Efficient, flexible networking for edge to the cloud offered as a service

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Learn more about the HPE M-series Ethernet switch portfolio for efficient networking from edge to cloud, offered in a flexible, consumption-based as-a-service model.

Network-as-a-service is a cloud-like consumption model offering you the ability to deploy infrastructure with flexible charge options verses traditional fixed pricing. This model is ideal for edge computing. Much like the cloud, the edge is bursting with useful data and offers limitless transformational opportunities.

While edge computing brings enterprise applications closer to where data is generated, it is not an isolated topology. It needs efficient, high-performance connectivity.

Look at the infrastructure from edge to cloud and see efficient, high-performance networking emerging as the basic building block

We have started to see industry wide adoption for the flexible consumption-based business models instead of traditional fixed pricing. This as-a-service approach offers users more efficient and flexible product delivery, lifecycle, and payment options. According to IDC by 2025, 60% of midsized-to-large enterprises will adopt networking as a service (NaaS) to enable operational agility, service customization, and flexible consumption models that support complex network and multi-cloud environments.

 

Figure 1: Consumption-based as-a-service models allow for more efficient, flexible product delivery, lifecycle, and payment options

Consumption based as-a-service offerings launch you on a journey to take advantage of flexible charge models, billing options with recurrence period, plus access to multiple infrastructure services and product lifecycle. As-a-service models can be offered for a combination of hardware, software, and orchestration systems allowing maximum flexibility through a complete offering.

Flexible go-to-market options: HPE M-series delivers the ideal high-performance, low-latency platform 

Ever since the first launch of HPE M-series in 2017, the goal has been to give you the flexibility to choose the best option that fits your environment. This flexibility is built into product’s form-factor, structure, packaging, and pricing.

While it currently may not have all the options required for as-a-service model, the HPE M-series product family is on a path to offer you multiple flexible options. Know that it still definitely provides comprehensive, flexible Ethernet switching choices for data center networking.

In fact, flexible is the one best word to describe HPE M-series Ethernet switch portfolio – with this long list of flexibility options available with the M-series portfolio:

1. Unique form-factor, half-width SN2010M and SN2100M switches as well as TOR, aggregation, and super-spine
2. Ports on demand that allow you to pay-as-you-grow
3. Airflow that goes front-to-back and back-to-front
4. AC/DC power supply options
5. NOS flexibility with integrated and disaggregated networking option
6. NEBS & TAA compliance for selling into large Tier-1 telecom service providers and federal governments
7. Ability to configure and manage with both CLI and GUI along with integration with HPE Network Orchestrator.
8. End-to-End qualification by HPE Labs (HPE SPOCK)
9. L1-L4 support by HPE Pointnext along with installation services with three-year support offered standard with product.
10. Flexibility to pay with both CapEx and OpEx through HPE GreenLake and HPE Financial Services

Figure 2: HPE M-series High-performance and low-latency switching platform

Available pricing options with M-series Ethernet switch family

Flexibility extends to how HPE offers CapEx or OpEx pricing options, or a combination of both.

Figure 3: Flexible Pricing Option available for HPE M-series

Leverage Ethernet storage benefits to deliver higher data throughput, boost efficiency, and reduce TCO

The HPE M-series Ethernet switch family offers industry-leading high bandwidth and the lowest latency for a cost-effective solution to connect primary, secondary, hyperconverged, NAS, or object storage systems.

Cost-effective options include pay-as-you-grow licensing, seamless speed transition from 1GbE to 200GbE, and support for next-generation storage such as software-defined, scale-out, distributed and NVMe. So you have many flexible ways to ensure your M-series fabrics allow for implementing significant speed and architecture upgrades over time.

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Meet Around the Storage Block blogger Faisal Hanif, Product Management, HPE Storage and Big Data 

Faisal is part of HPE’s Storage & Big Data business group leading Product Management & Marketing for next generation products and solutions for storage connectivity, network automation & orchestration. Follow Faisal on Twitter @ffhanif

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