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Data Sheet

As data centers and cloud service providers embrace new high-

performance servers and distributed applications, they increasingly need

dense 100/40 GbE switches for leaf and spine conﬁgurations. Traditionally,

infrastructure has been slow to evolve, and it can be a barrier to innovation.

With ﬂexibility at all layers of the data center stack, IT teams can drive

agility. The ExtremeSwitching SLX 9240 Switch is designed to help

organizations stay ahead of this application- and data-driven network

transformation without compromising performance.

Programmable Switching Platform

The SLX 9240 delivers the high-density 100 GbE connectivity required

by high-end enterprise and cloud data centers. The underlying hardware

is programmable, enabling a faster transition to emerging protocols

and new technologies. Workload visibility combined with end-to-end

network visibility helps infrastructure teams continue to improve SLAs as

they increase network virtualization. In addition, the SLX 9240, coupled

with Extreme Workﬂow Composer™ and Extreme Workﬂow Composer

Automation Suites, simpliﬁes end-to-end network management, including

turnkey provisioning, validation, and troubleshooting of workﬂows.

And with Extreme Management Center (XMC), users gain centralized

management, automation, analytics, visibility and control from the wireless

edge to the datacenter.

SLX 9240 Overview

The SLX 9240 is a ﬁxed 100/40 GbE leaf and spine switch in a 1U form

factor that supports 24 MB of dynamically shared packet buer and an

overall throughput of 3.2 Tbps/1.3 Bpps. It can be conﬁgured as a leaf

switch or connect to 40 or 100 GbE uplinks from leaf switches, such as the

ExtremeSwitching SLX 9140.

Highlights

• Delivers agility at all layers of the

data center stack

• Provides high-density 100/40 GbE

spine and leaf connectivity in a 1U

ﬁxed form factor

• Includes a programmable ASIC to

accelerate adoption of new protocols

and technologies

• Utilizes the Extreme SLX

Insight Architecture and

Extreme SLX Visibility Services

for ﬂexible, real-time monitoring of

virtualized, dynamic workloads to

streamline troubleshooting

• Provides payload timestamping to

more accurately set and measure

performance SLAs

• Incorporates turnkey and

customizable cross-domain

workﬂow automation for the entire

network lifecycle through Extreme

Workﬂow Composer and network

automation suites

ExtremeSwitching

SLX 9240

Programmable, Flexible, High-Density Switch

Summary of content (8 pages)

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Data Sheet Highlights • Delivers agility at all layers of the data center stack • Provides high-density 100/40 GbE spine and leaf connectivity in a 1U fixed form factor • Includes a programmable ASIC to accelerate adoption of new protocols and technologies • Utilizes the Extreme SLX Insight Architecture and Extreme SLX Visibility Services for flexible, real-time monitoring of virtualized, dynamic workloads to streamline troubleshooting • Provides payload timestamping to more accurately set and measure perf
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Modular, Virtualized Operating System The SLX 9240 runs Extreme SLX-OS, a fully virtualized Linux-based operating system that delivers process level resiliency and fault isolation. The SLX-OS supports advanced switching features and is highly programmable with support for REST API with the YANG data model, Python, and NETCONF—enabling full lifecycle automation with Workflow Composer. It is based on Ubuntu Linux, which offers all the advantages of open source and access to commonly used Linux tools.
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SLX Visibility Services As network complexity increases, isolated data points at the physical or virtual network layer provide little insight into the criticality of an issue. For example, bursty storage backup traffic slowing down an internal Web site is a lower priority than a slowdown for a revenue-generating application. Network administrators need workload context across the network to ensure the appropriate action is taken in each case.
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To unleash new levels of business innovation and competitive advantage, many organizations are embracing digital transformation. Their success depends on building an agile business, and, in the digital era, IT agility is achievable only with centralized, cross-domain automation. Extreme SLX 9240 leverages Extreme Workflow Composer, powered by StackStorm.
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SLX 9240 Switch Specifications Form Factor 1U Switching Bandwidth (data rate, full duplex) 3.2 Tbp in and 3.2 Tbps out for a sum total of 6.4 Tbps Forwarding Capacity (data rate, full duplex) (L2) 2.4 Bpps, (L3) 600 Mpps line-rate performance Dimensions and Weight 440 mm; 17.32 in. (Width), 444.7 mm; 17.5 in. (Depth) 43.7mm; 1.72 in. (Height) 9.07 kg; 20 lb Port-to-port latency 2.
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IEEE Compliance • Ethernet • RFC 2571 An Architecture for Describing SNMP Management Frameworks • RFC 2578 Structure of Management Information Version 2 • IEEE 802.1D Spanning Tree Protocol • RFC 2579 Textual Conventions for SMIv2 • IEEE 802.1s Multiple Spanning Tree • RFC 2580 Conformance Statements for SMIv2 • IEEE 802.1w Rapid Reconfiguration of Spanning Tree Protocol • RFC 2710 Multicast Listener Discovery (MLD) for IPv6 • IEEE 802.3 Ethernet • RFC 2711 IPv6 Router Alert Option • IEEE 802.
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• MIBS • RFC 2674 Bridge MIB • RFC 2819 RMON Groups 1, 2, 3, 9 • RFC 2863 The Interfaces Group MIB • RFC 3826 SNMP-USM-AES-MIB • RFC 4022 TCP MIB • RFC 4113 UDP.MIB • RFC 4133 Entity MIB (Version 3); rmon.mib, rmon2.mib, sflow_v5.mib, bridge.mib, pbridge.mib, qbridge.mib, rstp. mib, lag.mib, lldp.mib, lldp_ext_dot1.mib, lldp_ext_dot3.mib • RFC 4273 BGP-4 MIB • RFC 4292 IP Forwarding MIB • RFC 4293 Management Information Base for the Internet Protocol (IP) • RFC 4750 OSPFv2.
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Security • Port-based Network Access Control 802.1X • RADIUS • AAA • TACACS+ • Secure Shell (SSHv2) • TLS 1.1, 1.2 • HTTP/HTTPS • BPDU Drop • Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP) • Secure Copy Protocol • Control Plane Policing (CPP) • LDAP/AD • SFTP • Port Security Ordering Information Part Number Description BR-SLX-9240-32C-AC-F SLX 9240-32C Switch AC with front-to-back airflow. 32×100 GbE/40 GbE BR-SLX-9240-32C-DC-F SLX 9240-32C Switch DC with front-to-back airflow.