Product: Plexxi has entries in three areas with its Switch, Control and API offerings. The Plexxi 1U optical switch comes in two models, the 1 and 1x, with 64 and 72 10 Gbps ports, respectively. The controller runs on Linux and uses the Plexxi Affinities standard REST interface northbound and JMS for southbound control. The Plexxi Affinity Topologies application works as part of Plexxi Control and supports vSphere, vCloudDirector, OpenStack and KVM.

Company: Plexxi

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Price Range:
The Plexxi Affinity Topologies in included with Plexxi Control, which costs $5,000 per controlled switch. The switches are $64,000 for Switch 1 and $85,000 for Switch 1x, plus maintenance charges of 10% to 18% of purchase price.