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Introduction
Mellanox SB77X0/SB78X0 switch systems provide the highest performing fabric solution in a 1U form
factor by delivering up to 7.2Tb/s of non-blocking bandwidth with sub 90ns port-to-port latency.
These systems are the industry's most cost-effective building blocks for embedded systems and
storage with a need for low port density systems. Whether looking at price-to-performance or
energy-to-performance, these systems offer superior performance, power and space, reducing
capital and operating expenses and providing the best return-on-investment.
Powerful servers combined with high-performance storage and applications that use increasingly
complex computations are causing data bandwidth requirements to spiral upward. As servers are
deployed with next generation processors, High-Performance Computing (HPC) environments and
Enterprise Data Centers (EDC) need every last bit of bandwidth delivered with Mellanox's EDR
InfiniBand systems.
Built with Mellanox's latest SwitchIB™ InfiniBand EDR 100Gb/s switch device, these standalone
systems are an ideal choice for top-of-rack leaf connectivity or for building small to extremely large
sized clusters. These systems enable efficient computing with features such as static routing,
adaptive routing, and advanced congestion management. These features ensure the maximum
effective fabric bandwidth by eliminating congestion.
The SB7700/SB7800, dual-core x86 CPU, comes with an onboard subnet manager, enabling simple,
out-of-the-box fabric bring-up for up to 2048 nodes.
SB7700/SB7800 switches run the same MLNX-OS® software package as Mellanox FDR products to
deliver complete chassis management of the firmware, power supplies, fans and ports.
Mellanox's edge systems can also be coupled with Mellanox's Unified Fabric Manager (UFM®)
software for managing scale-out InfiniBand computing environments. UFM enables data center
operators to efficiently provision, monitor and operate the modern data center fabric. UFM boosts
application performance and ensures that the fabric is up and running at all times.
InfiniBand systems come as internally or externally managed. Internally managed systems include a
CPU that runs the management software (MLNX-OS®) and management ports, which are used to
transfer management traffic into the system. Externally managed systems come without the CPU
and management ports, and are managed using firmware tools.
The SB7780 InfiniBand router is based on the SwitchIB™ switch ASIC, and offers fully flexible 36 EDR
100Gb/s ports, which can be split among six different subnets. The InfiniBand router brings two
major enhancements to the Mellanox switch portfolio:
Increases resiliency by segregating the data center’s network into several subnets, with each
subnet running its own subnet manager, effectively isolating each subnet from the others’
availability or instability.
Enables scaling of the fabric up to a virtually unlimited number of nodes.
SB77X0/SB78X0 Front Side View
SB7700/SB7780/SB7800* Rear Side View
