Switch This - 3456 port Infiniband switch from Sun

Sun's big ass switch




http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/11/19/sun_storage_sc07/

Key Specifications

• 3456 ports based upon 5-stage Clos fabric
• Custom double wide rack chassis
• 24 horizontally installed line cards, each provides 144 DDR 4x ports
• 18 fabric vertically installed line cards each with 8 module high performance fans
• Passive orthogonal midplane provides direct connection between line cards and fabric cards

Photos From Dresden - Sun's new Constellation System architecture