Management - Mellanox Technologies Grid Director 4036E Installation Manual

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Aggregate data throughput: 2.72 Tb/s (QDR), 1360 Gbps (DDR) or 680Gbps (SDR)
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34 QDR (40 Gbps) ports and two 1/10 GbE SFP+ ports in a 1U switch.
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Ultra-low latency:
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less than 100 nanoseconds between InfiniBand ports
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less than two microseconds between InfiniBand and Ethernet
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Virtual lanes: 8 data and 1 for management
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MTU: 4096 Bytes (max.)
Additional features include:
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Low latency, hardware-based (cut-thru) bridging between InfiniBand and Ethernet
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Provides high performance connectivity to Ethernet-based services and resources
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Consolidates network and I/O infrastructure
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Plug & play, standards-based protocol bridging with zero configuration required on the
Grid Director 4036E itself or on the servers
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Embedded subnet manager
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Transparent mapping between Ethernet VLANs and InfiniBand partitions to ensure
continuity of security and service levels
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Accelerating IP multicast over InfiniBand using hardware-based multicast
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Flow control support over both InfiniBand and Ethernet links for efficient handling of
congestion
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Layer 2/3/4-based packet filtering and classification
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Link aggregation (LAG) between Ethernet ports
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Aggregation of Ethernet ports from multiple gateways for scalability or redundancy
purposes
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Designed to provide high MTBF
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Redundant, hot-swappable power supplies
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Supported cables: InfiniBand QSFP and Ethernet 10G/1G Copper or Optical
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Built-in cable detection and optimization to achieve the longest available cable distance
and highest performance.
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Built-in high availability.
1.3

Management

The 4036E Gateway includes smart device management that provides a simple Command
Line interface for deploying, troubleshooting, maintaining and upgrading the switch. You can
use the CLI to perform routine tasks such as monitoring the switch operation or upgrade the
software and firmware.
10
Introduction