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Broadcom switch solutions
For a long time, Supermicro has based all of its switches on well known Intel® chipsets, providing fantastic performance but with a premium price-tag. In a wind of change, a new array of offerings has been developed around a partnership with one of the biggest names in switching – Broadcom.
This new partnership has enabled the development of some of the industry’s best performing switches at a markedly lower price than their Intel® based counterparts. Additional benefits include the ability to employ Software Defined Networking, the support of Cumulus Linux, and the flexibility for customers to choose which networking chipset they prefer and match chipsets that they may have deployed throughout their datacentre already. The product portfolio includes top of rack and blade switches.
Top-of-Rack switchesThree new top-of-rack switching options are now being offered in addition to Supermicro’s existing portfolio of intel based switches. These non-blocking Broadcom based offerings are compatible with Cumulus Linux, the Linux-based OS for open networking.
- 48 port 1Gbps Ethernet switch (RJ45 ports) – 176Gbps switching capacity
- 48 port 10Gbps Ethernet switch (SFP+) – 1440 Gbps switching capacity
- 32 port 40Gbps or 100Gbps Ethernet switch (QSFP28) – 3.2 Tbps switching capacity
Layer 2/3 1/10GbE SuperSwitch
10/40GbE SDN SuperSwitch
- 1U Tor 1/10G Ethernet Switch
- Bare metal - ONIE installed
- Cumulus Linux Ready
- 48x 1Gbps Ethernet RJ45 ports
- 4x SFP+ 10Gbps Ethernet ports
- Data Center Friendly
- Powerful Broadcom Helix4 Switch Chip
- Power Supply Redundancy option
- Regular and Reverse Airflow models
- Powerful Broadcom Helix4 Switch Chip
- 176 Gbps Switching Capacity
- Non-blocking
- Versatile Intel Rangeley Processor
- 2G DRAM
- 8G SSD
- 1U form factor for flexible installation
- Bare metal – ONIE installed
- Cumulus Linux Ready
- 48x Ten-Gigabit Ethernet ports - SFP+
- 6x Forty-Gigabit Ethernet ports - QSFP+
- RJ-45 (for console cable)
- RJ-45 1G Ethernet Management Port
- USB
- Switching:
- Switching Capacity: 1440 Gbps
- Broadcom Trident II Switch Chip
- Wire-speed Layer 3 Routing
- 1:1 Non-blocking connectivity
- Processor/Memory/Storage/OS:
- Intel Rangeley CPU
- 4G DRAM
- 16G SSD
- Humidity: Operating: 5% to 95% (non-condensing)
- 1U ToR 40Gbps/100Gbps Ethernet Switch
- Bare metal – ONIE installed
- Cumulus Linux Ready
- Data Center Friendly
- Dual Redundant Hot-swappable power supplies
- Regular and Reverse Air-Flow Models
- Powerful Broadcom Tomahawk Switch Chip
- 3.2Tbps Switching Capacity
- Non-blocking
- Versatile Intel Rangeley Processor
- 4Gbyte DRAM
- 8Gbyte SSD
40GbE/100GbE SDN SuperSwitch
Alongside the top of rack switches are two modules compatible with the Microblade solution, a 1GbE and a 10GbE module, both with 40GbE uplinks.
MBM-GEM-004
MBM-XEM-002
Key features
- 8 x 1G and 4 x 10G uplinks
- Cost optimised
- Thermal optimised
Uplink
- 8 x 1Gb/s RJ45
- 4 x 10Gb/s SFP+
Downlink
- 42 x 1Gb/s
Key features
- 4x10G and 2x 40G uplinks
- Cost optimised
- Better thermal performance
Uplink
- 2 x 40Gb/s QSFP
- 4 x 10Gb/s SFP+
Downlink
- 56 x 10Gb/s
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