Chapter1 Product Overview
System Features
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Cisco SFS 7000P Hardware Installation Guide
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Hardware
The Cisco SFS 7000P switch features hot-swappable redundant power and
cooling.
Ports
If any single InfiniBand port fails, none of the other ports will have interrupted
service.
Fabric
For redundancy, InfiniBand host channel adapters can be dual-connected to a
redundant pair of Cisco SFS 7000P switches.
In an InfiniBand fabric that includes more than one Cisco SFS 7000P switch, if
the subnet manager on the Cisco SFS 7000P switch that is acting as the master
fails, another subnet manager will take over within seconds. (See Figure 1-2.)
Figure1-2 Example of Redundant Cisco SFS 7000P InfiniBand Fabric
HCA HCA
HCA HCA
EN mgmt
ports
EN mgmt
ports
Switch 1 Switch 1
InfiniBand
Chassis A
C
isco SFS 7000P)
InfiniBand
Chassis B
(Cisco SFS 7000P)
IB Host 1 IB Host 2
InfiniBand connections
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