SX6518 324-Port InfiniBand Director Switch

Overview

The SX6518 switch system provides the highest-performing fabric solution in a 16U form factor factor by delivering 36.3Tb/s of non-blocking bandwidth with 170ns to 510ns port latency.

Built with Mellanox’s 5th generation SwitchX® InfiniBand switch device, the SX6518 provides up to 324 56Gb/s full bi-directional bandwidth per port.

The SX6518 can scale as the number of nodes per cluster and the number of cores per node increases. This modular chassis switch provides an excellent price-performance ratio for medium to extremely large size clusters, along with the reliability and manageability expected from a director-class switch.

  • 324 FDR (56Gb/s) ports in a 16U switch
  • 36.3 Tb/s aggregate switching capacity
  • 170ns to 510ns switching latency
  • Hardware-based routing
  • Congestion control
  • Quality of Service enforcement
  • FDR/FDR10 support for Forward ErrorCorrection (FEC)
  • N+N power supply option order
  • Industry-leading, switch platform in performance, power, and density
  • Unlimited scalability across storage, application, and database servers
  • Quick and easy setup and management
  • Maximizes performance by removing fabric congestions