Newer server processors pack more cores into fewer boxes, creating a need for network speed Server consolidation has led Cisco to boost the speed of top of rack switches to 100G. The networking giant last week announced the catchily named N9348C8D H2, a 1U device packing 48 100G SFP DD ports and eight 400G QSFP DD uplinks. At the Cisco Live event in Melbourne, Australia, this week, Ciscos senior veep for datacenter and internet infrastructure, Kevin Wollenweber, said one reason the company...
