Cumulus Networks in Partnership With HPE

Cumulus Networks, Inc., in open and scalable networks,  has partnered with Hewlett Packard Enterprise Development LP to bring open, automated and scalable storage networking solutions to expanding data centers.

HPE’s StoreFabric M-Series Ethernet Switches will run Cumulus Linux and NetQ, delivering a flexible networking fabric that is predictable, scalable and reliable.

With the growth of data and companies taking advantage of new technologies such as AI, 5G and IoT, businesses need more options to handle the new demands being placed on the network.

These performance intensive applications require performance, all-flash storage infrastructure with deeper levels of automation, and they need a networking solution to match, which legacy storage networking solutions simply can’t provide. Together, Cumulus and HPE are providing organisations with the open, automated storage networking fabric needed in data centers.

“Many modern data centers feature all flash storage architectures designed to meet the needs of high-performance applications, but what’s often limited these applications from reaching their true potential was networking,” said Josh Leslie, CEO, Cumulus. “The combination of Cumulus Linux and NetQ with HPE’s M-Series Ethernet Switches now provides organisations a more open, flexible networking fabric that is predictable, scalable, and reliable to help drive businesses forward.“

Designed for performance and scalable storage workloads, the M-Series switches with Cumulus Linux and NetQ provide high bandwidth and low latency for a solution to connect primary, secondary, hyperconverged, NAS or object storage systems for building an Ethernet Storage Fabric (ESF).

Breaking Complexity of Hyper-convergence with Open Networking
With open networking, customers can choose the components that fit their needs in order to optimise and automate their data centers. The integrated combination of M-Series Ethernet Switches and Cumulus Networks achieves agility, providing customers with increased choice and the ability to tune their data center networks to their requirements to improve pace of innovation, efficiency and automation.

“Storage networks built on M-series switches deliver high levels of performance and ultra-low latency,” said Marty Lans, GM storage connectivity, HPE. “Adding Cumulus Linux and NetQ to the M-series now provides enterprises with greater network flexibility, increased scale, and deeper levels of automation making this a compelling solution for Ethernet Storage Fabrics.“