Alcatel OS6900T48-R-EU

High-density 1U rack-mountable managed Ethernet switch engineered for data center top-of-rack and aggregation deployments. Delivers 48 ports of 10GBASE-T copper connectivity plus 6 QSFP+ 40GbE uplinks, with a switching capacity of 1.28 Tbps and forwarding rate of 960 Mpps for ultra-low latency performance.

Advantages

Rear-to-front airflow aligns with modern data center hot-aisle/cold-aisle layouts, while dual hot-swappable power supply bays ensure redundancy and uptime. Advanced Layer 2/3/4 features, including OSPF, BGP, VRRP, and PIM-SM/DM, provide robust routing and multicast support. Virtual Chassis and Mesh stacking enable scalable, simplified management across multiple switches. Energy Efficient Ethernet reduces power consumption without compromising performance.

Suitable for

• Data center top-of-rack server access
• High-performance aggregation layers
• Enterprise campus core deployments
• Virtualized environments requiring low latency
• High-density 10G copper workstation clusters

Key specifications

• 48 x 10GBASE-T RJ45 ports
• 6 x 40GbE QSFP+ uplinks (breakout to 24 x 10GbE SFP+)
• Switching capacity: 1.28 Tbps full duplex
• Forwarding rate: 960 Mpps
• Layer 2/3/4 support with IPv4/IPv6 routing
• Virtual Chassis and Mesh stacking
• Rear-to-front airflow
• Dual hot-swappable AC power supply bays (PSUs sold separately)
• Management: CLI, Web GUI, SNMP, RMON
• Jumbo frame support up to 9216 bytes
• MAC address table: 128K entries
• VLANs: 4094
• Security: ACLs, port security, DHCP snooping, ARP spoofing protection

Recommendations

Ideal for organizations seeking a high-performance, low-latency 10G copper switch with 40G uplinks for data center or aggregation use. Pair with Alcatel-Lucent OS6900 power supplies and stacking cables for full redundancy and scalability.