EFX 1000 Ethernet Fabric Switch

Setting a New Standard for Performance

The Woven Systems™ EFX 1000 Ethernet Fabric Switch is the first of a new class of switches that is setting the standard for next generation multi-core servers, server consolidation and virtualization, IP storage, and data center grids. Multiple EFX 1000 switches can be interconnected to create a scalable Layer 2 multi-path 10 GE fabric.

Woven’s unique switch architecture incorporates patented vSCALE™ packet processing technology to efficiently manage the distribution of traffic through the switch fabric. The Dynamic Congestion Avoidance feature dynamically monitors end-to-end Layer 4 traffic flows to detect congestion across a large fabric and automatically redirects traffic onto less congested paths, while maintaining in-order packet delivery. Fully IEEE standards-compliant, the EFX switch delivers massive scalability, powerful performance and operational simplicity for supporting business critical applications.

Highlights:

• Industry’s highest capacity Ethernet switch

  144 10 GE ports, fully non-blocking in a single 10 RU chassis

• Industry’s first Ethernet Fabric solution

  • First to create a multipath fabric with Ethernet

• High performance

  • Low latency —approximately 1.6µs port-to-port latency and 4.6 µs across a Woven 10 GE fabric
  • Dynamic Congestion Avoidance — monitors congestion and rebalances application traffic flows across end-to-end paths to ensure optimal throughput
  • Application resource management — partitioning of fabric resources for logical separation of server, storage, and network resources for different applications

• High availability

  Redundant hot-swap fans, power supplies, management cards

• Lower cost of switching

  Low capital cost, less space, lower power of alternative 10 GE chassis solutions

• Simple to operate

  Seamless in-service upgrades, conforms to all IEEE Ethernet standards for ubiquitous interoperability

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