Mirrored switch configuration
AssigneeCornelis Networks, Inc.
InventorGARY MUNTZ
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Abstract
A mirrored switch configuration is presented. The switch configuration includes at least two switches, each having corresponding baseline bandwidths and corresponding radix, and port configurations; a plurality of links, and a host fabric interface adapter (‘HFA’) including an interconnect adapted to receive, from corresponding ports of the at least two switches, one link from one port of one of the at least two switches and one link from a corresponding port of another of the at least two switches.
Claims28
A mirrored switch configuration, the switch configuration comprising:
- at least two switches, each having corresponding baseline bandwidths and corresponding radix and port configurations;
- a plurality of links, and
- a host fabric interface adapter (‘HFA’) including an interconnect adapted to receive, from corresponding ports of the at least two switches, one link from one port of one of the at least two switches and one link from a corresponding port of another of the at least two switches.
A host fabric adapter comprising:
- a high-speed serial computer expansion bus;
- at least two dedicated ports configured to receive links from corresponding ports of at least two switches;
- each of the at least two switches comprising corresponding switches in parallel and independent topologies.
A high-performance computing environment comprising:
- a fabric comprising a plurality of switches and links configured into at least two parallel and independent topologies, the switches each having corresponding baseline bandwidths and corresponding radix and port configurations;
- a plurality of compute nodes each including a host fabric adapter adapted for data transfer through ports dedicated to each of the topologies.
A method of configuring a fabric for a high-performance computing environment, the method comprising:
- selecting a plurality of switches and links, each switch having corresponding baseline bandwidths and corresponding radix, and port configurations;
- arranging the plurality of switches and links into at least two corresponding parallel and independent topologies;
- connecting corresponding ports of corresponding switches of each independent topology with a plurality of compute nodes, wherein each compute node has a host fabric adapter with a dedicated port adapted to independently transmit and receive data to a particular topology.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.