Quadrics QsNetII Interconnect

Federated Clusters of 257 to 512 Nodes, Full Bandwidth
The following parts list specifies the parts that are the same for all node counts:
Part
Quantity
Top level interconnect enclosure (uses a transpose
midplane that has no link connectors).
4
Transpose midplane with no link connectors
4
Top level interconnect, rear cards QM501
16
Top level interconnect, front cards QM501
16
The following table specifies the additional parts and count required, depending
number of nodes in the cluster:
Table A-6: Federated Clusters of 257 to 512 Nodes, Full Bandwidth
Nodes
NLI NLI Rear
Cards
QM501
NLI Front
Cards
QM502
Link Cables Total IC Total TP
Midplane
Total QM501 Total QM502
257-272 5 17 20
32+nodes
9 5 49 20
273-288 5 18 20
32+nodes
9 5 50 20
289-304 5 19 20
32+nodes
9 5 51 20
305-320 5 20 20
32+nodes
9 5 52 20
321-336 6 21 24
384+nodes
10 6 53 24
322-352 6 22 24
384+nodes
10 6 54 24
353-368 6 23 24
384+nodes
10 6 55 24
369-384 6 24 24
384+nodes
10 6 56 24
385-400 7 25 28
448+nodes
11 7 57 28
401-416 7 26 28
448+nodes
11 7 58 28
417-432 7 27 28
448+nodes
11 7 59 28
433-448 7 28 28
448+nodes
11 7 60 28
449-464 8 29 32
512+nodes
12 8 61 32
465-480 8 30 32
512+nodes
12 8 62 32
481-496 8 31 32
512+nodes
12 8 63 32
497-512 8 32 32
512+nodes
12 8 64 32
Components Required A-5