InfiniBand Blade Switch I/O Module for PowerEdge M-Series Rev 1.0
Mellanox Technologies
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1Overview
The SwitchX M4001F 56 Gb/s, and the M4001Q 40 Gb/s InfiniBand blade switch I/O module for
the PowerEdge M-Series chassis provides a h igh bandwidth, low latency fabric for Ente rprise Data
Centers (EDC), High-Performance Computing (HPC), and Embedded environments. Based on the
5
th
generation InfiniBand switch device (1
st
Generation SwitchX). This I/O module (IOM) deliv-
ers up to 56Gb/s at FDR speed and 40 Gb/s at QDR speed full bisectional bandwidth per port.
When used in conjunction with ConnectX®-3 InfiniBand dual port Mezz ani ne I/O cards, clustered
data bases, parallelized applications and transactional services applications these switches will
achieve significant performance improvements resulting in reduced completion time and lower
cost per operation.
The I/O module comes pre-installed with all necessary firmware, and configured for standard
operation within an InfiniBand fabric, and only requires an InfiniBand compliant Subnet Manager
running from one of the hosts. All that is required for normal operation is to follow the usual pre-
cautions for installation and connection from the switch to the HCAs or other switches. Once con-
nected, the Subnet Management software automatically configures the switch and begins utilizing
the switch.
It is recommended that Mellanox OpenFabrics software package be installed on all nodes con-
nected to the M4001[F, Q]. The software package provides a subnet manager and network man-
agement tools as well as connectivity software for servers and storage, and is available on the
Mellanox web site. See Chapter 3 for more information.
Basic installation, hot-swapping components and hardware maintenance is covered in “Installation
and Basic Operation” on page 11.
The M4001F and M4001Q switches have a Hot Swap controller and a PSOC Management IC.