Arista 7048
Positioned for server access, the Arista 7048 is a wire-speed layer 2/3 switch with 48 1000 Mbps ports and four 1/10Gb Ethernet uplinks delivering up to 40 gigabits of interconnect capacity from the leaf to the spine layer of the network. Running the Arista Extensible Operating System (EOS), the 7048 is the industry’s first switch to support layer 4-7 capability with 3rd party integration of Citrix Systems NetScaler VPX load balancing and application security software. Unlike typical top-of-rack switches on the market today, the Arista 7048 switch offers unprecedented buffering capability on every port in combination with a purpose built architecture for congestion management.
The Arista 7048 switches are designed to handle fair allocation of bandwidth to all traffic flows in the datacenter. With 768 MB of packet buffer memory, the architecture scales in congestion scenarios and all ports can simultaneously buffer up to 50ms of traffic without any drops. The deep buffer architecture of the 7048 also provides a platform for lossless asymmetric connections when 10GbE nodes communicate with 1GbE nodes in the datacenter.
The Arista 7048 switch offers unmatched performance for high-density data center deployments. Offered with 48 100/1000BASE-T and four 1/10GbE SFP+ ports, the switch allows for a non-blocking design with 40 Gbps of uplink bandwidth. The 7048 switch forwards at layer 2/3/4 with low latency at wire speed. Redundant power and cooling options along with a robust software architecture provide the foundation for a data center-class product. The switch comes with both front-to-back and back-to-front airflow options for energy efficiency. All SFP+ ports accommodate a full range of 10GbE twinax copper cables and optical 1/10GbE transceivers.