Qlogic SilverStorm 9040 Specifications

SilverStorm
9000 Fabric
Directors
10 Gb/s (SDR) and 20
Gb/s (DDR) Switching
With Integrated Virtual I/O
Controllers (VIC)
Benefits
• Significantly improve cluster computing application
performance
• Eliminate the need for separate physical server
connections to storage and network resources
• Scale servers and I/O independently
• Pool and share I/O between servers
• Simplify data center design and reduce operating
costs
• Requires up to 1/3 less power and space than
competitive solutions
Key Features
• Up to 11.52 Terabits of switching capacity in a
single system
• Common set of spine, leaf, and Virtual I/O Controller
modules across all chassis sizes
• 4x SDR/DDR InfiniBand, 1/2/4 Gb/s Fibre Channel
and 10Gb/s Ethernet Virtual I/O interface options
• Fully redundant power, cooling, and logic
components
• Up to 288 InfiniBand ports in a single chassis
• Supports both copper and Fiber Optic InfiniBand
cables
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Integrated Cluster Computing Interconnect Solution.
Multi-Protocol Fabric Directors support High Performance Computing (HPC),
database clustering, and grid utility computing applications; they maximize
cluster and grid computing interconnect performance while simplifying and
reducing data center costs. The 9000 Fabric Director systems leverage
the latest InfiniBand-based technologies to provide industry leading port
densities, throughput performance, and ultra-low latency.
Virtual I/O Integration.
I/O Controller (VIC) technology. VIC modules installed in a 9000 system
enable hosts on InfiniBand fabrics to transparently access either Fibre
Channel or Ethernet networks or both. VIC modules utilize Virtual HBA
and Virtual NIC technology creating a virtual pool of network and storage
resource connectivity. VIC technology eliminates the cost and complexity
of running multiple server physical connections for storage, network, and
inter-processor communications, and allows each virtual network type to
scale independently over a "single wire" connection.
Fabric Scalability.
most any cluster interconnect requirement. The family scales to support
small networks with as few as 12 nodes using a single 2U chassis to multi-
thousand node networks using multiple Fabric Director systems working in
concert as a single high performance virtual fabric.
To maximize fabric scalability, all 9000 systems use the same spine
switching, leaf switching, and VIC option modules. All chassis types are
slot-independent, which enable flexible switching capacity and port density
depending on the number and type of option modules installed.
Advanced Features.
pluggable. Advanced features are supported, such as non-disruptive
firmware upgrade, port-to-port and module-to-module failover, component
level diagnostics and alarming, and both in-band and out-of-band remote
management. When combined with the QuickSilver suite of fabric software
solutions, the 9000 family of Fabric Directors supports the most demanding
cluster computing interconnect requirements.
D A T A S H E E T
The 9000 family incorporates the innovative Virtual
The 9000 series Fabric Directors economically support
All major components are field replaceable and hot
The SilverStorm 9000