Lenovo X7-8 Gen 7 Fibre Channel Director

Lenovo X7-8 Gen 7 Fibre Channel Director

Supports up to 384 64Gb ports or 512 32Gb portsTotal bandwidth of 39.6Tb/sLink speeds of 8, 16, 32, and 64Gb FC auto-sensingHot swap redundant power supplies and fan traysAutonomous SAN infrastructure for self-learning, self-optimizing, and self-healing capabilitiesSafeguard mission-critical workloads from vulnerabilities with Gen 7 integrated security

Key Features

Multi-faceted and agile The versatile Lenovo X7-8 Gen 7 Fibre Channel Director is designed to meet relentless growth and large enterprise environments. Its highly scalable extension solution for FC, IP, and FICON gives businesses the agility to keep growing as their IT needs change. With its backwards-compatibility support, it helps enterprises manage their need for constant change. A roomy 14U form factor gives the Lenovo X7-8 Gen 7 Fibre Channel Director the ability to grow or scale back networks as needed. Results-driven performance With an industry-leading Gen 7 FC the Lenovo X7-8 Gen 7 Fibre Channel Director increases performance for demanding workloads. It can handle up to 39.6Tb/s of bandwidth to manage the most demanding applications while maximizing high transaction workloads with 50% lower network latency. Businesses can rely on its ability to operate data-intensive app response times and enable improved Service Level Agreements (SLAs). Network design simplified Automate actions to simplify management and resolve issues while leveraging optical Inter-Chassis Links (ICLs) that enable businesses to reduce network complexity and costs. By reducing inter-switch cabling by 75% and freeing up to 25% of ports for servers and storage, the Lenovo X7-8 Gen 7 Fibre Channel Director simplifies management and storage connectivity. Seamlessly integrate next-generation NVMe into the storage fabric without a disruptive rip-and-replace.

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