Mellanox MSN2410

High performance combined with feature-rich layer 2 and layer 3 forwarding

The SN2410 has 8 ports running at 100GbE (can be split to 16 ports running 50GbE) and 48 ports running at 25GbE, carrying throughput of 4Tb/s with a 2.97Bpps processing capacity in a compact 1RU form factor.

The SN2410 switch is an ideal top-of-rack (ToR) solution, allowing maximum flexibility, with port speeds spanning from 10Gb/s to 100Gb/s per port. Its optimized port configuration enables high-speed rack connectivity to any server at 10GbE or 25GbE speeds. The 100GbE uplink ports allow a variety of blocking ratios that suit any application requirement..

ONIE and Mellanox Spectrum Linux Switch

The Open Network Install Environment (ONIE) is an Open Compute Project open source initiative driven by a community to define an open “install environment” for bare metal network switches, such as the Mellanox SN2000 series.

ONIE enables a bare metal network switch ecosystem where end users have a choice of different network operating systems. Any Network Operation System (NOS) such as Microsoft® SONiC or Dell® EMC OpenSwitch which runs on top of ONIE can be easily deployed with the SN2000 series. Spectrum Linux Switch enables users to natively install and use any standard Linux distribution as the switch operating system. Spectrum Linux Switch is based on Switchdev, a Linux kernel driver model for Ethernet switches. It breaks the dependency of using vendor-specific, closed-source software development kits (SDK). The open-source Linux driver is developed and maintained in the Linux kernel, replacing proprietary APIs with standard Linux kernel interfaces to control the switch hardware. This allows off-the-shelf Linux-based networking applications to operate on the Spectrum switch for L2 switching and L3 routing, including open source routing protocol stacks, such as Quagga, Bird and XORP, OpenFlow applications, or user-specific implementations.

VXLAN and EVPN

Modern data centers are moving to a layer 3 fabric which means running a routing protocol, such as BGP or OSPF, between the leaf and spine switches. In order to provide layer 2 connectivity between hosts and VMs on different racks as well as maintain multi-tenant separation, a layer 2 overlay solution is needed.

VXLAN is the de facto technology for implementing network virtualization in the data center, enabling layer 2 segments to be extended over an IP core (the underlay). The initial definition of VXLAN did not include any control plane and relied on a flood-and-learn approach for MAC address learning. Practical deployments of VXLAN without a control plane often use a controller. With Cumulus Linux, Ethernet Virtual Private Network (EVPN) is a standards-based control plane for VXLAN that allows the building and deploying of VXLANs at scale, removing the vendor-specific controller dependency. Cumulus EVPN supports redundancy, traffic engineering, multi-tenant separation, and fast convergence for host and VM mobility— all while interoperating between vendors.

Mellanox Onyx

Mellanox Onyx (successor to MLNX-OS Ethernet) is a high performance, flexible and cloud-scale switch operating system, designed for the demands of next-generation data centers.

Whether building a robust storage fabric, cloud, financial or media & entertainment fabric, customers can leverage the flexibility of Onyx to tailor their network platform to their environment.

With built-in workflow automation, monitoring and visibility tools, such as WJH advanced streaming telemetry technology providing real-time network visibility including actionable details on abnormal network behavior, enhanced high availability mechanisms, and more, Mellanox Onyx simplifies network processes and workflows, increasing efficiencies and reducing operating expenses and time-to-service.

End-to-end 100GbE Solution

The SN2000 is part of Mellanox’s complete end-to-end solution which provides 10GbE through 100GbE interconnectivity within the data center.

Other devices in this solution include ConnectX® network interface cards and LinkX® copper or fiber cabling. This end-to-end solution is topped with Mellanox NEO®, a management application that relieves some of the major obstacles when deploying a network. NEO enables a fully certified and interoperable design, speeds up time to service and eventually speeds up ROI. The SN2000 series introduces superior hardware capabilities including dynamic flexible shared buffers and predictable wire speed performance with no packet loss for any packet size. While the SN2000 Ethernet switch series is aimed for the 25/50/100GbE market, Mellanox offers similar systems for the 10/40GbE market. SN2000B switches are priced comfortably for the 10/40GbE market and provide the superior feature set of Spectrum. The SN2000 series supports all standard compliances and is fully interoperable with third party systems.

The world’s lowest latency for a 100GbE switching and routing element

Preinstalled with Mellanox Onyx (successor to MLNX-OS Ethernet), a homegrown operating system utilizing common networking user experiences and an industry standard CLI.

Preinstalled with Cumulus™ Linux, a revolutionary operating system, taking the Linux user experience from servers to switches and providing a rich routing functionality for large scale applications.

Bare metal including ONIE image ready to be installed with the aforementioned or other ONIE-mounted operating systems.