Mellanox EDR 216-port/648-Port IB Directors Chosen by IBM

EDR 216-port/648-port IB Director Switches Sourced from Mellanox for IBM offer high-performing fabric solution, cost-effective data center applications.

EDR 216-port/648-port IB director switches sourced from Mellanox Corp. for IBM Power Systems servers are designed to provide a high-capacity director switch, enabling application managers to use the power of data. Networks built with these switches can carry converged traffic with the combination of assured bandwidth and granular QoS.

EDR 216-port IB director switch Sourced from Mellanox (8828-ED0)

Performance:

• 216 EDR (100Gb/s) ports in a 12U switch
• Up to 43Tb/s switching capacity
• Ultra-low latency

Optimized design:

• IBTA Specification 1.3 and 1.2.1 compliant
• QoS enforcement
• N+N power supplies

Management:

• Integrated EDR Management Module (one additional EDR Management Module can be ordered)
• Integrated with three EDR leaf Module (Up to three additional EDR Leaf Module can be ordered. Each leaf Module has 36 ports and up to 6 leafs can fit in the chassis)

EDR 648-port IB Director Switch Sourced from Mellanox (8828-ED2)

Performance:

• 648 EDR (100Gb/s) ports in a 28U switch
• Up to 130Tb/s aggregate switch throughput
• Ultra-low switch latency

Optimized design:

• N+N redundant and hot-swappable power
• Dual-core x86 CPU
• SGCC plating

Management:

• Integrated EDR Management Module (one additional EDR Management Module can be ordered)
• Integrated with six EDR Leaf Module (Up to twelve additional EDR Leaf Module can be ordered. Each leaf Module has 36 ports and up to 18 leafs can fit in the chassis)

Planned availability date: December 4, 2015