<html><body><p><tt><font size="2">David,</font></tt><br><br><tt><font size="2">> We're trying to get 40 gbe connection between Mellanox switches and Cisco<br>> switches down at the other end of the machine room<br>> The BiDi part seems to be the best given about 30m run on multimode.<br>> However Mellanox support says it's not supported.<br>> Want to use this to get close to IB speeds for GPFS on nodes that aren't<br>> on the IB fabric.<br>> Does anyone have any luck getting 40 or 100 gig at 20-30m when the<br>> switches are different brands?</font></tt><br><br><font size="2">maybe that's a good reason to get in contact with the team from Interoptic. They claim a good expertise for these kind of problems - feedback is good.</font><br><a href="http://packetpushers.net/podcast/podcasts/show-360-all-about-optics-interoptic-sponsored/"><font size="2">http://packetpushers.net/podcast/podcasts/show-360-all-about-optics-interoptic-sponsored/</font></a><br><a href="https://interoptic.com/"><font size="2">https://interoptic.com/</font></a><br><br><font size="2">Frank Kraemer<br>IBM Consulting IT Specialist / Client Technical Architect<br>Am Weiher 24, 65451 Kelsterbach<br></font><font size="2"><a href="mailto:kraemerf@de.ibm.com">mailto:kraemerf@de.ibm.com</a></font><font size="2"><br>voice: +49-(0)171-3043699 / +4970342741078<br>IBM Germany</font><BR>
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