Product Options; Grid Director 4036E Available Configurations; Infiniband Clusters Using The Grid Director 4036E; Ordering Options - Mellanox Technologies Grid Director 4036E Installation Manual

Grid Director 4036E Installation Manual
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Product Options

4.1

Grid Director 4036E Available Configurations

The Grid Director 4036E is a 1U entry level switch with 34 InfiniBand 4X and 2 1GbE/10GbE
ports, providing bidirectional 40 Gbps/20 Gbps per port grid connectivity. The Grid Director
can serve as an edge switch in large fabrics (where the Grid Director 4036E is serving as core
switch) or as a standalone managed unit in smaller clusters.
4.2

InfiniBand Clusters Using the Grid Director 4036E

The Grid Director 4036E acts as a standalone unit or as a building block for larger clusters.
The following figure show a mid-size two-tier (triple-hop) non-blocking configuration, based
on multiple Grid Directors 4036E functioning as the cluster's building blocks.

Figure 7: Mid-size two-tier CLOS InfiniBand Cluster Connected to Ethernet-based High-Performance

Storage
4.3

Ordering Options

This section provides the Grid Director 4036E and modules ordering information.

Table 3: Ordering Information for the Grid Director 4036E

Number
VLT-30034
VLT-30035

Table 4: Ordering Information for the Grid Director 4036E Modules

Number
VLT-30029-F
Name
4036E 34 Port QDR Switch
ETH Gateway
4036E 34 Port QDR Switch
ETH Gateway-Low Mem
Name
PS-36 AC FRU
Description
Grid Director 4036E 1U 34 port QDR Switch,
front-to-back cooling, dual PS
Grid Director 4036E 1U 34 port QDR Switch,
front-to-back cooling, dual PS, low memory.
Description
PS-36 AC, FRU
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