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First Ever InfiniBand Switch Platform Offering More Than 128 Ports -- Mellanox Technologies Ltd., the leader in InfiniBand technology, today introduced the InfiniBand MTS14400 modular switch, a third generation switch designed for large scale clustering applications. The 144 port switch is the only currently shipping InfiniBand product offering greater than 128 ports and is perfect for High Performance Computing Cluster (HPCC) applications. The switch is designed to scale clusters from 128 to ten thousand nodes and beyond. In addition, Mellanox is announcing design wins with several OEM partners who will offer the switch as part of complete compute cluster solutions. "Mellanox continues to advance InfiniBand technology with this third generation switch platform," said Dick Linville, vice president of marketing and business development at Linux Networx. "The Mellanox MTS14400 represents a next generation InfiniBand platform that delivers an impressive combination of price, performance, and reliability to our high performance computing customers." The new MTS14400 switch is ideal for building large clusters that can scale to many thousands of nodes. Furthermore, the 144 port switch complements the previously announced MTS2400, 24 port switch platform. Together, these switches allow for flexible deployment of thousands of industry standard servers and storage platforms, clustered together using the high performance InfiniBand interconnect, delivering the best possible combination of price and performance. "By adding a 144 port switch to our existing InfiniBand switch product family, we are now able to provide clustering solutions perfectly matched to our customers' requirements," said Patrick Scateni, Director of Business Development of Ciara Technologies. "These powerful building blocks, in combination with our VXRACK Cluster Technology, deliver unmatched performance to the HPC market at an attractive price point." OEM Software Development Kit The MTS14400 includes an OEM software development kit (SDK) designed to integrate with industry standard adaptive management packages. The SDK is provided as source code and supports sophisticated management applications including in-band health checks, firmware updates, and fabric management. The complete, turn-key management solution functions as transparent middleware designed to support industry standard management packages. High Performance, High Availability, and Flexibility Based on Mellanox third generation InfiniScale III device, the switch supports full wire speed switching of up to 48 12X (30Gb/s) ports or up to 144 4X (10Gb/s) ports in a high reliability 10U chassis. The third generation switch architecture includes high availability features such as: passive midplane design, and hot-swappable fan and power supply modules. The MTS14400 offers great flexibility supporting both copper and fiber connectivity for both 12X and 4X links. Fiber support may be added separately for each group of twelve 4X links or four 12X links. This flexibility allows system architects to mix and match copper and fiber as needed to optimize cluster configurations.