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Lenovo Flex System EN6131 40Gb Ethernet Switch

Brand: Lenovo
Model Number: FS-EN6131-ES

Power Advanced Applications

The Lenovo Flex System™ EN6131 40Gb Ethernet Switch in conjunction with the EN6132 40Gb Ethernet Adapter offer the performance that you need to support clustered databases, parallel processing, transactional services, and high-performance embedded I/O applications, which reduces task completion time and lowers the cost per operation.

This switch offers 14 internal and 18 external 40 Gb Ethernet ports that enable a non-blocking network design. It supports all Layer 2 functions so servers can communicate within the chassis without going to a Top-of-Rack (ToR) switch, which helps improve performance and latency.

Flex System EN6131 40Gb Ethernet Switch

Supports clustered databases, parallel processing, transactional services, and high-performance embedded I/O applications. Reduces task completion time and lowers cost per operation.

Eliminate Bottlenecks

  • End-to-end 40 Gb connectivity with non-blocking throughput and 230 ns latency
  • Ideal for clients running Ethernet infrastructure in high speed trading, Web 2.0, virtualization, and cloud computing
  • Enables clients to maximize compute usage by removing an I/O bottleneck
  • Low power consumption with less than 0.1 watts per Gbps
  • Can linearly scale to larger node counts to create a low latency clustered solution and reduce packet hops
  • Reduces cabling up to 4 times, which simplifies deployment and maintenance

Meet Demands

The Lenovo Flex System EN6131 40 Gigabit Ethernet (GbE) Switch in conjunction with the Flex System EN6132 40 GbE Adapter is designed to offer the performance you need to support clustered databases, parallel processing, transactional services and high-performance embedded I/O applications, reducing task completion time and lowering cost per operation. This switch offers 14 40 Gb internal ports and up to 18 external

QSFP 40 Gb ports that enables a non-blocking network design. It supports all Layer 2 functions so servers can communicate within the chassis without going to a top-of-rack switch. This feature helps improve performance and latency.

More Workloads

Clients are also looking for higher utilization of their existing hardware by leveraging virtualization and cloud computing models. As workload density per server increases, it needs to be balanced by appropriate I/O throughput. The 40 Gb solution offered by Flex System can deploy more workloads per server without running into I/O bottlenecks. In case of failures or server maintenance, clients can also move their virtual machines

much faster using 40 Gb interconnects within the chassis.

Efficient Computing

This switch and adapter are designed for low latency, high bandwidth, and computing efficiency for performance-driven server and storage clustering applications. With this combination, your organization can achieve efficient computing by offloading from the CPU protocol processing and data movement overhead such

as RDMA and Send/Receive semantics allowing more processor power for the application. As clients look for higher performance, power usage has emerged as a key concern in data centers. The Flex System 40 Gb solution offers the highest bandwidth without adding any significant power overhead.

Tech Specs

Internal Ports:

  • Fourteen internal full-duplex 40 Gigabit ports (10, 20, or 40 Gbps auto-negotiation).
  • One internal full-duplex 1 GbE port that is connected to the chassis management module.

External Ports:

  • Eighteen ports for 40 Gb Ethernet QSFP+ transceivers or QSFP+ DAC cables (10, 20, or 40 Gbps auto-negotiation). QSFP+ modules and DAC cables are not included and must be purchased separately.
  • One external 1 GbE port with RJ-45 connector for switch configuration and management.
  • One RS-232 serial port (mini-USB connector) that provides an additional means to configure the switch module.

Scalability and Performance:

  • 40 Gb Ethernet ports for extreme bandwidth and performance.
  • Non-blocking architecture with wire-speed forwarding of traffic and an aggregated throughput of 1.44 TBps.
  • Support for up to 48,000 unicast and up to 16,000 multicast media access control (MAC) addresses per subnet.
  • Static and LACP (IEEE 802.3ad) link aggregation, up to 720 Gb of total uplink bandwidth per switch, up to 36 link aggregation groups (LAGs), and up to 16 ports per LAG.
  • Support for jumbo frames (up to 9,216 bytes).
  • Broadcast/multicast storm control.
  • IGMP v1 and v2 snooping to limit flooding of IP multicast traffic.
  • Fast port forwarding and fast uplink convergence for rapid STP convergence.

Availability and Redundancy:

  • IEEE 802.1D STP for providing L2 redundancy.
  • IEEE 802.1w Rapid STP (RSTP) provides rapid STP convergence for critical delay-sensitive traffic such as voice or video.

VLAN Support:

  • Up to 4094 VLANs are supported per switch, with VLAN numbers 1 - 4094.
  • 802.1Q VLAN tagging support on all ports.

Security:

  • Up to 24,000 rules with VLAN-based, MAC-based, protocol-based, and IP-based access control lists (ACLs).

User access control:

  • Multiple user IDs and passwords
  • RADIUS, TACACS+, and LDAP authentication and authorization

Quality of Service (QoS):

  • Support for IEEE 802.1p traffic processing.
  • Traffic shaping that is based on defined policies.
  • Four Weighted Round Robin (WRR) priority queues per port for processing qualified traffic.
  • Priority-Based Flow Control (PFC) (IEEE 802.1Qbb) extends 802.3x standard flow control to allow the switch to pause traffic based on the 802.1p priority value in each packet’s VLAN tag.
  • Enhanced Transmission Selection (ETS) (IEEE 802.1Qaz) provides a method for allocating link bandwidth based on the 802.1p priority value in each packet’s VLAN tag.

Manageability:

  • IPv4 and IPv6 host management.
  • Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP V1, V2, and V3).
  • WebUI graphical user interface.
  • Industry-standard command-line interface (IS-CLI) through Telnet, SSH, and serial port.
  • Link Layer Discovery Protocol (LLDP) to advertise the device's identity, capabilities, and neighbors.
  • Firmware image update (TFTP, FTP, and SCP).
  • Network Time Protocol (NTP) for clock synchronization.

Monitoring:

  • Switch LEDs for external port status and switch module status indication.
  • Port mirroring for analyzing network traffic passing through the switch.
  • Change tracking and remote logging with the syslog feature.
  • Support for sFLOW agent for monitoring traffic in data networks (separate sFLOW collector/analyzer is required elsewhere).
  • POST diagnostic tests

Standards Supported:

  • IEEE 802.1AB Link Layer Discovery Protocol
  • IEEE 802.1D Spanning Tree Protocol (STP)
  • IEEE 802.1p Class of Service (CoS) prioritization
  • IEEE 802.1Q Tagged VLAN (frame tagging on all ports when VLANs are enabled)
  • IEEE 802.1Qbb Priority-Based Flow Control (PFC)
  • IEEE 802.1Qaz Enhanced Transmission Selection (ETS)
  • IEEE 802.1w Rapid STP (RSTP)
  • IEEE 802.3ab 1000BASE-T copper twisted pair Gigabit Ethernet
  • IEEE 802.3ad Link Aggregation Control Protocol
  • IEEE 802.3ba 40GBASE-SR4 short range fiber optics 40 Gb Ethernet
  • IEEE 802.3ba 40GBASE-CR4 copper 40 Gb Ethernet
  • IEEE 802.3u 100BASE-TX Fast Ethernet
  • IEEE 802.3x Full-duplex Flow Control

Supported Ethernet I/O Adapters:

40 Gb Ethernet:

  • Flex System EN6132 2-port 40Gb Ethernet Adapter

10 Gb Ethernet:

  • Embedded 10Gb Virtual Fabric Adapter (2-port)
  • Flex System CN4022 2-port 10Gb Converged Adapter
  • Flex System CN4052 2-port 10Gb Virtual Fabric Adapter
  • Flex System CN4054 10Gb Virtual Fabric Adapter (4-port)#
  • Flex System CN4054R 10Gb Virtual Fabric Adapter (4-port)#
  • Flex System EN4132 2-port 10Gb Ethernet Adapter
  • Flex System EN4172 2-port 10Gb Ethernet Adapter

Warranty: There is a 1-year, customer-replaceable unit (CRU) limited warranty. When installed in a chassis, these I/O modules assume your system’s base warranty and any Lenovo warranty service.

Physical Specifications:

Dimensions and weight (approximate):

  • Height: 30 mm (1.2 in.)
  • Width: 401 mm (15.8 in.)
  • Depth: 317 mm (12.5 in.)
  • Weight: 3.7 kg (8.1 lb)

Shipping dimensions and weight (approximate):

  • Height: 114 mm (4.5 in.)
  • Width: 508 mm (20.0 in.)
  • Depth: 432 mm (17.0 in.)
  • Weight: 4.1 kg (9.1 lb)