NVIDIA Quantum-3 Q3400-RA — Product Specifications (4U)

The Q3400-RA is the 4U, air-cooled Quantum-3 XDR InfiniBand switch engineered for large-scale HPC and AI fabrics. It provides a high-radix, high-bandwidth fabric building block with industry-leading in-network acceleration features.

Topline Specifications

Ports

144 XDR ports (800 Gb/s), presented as 72 OSFP cages (each octal OSFP = 8 lanes).

Aggregate Switching Capacity

115.2 Tb/s (bidirectional, line-rate switching).

Form Factor

4U rack-mount chassis — standard 19" rack (177.8 mm H × 438 mm W × 850 mm D).

PSUs & Fans

8 hot-swappable power supplies (load-sharing) and 10 hot-swappable fans (serviceable FRUs).

Technical Details

Switch ASIC
NVIDIA Quantum-3
Port Speeds Supported
400 Gb/s and 800 Gb/s (XDR) per port (backwards compatibility with lower line rates where applicable).
Switching
115.2 Tb/s aggregate switching capacity.
Management Interfaces
Dedicated fabric management (FNM) ports, front USB, console; full NVIDIA UFM integration for fleet management and telemetry.
Redundancy / FRUs
Hot-swappable PSUs and fans; field replaceable modules and FRU inventory tracking.
Power (per system)
Typical (passive cables / ATIS): ~2.9 kW; Max (active cables): up to ~7.0 kW — input 200–240VAC, 10A per PSU.
Noise
~78.4 dBA at room temperature (data-center environment).
Weight (approx.)
~60 kg (configured with 8 PSUs / full FRU complement).
Operating Temperature
0 °C to 35 °C (reverse airflow scenarios noted in manual); storage: –40 °C to 70 °C.
Humidity
Operational: 10% to 85% non-condensing; storage: 10% to 90% non-condensing.
Altitude
Operable up to 3050 m.
Regulatory / Compliance
CB, cTUVus, CE, CU; EMC: CE, FCC, VCCI, ICES, RCM; RoHS compliant.

Features & Fabric Capabilities

  • High Radix: 144 XDR ports in a single 4U chassis enables high-density spines for two-level fat-tree fabrics.
  • Scalable Topologies: Ideal as a spine in Fat-Tree, Dragonfly+, multi-dimensional Torus and custom AI factory topologies.
  • SHARP & In-Network Acceleration: Supports SHARP collective offloads and hardware-accelerated reductions for distributed training.
  • Adaptive Routing & Congestion Control: Hardware-assisted adaptive routing and advanced congestion mitigation for stable application performance.
  • Interoperability: Designed to interoperate with ConnectX-8 adapters and BlueField DPUs and integrate with NVIDIA UFM and telemetry stacks.
  • Router Option: Optional router capability to extend and bridge InfiniBand fabrics across sites or routing domains.
  • Secure Firmware & Management: Secure boot, authenticated firmware updates, and role-based access control for multi-tenant deployments.

Environmental, Mechanical & FRU Summary

  • Chassis: 4U, standard depth rack (177.8 × 438 × 850 mm).
  • FRUs: 8 × hot-swappable PSUs, 10 × hot-swappable fans, replaceable connector cages (OSFP), and console/management modules.
  • Thermal: Air-cooled with front/rear airflow options depending on SKU and rack configuration.
  • Monitoring: Integrated telemetry, thermal thresholds, and event logging for predictive maintenance and automated operations.

Product Images

Q3400-RA Front View Q3400-RA Rear View

Downloadable Documents

📘 User Manual