Virtensys’ award-winning I/O virtualization switches are evolving how servers are deployed in data centers by eliminating PCI Express-based I/O adapters from servers and consolidating them into a single pool. The VIO-4000 series IOV switches create virtual images of each I/O adapter that are then presented to each connected server. The physical I/O adapters are shared between the servers without requiring changes to the servers, Operating Systems, I/O adapters or devicedrivers. The switches connect to the servers via the server-native PCI Express interconnect and eliminate the network & storage cables and access layer switches from the rack. The I/O virtualization switches manage the entire I/O infrastructure as a single entity. As a result, servers need only to be wired once; the I/O resources are dynamically allocated and modified from a remote web console, without the need for physical reconfiguration. The VIO-4000 series switches do not require the deployment of a new network and are the industry’s only I/O virtualization switches that are deployed without any modification to the existing servers or networks in the data center. The switches support all the major networking and storage connectivity including Ethernet, Fibre Channel, FCoE, iSCSI and SAS/SATA. The VIO-4000 switches deliver the industry’s best server I/O price/performance and lowest energyconsumption for accessing network and storage infrastructures through traditional or converged networks.

Benefit

• 60% reduction in server connectivity costs
• 70% decrease in I/O energy consumption
• 70% reduction in I/O component and cable count
• 60% decrease in servers’ management complexity
and operational expenses
• Increased I/O utilization to more than 80%
• Wire Once. Dynamically reconfigure and repurpose
• servers and connectivity without any physical change
• Enhanced reliability and increased MTBF
• Extended data center life cycle