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Operating environment
The G7028 switch is supported in the following operating environment:
Temperature: 0 to 40 ºC.
Relative humidity: Non-condensing, 10 - 90%
Altitude: 1,800 m (6,000 feet)
Acoustic noise: Less than 65 dB
Typical power: 45 W
The G7000 RPS option is supported in the following operating environment:
Temperature: 0 to 40 ºC.
Relative humidity: Non-condensing, 10 - 90%
Altitude: 1,800 m (6,000 feet)
Acoustic noise: Less than 65 dB
Typical power: 245 W
Typical configurations
This section describes popular configurations of the RackSwitch G7028.
Rack-optimized server aggregation of 1 GbE attached rack servers
Some of the typical deployments for the RackSwitch G7028 include Data Center Top of Rack, Low-Cost L2
connection, and remote offices for various workloads, such as email, file and print services, collaborative, web
serving, and cloud.
Here are examples of possible high-concentration configurations for rack or blade server implementations:
System x® and ThinkServer® 1U or 2U servers with a 1 GbE adapter installed
System x 4U servers with multiple 1 GbE adapters per server
BladeCenter® or Flex System® using any of the following modules in the chassis:
BladeCenter Layer 2/3 Copper and Fiber Gigabit Ethernet Switch Modules
BladeCenter Layer 2-7 Gigabit Ethernet Switch Module
BladeCenter 1/10 Gb Uplink Ethernet Switch Module
Intelligent Copper Pass-Thru Module for BladeCenter
Server Connectivity Module for BladeCenter
Flex System using EN2092 Ethernet modules in the chassis
Table 5 lists the features and benefits of the RackSwitch G7028 for server aggregation.
Table 5. Features and benefits of the RackSwitch G7028 for server aggregation
Features
Line-rate, non-blocking, all 24 ports
3.3 microseconds latency
Four 10 GbE uplink ports (40 Gb bandwidth to
the core or upstream switch)
Standards-based Layer 2 protocols, industry
standard CLI
RackSwitch G7028
Benefits
Supports compute and virtualization workloads
Fast application response times
No oversubscription, full upstream throughput
Interoperates with existing network with no learning curve
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