NVIDIA Mellanox MTC005100 (IS5100) InfiniBand Director Switch Chassis: This is a Mellanox IS5100-class modular InfiniBand director switch chassis under part number MTC005100. The chassis is a multi-slot director platform designed to accept Mellanox spine and leaf line cards plus management controllers. It is NOT a fixed-form-factor 1U switch and NOT an Ethernet-only platform — it is built for high-radix InfiniBand fabrics. Bundled modules listed below; final BOM is verified at quotation. Offered refurbished and powered-tested.
Engineering Context: The IS5100 series is a modular InfiniBand director chassis platform built around an internal multi-stage Clos topology realized through leaf and spine line cards, with a dedicated management controller and N+N power supply redundancy for fault tolerance. The chassis is intended for HPC and storage fabrics that require hundreds of InfiniBand ports inside a single managed switching domain.
Deployment & Use Cases: Top-of-fabric aggregation for large HPC clusters, storage fabrics for IBM Spectrum Scale (GPFS), Lustre and BeeGFS, multi-tenant InfiniBand fabrics for academic and research computing, and scale-out database/analytics platforms (Exadata-class deployments, Vertica, MPP DWH) needing low-latency RDMA interconnect at hundreds of ports.
Technical Specifications:
- Manufacturer Part Number (MPN): MTC005100
- Family: Mellanox IS5100 InfiniBand Director Switch Chassis
- Brand: NVIDIA Mellanox
- Network Protocol: InfiniBand
- Connector Type: QSFP / QSFP+ (per installed line cards)
- Management: Centralized chassis management module
- Power: Redundant power supply system (N+N)
- Bundled Modules (per seller listing): 6x MSX6001FR FDR leaf modules; 6x MSX6002FLR FDR spine modules; 1x MSX6000MAR management/controller module
- Approximate Shipping Weight (loaded with modules): up to ~350 kg
- Form Factor: Modular rack-mount director chassis (verify rack depth and weight rating)
- Condition: Refurbished — visually inspected and powered/tested by experienced technicians
- Note: Module configuration may vary; final BOM confirmed at quotation
Compatibility & Constraints: The bundled MSX6001FR/MSX6002FLR/MSX6000MAR modules are FDR-class line cards designed for the SX65xx Switch-IB chassis family, while native IS5100 line cards are typically QDR-class. Buyers MUST confirm with TES which underlying chassis is shipped (IS5100 vs SX65xx) and whether the listed modules are pre-installed and operational together. Power requires data-center-grade multi-phase feeds; this is NOT plug-and-play for office or lab environments. InfiniBand cables and transceivers are NOT included.
Why T.E.S IT-SOLUTIONS: We provide refurbished NVIDIA Mellanox director-class InfiniBand switching with EU-based logistics. Typical handling time for chassis-class items is 1–3 business days plus freight scheduling. Contact us via https://www.tes-itsolutions.com for full BOM verification, freight quotes, and rigging requirements before purchase.