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The Alcatel-Lucent OmniSwitch 6900 stackable LAN switch is compact, high-density 40GbE platforms designed for the most demanding networks. This platform offers unmatched versatility to actually deliver on the promise of the virtualized data center. With their modular approach, these platforms accommodate the exact rack configuration and exact oversubscription ratio required by the application flows. In addition to high performance and extremely low latency, the OmniSwitch 6900 platform offers extensive QoS, layer 2 and layer 3 switching, as well as system- and network-level resiliency. It can be positioned as top of rack switch in a data center as well as core/aggregation switches in a converged campus network.