The Cisco® InfiniBand Host Channel Adapters(HCAs) deliver industry-leading bandwidth
and latency performance to InfiniBand-based server clusters. High performance
computing environments utilizing Cisco InfiniBand HCAs will benefit from increased
cluster efficiency and application productivity, maximizing return on investment(ROI).
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As an integral part of the Cisco SFS Family of server fabric switches, the Cisco InfiniBand HCAs support Message Passing Interface(MPI), IP over InfiniBand(IPoIB), Sockets Direct Protocol (SDP), and SCSI RDMA Protocol(SRP). SDP and SRP use Remote Direct Memory Access (RDMA) to support the most demanding high-performance computing and storage applications.
You have the option of using the Cisco host driver stack or a commercial version of the
OpenFabrics Enterprise Distribution(OFED) stack. OpenFabrics is the open-source community
development of InfiniBand drivers.
General Specifications & Ordering Information
Cisco Part Number |
Ports |
On-Board Memory |
PCI
Compatibility |
Bracket Size |
Remote
Boot |
| SFS DDR (20 Gbps) HCAs |
| SFS-HCA-220-A1= |
2, 4X IB Ports |
128MB |
PCI-Express 1.0a, x8 |
Tall |
No |
| SFS-HCA-320-A1= |
1, 4X IB Ports |
0MB |
PCI-Express 1.0a, x8 |
Tall |
No |
| SFS-HCA-322-A1= |
1, 4X IB Ports |
0MB |
PCI-Express 1.0a, x8 |
Short |
No |
| SFS SDR (10 Gbps) HCAs |
| SFS-HCA-250-A1= |
2, 4X IB Ports |
0MB |
PCI-Express 1.0a, x8 |
Tall |
No |
| SFS-HCA-252-A1= |
2, 4X IB Ports |
0MB |
PCI-Express 1.0a, x8 |
Short |
No |
| SFS-HCA-310-A1= |
1, 4X IB Port |
0MB |
PCI-Express 1.0a, x8 |
Tall |
No |
| SFS-HCA-312-A1= |
1, 4X IB Port |
0MB |
PCI-Express 1.0a, x8 |
Short |
No |
| SFS-HCA-X2T7-A1= |
2, 4X IB Ports |
128MB |
PCI-X 1.0a,
166 Mhz |
Tall |
No |
| SFS-HCA-X2T7R-A1= |
2, 4X IB Ports |
128MB |
PCI-X 1.0a,
166 Mhz |
Tall |
Yes |
| SFS-HCA-X2S7-A1= |
2, 4X IB Ports |
128MB |
PCI-X 1.0a,
166 Mhz |
Short |
No |
SFS-HCA-X2S7R-A1= |
2, 4X IB Ports |
128MB |
PCI-X 1.0a,
166 Mhz |
Short |
Yes |
| SFS-HCA-E2T7-A1= |
2, 4X IB Ports |
128MB |
PCI-Express 1.0a, x8 |
Tall |
No |
| SFS-HCA-E2T7R-A1= |
2, 4X IB Ports |
128MB |
PCI-Express 1.0a, x8 |
Tall |
Yes |
| SFS-HCA-E2S7-A1= |
2, 4X IB Ports |
128MB |
PCI-Express 1.0a, x8 |
Short |
No |
| SFS-HCA-E2S7R-A1= |
2, 4X IB Ports |
128MB |
PCI-Express 1.0a, x8 |
Short |
Yes |
InfiniBand Features
| Features |
Description |
| IBTA Compliance |
Compliant to InfiniBand Specification v1.2 |
| Virtual Lane Support |
．2-port HCA supports 8 lanes and management lane
．1-port HCA supports 4 lanes and management lane |
| MTU Size |
Programmable between 256 Bytes to 2048 Bytes |
| RDMA Support |
On all HCAs, including up to Layer 4 InfiniBand support in hardware |
| InfiniBand Connector |
MicroGigaCN (CX-4) Copper Connector |
Software Support
| Features |
Description |
| IP over InfiniBand |
Transparently transport IP traffic over InfiniBand fabric |
SCSI RDMA Protocol
(SRP) |
Access block storage via InfiniBand-Fibre Channel Gateway |
| Sockets Direct Protocol
(SDP) |
Obtain RDMA benefits for TCP traffic |
| Message Passing Interface
(MPI) |
Use message passing methodologies to obtain full benefits of InfiniBand |
| OFED Stack Support |
Cisco InfiniBand HCAs are fully qualified with the OFED stack. Commercial
snapshot of OFED stack is optional. |
| Remote Boot |
Boot an image from a SAN or a pre-boot execution environment. License sold
separately. |
| Architectures and Processors Supported |
．Architectures: IA32, IA64, x86_64, PPC_64
．AMD: Athlon, Opteron
．Intel: Xeon, Nocona, Itanium
．IBM: PowerPC |
| Linux Kernel Support |
Drivers for 2.4 and 2.6 kernels, 32-bit and 64-bit support |
| Linux Distribution Support |
Major distributions including RH, SuSE |
| Windows Support |
Windows 2003, Windows XP, Windows 2000; 32-bit and 64-bit |
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