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| Virtual Protocol Interconnect (VPI) - The Key to Solving Data Center Connectivity Challenges Virtual Protocol Interconnect (VPI) enables I/O infrastructure flexibility and future-proofing for data centers and high-performance computing environments. VPI-enabled adapters facilitate any standard networking, clustering, storage, and management protocol to seamlessly operate over any converged network with the same software infrastructure. |
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ConnectX IB Adapter Cards
Mellanox ConnectX IB InfiniBand Host Channel Adapter (HCA) cards deliver low-latency and high-bandwidth for performance-driven server and storage clustering applications in Enterprise Data Centers, High-Performance Computing, and Embedded environments
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IB Switches
We offer 8-Port SDR, 24-Port SDR, 24-Port DDR, 36-Port QDR, 96Port & more Chassis Switches with Mellanox Chipset.
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InfiniHost III Lx Adapter Cards
InfiniHost III Lx single-port 4X InfiniBand Host Channel Adapter (HCA) cards connect to the host system through a PCI Express interface. Single data rate (SDR) InfiniHost III Lx cards support 10Gb/s InfiniBand connections while the double data rate (DDR) version supports 20Gb/s InfiniBand connections.
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InfiniHost III Ex Adapter Cards
InfiniHost III Ex dual-port 4X InfiniBand Host Channel Adapter (HCA) cards connect to the host system through a PCI Express x8 interface. Single data rate (SDR) InfiniHost III Ex cards support dual 10Gb/s InfiniBand connections while double data rate (DDR) versions support dual 20Gb/s InfiniBand connections.
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VPI Technology
Key Data Center Challenges
The demands on data center I/O connectivity continue to increase with the deployment of multi-core CPUs, virtualization, networked storage, clustered databases, and low-latency applications in financial services, health services, Web 2.0, and the commercial high performance computing sector. Multiple interconnect protocols and fabrics exist to provide the best-of-breed connectivity for certain applications, but the ideal solution is a flexible I/O adapter solution that can address all workloads. In addition, data centers are driving to replace multiple slower speed adapters with one higher speed adapter to save power, cost, cabling and complexity while not compromising lost functionality and performance.
The Right Solution
VPI adapters provide leading server and storage I/O performance with flexibility to support the myriad of communication protocols and network fabrics over a single device, without sacrificing functionality when consolidating I/O. For example, VPI-enabled adapters can support:
- Connectivity to 10, 20 and 40Gb/s InfiniBand switches, Ethernet switches, emerging Data Center Ethernet switches, InfiniBand to Ethernet and Fibre Channel Gateways, and Ethernet to Fibre Channel gateways
- Fibre Channel over Ethernet and Fibre Channel over InfiniBand
- A single firmware image for dual-port ConnectX® adapters that supports auto-sensing of the Layer 2 port protocols and independent access to different convergence networks per port, especially useful for bladed server and storage environments
- A unified application programming interface with access to communication protocols including: Networking (TCP, IP, UDP, sockets), Storage (NFS, CIFS, iSCSI, NFS-RDMA, SRP, iSER, Fibre Channel, Clustered Storage, FCoE and FCoIB), Clustering (MPI, DAPL, RDS, sockets), and Management (SNMP, SMI-S)
- Communication protocol acceleration engines including: networking, storage, clustering, virtualization and RDMA with enhanced quality of service.
Ultimate Flexibility and Future Proofing
VPI also supports port auto-sensing of the fabric (InfiniBand, Ethernet or Data Center Ethernet) and configures the adapter in the appropriate mode easing deployments in both rack and blade environments. VPI essentially future-proofs data center infrastructure by providing the freedom to select any communication protocol over any converged networking technology connecting server and storage resources to best optimize application performance, system power and overall efficiency – all with the same adapter solution. We are simplifying I/O system design for server and storage OEMs and making it easier for IT managers to deploy infrastructure that supports existing and emerging protocols.
It’s all Standards-Based
VPI is based on standard protocols and networking technologies, and disaggregates the Layer 2 network from the software communication protocols using networking, clustering, storage, virtualization and RDMA acceleration engines.
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