Integrated Application Hosting
The 8720 can run onboard VM-based applications alongside the switch OS—all without impacting performance. This flexible and open solution enables organizations to deploy Extreme- provided or third-party applications and tools directly on the switch for security, monitoring, troubleshooting, or extended network functionality—based on customer need—without a separate hardware device. This unique design does not impact the control and forwarding plane of the switch and provides dedicated CPUs, memory, and SSD storage for flexible packet capture and offline processing.