The Sun Datacenter InfiniBand Switch 72 joins the Sun Datacenter InfiniBand Switch 648 and Sun Datacenter InfiniBand Switch 36 in Sun's third generation family of InfiniBand (IB) switches. The one rack unit (RU) switch is a complete, ultra-slim, ultra-dense switch fabric solution for Sun server clusters up to 72 Quad Data Rate (QDR) IB nodes. Most importantly, the switch integrates with the Sun Blade 6048 InfiniBand QDR Switched Network Express Module, scaling up to over 576 end nodes.
The Sun Datacenter InfiniBand Switch 36 is a 36-port Quad Data Rate (QDR) InfiniBand leaf switch enabling users to bind Sun Blade and Sun Fire servers and storage systems into a 36-node cluster. This multi-purpose switch can act as a self-contained fabric solution for smaller InfiniBand clusters or as a building block for hierarchical fabric topologies supporting larger clusters of Sun Blade or Sun Fire servers and storage systems.
Sun's Mikael Lofstrand defines the principles of a new Sun network architecture called VeriScale and demonstrates how it meets the requirements of elasticity, scalability and five other detailed conditions making it ideal for a modern, self-provisioning datacenter. In a soon to be released Sun BluePrints that Lofstrand is authoring and sharing on his blog, he defines the VeriScale architecture including its functional components, its nontraditional method of automation, OpenSolaris Dynamic Service Containers, network optimization and Sun's service delivery network architecture.
Sun is now offering Brocade customers more choices with the addition of Brocade 8Gb/s 10km Fibre Channel SFPs and Brocade 4Gb/s 30km Fibre Channel Extended Long wave SFP for various switches and directors. Brocade 4Gb/s and 8Gb/s SFP's in both long wave and shortwave lengths can be intermixed.
The Sun Datacenter InfiniBand Switch 648 is a high-density, Quad Data Rate (QDR) IB core switch that offers capacity for up to 648 servers and storage systems. It can replace up to 152 discrete switching elements and thousands of cables in large-scale solutions, Sun reports. It is an ideal solution for cluster sizes that range from 200 servers to 5000+ servers. This full industry standard Infiniband switching platform fits into a standard 19-inch rack. With an 11u height, up to three switches can be mounted in a single rack for 1,944 4x QDR InfiniBand ports in 33 rack units.
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