The “6-pack” platform is the core of our new fabric, and it uses “Wedge” [a custom built network switch] as its basic building block. It is a full mesh non-blocking two-stage switch that includes 12 independent switching elements. Each independent element can switch 1.28Tbps. We have two configurations: One configuration exposes 16x40GE ports to the front and 640G (16x40GE) to the back, and the other is used for aggregation and exposes all 1.28T to the back.
Wicked.
Introducing “6-pack”: the first open hardware modular switch →