Grid Director 4036E Installation Manual
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Product Options
4.1
Grid Director 4036E Available Configurations
The Grid Director 4036E is a 1U entry level switch with 34 InfiniBand 4X and 2 1GbE/10GbE
ports, providing bidirectional 40 Gbps/20 Gbps per port grid connectivity. The Grid Director
can serve as an edge switch in large fabrics (where the Grid Director 4036E is serving as core
switch) or as a standalone managed unit in smaller clusters.
4.2
InfiniBand Clusters Using the Grid Director 4036E
The Grid Director 4036E acts as a standalone unit or as a building block for larger clusters.
The following figure show a mid-size two-tier (triple-hop) non-blocking configuration, based
on multiple Grid Directors 4036E functioning as the cluster’s building blocks.
Figure 7: Mid-size two-tier CLOS InfiniBand Cluster Connected to Ethernet-based High-Performance
Storage
4.3
Ordering Options
This section provides the Grid Director 4036E and modules ordering information.
Table 3: Ordering Information for the Grid Director 4036E
Number
Name
Description
VLT-30034
4036E 34 Port QDR Switch
ETH Gateway
Grid Director 4036E 1U 34 port QDR Switch,
front-to-back cooling, dual PS
VLT-30035
4036E 34 Port QDR Switch
ETH Gateway-Low Mem
Grid Director 4036E 1U 34 port QDR Switch,
front-to-back cooling, dual PS, low memory.
Table 4: Ordering Information for the Grid Director 4036E Modules
Number
Name
Description
VLT-30029-F
PS-36 AC FRU
PS-36 AC, FRU
