Foundry, Level 5 sell nets for high-performance computing

NETWORK WORLD NEWSLETTER: JEFF CARUSO ON HIGH SPEED LANS
07/07/05
Today's focus: Foundry, Level 5 sell nets for high-performance
computing

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Today's focus: Foundry, Level 5 sell nets for high-performance
computing

By Jeff Caruso

Foundry Networks and Level 5 Networks recently joined forces to
promote networks for high-performance computing systems.

The partnership is being done through Foundry's HPC Ethernet
Alliance Program, which is the company's effort to develop
products geared toward bringing Gigabit Ethernet and 10 Gigabit
Ethernet to high-performance computing environments. This means
Foundry is trying to get further into server cluster, grid and
supercomputer installations.

Through the program, Foundry also works with adapter makers
Ammasso, Chelsio Communications and Neterion. Foundry intends
also to work with server and application vendors.

The companies involved in the program participate in
interoperability testing and benchmarking, joint marketing and
trade show efforts, and seminar tours to promote high-speed
Ethernet in high-performance computing.

Foundry and Level 5, then, will perform interoperability tests
between Foundry's switch hardware and the network interface
cards from Level 5, to show end-to-end performance.

Level 5 describes its EtherFabric on its Web site as "a complete
solution of software, specialized silicon and high performance
NIC hardware that allows Ethernet Networks to be used as
high-performance server interconnects that are future-proof even
as performance requirements continue to increase." The company
also claims that its product will be able to scale to 10G
bit/sec "and beyond."

An EtherFabric adapter presents a virtualized interface to each
application - that is, it works directly with applications,
bypassing the operating system kernel and improving the
efficiency of the CPU, Level 5 says.

The company offers a card today with two ports that each run at
1G bit/sec.
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