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October 14, 2008
Woven Announces 10 GE Switch TRX 200
New 24-Port TRX 200 switch extends Ethernet fabric reach to 10 Gigabit Ethernet servers and storage
SANTA CLARA, Calif., Oct. 14 -- Woven Systems Inc., the leading innovator of Ethernet Fabric switching solutions based on its patented vSCALE technology for datacenters and high-performance computing (HPC) clusters, today advanced its industry-leading price/performance in datacenter networking with the introduction of the TRX 200, a 10 Gigabit Ethernet (GE) top-of-rack switch. The 24-port TRX 200 joins Woven's TRX 100, a 48-port Gigabit Ethernet switch with four 10 GE uplinks, giving customers greater flexibility in configuring either non-blocking or oversubscribed datacenter networks.
The TRX 200 sets a new price/performance standard at less than $500 per 10 GE port that will dramatically accelerate the adoption of 10 GE technology in the fast-growing datacenter market. Working in conjunction with Woven's flagship EFX 1000 10 Gigabit Ethernet Fabric Switch, the TRX 200 reduces overall datacenter deployment costs while preserving key Woven innovations, including Dynamic Congestion Avoidance in a resilient and scalable multipath fabric that affords ultra-low latency.
The TRX 200 switch is a single rack unit high with 24 SFP+ 10 GE ports that can also function as 1 GE ports, making it ideal for top-of-rack deployments aggregating 1 or 10 GE servers. The TRX 200 also includes four 10/100/1000 switched Ethernet ports, along with two additional Ethernet management ports and a single console port. Management options include Web browser, Telnet remote log-in, a command line interface (CLI) and SNMPv3. High availability features include field-swappable redundant AC or DC power supplies, and a field-replaceable fan tray.
In addition to wirespeed performance, customers have the flexibility to choose various oversubscription levels with each switch for both GE and 10 GE servers. Link aggregation on the TRX 200 supports up to six trunk groups with up to eight ports per trunk giving customers maximum flexibility in meeting their datacenter deployment needs.
"Woven is already seeing an increase in the use of 10 Gig Ethernet servers, and we anticipate the market's demand for continued cost reductions through consolidation and virtualization will drive significant growth in 10 Gigabit Ethernet switching solutions," says Joe Ammirato, Woven's vice president of marketing. "Our purpose-built datacenter Ethernet fabric solution enables Woven to deliver quadruple the performance at a quarter of the price, and the TRX 200 extends our price/performance leadership to the top of the rack, enabling customers to take full advantage of 10 Gig Ethernet in the datacenter."
Pricing and Availability
The TRX 200 sets a new standard for 10 GE price/performance with its U.S. list price of $11,995, or less than $500 per SFP+ port, and is available immediately.
About Woven Systems
Woven Systems is an innovative network infrastructure provider that delivers the industry's first scalable 10 Gigabit Ethernet Fabric switching solutions for datacenters. Fully compliant with Ethernet standards, Woven's patented vSCALE packet processing technology featuring Dynamic Congestion Avoidance helps customers optimize the network performance and efficiency for their increasingly strategic datacenter operations. For more information, visit Woven Systems at http://www.wovensystems.com.
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Source: Woven Systems Inc.
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