SwitchX Switch EVB Hardware User Manual
Rev 1.5
Mellanox Technologies
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Overview
This EVB is intended to be used as a platform to evaluate the SwitchX® silicon. SW engineers
can use it as a means for SW development using the SwitxchX SDK. SW developers can imple-
ment initial driver development/integration into non PPC CPU environments.
Signal integrity engineers can use it to evaluate SwitchX SI performance and compliance to spec.
This EVB can be used to:
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evaluate and qualify
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Ethernet SerDes
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IB SerDes
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FC SerDes
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Initial Ethernet and IB switch testing for L2/L2+
This EVB can be used both while rack mounted (standard 19” rack) and in a tabletop setup (for
Signal Integrity evaluation).
Figure 1: Connector and Power Side Panels
Full Feature List
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Reference traces SMA and mini-SMP
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Compliance ports SMA and mini-SMP
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2 ports connect to mini SMP connectors for SI testing
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24 QSFP ports
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1 PSU
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8 SFP+ ports
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24 FDR (56Gb/s) ports in a 1U switch
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IBTA 1.3 and 1.21 complaint
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SDR/DDR/QDR/FDR10/FDR link speed
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FDR10 supports 20% more bandwidth over regular QDR using the same cables/connec-
tors
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All ports can be set to gateway ports connecting to 40GigE (over QSFP) or 1/10GigE
(over QSA)
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4.032 Tb/s aggregate data switching capacity with ultra low latency
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