Extend Services; Enhance Efficiency

For Dell PowerEdge blade server customers, the Cisco Catalyst Blade Switch 3030 for Dell is an integrated switch that extends Cisco infrastructure services to the server edge and uses existing network systems to help reduce operating expenses. The Cisco Catalyst Blade Switch 3030 ensures consistency across the network for advanced services such as security and resiliency. It also allows customers to use the end-to-end Cisco management framework to simplify ongoing operations.

The Cisco Catalyst Blade Switch 3030 for Dell:

• Decreases cable complexity by up to 90 percent
• Reduces space requirements by optimizing rack space use
• Improves management at the server edge by using the Cisco management framework
• Secures business assets with Cisco IOS Software security features
• Enhances operational efficiency with consistent services deployment

Configurations

WS-CBS3030-DEL-S
10 internal 1000BASE-T ports connected to servers through the PowerEdge Enclosure backplane
4 external 10/100/1000 Small Form-Factor Pluggable (SFP) ports; supports copper and fiber (SX) SFP modules from Cisco
2 external 10/100/1000BASE-T ports
1 external console port

WS-CBS3030-DEL-S
Same as WS-CBS3030-DEL-S but factory pre-installed by Dell

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