SWITCH SYSTEM

PRODUCT BRIEF

SN2100 Open Ethernet Switch †

Half-width 16-port Non-blocking 100GbE Open Ethernet HIGHLIGHTS

Switch System
BENEFITS
The SN2100 switch provides a high density, side-by-side 100GbE switching solution –– Zero Packet Loss (learn more)
which scales up to 128 ports in 1RU for the growing demands of today’s database, –– True cut-through latency
storage, data centers environments. –– Easy scale from one to thousands of
nodes and switches
The SN2100 switch is an ideal spine and top of rack (ToR) solution, allowing maximum flexibility, with –– Arranged and organized data center
port speeds spanning from 10Gb/s to 100Gb/s per port and port density that enables full rack connectivity
• Supports speeds of
to any server at any speed. The uplink ports allow a variety of blocking ratios that suit any application
1/10/25/40/50/56/100GbE
requirement.
• Easy deployment
Powered by the Mellanox Spectrum™ ASIC and packed with 16 ports running at 100GbE, the SN2100 • Easy maintenance
carries a whopping throughput of 3.2Tb/s with a landmark 2.38Bpps processing capacity in a compact –– Unprecedented performance
1RU form factor. • Line rate performance on all ports
Following the footsteps of the SwitchX®-2 based-systems, the SN2100 enjoys the legacy of the field- at all packet sizes
proven Mellanox Onyx™ operating system (successor to MLNX-OS Ethernet) with a wide installed base • Storage and server applications run
and a robust implementation of data, control and management planes that drives the world’s most faster
powerful data centers. –– Software Defined Networking (SDN)
support
Keeping with the Mellanox tradition of setting performance record switch systems, the SN2100
–– Running Mellanox Onyx, alternative
introduces the world’s lowest latency for a 100GbE switching and routing element, and does so while
operating systems over ONIE
having the lowest power consumption in the market. With the SN2100, the use of 25, 40, 50 and 100GbE
KEY FEATURES
in large scale is enabled without changing power infrastructure facilities.
–– Throughput
The SN2100 is part of Mellanox’s complete end-to-end solution which provides 10GbE through 100GbE
• 3.2Tb/s
interconnectivity within the data center. Other devices in this solution include ConnectX®-4 based
• 2.38 billion packets per second (Bpps)
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 –– High density
network. NEO enables a fully certified and interoperable design, speeds up time to service and eventually • 16 40/56/100GbE ports in 1RU
speeds up RoI. • Up to 64 10/25-ports;
up to 32 50GbE ports
The SN2100 carries a unique design to accommodate the highest rack performance. Its design allows
–– Lowest latency
side-by-side placement of two switches in a single, 1RU slot of a 19” rack, delivering high availability to
• 300nsec for 100GbE port-to-port
the hosts.
• Flat latency across L2 and L3
Database solutions require high availability and the ability to scale out in active-active configuration. For forwarding
example, DB2 pureScale or Oracle RAC require high bandwidth and low latency to the caching facility, –– Lowest power
the disk storage system, etc., with connectivity to the application servers. The SN2100 is the best fit,
• Under 6 watts per port
providing the highest network throughput, resilience and a mix of 25GbE and 100GbE ports.

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The SN2100 introduces hardware capabilities for multiple tunneling While Spectrum provides the thrust and acceleration that powers
protocols that enable increased reachability and scalability for today’s the SN2100, an integrated powerful x86-based processor allows this
data centers. Implementing MPLS, NVGRE and VXLAN tunneling system to not only be the highest performing switch fabric element,
encapsulations in the network layer of the data center allows more but also gives the ability to incorporate a Linux running server into the
flexibility for terminating a tunnel by the network, in addition to same device. This opens up multiple application aspects of utilizing the
termination on the server endpoint. high CPU processing power and the best switching fabric, to create a
powerful machine with unique appliance capabilities that can improve
numerous network implementation paradigms.

FEATURES
Layer 2 Feature Set –– PIM-SSM, PIM-SM –– JSON & CLI, Web UI Monitoring & Telemetry
–– Multi chassis LAG (MLAG), MLAG –– BFD (BGP, OSPF, static routes) –– SNMP v1,2,3 –– sFlow
with STP support –– VRRP –– In-band management –– Real time queue depth histograms &
–– IGMPv2/v3, Snooping, Querier –– DHCPv4/v6 Relay –– DHCP, SSHv2, Telnet thresholds
–– VLAN 802.1Q (4K) –– Router Port, int VLAN, NULL –– SYSLOG –– Port mirroring (SPAN & ERSPAN)
–– Q-In-Q Interface for Routing –– 10/100/1000Mb/s Ethernet RJ45 –– Enhanced Link & Phy Monitoring
–– 802.1W Rapid Spanning Tree –– ECMP, 64-way mng ports –– BER degradation monitor
• BPDU Filter, Root Guard –– IGMPv2/v3 Snooping Querier –– USB –– Enhanced health mechanism
• Loop Guard, BPDU Guard Synchronization –– Console port for Management –– 3rd party integration (Splunk, etc.)
–– 802.1Q Multiple STP –– PTP IEEE-1588 (SMPTE profile) –– Dual SW image Security
–– RSTP, MSTP and PVRST –– NTP –– Events history –– USA Department of Defense
–– 802.3ad Link Aggregation (LAG) & Quality of Service –– ONIE certification – UC APL
LACP –– 802.3X Flow Control Network Virtualization –– System secure mode – FIPS 140-2
• 16 Ports/Channel – 64 Groups –– WRED, Fast ECN & PFC –– VXLAN Hardware VTEP – L2 GW compliance
Per System –– 802.1Qbb Priority Flow Control –– Integration with VMware NSX & –– Storm Control
–– LLDP –– 802.1Qaz ETS OpenStack, etc. –– Access Control Lists (ACLs L2-L4 &
–– Store & forward / cut-through mode –– DCBX – App TLV support Software Defined Network (SDN) user defined)
of work –– OpenFlow 1.3: –– 802.1X - Port Based Network Access
–– Advanced QoS – Qualification,
–– HLL Rewrite, Policers – 802.1AB • Hybrid Control
–– 1/10/25/40/50/56/100GbE –– Shared buffer management • Supported controllers: ODL, –– SSH server strict mode – NIST
–– Jumbo Frames (9216 Bytes) ONOS, FloodLight, RYU, etc. 800-181A
Management and Automation
Layer 3 Feature Set –– CoPP (IP filter)
–– ZTP Docker Container
–– User and management VRFs –– Port isolation
–– Ansible, Puppet –– Full SDK access through the
–– IPv4 & IPv6 routing including route –– FTP / TFTP / SCP container
maps –– Persistent container & shared
–– AAA , RADIUS / TACACS+ / LDAP
–– MP-BGP, OSPFv2 storage
* This section describes hardware features and capabilities. Please refer to the driver and firmware release notes for feature availability.

SPECIFICATIONS
Power Specifications Physical Characteristics Supported Modules and Cables –– QSFP breakout cables 100GbE to
–– Typical power with passive cables –– Dimensions: –– QSFP28, SFP28 short and long range 2x50GbE DAC, optical
(ATIS): 94.3W 1.72” (43.8mm) H x optics –– QSFP AOC
–– Input voltage range: 100-240VAC 7.87” (200mm) W x –– QSFP28 to QSFP28 DAC cable –– 1000BASE-T and 1000BASE-SX/LX/
20” (508mm) D –– QSFP breakout cables 100GbE to ZX modules
–– Weight: 4.540kg (10lb) 4x25GbE and 40GbE to 4x10GbE
DAC, optical

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Table 1 - SN2100 Series Part Numbers and Descriptions

OPN Description
MSN2100-CB2F Spectrum™ based 100GbE, 1U Open Ethernet Switch with Mellanox Onyx, 16 QSFP28 ports, 2 Power Supplies (AC), short depth, Rangeley CPU,
P2C airflow, Rail Kit must be purchased separately, RoHS6

MSN2100-CB2R Spectrum™ based 100GbE, 1U Open Ethernet Switch with Mellanox Onyx, 16 QSFP28 ports, 2 Power Supplies (AC), short depth, Rangeley CPU,
C2P airflow, Rail Kit must be purchased separately, RoHS6

MSN2100-CB2FC Spectrum™ based 100GbE, 1U Open Ethernet Switch with Cumulus, 16 QSFP28 ports, 2 Power Supplies (AC), short depth, Rangeley CPU, P2C
airflow, Rail Kit must be purchased separately, RoHS6

MSN2100-CB2RC Spectrum™ based 100GbE, 1U Open Ethernet Switch with Cumulus, 16 QSFP28 ports, 2 Power Supplies (AC), short depth, Rangeley CPU, C2P
airflow, Rail Kit must be purchased separately, RoHS6

MSN2100-CB2FE Spectrum™ based 100GbE 1U Development System with SDK, 16 QSFP28 ports, 2 Power Supplies (AC), Short depth, Rangeley CPU, P2C
airflow, Rail Kit must be purchased separately, RoHS6

MSN2100-CB2FO Spectrum™ based 100GbE 1U Open Switch with ONIE, 16 QSFP28 ports, 2 AC PSUs, x86 2-core, short depth, P2C airflow, Rail Kit must be
purchased separately, RoHS6

Table 2 - SN2100B Series Part Numbers and Descriptions

OPN Description
MSN2100-BB2F Spectrum™ based 40GbE, 1U Open Ethernet Switch with Mellanox Onyx, 16 QSFP28 ports, 2 Power Supplies (AC), short depth, Rangeley CPU,
P2C airflow, Rail Kit must be purchased separately, RoHS6S6

MSN2100-BB2R Spectrum™ based 40GbE, 1U Open Ethernet Switch with Mellanox Onyx, 16 QSFP28 ports, 2 Power Supplies (AC), short depth, Rangeley CPU,
C2P airflow, Rail Kit must be purchased separately, RoHS6

MSN2100-BB2FC Spectrum™ based 40GbE, 1U Open Ethernet Switch with Cumulus, 16 QSFP28 ports, 2 Power Supplies (AC), short depth, Rangeley CPU, P2C
airflow, Rail Kit must be purchased separately, RoHS6

MSN2100-BB2RC Spectrum™ based 40GbE, 1U Open Ethernet Switch with Cumulus, 16 QSFP28 ports, 2 Power Supplies (AC), short depth, Rangeley CPU, C2P
airflow, Rail Kit must be purchased separately, RoHS6

MSN2100-BB2FO Spectrum™ based 40GbE 1U Open Switch with ONIE, 16 SFP28 ports, 2 AC PSUs, x86 2-core, short depth, P2C airflow, Rail Kit must be
purchased separately, RoHS6

*C2P – Connector-to-Power supply airflow, P2C – Power supply-to-Connector airflow.

Table 3 - Rail Kit Part Number and Description

OPN Description
MTEF-KIT-D Rack installation kit for SN2100 series short depth 1U switches, allows installation of one or two switches side-by-side into standard depth racks

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