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Switched GW-Links in large scale Pod systems
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  • 1. Switched GW-Links in large scale Bow Pod systems
    • 1.1. Bow-2000 links
    • 1.2. Directly connected GW-Links
    • 1.3. The benefits of using switched GW-Links
    • 1.4. Switched GW-Links
      • 1.4.1. Network switch configuration for switched GW-Links
      • 1.4.2. Static MAC address learning
    • 1.5. Packetised sync
  • 2. Trademarks & copyright
Switched GW-Links in large scale Pod systems

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Switched GW-Links in large scale Pod systems

This technical note describes the use of switched GW-Links to connect Bow-2000 IPU-Machines together in large scale (Bow Pod256 and larger) Bow Pod systems. This is in contrast to our approach for smaller-scale Bow Pod systems which use directly connected horizontal GW-Links between Bow-2000s.

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  • 1. Switched GW-Links in large scale Bow Pod systems
    • 1.1. Bow-2000 links
    • 1.2. Directly connected GW-Links
    • 1.3. The benefits of using switched GW-Links
    • 1.4. Switched GW-Links
      • 1.4.1. Network switch configuration for switched GW-Links
      • 1.4.2. Static MAC address learning
    • 1.5. Packetised sync
  • 2. Trademarks & copyright
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