SwitchX®-2 Virtual Protocol Interconnect® Optimized for SDN

Overview

SwitchX®-2, the sixth generation switching IC from Mellanox, further improves the company's tradition of leading bandwidth, low-latency, and scalability by integrating Virtual Protocol Interconnect® (VPI) technology - allowing InfiniBand, Ethernet and Fibre Channel traffic to exist on a single 'one-wire' fabric. The industry-leading integration of 144 SerDes which are flexible enough to run 1 Gigabit to 14 Gigabit speeds per lane, independent of network protocol, makes SwitchX-2 an obvious choice for OEMs that must address end-user requirements for faster and more robust applications. Reduced power, footprint and a fully integrated PHY capable of connectivity across PCBs, backplanes as well as passive and active copper/fiber cables allow interconnect fabrics based on SwitchX-2 to be utilized by network architects deploying leading, fabric-flexible computing and storage systems with the lowest TCO.


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  • Software Defined Networking VPI Data Center Switch
    • Complete support for OpenFlow and Subnet Management
    • Remote configurable routing tables
  • Industry Leading Cut Through Latency
    • 170/220ns latency IB/Ethernet
  • I/O Consolidation
    • IB and IP Routing
    • Ethernet and FC Gateways
  • Virtualization Support
    • VEB, VEPA (+), Port Extender
  • Data Center Bridging (DCB)
    • PFC, DCBX, ETS
  • Up to 4Tb/s switching capacity
  • Flexible Port Configurations
    • Up to 36, 56Gb/s IB, 40/56GbE Ports
    • Up to 64 10GbE Ports
    • Up to 24 2/4/8Gb FC Ports
  • Adaptive Routing
  • Congestion Control (QCN)
  • RoCE Congestion Control
  • Quality of Service 802.1p, DIFFSERV
  • Switch Partitioning
  • InfiniBand to Ethernet gateway
  • Multichip Support
    INFINIBAND
  • IBTA Specification 1.2.1 compliant
  • 10, 20, 40 or 56Gb/s per 4x port
  • Integrated SMA/GSA
  • Hardware-based congestion control
  • 256 to 4Kbyte MTU
  • 9 virtual lanes: 8 data + 1 management
    • ENHANCED INFINIBAND
  • IB - IB Routing
  • Hardware-based adaptive routing
  • Up to 8 subnets/switch partitions
  • Fine grained end-to-end QoS
  • Port mirroring
  • Supports Jumbo frameup to 10KB
    • ETHERNET
  • 1, 10, 20, 40 and 56Gb/s
  • DCB (PFC, ETS, DCBX)
  • FCoE
    • COMPATIBILIITY

    CPU
  • PowerPC, IntelX86, AMDX86 and MIPS
    • PCI EXPRESS INTERFACE
  • PCIe 3.0 compliant, 1.1 compatible
  • 2.5GT/s or 5GT/s link rate x4
    • CONNECTIVITY
  • Interoperates with InfiniBand, Ethernet and Fibre Channel adapters and switches
  • Drives active/passive copper cables, fiber optics, PCB or backplanes
    • MANAGEMENT & TOOLS
  • Supports Mellanox UFM and IBTA compliant Subnet Managers
  • Diagnostic and debug tools
    • I/O SPECIFICATIONS
  • 36 4x SDR/DDR/QDR/ FDR InfiniBand ports, 36 40/56GbE ports, 64 10/20GbE ports, 24 2/4/8Gb FC ports or a combination of port types
  • SPI Flash interface, I2C
  • IEEE 1149.1 boundary-scan JTAG
  • Link status LED indicators
  • General purpose I/O
  • 45 x 45mm FCBGA