Alcatel-Lucent brings 40 GigE to mesh

NEW YORK, USA: Alcatel-Lucent announced a major upgrade of its data center switching solution or ‘fabric’, the Alcatel-Lucent Mesh, by extending 40 gigabit Ethernet (40 GigE) links throughout the mesh.

To complete the evolution to 40 GigE in the Mesh, Alcatel-Lucent has added 40 GigE capabilities to its OmniSwitch 10K modular Ethernet LAN chassis, a network core switch.

This move — coupled with the use of a technique called ‘Shortest Path Bridging’ which optimizes server-to-server communications across the entire Mesh -enables enterprises to essentially transform their data centre networks into private clouds, giving them the flexibility to reconfigure data center resources quickly and easily, says the company in a release.

To complement the 40 GigE enhancements, the Alcatel-Lucent Mesh has also been verified as Citrix Ready.  The Citrix Ready program helps customers identify third-party solutions that are recommended to enhance networking and cloud computing solutions from Citrix, and ultimately provide a seamless experience for users.

Klaus Oestermann, Group VP & GM Cloud Networking Group, Citrix, said: “Networking infrastructure has taken centre stage as the unstoppable forces of mobility and cloud transform the demands of the data centre. With the Citrix cloud networking portfolio including NetScaler 10 and Branch Repeater 6 we are giving enterprises the same cloud platform capabilities to power their business that the largest public clouds have enjoyed for years."