seamlessly integrates into the Sun Blade 6000 chassis	Cost-efficient, virtualized access that meets the needs of enterprise workloads
Eliminates extra switching layer	Simplified data center infrastructure
10:1 cable reduction	Lower cost of operation
On-demand granular bandwidth allocation	Deterministic QoS and SLA with higher performance and efficiency
Standards-based Single Root I/O Virtualization	Improved I/O throughput and reduced CPU utilization
Security by default	Network traffic isolation between server nodes
Simple hot-swappable design	Reduced application downtime
Zero management overhead	Lower TCO
No-cost, full-featured Oracle single system management software	Simplified management and lower TCO

KEY SPECIFICATIONS

Two virtualized 10 GbE uplinks or one 40 GbE uplink shared by all blades in the chassis
Dedicated 10/100/1000 Mb/sec Ethernet port per blade
Hot-pluggable operation in the Sun Blade 6000 and Sun Netra 6000 chassis
Full-featured Oracle single system management software

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