Table 6-3 Transceivers and Cables
Optical Module on
Exalogic's Sun
Network QDR
InfiniBand Gateway
Switch
Cable Needed Ethernet Switch
Vendor
Transceiver Needed
QSFP module QSFP MTP to 4 LC
A minimum of one
optical cable per
NM2-GW is needed,
but two cables per
NM2-GW are
recommended.
A Sun Oracle switch
or a 10 GbE standard
switch from a third-
party vendor
For Sun Oracle
switch: x2129/3 SFP
+/XFP SR module
For third-party
switches: SFP+/XFP
module provided by
the switch vendor
QSFP module QSFP – QSFP
A minimum of one
optical cable per
NM2-GW is needed,
but two cables per
NM2-GW are
recommended.
A Sun Oracle switch
or a 10 GbE standard
switch from a third-
party vendor
For Sun Oracle
switch: x2124A QSFP
module
For third-party
switches: QSFP
module provided by
the switch vendor
Note: Exalogic ships
with QSFP
transceivers, by
default. Customers
may use them on the
data center switch
side if they use a Sun
Oracle 10GbE switch,
such as the Sun
Network 10 GbE
Switch 72p.
6.6.7 Additional InfiniBand Network Requirements and Specifications
Table 6-4 lists additional InfiniBand specifications and cable requirements.
Table 6-4 HCA, Port Specifications and Cable Requirements
Component/Item Exalogic
Machine
Full Rack
Exalogic
Machine
Half
Rack
Exalogic
Machine
Quarter
Rack
Two
Exalogic
Machines
InfiniBand quad data rate (QDR) host
channel adapters (HCAs)
30 16 8 60
Unused ports in (Sun Network QDR
InfiniBand Gateway Switches (NM2-GW
leaf switches)
0 6 16 6
Unused ports in Sun Datacenter
InfiniBand Switch (NM2-36P) spine switch
Note: This switch is used in multirack
configurations only.
36 0 Not
applicable
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