Quadrics QsNetII Interconnect

Federated Clusters of 513-1024 Nodes, Reduced 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-7: Federated Clusters of 513-1024 Nodes, Reduced Bandwidth
Nodes NLI NLI Rear
Cards
QM501
NLI Front
Cards
QM502
Link Cables Total IC Total
Transpose
Midplane
Total QM501 Total QM502
513-528
9 33 18
288+nodes
13 9 65 18
529-544 9 34 18
288+nodes
13 9 66 18
545-560 9 35 18
288+nodes
13 9 67 18
561-576 9 36 18
288+nodes
13 9 68 18
577-592 10 37 20
32+nodes
14 10 69 20
593-608 10 38 20 32+nodes 14 10 70 20
609-624 10 39 20
32+nodes
14 10 71 20
625-640 10 40 20
32+nodes
14 10 72 20
641-656 11 41 22
352+nodes
15 11 73 22
657-672 11 42 22
352+nodes
15 11 74 22
673-688 11 43 22
352+nodes
15 11 75 22
689-704 11 44 22
352+nodes
15 11 76 22
705-720 12 45 24
384+nodes
16 12 77 24
721-736 12 46 24
384+nodes
16 12 78 24
737-752 12 47 24
384+nodes
16 12 79 24
753-768 12 48 24
384+nodes
16 12 80 24
769-784 13 49 26
416+nodes
17 13 81 26
785-800 13 50 26
416+nodes
17 13 82 26
801-816 13 51 26
416+nodes
17 13 83 26
817-832 13 52 26
416+nodes
17 13 84 26
833-848 14 53 28
448+nodes
18 14 85 28
849-864 14 54 28
448+nodes
18 14 86 28
865-880 14 55 28
448+nodes
18 14 87 28
881-896 14 56 28
448+nodes
18 14 88 28
897-912 15 57 30
48+nodes
19 15 89 30
913-928 15 58 30
48+nodes
19 15 90 30
929-944 15 59 30
48+nodes
19 15 91 30
945-960 15 60 30
48+nodes
19 15 92 30
961-976 16 61 32
512+nodes
20 16 93 32
977-992 16 62 32
512+nodes
20 16 94 32
993-1008 16 63 32
512+nodes
20 16 95 32
1007-1024 16 64 32
512+nodes
20 16 96 32
A-6 Components Required