With cloud services, HD video streaming, Internet of Things (IoT), and increasing mobile data usage for billions of devices becoming standard, organizations must modernize the way they communicate and conduct business. Increasingly organizations are expanding from on premise, private and hybrid cloud to full multi-cloud architectures to address agility, scale, security, reliability and cost requirements as digital transformation reshapes their business environment.
The SLX 9640 is designed to cost-effectively deliver the scale and performance needed to address the explosive growth in network bandwidth, devices, and services.
The flexible architecture is designed for optimal operations, supporting diverse deployment options — such as Internet border, collapsed border routing, and data center interconnect — that require deep buffering for lossless forwarding. In addition, the SLX 9640 helps address the increasing agility and analytic needs of digital organizations with innovative network automation and visibility build on the Extreme Integrated Application Hosting Architecture.
The SLX 9640 is a very powerful compact deep buffer Internet border router, providing a cost-efficient solution that is purpose-built for the most demanding service provider and enterprise data centers and MAN/WAN applications. The robust system architecture supported by SLX-OS, and a versatile feature set including IPv4, IPv6, and MPLS/VPLS with Carrier Ethernet 2.0 and OAM capabilities, provide deployment flexibility.