VLT-30034 Grid Director™ 4036E

Description

Overview

40Gb/s InfiniBand switch with integrated low-latency Ethernet gateway
The Grid Director 4036E is a high performance, low-latency and fully non-blocking InfiniBand switch, which includes a built-in, low-latency Ethernet gateway for bridging traffic to and from Ethernet-based networks or storage. This self-contained solution combines an InfiniBand switch, an embedded subnet manager, and a built-in, hardware-based low-latency Ethernet gateway in a compact 1U device.

With thirty-four 40Gb/s InfiniBand ports (delivering 2.72 Tb/s), less than 100 nanoseconds of port-to-port latency, and two 1/10Gb Ethernet ports bridging traffic in less than one microsecond, I/O bottlenecks are removed making applications operate at maximum efficiency, and its smart design makes it easily useful for both small and large clusters.

Features

Low-latency, hardware-based bridging between InfiniBand and Ethernet
Provides high performance connectivity to Ethernet-based services and resources
Reduce switching and adapter costs by consolidating network and I/O infrastructure
34 40Gb/s ports and two 1/10 GbE ports in a 1U switch
Ultra-low latency with less than 100 nanoseconds between InfiniBand ports and less than one microsecond between InfiniBand and Ethernet
Plug & play, standards-based protocol bridging with zero configuration required on the 4036E itself or on the servers
Embedded subnet manager

Technical Specifications

GRID DIRECTOR 4036E

19" rack mountable chassis, 1U height
Aggregate data throughput: 2.72 Tb/s
Port-to-port Latency
- less than 100 ns InfiniBand to InfiniBand
- less than 1 µs InfiniBand to Ethernet
9 Virtual lanes: 8 data + 1 management
MTU: 4096 Bytes (max.)

INFINIBAND PORTS

34 4X Quad Data Rate ports
IBTA 1.2.1 compliant
Interconnect options:
- QSFP passive/active cooper or fiber cables
- All ports are located on the rear panel

ETHERNET PORTS

Two 1/10 GbE interconnect ports, SFP+ interfaces
IEEE 802.3ab
IEEE 802ad (link aggregation)
IEEE P802.3ak and IEEE P802.3ae 10GBASESR, 10GBASE-LR
Support for Jumbo frames

IETF PROTOCOLS

TCP/IP: IETF RFC-793, IETF RFC-791, IETF RFC-
768, RFC-926, RFC-1812, RFC-1027
IPoIB: IETF RFC 4391, 4392
VLAN support according IEEE 802.1q (up to 64 VLANS)
IP multicast (IETF RFC 3171) and IGMPv2 (up to 3000 multicast groups)
SNMP v2c: IETF — RFC190x

MANAGEMENT

Physical Ports:
- DB-9 connector on the rear panel
- RJ45 jack connector for 10/100/1000 Ethernet port on the rear panel
- Chassis Reset Button on the front/rear panels
- USB port on the rear panel
Device Management:
- CLI
- SNMP
Fabric Management
- On-board SM for fabrics up to 648 nodes
- Unified Fabric Manager™ (UFM™)

INDICATORS

Fan unit LED on the fan unit
PSU LED on the power supply
Power supply/fan LED on the front/rear panels
Info LED on the front and rear panels
SM LED on the front and rear panels
System Power LED on the front/rear panels
System Temp LED on the rear panel
I/O LED on the rear panel

POWER REQUIREMENTS

Dual redundant power supply slots and two hot-swappable power supplies
Power entries: 100 to 240 VAC, 50/60 Hz, auto-sensing
Power consumption
- Maximum: 240W
- Typical: 180W
- Numbers relate to copper cables. For optic cables add 1.5W per port.

COOLING

Front-to-rear cooling
Hot-swappable fan unit containing three fans for high availability
Auto-heat sensing for silent fan operation

PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS

Dimensions (H x W x D): 1.69’’ (43 mm) x 16.93’’ (430 mm) x 20.9’’ (530 mm)
Fixed rack-mount bracket kit included
Optional cabling guide brackets kit designed for cable management
Weight: 20 Lbs (9 Kgs)

ENVIRONMENTAL

Operating
- Ambient temperature: 32º to 113º F (0º to 45º C)
- Humidity: 15 to 80%, non-condensing
- Altitude: 0 to 9843 ft (3000m)
Storage
- Temperature: -13º to 158º F (-25º to 70º C)
- Humidity: 5 to 90 non-condensing
- Altitude: 0 to 15,000 ft (4570m)