NVIDIA Quantum CS8500 Modular Switch Series

Increase Data Center Availability with 200G InfiniBand Smart Switches

Today’s rapid data growth and real-time data processing are fueling the demand for faster, more efficient interconnect solutions. Delivering the modular availability required for mission-critical application environments, the high-density NVIDIA CS8500 switch provides up to 800 high data rate (HDR) 200Gb/s ports, enabling  an extremely high-performance, low-latency fabric solution for high-performance computing (HPC), AI, cloud,  and hyperscale data center infrastructures.

System Specifications

• Performance: 800 x 200Gb/s ports; 1,600 x 100Gb/s ports (200Gb/s split-port mode)
  
• Switch radix: 320Tb/s aggregate switch throughput
  
• Connectors and cabling: QSFP56 connectors, passive copper or active fiber cables; optical modules
• Power supply: 1+1 redundant and hot-swappable power
• Management modules: Two available (one required for operation) SSH, Telnet, Web, SNMP, and XML
• Fabric management: On-board subnet manager supports fabrics with 2,000 nodes UFM agent
  
• CPU: x86 ComEx Broadwell CPU
• Software: MLNX-OS
• Warranty: One-year hardware warranty and five-year service fee (mandatory)

• NVIDIA CS8500 Switch datasheet