VLT-30034 Grid Director™ 4036E

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.

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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

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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)

CERTIFICATIONS

• Safety
  • UL60950
  • CB IEC60950
  • CSA-C22.2 No.60950-00
• EMC
  • 47CFR FCC part 15
  • EN55022:98/EN55024:98/EN61000-3-2:00/EN61000-3-3:95
• VCCI

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