[October 13, 2009] 'WaveCrest deploys 10 GbE network with Brocade' Tweet Oct 13, 2009 (DMEUROPE via COMTEX) -- UK-based service provider WaveCrest has selected Brocade for reducing data centre sprawl. The new network infrastructure features Brocade BigIron RX-16 and Brocade FastIron SX 800 series 10 Gigabit Ethernet backbone switches at its UK-based headquarters and data centre facility. This is a part of a GBP 2.8 million total infrastructure upgrade that will update back office systems and transition WaveCrest's telecommunications network to delivering services entirely via voice over IP. The new 10 GbE Brocade-based network will support back office upgrades featuring HP c-Class blade servers, Dell EqualLogic SAN arrays and virtualisation software from VMWare. This has reduced its servers from 80 physical machines to fourteen blade servers in two enclosures, from twenty racks to just four. For the new IP platform, WaveCrest deployed a system comprising Genband session border controllers and Dialogic integrated media gateways. Both these infrastructure projects are underpinned by the implementation of a new 10 GbE network based on Brocade switches. Configured as a ring with 10 GbE links between the two sites, the Brocade switches will ultimately replace the company's legacy, and circuit-switched network and allow WaveCrest to use MRJ21 high density connectors, which simplifies cabling by consolidating six copper gigabit ports onto a single cable. Distributed for DMeurope.com via M2 Communications (www.m2.com) [ Back To TMCnet.com's Homepage ]