
OmniSwitch 6900 core and data centre network switches
1RU low-latency, wire-rate, non-blocking switch offering 10 GigE, 25 GigE, 40 GigE and 100 GigE interfaces.
Designed for companies needing extremely low latency, compact, non-blocking architecture switches that deliver high-performance, scalable, secure and reliable infrastructure.
The Alcatel-Lucent OmniSwitch 6900 virtual chassis capabilities with 1 rack unit design keeps your footprint small – and your management simple, because you can run multiple switches as one. These secure, compact, high density switches are designed to be flexible for the most demanding software-defined operations in virtualized or physical networks.
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Highlights
- Meet and exceed the needs of extremely high demand data centre or campus networks
- Converge physical and virtualized data centre operations
- Provide Autonomous Network with fully automated layer 2 and layer 3 network operations.
- Enhance your network security with profile-based segmentation and traffic filtering policies
Features
- Advanced L3 routing: VRF, Multicast, IPv4 and IPv6
- Data centre deployment with Lossless Ethernet and VXLAN gateway in the hardware
- SDN programmable through OVSDB, OpenStack, RESTful API, Python, Ansible.
- Zero-touch provisioning and network automation works with any network device that supports widely used standard protocols
- Universal Network Profiles and Orchestrated Policy based VM movement
- Automatic Fabric creation and Virtual chassis, SPB-M, IP routing protocols
Benefits
Models
- OS6900-X48C6 – 48 x 10G and 6 x 100G ports
- OS6900-T48C6 – 48 x 10G base-T and 6 x 100G ports
- OS6900-X48C4E – 40 x 10G, 8 x 25G and 4 x 100G ports with MACsec on all ports
- OS6900-V48C8 – 48 x 25G and 8 x 100G ports
- OS6900-C32(E) – 32 x 100G ports
- OS6900-X20 (20 SFP+)
- OS6900-T20 (20 10GBase-T)
- OS6900-X72 (48 SFP+ and 6 QSFP)
- OS6900-V72 (48 SFP28 and 6 QSFP28)
Supporting Documents
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OmniSwitch Product Line Matrix Comparison
Compare all Alcatel-Lucent OmniSwitches LAN solutions in this interactive matrix.
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OmniSwitch 6900 Stackable LAN Switches
OmniSwitch 6900 Stackable LAN switches are compact, high-density 10, 25, 40 and 100 GigE platforms.
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OmniSwitch Product Line Matrix Comparison - US Version
Compare all Alcatel-Lucent OmniSwitches LAN solutions in this interactive matrix - US Edition
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SPB for Mission-critical Video Surveillance Networks
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