GE Intelligent Platforms IBX400 6U OpenVPX InfiniBand Switch Fabric Module IBX400 is the world’s first, fully rugged, 6U Features Modular Open Systems OpenVPX InfiniBand switch fabric module Architecture (MOSA) • 6U OpenVPX VITA65 Switch Profile: (SFM) bringing data center connectivity and IBX400 provides high speed data – SLT6-SWH-16U20F-10.4.2 performance to deployed defense and connectivity to our very latest Mellanox ™ aerospace applications. ConnectX RDMA enabled Intel Corei7 SBCs, – MOD6-SWH-16U20F-12.4.2-10 ® Multiprocessors, NVIDIA CUDA GPUs and • DDR InfiniBand Data Plane: GE Intelligent Platforms has harnessed PMC/XMC carrier cards. System integrators – 20 x Fat Pipes the performance and flexibility of Mellanox can move applications from Linux server or ® Technologies’ sixth generation SwitchX desk-top machines onto these deployable – High throughput, low latency 2 VPI switch to create a COTS, wide modules to provide greatly increased – In-band subnet management temperature, high shock and vibration computing performance where it is needed • Gigabit Ethernet Control Plane: switch blade aimed at deployed intelligence, most; in the theater of operations. surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR) – 16 x Ultra Thin Pipes missions across a wide range of manned AXIS Advanced Multiprocessor – Fully managed layer 2/3 and un-manned, airborne, ground and Integrated Software – Ethernet Switch Fabric naval platforms. GE goes further by providing AXIS performance DSP and math libraries, • Management Plane: Best-in-class Performance IPC middleware, integrated GUI for task 2 – I C / BMM Controller The dual fabric capability of the IBX400 level programming and quick start ™ delivers low latency, wire speed, Double application examples and training to achieve • OpenWare Control Plane Switch Data Rate (DDR) InfiniBand data plane the highest levels of performance per Management throughput at more than 3.7GBytes/s watt for size, weight and power (SWaP) – Layer 2 and layer 3 packet switching bidirectional, as well as fully managed layer constrained platforms. Applications can – QoS Priority (IEEE802.1D) 2 and 3 Ethernet control plane connectivity. quickly be scaled and ported across both 6U and 3U board sets enabling technology – IPv6 & IPv4 Switching ™ End to end OFED RDMA solutions re-use and reduced development effort • End to end RDMA solutions: High performance embedded computing across a range of customer platforms. – 6U OpenVPX SBCs, Multiprocessors, (HPEC) solutions from GE take advantage of GPGPU blades and I/O software support from the HPC market. HPEC Application Ready Platforms (HARP) Our end-to-end solutions provide shorter Our fully integrated and tested platform • Application Ready Platforms: time to solution, lower technical risk and solutions provide deployable, state-of- – Fully integrated & tested Linux clusters for lower cost of ownership. the-art performance relevant to a wide radar, image, signal & data processing range of processing tasks including video, System integrators and end users can signal, image and data processing. These deploy tried and tested software building very same system architectures can be blocks such as the OpenFabrics Enterprise found in many of the latest multi-media Distribution (OFED) Remote Direct Memory gaming and content delivery platforms Access (RDMA) and OpenMPI high found in mainstream professional and performance interprocess communication consumer markets. (IPC) middlewares from the OpenFabrics Alliance as well as modules from other open source HPC community projects. IBX400 - 6U OpenVPX InfiniBand Switch Fabric Module COTS Form factors: Block Diagram • 6U OpenVPX VITA65 Switch Profile: - SLT6-SWH-16U20F-10.4.2 - MOD6-SWH-16U20F-12.4.2-10 Power, Utility P0 • Ruggedization Build Levels: Serial CPU • Convection cooled assemblies: Management Control Plane: - Level 1 – VITA48.1-1” pitch GbE CPU 16 x GbE Ultra Thin Pipes Ethernet & 16 x Ultra Thin Pipes: P1 0 to +55C operating temperature GbE SERDES Ports Switch Serial Ethernet -50 to +100C Storage temperature - Level 3 – VITA48.1-1” pitch 4 x DDR 18 P2 -40 to +75C operating temperature CPU Management ports -50 to +100C Storage temperature • Conduction cooled assemblies: - Level 4 – VITA48.2-0.85” pitch -40 to +75C operating temperature -50 to +100C Storage temperature 4 x DDR 18 • Air Flow Through (AFT) assemblies: P3 Data Plane: - Level 8 - VITA48.5-1.2” Pitch InfiniBand 20 x Fat - Consult product management for operating Switch Pipes: temperature information 4 x DDR 18 P4 Double -50 to +100C Storage temperature Data Rate • Please consult the GE Intelligent Platforms InfiniBand ruggedization data sheet for shock and vibration levels Ports 4 x DDR 18 P5 4 x DDR 18 P6 IBX400 -1 1 0 0 0 0 1 6 (Build to stock variant) 3 = 1” pitch VITA46 Levels 1 to 3 6 = 1” pitch VITA48.1 2 = 0.85” pitch VITA48.2 Levels 4 & 5 Levels 8 E = 1.2” pitch VITA48.5 1 = Managed Ethernet Control Plane 0 = Reserved for future use 0 = Not Applicable 0 = Not Applicable 0 = No SMC Support 1 = 20 DDR InfiniBand Fat & 16 GE Ultra Thin Pipes HPEC Application Ready Platform - Please consult 1 or 3 = Air cooled GE Intelligent Platforms for more details. 4 = Conduction cooled 8 = Air Flow Through About GE Intelligent Platforms GE Intelligent Platforms is a division of GE that offers software, control systems, services, and expertise in automation and embedded computing. 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