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9024FC

QLogic’s 9024 family of Edge Fabric Switches is designed to provide a compact 1U solution for use in building small node count fabrics or for use as edge or leaf components together with QLogic's 9xx0 Fabric Directors in constructing large fabrics that can scale to thousands of nodes. 



 
The SilverStorm 9024

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

 
Switch Specifications
Switch Chassis Hardware Functionality
  • Virtual Lanes: 8 plus 1 management
  • MTU size: Up to 4096
  • Unicast table: 48K entries
  • Multicast table: 1024 entries
  • Ethernet Port
    One RS-232 port per management module
    Peak System Bandwidth
  • SDR: 480 Gbps full duplex
  • DDR: 960 Gbps full duplex
  • Switching
    Cut-through
    Switching Latency
    < 140 nsec
    Availability
  • Redundant power (AC/DC)
  • Redundant cooling
  • Hot swap components
  • Non-disruptive code load/activation
  • Interoperability
    IBTA 1.0a, 1.1 and 1.2 compliant
    Physical Specifications
    Dimensions
  • 1.7 x 17.32 x 26.75 inches
  • 43.2 x 440 x 679.4 mm
  • Weight
    16 lbs. (7.27 kg)
    Environment and Equipment Specifications
    Temperature
    Operating / (Non-Operating): 5° to 45°C / (-35° to 65°C)
    Humidity
    Operating / (Non-Operating): 5 to 85% / (5 to 90%) non-condensing
    Power Dissipation
    100 Watts maximum
    Power Range
    85 to 264 VAC (47-63 Hz)
    AC Power Feed
    Two independent IEC 320 power connectors
    Agency Approvals
    Safety
    UL/CSA/EN
    EMI
    FCC/VCCI/EN
    Marking
    UL/TUV/VCCI/CE
    Tools and Utilities
    Management
  • Embedded chassis management processor
  • Optional embedded Fabric Management (SM, PM, and BM)
  • Server-based InfiniBand compliant Subnet Manager
  • SNMP management support
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    * Subject to availability of OS and hardware from respective OEMs.


     
     
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