40 QSFP56 Ports 2 Power Supplies (AC) X86 Dual Core Standard Depth Airflow Rail Kit, non-PoE
NVIDIA QUANTUM QM8700 SERIES
Accelerating Data Centers with 200G InfiniBand Smart Switches
40-port Non-blocking Managed HDR 200Gb/s InfiniBand Smart Switch
MQM8700-HS2R C2P connector side inlet airflow - AFO (Front-to-back airflow)
MQM8700-HS2F P2C connector side outlet airflow - AFI (Back-to-front airflow)
Benefits
• Industry-leading switch platform in performance, power, and density
• Designed for energy and cost savings
• Collective communication acceleration
• Maximizes performance by removing fabric congestions
• Backward compatible to previous speeds
• Quick and easy setup and management
Scaling Out High-Performance Computing (HPC), AI, Cloud Applications, and Storage Infrastructures with 200G InfiniBand Fixed-Configuration Switches
Faster 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, HPC, AI, and hyperscale cloud environments will need every last bit of network bandwidth. NVIDIA Quantum QM8700 200 gigabits per second (Gb/s) InfiniBand fixed-configuration switches provide up to forty 200Gb/s ports with 16 terabits per second (Tb/s) of non-blocking bandwidth or eighty 100Gb/s ports with full bidirectional bandwidth per port with extremely low latency—an ideal choice for building flexible and scalable data centers at any size.
Built with Quantum InfiniBand switch device, the QM8700 provides up to forty 200Gb/s ports, with full bi-directional bandwidth per port. These stand-alone switches are an ideal choice for top-of-rack leaf connectivity or for building small to extremely large sized clusters.
QM8700 is the world's smartest network switch, designed to enable in-network computing through the Co-Design Scalable Hierarchical Aggregation and Reduction Protocol (SHARP) technology. The Co-Design architecture enables the usage of all active data center devices to accelerate the communications frameworks using embedded hardware, resulting in an order of magnitude application performance improvements.
Features
Performance
• 40 x HDR 200Gb/s ports in a 1U switch
• 80 x HDR100 100Gb/s ports (using splitter cables)
• 16Tb/s aggregate switch throughput
• Sub-130ns switch latency
Optimized design
• 1+1 redundant & hot-swappable power
• N+1 redundant & hot-swappable fans
• 80 gold+ and energy star certified power supplies
• x86 ComEx Broadwell CPU
Advanced design
• Adaptive routing
• Congestion control
• Collective offloads (SHARP technology)
• VL mapping (VL2VL)
Collective Communication Acceleration
The QM8700 fixed-configuration switches are designed to enable NVIDIA In-Network Computing offload engines through NVIDIA Scalable Hierarchical Aggregation and Reduction Protocol (SHARP)™ technology. Using in- switch silicon-embedded hardware, the switch architecture enables the usage of all active data center devices to accelerate the communications frameworks, resulting in order-of-magnitude performance improvements.
NVIDIA Quantum switches improve the performance of select collective operations commonly used in HPC and deep learning communication frameworks, such as Message Passing Interface (MPI), Shared Memory (SHMEM), and NVIDIA Collective Communication Library (NCCL). By processing data as it traverses the network, NVIDIA Quantum switches eliminate the need to send data multiple times between server endpoints. They also support the
aggregation of large data vectors at wire speed, which are crucial for machine learning applications.
Streamlining Network Design and Topologies
The QM8700, together with the NVIDIA® ConnectX®-6 adapter card, also supports 100Gb/s. With its support for up to 80 ports of 100Gb/s, this unique technology provides double-density radix for 100Gb/s data speeds, thus reducing the cost of network design and topologies. The QM8700 InfiniBand fixed-configuration switch enables four-lane 200Gb/s ports to be split into two distinct two-lane 100Gb/s ports. As the switch creates a highly dense top-of-rack (ToR) switch, it’s the perfect solution for double-dense racks. In addition, NVIDIA Quantum- based fixed-configuration switches provide maximum flexibility, supporting a variety of network topologies, including Fat Tree, DragonFly+, multi-dimensional Torus, and more. NVIDIA Quantum fixed-configuration switches are backwards compatible to previous generations and include extensive software ecosystem support.
Enhanced Management
The internally managed QM8700 switch features an on-board subnet manager that enables simple, out-of-the-box bring-up for up to 2,000 nodes. NVIDIA MLNX-OS® delivers full chassis management through command-line interface (CLI), web-based user (WebUI), Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP), or JavaScript Object Notation (JSON) interfaces.
Building Efficient Clusters
NVIDIA Quantum-based QM8700 switches are used as cost- effective building blocks for deploying high-performance and computing- efficient data centers. With features such as static routing, adaptive routing, congestion control, and quality of service that enable modern topologies, the switches ensure maximum effective fabric bandwidth by eliminating congestion hot spots. Featuring best-in-class design to support low power consumption, power is further reduced upon partial port utilization. Whether looking at price to performance or energy to performance, the QM8700 series offers superior performance, low power, and scalability, reducing capital and operating expenses and providing the best return on investment.
Full specification and details can be found in the Product Datasheet PDF file
