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Benefits

The QLogic 12200 and 12300 InfiniBand switches offer the following benefits:

Low latency: The QLogic 12200 and 12300 provide scalable, predictable low latency, even at 90%

traffic use. Predictable latency means HPC applications can be scaled easily without worrying about

diminished cluster performance or costly system tuning efforts.

Flexible partitioning: The QLogic 12200 and 12300 advanced design is based on an architecture

that provides comprehensive virtual fabric partitioning capabilities that enable the InfiniBand fabric

to support the evolving requirements of an organization. The TrueScale architecture, together with

IFS, allows the fabric to be shared by mission-critical applications while delivering maximum

bandwidth utilization.

Investment protection: The 12000 series of switch products adhere to the IBTA version 1.2

specification, ensuring the ability to interoperate with all other IBTA compliant devices.

Highly reliable: The highly available 12200 and 12300 design is built around state of the art fault

detection and recovery capabilities. In addition, 12300 ships with hot swappable, redundant power

and cooling modules.

Easy to manage: The 12200 takes advantage of QLogic's advanced InfinBand Fabric Suite

Software to facilitate quicker installation and configuration. IFS has advanced tools to verify fabric

configuration, topology and performance. Faults are automatically isolated to the component level

and reported. In addition, an optional embedded capability of 12300 can be used for switch

management.

Power optimized: Maximum performance is delivered with minimal power and cooling

requirements as part of QLogic's Star Power commitment to developing green solutions for the

data center.

Features and specifications

The QLogic 12200 and 12300 InfiniBand switches include the following features and functions:

36 ports of InfiniBand QDR (40Gbps) performance with support for DDR and SDR

40/20/10-Gbps auto-negotiation links

Supports Quad Small Form Factor Pluggable (QSFP) optical and copper cable specifications

TrueScale architecture, with scalable, predictable low latency

2.88 Tbps aggregate bandwidth

Switching latency: < 140 ns

Multiple Virtual Lanes (VLs) per physical port

Virtual lanes: 8 plus 1 management

Maximum MTU size: 4096 bytes

Maximum multicast table size: 1024 entries

Supports virtual fabric partitioning

Redundant power (12200 models 0449-028 and 0449-029 and 12300 model 0449-021)

External chassis management via optional InfiniBand Fabric Suite (IFS) management solution, which

provides an expanded set of fabric views and fabric tools.

Complies with InfiniBand Trade Association (IBTA) version 1.2 standard

The QLogic 12200 InfiniBand switch supports the following management methods:

QLogic InfiniBand Fabric Suite 6.0

Optional external server-based InfiniBand compliant subnet manager

IBTA compliant SMA and PMA

QLogic 12200 and 12300 InfiniBand Edge Switches for the IBM Intelligent Cluster and IBM iDataPlex