Chapter 1 Introduction To Mellanox Sx10Xx/Sx1X00 Systems; Overview; Speed And Switching; Figure 1: Ethernet Systems Family Front Side View - Mellanox Technologies SX1012 User Manual

1 Introduction to Mellanox SX10XX/SX1X00 Systems
1.1

Overview

Mellanox Ethernet System Family delivers the highest performance and port density with a com-
plete chassis and fabric management solution enabling converged data centers to operate at any
scale while reducing operational costs and infrastructure complexity. This family includes a
broad portfolio of Top-of-Rack (TOR) systems that range from 12 to 64 ports, and support 10/40/
56Gb/s per port. These systems allow IT managers to build cost-effective and scalable system
fabrics for small to large clusters up to 10's-of-thousands of nodes.
Mellanox makes fabric management as easy as it can by providing the lowest latency and highest
bandwidth. This allows IT managers to deal with serving the company's business needs, while
solving typical networking issues such as congestion and the inefficiencies generated by adding
unnecessary rules and limitations when the network resources are sufficient.
1.2

Speed and Switching

Table 3 describes maximum throughput and interface speed per system model.
Table 3 - Speed and Switching Capabilities
System Model
SX1012
SX1012X
SX1016
SX1024
SX1036
SX1400
*The switches can support 10Gb/s interfaces using QSFP to SFP adapters
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Figure 1: Ethernet Systems Family Front Side View

10GbE* SFP+
Interfaces
N/A
12
64
48
N/A
48
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40/56GbE QSFP+ Interfaces
12
N/A
N/A
12
36
12
Throughput
1.34Tb/s
1.34Tb/s
1.28Tb/s
1.92Tb/s
4.03Tb/s
1.92Tb/s
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