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NVIDIA SPECTRUM
SN3000 SERIES SWITCHES
Data center performance, scale, and rich telemetry
The NVIDIA® Spectrum SN3000 series switches are based on the 2nd generation of Visibility
Spectrum switches, purpose-built for leaf/spine/super-spine data center applications. > NVIDIA What Just Happened® (WJH)
Allowing maximum flexibility, the SN3000 series provides port speeds spanning from telemetry dramatically reduces mean time
to issue resolution by providing answers to:
1GbE to 400GbE, and a port density that enables full rack connectivity to any server
When, What, Who, Where and Why
at any speed. In addition, the uplink ports allow a variety of blocking ratios to suit any
> Hardware-accelerated histograms
application requirement. track and summarize queue depths at
sub-microsecond granularity
The SN3000 series is ideal for building cloud-scale layer-2 and layer-3 networks. The
> Inband network telemetry (INT)-ready
SN3000 platforms deliver high performance, consistent low latency along with support hardware
for advanced software defined networking features, making it the ideal choice for web > Streaming telemetry
scale IT, cloud, hyperconverged storage and data analytics applications. > 512K on-chip flow counters
Performance
Network Disaggregation: Open Ethernet
> Fully shared packet buffer provides a fair,
Open Ethernet breaks the paradigm of traditional switch systems, eliminating vendor predictable and high bandwidth data path
lock-in. Instead of forcing network operators to use the specific software that is provided > Consistent and low cut-through latency
by the switch vendor, open Ethernet offers the flexibility to use a choice of operating > Robust RoCE transport to power NVMe
systems on top of Ethernet switches, thereby regaining control of the network, and over fabric and machine learning
applications that leverage GPUDirect®
optimizing utilization, efficiency and overall return on investment.
> Best-in-class VXLAN scale—10X more
Encouraging an ecosystem of open source, standard network solutions, open Ethernet tunnels and tunnel endpoints than others
adopts the same principles as standard open solutions for servers and storage, and > 512K shared forwarding entries flexibly
shared across ACL, LPM routes, host
applies them to the world of networking infrastructure. These solutions can then be routes, MAC, ECMP and tunnel applications
easily deployed into the modern data center across network equipment that eases
management and ensures full interoperability. Agility
> Comprehensive Layer-2, Layer-3 and RoCE
With a range of system form factors, and a rich software ecosystem, SN3000 series > Advanced network virtualization with high
allows you to pick and choose the right components for your data center. performance single pass VXLAN routing
and IPv6 segment routing
NVIDIA Spectrum SN3000 Series > Cloud scale NAT – 100K+ sessions
> Programmable pipeline that can
SN3000 series platforms are based on the high-performance Spectrum-2 ASIC with programmatically parse, process and
a bidirectional switching capacity of 6.4Tb/s. SN3000 platforms are available in a edit packets
range of configurations, each delivering high performance combined with feature-rich > Deep packet inspection – 512B deep
layer 2 and layer 3 forwarding, ideally suited for both top-of-rack (ToR) leaf and fixed
configuration spines.
SN3000 series provides full wire speed, cut through-mode latency, on-chip fully-shared
42MB packet buffering, and flexible port use in addition to advanced capabilities.
Combining a wide range of innovations in the area of programmability, telemetry, and
tunneling with industry leading performance, NVIDIA SN3000 series is capable of
addressing today’s data center’s complex networking requirements.
CUMULUS
NETQ
Linux Switch ONYX
SN3700
SN3700 spine/super-spine offers 32 ports of 200GbE in a compact 1U form factor. It
enables connectivity to endpoints at different speeds and carries a throughput of 6.4Tb/s, †
with a landmark 8.33Bpps processing capacity. As an ideal spine solution, the SN3700
allows maximum flexibility, with port speeds spanning from 10GbE to 200GbE per port.
SN3700C
SN3700C is a 1U 32-port 100GbE spine that can also be used as a high density 10/25GbE
leaf when used with splitter cables. SN3700C allows for maximum flexibility, with ports †
spanning from 1GbE to 100GbE and port density that enables full rack connectivity to any
server at any speed, and a variety of blocking ratios. SN3700C ports are fully splittable to
up to 128 x 10/25GbE ports.
The SN3700C-S version is a cyber-resilient data center switch with secured boot
functionality. It leverages a Hardware Root-of-Trust (HRoT) to enable advanced
authentication mechanisms to verify the switch's BIOS, ONIE and NOS images so
that only NVIDIA-authorized images will operate the switch. This protects the switch
firmware and critical data from corruption while ensuring the authenticity and integrity
of any firmware updates. It can cryptographically detect corrupted firmware and critical
data, when the system is first powered on, while the system is running, and following
any system updates.
SN3420
As data-center switching architectures increasingly adopt 100GbE, the SN3420 offers
a high-performance, cost-effective way to evolve host connectivity from 10G to 25G. †
Equipped with 48 ports of 10/25GbE and 12 ports of up to 100GbE in a compact 1U form
factor. The SN3420 is an ideal ToR switch platform, delivering a total throughput of up to
2.4 Tb/s with a processing capacity of 3.58 Bpps. The SN3420 enables the seamless use
of QSFP28 connections for leaf-spine topology and future-proofing the data center.
* Available Q1 2022
† For illustration only. Actual products may vary SN3000 SERIES | DATASHEET | Aug21 | 2
SONiC
SONiC was designed for cloud networking scenarios, where simplicity and managing
at scale are the highest priority. NVIDIA fully supports the pure open source SONiC
from the SONiC community site on all of the SN2000 series switch platforms. With
advanced monitoring and diagnostic capabilities, SONiC is a perfect fit for the NVIDIA
SN2000 series. Among other innovations, SONiC on the SN3000 series enables fine-
grained failure recovery and in-service upgrades (ISSU), with zero downtime.
NVIDIA Onyx
NVIDIA is a high performance switch operating system, with a classic CLI interface.
Whether building a robust storage fabric, cloud, financial or Media & Entertainment
fabric, customers can leverage the flexibility of = Onyx to tailor their network platform
to their environment. With built-in workflow automation, monitoring and visibility
tools, enhanced high availability mechanisms, and more, Onyx simplifies network
processes and workflows, increasing efficiencies, reducing operating expenses and
time-to-service.
Onyx leverages the capabilities of the SN3000 series to provide greater scale, state-of-
the-art telemetry, enhanced quality of service (QoS), and exceptional programmability
that enables a flexible pipeline supporting both new and legacy protocols, a larger
fully-shared buffer, and more.
ONIE
The open network install environment (ONIE) is an open compute project open source
initiative driven by a community to define an open “install environment” for bare
metal network switches, such as the NVIDIA SN3000 series. ONIE enables a bare
metal network switch ecos ystem where end users have a choice of different network
operating systems.
Docker Containers
NVIDIA fully supports the running of third party containerized applications on the
switch system itself. The third party application has complete access to the bare-
metal switch via its direct access to the SDK. The switch has tight controls over the
amount of memory and CPU cycles each container is allowed to use, along with fine
grained monitoring of those resources.
Docker
SDK
Switch Hardware
Unprecedented Agility
For modern data center infrastructure to be software defined and agile, both its
compute and network building blocks need to be agile. Spectrum-2 features a unique
feature rich and efficient packet processing pipeline that offers data center network
virtualization features without compromising on performance or scale. Spectrum-2 is
a programmable pipeline and a deep packet parser/editor (can process payload up to
the first 512B). Spectrum-2 supports single pass VXLAN routing as well as bridging.
Additionally, Spectrum-2 supports advanced virtualization features such as IPv6
segment routing, and network address translation (NAT).
Massive scale
The number of endpoints in the data center is increasing exponentially. With the current
shift from virtual machine-based architectures to container-based architectures,
the high-scale forwarding tables required by modern data centers and mega-clouds
increase by up to an order of magnitude or more. To answer these needs for scalability
and flexibility,Spectrum-2 uses intelligent algorithms and efficient resource sharing,
and supports unprecedented forwarding table, counters and policy scale.
Fine-grained resource allocation to fit all specific needs, allowing up to 512K entries to
be dynamically shared across MAC, ARP, IPv4/IPv6 routes, ACLs, ECMP, and Tunnels.
An innovative algorithmic TCAM optimized for data centers and cloud environments,
which can scale the number of rules to up to half a million rules.
End-To-End Solution
The SN3000 series is part of the NVIDIA complete end-to-end solution which
provides 1GbE through 400GbE interconnectivity within the data center. Other devices
in this solution include ConnectX-based network interface cards and LinkX copper or
fiber cabling.
Compliance
Standards Compliance
Safety CB, CE, cTUVus, CU
EMC CE, ICES, FCC, RCM, VCCI
Operating Conditions Operating: 0ºC to 40ºC; Non-Operating: -40ºC to 70ºC
Relative Humidity 5% to 85%
Operating Altitude 0-3050m
RoHS RoHS compliant
Ordering Information
SKUs
MSN3700 Series: 32 Ports of up to 200GbE
NVIDIA Spectrum-2 based 200GbE 1U Open Ethernet Switch with NVIDIA Onyx, 32 QSFP56 ports, 2 Power Supplies (AC),
MSN3700-VS2F
Standard depth, x86 CPU, P2C airflow, Rail Kit
NVIDIA Spectrum-2 based 200GbE 1U Open Ethernet Switch with NVIDIA Onyx, 32 QSFP56 ports, 2 Power Supplies (AC),
MSN3700-VS2R
Standard depth, x86 CPU, C2P airflow, Rail Kit
NVIDIA Spectrum-2 based 200GbE 1U Open Ethernet Switch with Cumulus Linux, 32 QSFP56 ports, 2 Power Supplies (AC),
MSN3700-VS2FC
Standard depth, x86 CPU, P2C airflow, Rail Kit
NVIDIA Spectrum-2 based 200GbE 1U Open Ethernet Switch with Cumulus Linux, 32 QSFP56 ports, 2 Power Supplies (AC),
MSN3700-VS2RC
Standard depth, x86 CPU, C2P airflow, Rail Kit
NVIDIA Spectrum-2 based 200GbE 1U Open Ethernet Switch with ONIE, 32 QSFP56 ports, 2 Power Supplies (AC), Standard
MSN3700-VS2FO
depth, x86 CPU, P2C airflow, Rail Kit
NVIDIA Spectrum-2 based 200GbE 1U Open Ethernet Switch with ONIE, 32 QSFP56 ports, 2 Power Supplies (AC), Standard
MSN3700-VS2RO
depth, x86 CPU, C2P airflow, Rail Kit
Warranty Information
NVIDIA SN3000 series switches come with a one-year limited hardware return-and-repair warranty, with a 14 business day
turnaround after the unit is received. For more information, please visit the NVIDIA Technical Support User Guide.
Additional Information
Support services including next business day and 4-hour technician dispatch are available. For more information, please visit
the NVIDIA Technical Support User Guide. NVIDIA offers installation, configuration, troubleshooting and monitoring services,
available on-site or remotely delivered. For more information, please visit the NVIDIA Global Services website.
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