QsTenG

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Quadrics' switch based on 10 Gigabit Ethernet, called QsTenG. QsTenG is an 8U chassis with 12 slots for 10 GigE line cards. Each line card has eight 10 GigE ports that connect using 10 GBASE-CX4 connectors (they look like the new "thin" Infiniband cables). The switch can have up to a total of 96 ports of 10 GigE. The remaining four ports on the line card are used internally to connect the line cards in a fat tree configuration. This means that the network is 2:1 oversubscribed but looks to have good performance. This will one of the largest 10 GigE single switch on the market. Quadrics will have follow-on products that increase the port count to 160 and then 1,600.

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Tech Spec

96-ports switch with 12 line card slots, 8-96 10 Gbit/s Ethernet ports
Link interface XAUI, CX4 802.3ae, 802.3ak, 10 GBase-CX4
Maximum cable length 20 m
Link Bandwidth 10 Gbit/s
Switch architecture 2 stage fat tree
Port to port latency 450-1350 nanosecs
Bisection bandwidth 480 Gbit/s
Dimensions: 8U 19 inch rack mountable (0.37 ´ 0.44 ´ 0.50 m)
Weight 40 kg
Power Consumption 1200W (Max) 120/230V AC
Operating Temperature 45 °F to 95 °F, (5 °C to 35 °C)
Standards: IEEE 802.3 Ethernet, IEEE 802.3ae 10 Gbit/s Ethernet, IEEE 802.3ak (-CX4) 10 GBase-CX4

External links

Fujitsu [link]
Intel® PRO/10GbE Server Adapters [link]
Interop Las Vegas [link]

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