9024-CU24-ST2-DDR - the SilverStorm 9024 switch DDR, 24-ports, AC/DC, 960 Gb/s
The SilverStorm 9024 is a high performance 24-port InfiniBand® switch that enables the construction of high-speed, low latency computer clusters to power many of today’s business applications such as:
- Computer grid/virtualization;
- Modeling and simulation;
- Clustered database;
- Oil and gas reservoir simulation;
- Computational fluid dynamics;
- Research/computational clustering.
InfiniBand provides significant competitive advantages to companies by enabling reductions in time-to-market and more fine-grained data analysis.
There are two 9024 models supporting 10 Gbps or 20 Gbps. They can be used to construct small InfiniBand fabrics, or as an edge or leaf switch in larger fabrics. These multi-tier fabrics can then deliver the productivity and performance metrics demanded by computationally intensive environments, even as fabrics scale to very high node counts.
The 9024 is just one part of the QLogic® product family that includes the modular 9120 (with 12 option slots) and 9240 (with 24 option slots) switch gateway systems—all boasting non-blocking, Full Bisectional Bandwidth (FBB) that can satisfy even the most demanding clustering applications.
Intelligent Building Blocks for Scaling Fabrics.
The 9024 can be integrated with QLogic switch gateway systems as part of a larger computing cluster. This provides access to all 9024 attached servers from the I/O gateways supported in the modular systems. Without additional server-based network adapters, access is provided to a pool of shared Fibre Channel and Ethernet network resources. QLogic provides the lowest cost and the lowest power consolidation of cluster, Ethernet, and Fibre Channel networks.
Robust Design for the Enterprise.
Built for mission-critical application, the SilverStorm 9024 features redundant, hot-swappable power and cooling elements with the ability to non-disruptively upgrade the operating code.
Configuration and Fabric Management
All QLogic products are managed by the QuickSilver OS management and QLogic’s FastFabric Toolset. Together these management tools provide system and fabric level management with a consistent user interface for topology, configuration, performance, and fabric diagnostics across the entire QLogic InfiniBand product portfolio.
Key Features:
- Latency less than 140 nsec.
- Up to 960 Gbps of fabric bandwidth available in each switch.
- Non-disruptive code load and activation.
- Integrates seamlessly with all SilverStorm switch gateway products for storage and network connectivity.
- Intelligent switching platform supporting SNMP and API management capabilities.
- Out-of-Band Ethernet management support.
- Fully redundant power, cooling, and logic components.
Benefits
- An entry-level high performance platform for HPC, database, and grid clustering.
- Leading price/performance.
- 24-ports (4X) in a 1U form factor.
- Supports mixture of SDR and DDR configurations.
- Low end-to-end latency fabrics.
- Component of larger multi-tier fabrics.
Management
- Embedded chassis management processor.
- Optional embedded Fabric Management (SM, PM, and BM).
- Server-based InfiniBand compliant Subnet Manager.
- SNMP management support.
