Only a decade ago, the enterprise data center industry was discussing the migration from 10 gigabits per second (Gb/s) to 40/100Gb/s for uplinks and 1Gb/s to 10Gb/s for server connections. Now IEEE standards exist for 400Gb/s over Multimode and Singlemode fiber, and the IEEE Beyond 400Gb/s Ethernet Study group is defining physical layer specifications to support 800Gb/s and potentially 1.6 Terabits per second (Tb/s).
Whilst a migration to 400/800Gb/s may seem farfetched for the enterprise any time soon, trends in Digital Transformation and bandwidth-intensive applications have hyperscale and larger cloud data centers already in the planning and early deployment stages. These trendsetters have inherently propelled technology advancement for the wider industry, making the road to 400/800Gb/s easily travelable and perhaps not as far away as the enterprise might think.
Join Gary Bernstein, Global Data Center Solutions Specialist at Siemon as he examines the implications of 400G/800G on the data center environment. This session will highlight the available technologies, strategic approaches and design impacts on your layer 1 infrastructure and how to approach planning for/and delivering this successfully in the years to come.
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Gary Bernstein
Global Data Center Cabling Solutions Specialist, Siemon
Gary Bernstein is Sr. Director of Global Data Center Sales at Siemon with more than 25 years of industry experience and extensive knowledge in data center infrastructure, telecommunications, and copper and fiber structured cabling systems. Gary has held positions in engineering, sales, product management, marketing and corporate management throughout his career. Gary has been a member of TIA TR42.7 and TR42.11 Copper & Fiber Committees and various IEEE802.3 task forces and study groups including 40/100G “ba”, 200/400G “bs” and 400/800G “df” and 800G/1.6T “dj”. Gary has spoken on Data Center Cabling at several industry events in North America, Europe, LATAM & APAC including 7x24, AFCOM, BICSI, Cisco Live, Datacenter Dynamics and has authored several articles in industry trade publications. Gary received a Bachelor of Sciences in Mechanical Engineering from Arizona State University, is an RCDD with BICSI and a Certified Data Center Designer (CDCD) with Datacenter Dynamics.