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:
- 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