

RackSwitch G8124E delivers exceptional performance that is lossless and low latency. In addition, the G8124E delivers excellent cost savings as you consider acquisition costs, energy costs, plus its feature-rich design with when it comes to virtualization, CEE/FCoE, high availability, and its enterprise class Layer 2 and Layer 3 functionality.
| Component | Specification |
| Form factor | 1U rack mount |
| Ports | 24x SFP/SFP+ ports |
| SFP/SFP+ media types | 10 Gb Ethernet SFP+:
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| Data traffic types | Unicast, multicast, broadcast. |
| Software features |
Lenovo Networking OS: Layer 2 switching, Layer 3 switching, virtual local area networks (VLANs), VLAN tagging, spanning tree protocol (STP), link aggregation (trunk) groups (LAGs), virtual LAGs (vLAGs), Hot Links, Layer 2 failover, quality of service (QoS), VMready, IPv4/IPv6 management, IPv4/IPv6 routing, IPv4 virtual router redundancy protocol (VRRP), virtual NICs, Converged Enhanced Ethernet, Fibre Channel over Ethernet (FCoE) transit switch operations. |
| Performance | Non-blocking architecture with wire-speed forwarding of traffic:
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| Scalability |
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| Cooling | Six 5+1 redundant fixed fans. Rear (non-port side) to front (port side) or front to rear airflow. |
| Power supply | Two load-sharing, redundant fixed 275 W AC (100 - 240 V) power supplies (1x IEC 320-C14 connector on each power supply). |
| Hot-swap parts | SFP/SFP+ transceivers, SFP+ DAC cables. |
| Management ports | 2x 10/100/1000 Mb Ethernet ports (RJ-45); 1x RS-232 port (Mini-USB). |
| Management interfaces | Industry standard command line interface (isCLI); SNMP v1 and v3; Netconf (XML). Optional Lenovo Switch Center. Optional Lenovo XClarity for discovery, inventory, monitoring and events. |
| Security features | Secure Shell (SSH); Secure Copy (SCP); Secure FTP (sFTP); user level security; Role-based Access Control (RBAC); LDAP, RADIUS, and TACACS+ authentication; access control lists (ACLs); port-based network access control (IEEE 802.1x). |
| Mean Time Between Failures | 189,060 hours with ambient operating temperature of 40° C. |
| Dimensions | Height: 44 mm (1.7 in.); width: 439 mm (17.3 in.); depth: 381 mm (15.0 in.) |
| Weight | 6.4 kg (14.1 lb). |

