Accelerated Ethernet Switching for AI and the Cloud

Introduction
Benefits
Products
Highlights
Product Tables
Software
OEM Partners
Next Steps

Introduction
Benefits
Products
Highlights
Product Tables
Software
OEM Partners
Next Steps

Introduction

NVIDIA Spectrum Ethernet Switches

NVIDIA Spectrum™ Ethernet switches accelerate networking for all layers of software and hardware. Fully standards-based Ethernet, they power NVIDIA Spectrum-X™ Ethernet for AI and support both traditional, pluggable, optical connectivity and groundbreaking co-packaged silicon photonics networking. Spectrum Ethernet switches enable operational efficiency with a wide variety of network operating system choices, including NVIDIA® Cumulus® Linux and Pure SONiC. Spectrum Ethernet switches also offer innovative digital twins with NVIDIA Air and network visibility through NVIDIA NetQ™.

Spectrum-6 Ethernet Switches Scale NVIDIA Rubin-Based AI Factories

The new NVIDIA Spectrum-X Ethernet Photonics switch systems improve power efficiency and uptime by 5x.

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NVIDIA Spectrum-X Ethernet Is Designed to Accelerate AI Workloads

The Spectrum-X Ethernet platform improves AI performance by 1.6x while increasing the predictability and power efficiency of Ethernet-based AI clouds.

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Benefits

Spectrum Switch Portfolio Features

Accelerated

Best-in-class hardware performance with zero-touch accelerated RDMA over Converged Ethernet (RoCE)

Innovative

New silicon photonics switches for enhanced resiliency, power efficiency, and uptime for AI

Optimized

Designed and tested for full-stack, end-to-end NVIDIA solutions

Open

Choice and flexibility at all tiers of the stack through open NOS support

Simulated

Hosted data center digital twins with end-to-end platform simulation

Reliable

Exclusive features that enable fairness, predictability, and actionable visibility

New Co-Packaged Silicon Photonic Networking Switches to Scale to Millions of GPUs, Multi-Site AI Factories

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Products

Spectrum Ethernet Switch Hardware

NVIDIA Spectrum-6 SN6000 Series

The SN6000 family of Ethernet switches offers unprecedented network scale for AI factories through co-packaged optics, doubling bandwidth per lane compared to the previous generation and significantly improving network resiliency.

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NVIDIA Spectrum-4 SN5000 Series

Purpose-built for AI, the SN5000 family is the world’s first Ethernet switch portfolio suitable for deep learning workloads, connecting cloud-scale GPU compute at speeds up to 800 gigabits per second (Gb/s).

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NVIDIA Spectrum-3 SN4000 Series

Built for cloud-scale networking, the SN4000 family combines industry-leading features with groundbreaking performance to support modern scale-out distributed data center applications for all speeds up to 400 Gb/s.

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NVIDIA Spectrum-2 SN3000 Series

Ideal for leaf and spine data center network solutions, the SN3000 series delivers maximum flexibility with port speeds up to 200 Gb/s per port and port density that enables full-rack connectivity to any server at any speed.

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NVIDIA Spectrum SN2000 Series

With speeds up to 100 Gb/s, the SN2000 series provides unique switch form factors that integrate into hyperconverged infrastructure and software-defined storage management systems for ease of deployment and administration.

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Highlights

Max Port Speed

800Gb/s

Max Flow Counters

512Kentries

Max Access-Control Lists (ACLs)

512Kentries

Network Address Translation (NAT)

100K+entries

Max IPV4 Routes

512Kentries

Product Tables

Ethernet Switch Family

SN6000
SN5000
SN4000
SN3000
SN2000

	Connectors	800Gb/s Ports	400Gb/s Ports	200Gb/s Ports	100Gb/s Ports	Height	Max Throughput
SN6600-LD	64x OSFP 2x 800GbE	128	256	512	512 + 2	2U	102.4 Tb/s
SN6800-LD	512x MMC-12 (co-packaged optics)	512	1024	2,048	2,048 + 8	5U	409.6 Tb/s (4x 102.4 Tb/s)
SN6810-LD	128x MMC-12 (co-packaged optics)	128	256	512	512 + 2	2U	102.4 Tb/s

	Connectors	800GbE Ports	400GbE Ports	200GbE Ports	100GbE Ports	50GbE Ports	40GbE Ports	25/10/1GbE Ports	Height	Max Throughput	Total Packets per Second
SN5610	64x OSFP 800GbE + 2 SFP28 25GbE	64	128	256	256	256	128	256 + 2	2U	51.2Tb/s	33.3Bpps
SN5600	64x OSFP 800GbE + 1 SFP28 25GbE	64	128	256	256	256	128	256 + 1	2U	51.2Tb/s	33.3Bpps
SN5600D	64x OSFP 800GbE + 1 SFP28 25GbE	64	128	256	256	256	128	256 + 1	2U	51.2Tb/s	33.3Bpps
SN5400	64x QSFP-DD 400GbE + 2x SFP28 25GbE	—	64	128	256	256	128	256 + 2	2U	25.6Tb/s	33.3Bpps

	Connectors	400GbE Ports	200GbE Ports	100GbE Ports	50GbE Ports	40GbE Ports	25/10/1GbE Ports	Height	Max Throughput	Total Packets per Second
SN4600C	64x QSFP28 100GbE	—	—	64	128	64	128	2U	6.4Tb/s	8.4Bpps
SN4700	32x QSFPDD 400GbE	32	64	128	128	64	128	1U	12.8Tb/s	8.4Bpps

	Connectors	200GbE Ports	100GbE Ports	50GbE Ports	40GbE Ports	25/10/1GbE Ports	Height	Max Throughput	Total Packets per Second
SN3420	12x QSFP28 100GbE + 48x SFP28 25GbE	—	12	—	12	48+48	1U	2.4Tb/s	3.57Bpps

	Connectors	100GbE Ports	50GbE Ports	40GbE Ports	25/10/1GbE Ports	Height	Max Throughput	Total Packets per Second
SN2201	48x RJ45 + 4x QSFP28 100GbE	4	8	4	16 (25/10G), 48 (1G)	1U	448Gb/s	667Mpps

Software

Spectrum Networking Software

NVIDIA Air

NVIDIA Air allows users to model data center deployments with full software functionality, creating a digital twin. Transform and streamline network operations by simulating, validating, and automating changes and updates.

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NVIDIA Cumulus

NVIDIA Cumulus Linux, the world’s most robust open networking operating system, includes a comprehensive list of advanced, modern networking features and is built for scale.

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NVIDIA NetQ

NVIDIA NetQ is a modern operations tool designed to provide holistic, real-time visibility, troubleshooting, and lifecycle management of your modern data center.

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NVIDIA Pure SONiC

NVIDIA offers Pure SONiC, a community-developed, open-source network operating system based on Linux that runs on switches from multiple vendors and powers some of the largest data centers in the world.

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