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Fabric Networks introduces first terabit InfiniBand switch
Westborough, MA - June 30, 2003 - Fabric Networks™, Inc, the leading provider of hardware and software for switched fabric networking, today announced expansion of the industry leading Fabric Networks Technology Leaders program to include the 1.28-Terabit Fabric Networks 12800 Switch. Fabric Networks solutions enable server clusters in High Performance Computing (HPC) clusters and high availability computing in enterprise data centers. The FabNet 12800 switch is currently in development and slated for general availability in late 2003. The FabNet 12800 will be the first non-blocking, true 128-port InfiniBand switch available.
Switched fabric networking ensures new levels of manageability, availability and performance on affordable industry standard hardware. Integrated switched fabric computing solutions from Fabric Networks include FabNet switches, the FabNet Fabric Manager and HCA-X. The 12800 Switch will provide unprecedented manageability, throughput, and CPU efficiency to server clusters in High Performance Computing and High Availability applications in Enterprise Data Center environments.
With its internally contained, 3-level "Fat Tree" topology, the FabNet 12800 Switch enables users to build the increasingly dense server clusters demanded by both scientific and enterprise applications, without sacrificing manageability or performance. The switch is scalable from 64 to 128 nodes, allowing users to grow their cluster incrementally as their computing needs increase, and is designed to accept next-generation 24-port silicon chips slated for release early next year. The switch deploys one contained piece of hardware in place of a number of smaller switches, reducing cable interconnects, and therefore takes the widely acknowledged cost benefits of fabric cluster computing to a new order of magnitude.
"The InfiniBand technology solutions we provide offers an alternative to expensive proprietary HPC solutions," said Ramon Acosta, chief technology officer of Fabric Networks. "The FabNet 12800 provides a standards-based solution specifically designed for dense-server clusters and provides the high-performance that the HPC community needs."
InfiniBand is a new network technology based on an open standard I/O architecture developed by a consortium of some of the world's largest computer companies, including Intel, Dell, Hewlett-Packard, IBM, Sun, and Microsoft. InfiniBand offers data rates 10 times higher and latencies 10 times lower than that of Gigabit Ethernet. It also reduces communications overhead by as much as 50% of server CPU cycles.
Sandia National Laboratory placed an order last week for a 128-node server cluster from Linux Networx that will include the first FabNet 12800 Switch. The cluster will be the first public, fully integrated InfiniBand cluster of this magnitude in the United States.
About Fabric Networks, Inc.
Fabric Networks, Inc. is the leading provider of switched fabric networking solutions for enterprise data center high availability computing and High Performance Computing server clusters. Created from the strategic merger of InfiniSwitch Corporation and Lane15 Software, Fabric Networks offers a legacy of excellence in both switched fabric hardware and fabric management software. Designed to improve CPU utilization, cluster scalability and latency, Fabric Networks fully integrated solutions are standards-based and fully interoperable with InfiniBand 1.1 compliant products. Fabric Networks solutions offer outstanding performance, high availability, plug-and-play scalability and smooth integration with existing environments. Fabric Networks solutions have attained IBM ServerProven® status and an OEM partner with other leading server manufacturers. For more information, visit www.FabricNetworks.com.
InfiniBand is a registered trademark of the InfiniBand Trade Association. ServerProven is a registered trademark of IBM Corporation. IBM makes no guarantee of the compatibility of specific products. Fabric Networks and FabNet are trademarks of Fabric Networks, Inc.
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