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2011/06/21

[san-tech][03194] Mellanox: FDR 56Gb/s InfiniBandスイッチ発表, June 20, 2011

Date: Tue, 21 Jun 2011 21:15:55 +0900
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Mellanoxが FDR 56Gb/s InfiniBandスイッチを発表しました。
スイッチチップは 2011年 4月、HCAは 6月に発表済み:

"Mellanox Announces Complete End-to-End FDR 56Gb/s InfiniBand
 Interconnect Solutions for Uncompromised Clustering Performance
 and Scalability"
 June 20, 2011
  http://www.mellanox.com/content/pages.php?pg=press_release_item&rec_id=581

  "... today introduced a complete solution for FDR 56Gb/s InfiniBand
   consisting of adapter cards, switch systems, software and cables,
   becoming the first company to deliver a complete and robust
   end-to-end FDR InfiniBand infrastructure. Mellanox's next-generation
   ConnectX-3 FDR 56Gb/s InfiniBand adapters, SX-6000 series switch
   systems, Unified Fabric Manager (UFM), Mellanox OS (MLNX-OS),
   software accelerators and FDR copper and fiber cables deliver
   the highest level of networking performance while reducing system
   power consumption."


SX6025/SX6036 36-port 56Gb/s InfiniBand Switch Systems
  http://www.mellanox.com/content/pages.php?pg=products_dyn&product_family=121&menu_section=49
  http://www.mellanox.com/related-docs/prod_ib_switch_systems/SX6025.pdf
  http://www.mellanox.com/related-docs/prod_ib_switch_systems/SX6036.pdf
*)4.032Tb/s switching capacity
*)FDR/FDR10 support for Forward Error Correction (FEC)
*)port-to-port latency記載無し (以下の The Registerでは 165 nanoseconds)
※SX6036はマネジメント機能ありです。

SX6536 648-Port InfiniBand Director Switch
  http://www.mellanox.com/content/pages.php?pg=products_dyn&product_family=122&menu_section=49
  http://www.mellanox.com/related-docs/prod_ib_switch_systems/SX6536.pdf
*)648 FDR (56Gb/s) ports in a 29U switch
*)72.52Tb/s switching capacity
*)165ns to 495ns switching latency

MLNX-OS
Integrated switch management solution
  http://www.mellanox.com/content/pages.php?pg=mlnx_os&menu_section=55
  http://www.mellanox.com/related-docs/prod_management_software/PB_MLNX_OS.pdf
Storage Accelerator (VSA)
  http://www.mellanox.com/content/pages.php?pg=products_dyn&product_family=105&menu_section=69
  http://www.mellanox.com/related-docs/prod_acceleration_software/VSA.pdf
"Mellanox's Storage Accelerator (VSA) software is a highly scalable,
 high performance, low-latency software solution for tier-one storage
 and gateways that provides ultra-fast remote block storage access and
 accelerates access to SAN, DAS, or Flash based storage. "

Mellanox Copper and Optical Cables
  http://www.mellanox.com/content/pages.php?pg=cables&menu_section=36
56Gb/s Active Optical Cables Datasheet
  http://www.mellanox.com/related-docs/prod_cables/DS_FDR_56Gbs_Active_Optical.pdf
56Gb/s Passivr Copper Cables Datasheet
  http://www.mellanox.com/related-docs/prod_cables/DS_FDR_56Gbs_Passive_Copper_Cables.pdf

ConnectX-3 Single/Dual-Port Adapter with VPI
  http://www.mellanox.com/content/pages.php?pg=products_dyn&product_family=119&menu_section=41
  http://www.mellanox.com/related-docs/prod_adapter_cards/ConnectX3_VPI_Card.pdf


解説記事:
"Mellanox uncloaks future InfiniBand switches"
 21st June 2011
  http://www.theregister.co.uk/2011/06/21/mellanox_fdr_infiniband_switches/

InfiniBand関係のちょっと気になるデモ@ISC'11
"GPU to GPU Communication Over InfiniBand to be Demonstrated at ISC'11"
 June 18, 2011
  http://www.hpcwire.com/hpcwire/2011-06-18/gpu_to_gpu_communication_over_infiniband_to_be_demonstrated_at_isc%2711.html
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[san-tech][03052] Mellanox: First 56 Gb/s InfiniBand and 10/40 GbE Multi-Protocol Switch Silicon
[san-tech][03155] Mellanox: FDR 56Gb/s, 10/40GbE, PCIe Gen3対応チップ (ConnectX-3) 発表

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