Scaling-Out Data Centers with Extended Data Rate (EDR) InfiniBand
Faster servers based on PCIe 3.0, combined with high-performance storage and applications that use increasingly complex computations, are causing data bandwidth requirements to spiral upward. As servers are deployed with next generation processors, High-Performance Computing (HPC) environments and Enterprise Data Centers (EDC) will need every last bit of bandwidth delivered with Mellanox’s next generation of EDR InfiniBand high-speed smart switches.
Sustained Network Performance
Built with Mellanox’s latest Switch-IB™ InfiniBand switch devices, the CS7520 provides up to 216 100Gb/s full bi-directional bandwidth per port. The CS7520 modular chassis switch provide an excellent price-performance ratio for medium to extremely large size clusters, along with the reliability and manageability expected from a director-class switch.
The CS7520 is the world’s first smart network switch, designed to enable in-network computing through the Co-Design Scalable Hierarchical Aggregation Protocol (SHArP) technology. The Co-Design architecture enables the usage of all active data center devices to accelerate the communications frameworks, resulting in order of magnitude applications performance improvements.
BENEFITS
– Industry-leading switch platform in performance, power, and density
– Collective communication acceleration
– Designed for energy and cost savings
– Quick and easy setup and management
– Maximizes performance by removing fabric congestions
– Backward compatible to FDR technology
KEY FEATURES
Performance
– 216 EDR 100Gb/s ports in a 12U switch
– 43Tb/s aggregate switch throughput
– Ultra low switch latency
Optimized Design
– N+N redundant & hot-swappable power
– 80 gold+ and energy star certified power supplies
– Dual-core x86 CPU
– SGCC plating
MELLANOX CS7520
– 12U modular chassis
– 36 QSFP28 EDR 100Gb/s InfiniBand ports per dual IC leaf blade
SWITCH SPECIFICATIONS
– Compliant with IBTA 1.21 and 1.3
– 9 virtual lanes: 8 data + 1 management
– 256 to 4Kbyte MTU
– 4X48K entry linear forwarding data base
MANAGEMENT PORTS
– DHCP
– Familiar Industry Standard CLI
– Management over IPv6
– Management IP
– SNMP v1,v2,v3
– Web UI
FABRIC MANAGEMENT
– On-board Subnet Manager supporting fabrics of up to 2k nodes
– Unified Fabric Manager™ (UFM™) Agent
CONNECTORS AND CABLING
– QSFP28 connectors
– Passive copper or active fiber cables
– Optical modules
INDICATORS
– Per port status LED Link, Activity
– System status LEDs: System, fans, power supplies
– Port Error LED
– Unit ID LED
PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS
– Dimensions: 20.96’’H x 17.64’’W x 30.3’’D
– Weight: Fully populated 200kg (441lb)
POWER SUPPLY
– Hot swappable with N+N redundancy
– Input range: 180-265VAC
– Frequency: 47-63Hz, single phase AC
COOLING
– Hot-swappable fan trays
– Front-to-rear air flow
– Auto-heat sensing fans
