Allied Telesis expands family of switches for next generation networks

Allied Telesis announces the launch of its x210 Series Gigabit Layer 2+ switches and the x510 series of stackable Gigabit switches with Power over Ethernet Plus (PoE+) to beat bandwidth congestion and service delivery problems as more businesses adopt cloud based services. The next generation switches that work with cloud and IPv6 include a full range of security and resiliency features, coupled with easy management to support the requirements of a variety of enterprise networks, including retail, government, education and healthcare.

The new Allied Telesis x210 Series Gigabit Layer 2+ switches are the entry-level products in the popular x-Series family and offer an impressive set of features in an affordable package, ideal for network access applications. The x210 series offers a guaranteed secure network that has powerful control over network traffic, secure management options and multi-layered security features. Its tri-authentication ensures that only known users and devices access the network, with separate controlled access for guests. With IPv6 rapidly becoming a mandatory requirement for many government and enterprise customers, investment protection is guaranteed using the x210.

The x510 Series of stackable Gigabit switches includes a full range of security and resiliency features, coupled with easy management. The two new Power over Ethernet Plus (PoE+) models, the AT-x510-28GPX and AT-x510-52GPX, each deliver enough PoE+ to support the requirements of enterprise networks, including retail, government, education and healthcare. Both PoE+ models can provide up to 370 Watts of power to support high-powered devices such as video surveillance cameras and IP phones and eliminates the need for power rewiring and offers reduced office noise pollution.

“The convergence of network services in the enterprise has led to increasing demand for highly available networks with minimal downtime. The x210 Series perfectly satisfies this requirement, providing a very reliable and flexible solution for the network edge.” said Jane Brett, UK Sales director.
“A great advantage of the x510 Series is its upgradability from Layer 2+/basic Layer 3 functionality to full Layer 3. Customers can either purchase the product with the full Layer 3 premium license, or upgrade their devices in the future as their business and network requirements grow. This ability to increase the capability of existing products significantly increases ROI.

“Most companies today are not asking if they should move to the cloud but rather how they should move. It is important that businesses ensure their network is cloud-ready before making decisions about migration. These switches can help ensure data is safe and downtime is limited,” adds Jane.