NVIDIA Networking

These rackmount switches are ideal when supporting high performance computing (HPC) applications. They feature up to 400GbE speeds and full functionality data traffic management features in order to control network efficiency by segregating, prioritising or grouping network traffic by type, user or function. These higher speeds and lower latency offer greater performance in the when connecting to GPU-accelerated servers and storage appliances, and support high bandwidth workloads such as big data analytics and AI.

Accessories for datacentre switching includes QSFP+ modules, cabling, rail kits, power supplies and switching modules.

An fibre network or fibre optic cable is used to connect high performance computers or servers to a network. Fibre cabling can support up to 400 Gigabit (400Gbps) speeds in either Ethernet or Infiniband format and features SFP (small form factor pluggable) end plugs (as part of the cable or required separately). A number of SFP formats are available (SFP, SFP+, QSFP+, QSFP28, QSFP56), so it is essential to choose the one that matches your device or switch ports.

Transceivers are a required modular interface when using fibre networking technologies. Whether SFP, SFP+, QSFP+, QSFP28 or QSFP56 - these transceiver modules slot into the compatible switch ports to deliver the fastest speed data transmissions whilst providing the lowest latencies.

These rackmount switches are aimed at datacentre networks using a two-layer architecture, and are specifically deployed to aggregate traffic from server nodes and then connect to the core of the network, consisting of spine switches. Leaf switches are recommended when there is are large amounts of software defined or containerised data traffic.

These rackmount switches are ideal when upgrading the network core or supporting high performance computing (HPC) applications. They feature up to 400GbE speeds and full functionality (layer 2 / layer 3) data traffic management features in order to control network efficiency by segregating, prioritising or grouping network traffic by type, user or function. These higher speeds and lower latency offer greater performance in the when connecting to GPU-accelerated servers and storage appliances, and support high bandwidth workloads such as big data analytics and AI.

Network cards are added to servers to enable connectivity to other users and devices in a very high performance environment. QSFP+ is a small form factor pluggable interface allows fibre optic cabling to be used as opposed to Ethernet offering far greater speeds, distance and low latency when connecting to network switches.

Various additional items designed for use with specific servers.

These rackmount switches are aimed at datacentre networks using a three-layer architecture, and are specifically deployed to take aggregated traffic from edge switches and then connect to director of core switches in the network.