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NVIDIA Spectrum Switches

NVIDIA Spectrum Switches
Formerly Mellanox Switches

Overview

What is NVIDIA Spectrum Switches?

NVIDIA® Spectrum®-3 based SN4000 is an open ethernet switch that combines cloud features with performance to support modern scale-out distributed data center applications. With support for all speeds 1GbE through 400GbE, SN4000 is ideal for building large layer-2, layer-3, and…

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Product Details

What is NVIDIA Spectrum Switches?

NVIDIA Spectrum Switches Technical Details

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Reviews and Ratings

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May 01, 2021

Seamless integration and great vendor support

Verified User
Engineer in Engineering
Telecommunications Company, 10,001+ employees
Score 8 out of 10
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Verified User
Incentivized
Use Cases and Deployment Scope
NVIDIA Mellanox Spectrum switches acting as Top of Rack (TOR) switches in the data center.
Pros and Cons
  • Supports Cumulus Linux as well as SONic
  • Wide variety of modern network operating system choices
  • Based on Open Ethernet platform
  • low Capex
  • Interoperability with other vendors
  • Bugs
Likelihood to Recommend
Works well if you use core networking functionality

Does not work well in a multi-vendor setup.
Most Important Features
  • Open Ethernet based protocols and platform
  • Support Cumulus Operating System
  • Lower cost than Cisco or Juniper switches
Return on Investment
  • Overall seamless integration into the datacenter
  • Better cost per port so higher ROI
Alternatives Considered
Broadcom is quicker is rolling out newer chipset and hardware. But NVIDIA Mellanox has better system integration due to its purchase of Cumulus OS.
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