Cisco Eases Deployment and Management of World's Largest InfiniBand HPC Clusters; Cisco to Showcase Scalable HPC Management Framework, Expanded InfiniBand Switch Portfolio, WAN Connectivity Options, and Open Source Support at Supercomputing 2005.SAN JOSE, Calif. -- Cisco Systems, Inc.(R) (NASDAQ NASDAQ in full National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations U.S. market for over-the-counter securities. Established in 1971 by the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD), NASDAQ is an automated quotation system that reports on :CSCO CSCO Cisco Systems Incorporated (stock symbol) CSCO Chief Supply Chain Officer ) announced that it will showcase at Supercomputing 2005 the new DDR-capable additions to the Cisco InfiniBand-based Server Fabric Switch (SFS (1) (Self-certifying File System) A global, network file system sponsored by DARPA that runs under Unix. Providing strong security in an untrusted environment, it enables any client to access any server that supports it. ) portfolio: the 144-port Cisco SFS 7012 and the 288-port Cisco SFS 7024, as well as the high performance Cisco SFS Subnet Management Software -- a key component of Cisco's HPC (Handheld PC) A palmtop computer that weighs less than one pound and runs specialized versions of popular applications. Microsoft coined the term for its Windows CE operating system, which is an abbreviated version of Windows. See Pocket PC. management framework, Cisco Superflex InfiniBand flexible copper cables, support for open source drivers, and the ability to run InfiniBand over a wide area network. Together, these capabilities make it easier for customers to build larger and more manageable server clusters. Supporting the World's Largest Server Clusters Cisco InfiniBand Server Fabric Switches support some of the world's largest InfiniBand server clusters, which include: Sandia National Laboratories Sandia National Laboratories, which is managed and operated by the Sandia Corporation (a wholly owned subsidiary of Lockheed Martin Corporation), is a major United States Department of Energy research and development national laboratory with two locations, one in Albuquerque, New with 4500 servers, College of Computing at Georgia Tech, University of Sherbrooke, University of Sherbrooke, University of, at Sherbrooke, Que., Canada; French language; founded 1954. It has faculties of letters and human sciences, science, administration, law, applied science, medicine, education, physical education, and theology. North Carolina at Chapel Hill, the National Center for Supercomputing Applications (body, World-Wide Web) National Center for Supercomputing Applications - (NCSA) The birthplace of the first version of the Mosaic World-Wide Web browser. Address: Urbana, IL, USA. http://ncsa.uiuc.edu/. , and the University of Oklahoma University of Oklahoma, abbreviated OU, is a coeducational public research university located in the U.S. state of Oklahoma. Founded in 1890, it existed in Oklahoma Territory near Indian Territory 17 years before the two became the state of Oklahoma. . Additionally, Cisco Server Fabric Switches have been deployed in hundreds of server clusters, including both research and commercial environments in the US, Europe and Asia-Pacific. Server Fabric Switch (SFS) Portfolio The Cisco SFS portfolio, which includes the new high density Cisco SFS 7012 and Cisco SFS 7024 switches, utilizes InfiniBand technology to provide a high performance unified fabric for connecting servers together into grids of compute resources. Coupled with the SFS advanced Ethernet and Fibre Channel gateway technology, this combination helps seamlessly connect these server grids with shared LAN (Local Area Network) A communications network that serves users within a confined geographical area. The "clients" are the user's workstations typically running Windows, although Mac and Linux clients are also used. and SAN resources connected through Cisco Catalyst switches or Cisco MDS MDS, n See temporomandibular pain-dysfunction syndrome. MDS 1 Maternal deprivation syndrome, see there 2 Myelodysplastic syndrome, see there 9000 storage networking switches. High Performance SFS Subnet Manager The new high performance Cisco SFS Subnet Management software is specifically designed for the most demanding high performance computing environments, where rapid cluster start up and ongoing diagnostic capabilities are critical. With the high performance Cisco Subnet Management Software, Cisco delivers: --The only subnet manager proven to scale beyond 4000 server nodes --Capability to bring a multi-thousand node InfiniBand cluster fabric up in less than one minute --Database synchronization for cluster high availability In addition, Cisco has tested and certified the OpenIB driver stack for HPC environments, giving customers the option of using the Cisco commercial driver stack or the OpenIB stack. Cisco InfiniBand Server Fabric Switches can be seen in the following booths at the Supercomputing 2005 conference in Seattle, WA from November 14-17: Dell, IBM, Intel, Mellanox, Microsoft, Pathscale, Sun Microsystems, and TeamHPC. Cisco is also a technology contributor in a demonstration on the ability to carry InfiniBand traffic over a Wide Area Network. The demonstration uses Cisco ONS optical switches that help two server clusters to communicate over an 80 km fiber link. About Cisco Systems Cisco Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ:CSCO), the worldwide leader in networking for the Internet. News and information are available at www.cisco.com. Cisco, Cisco Systems, and the Cisco Systems logo are registered trademarks or trademarks of Cisco Systems, Inc. and/or its affiliates in the United States and certain other countries. All other trademarks mentioned in this document or Website are the property of their respective owners. The use of the word partner does not imply a partnership relationship between Cisco and any other company. This document is Cisco Public Information. |
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