Hello community.
We are using Mellanox adapter cards MCX353A-QCBT in our nodes together with an older DDR switch Flextronix F-X430046. Now we are looking for another faster switch and found Mellanox FDR switches of SX6000 series. Can we use these FDR switches with our QDR adapter Cards or which switch you would recommend? Which QSFP cable we should use?
Thanks in advance
Andreas
Hi,
All of the above will work. However since the adapter is qdr maybe fdr10 or qdr will be more cost effective.
Marlon
Hello Marlon.
Thank you for your response. Should i use FDR-, FDR10/QDR- or QDR cable?
Viele Grüße
Andreas Schmidt
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Von: marlon
Gesendet: Donnerstag, 3. August 2017 08:56
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reply from Marlon Gardner< > in InfiniBand/VPI Switch Systems - View the full discussion< >
Hello Andreas,
Yes it is ok to use a one of the SX6000 series switch with the QDR adapter.
The switch port will auto-negotiate to the speed of the adapter.
See the below link for the list of FDR switches.
http://www.mellanox.com/page/products_dyn?product_family=149&mtag=sx6005_sx6012 http://www.mellanox.com/page/products_dyn?product_family=149&mtag=sx6005_sx6012
You can find a list of supported cable using the below link.
LinkX™ - Mellanox Technologies LinkX Cables and Transceivers | NVIDIA
Marlon
Thank you very much.
Andreas
Von: marlon
Gesendet: Donnerstag, 3. August 2017 13:38
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