At Sun, we believe the network is the computer. Sun pioneered many standard
networking technologies, and networking is part of everything we make—from
embedded networking on UltraSPARC processors, to the Solaris Operating
System, to the communication protocols that allow systems to share data. Most importantly,
Sun has the expertise to help you run your networks more efficiently and
keep you ahead of the technology curve.
Reduced acquisition, operating, and management costs
End-to-end integration and interoperability
Optimized for multithreaded performance with Solaris and UltraSPARC processors
Designed for an eco-efficient data center
The Sun Advantage
Sun's networking solutions are part of our overall mission to deliver open software, world record-breaking hardware, processors, and end-to-end management capabilities—all backed by a global service and support organization. You get a datacenter that's robust, scalable, reliable, and secure.
Whether you're managing the IT infrastructure of a startup or a Fortune 500 company, Sun's networking technologies will power your business. Our solutions tackle the most pressing challenges in today's market, including:
Many datacenters employ Ethernet, Fibre Channel, and InfiniBand layers to
reap the unique advantages of each networking technology. However, these
heterogeneous environments create management burdens and other bottlenecks
that threaten to outweigh the benefits of mixing network fabrics.
Thus a move toward fabric-level convergence (also called Data Center
Bridging, or DCB) is underway. The goal of convergence is to unify all
datacenter I/O over a single wire, a shift that promises to lower space,
energy, and management costs.
Moving Toward Convergence
Ethernet's widespread adoption makes it a likely candidate to lead the move
toward convergence. With the arrival of 10GbE technology, new
high-performance Ethernet standards that support Fibre Channel and
InfiniBand have emerged.
InfiniBand might play the most important role in convergence because its
architecture employs a software model, which can seamlessly integrate with
existing architectures. Thus, the latency and performance advantages of
InfiniBand can be realized while protecting investments in LAN and SAN
infrastructures.
Read more about the converged data center technologies on the Ethernet
Alliance page.
