Technologies for densely packaging network components for large scale indirect topologies

Abstract

Technologies for densely packaging network components for large scale indirect topologies include group of switches. The group of switches includes a stack of node switches that includes a first set of ports and a stack of global switches that includes a second set of ports. The stack of node switches are oriented orthogonally to the stack of global switches. Additionally, the first set of ports are oriented towards the second set of ports and the node switches are connected to the global switches through the first and second sets of ports. Other embodiments are also described and claimed.

1 . An apparatus comprising:
 a plurality of switches and   a board, wherein the plurality of switches are positioned orthogonal to the board and communicatively coupled to the board.   
     
     
         2 . The apparatus of  claim 1 , wherein the boards includes one or more of: an accelerator, central processing unit (CPU), graphics processing unit (GPU), memory, and/or storage device. 
     
     
         3 . A group of switches comprising:
 a stack of node switches that includes a first set of ports; and   a stack of global switches that includes a second set of ports;   wherein the stack of node switches is oriented orthogonally to the stack of global switches, the first set of ports are oriented towards the second set of ports, and the node switches are connected to the global switches through the first and second sets of ports.   
     
     
         4 . The group of  claim 3 , wherein the number of node switches in the group is different than the number of global switches. 
     
     
         5 . The group of  claim 3 , wherein each node switch is connected to each global switch in the group through the first set of ports. 
     
     
         6 . The group of  claim 3 , wherein the group is positioned in a portion of a cabinet. 
     
     
         7 . The group of  claim 6 , wherein the node switches are connected to a plurality of nodes that are positioned in a second portion of the cabinet. 
     
     
         8 . The group of  claim 6 , wherein the cabinet is a first cabinet and the node switches are connected to a plurality of nodes that are positioned in a second cabinet that is adjacent to the first cabinet. 
     
     
         9 . The group of  claim 8 , wherein the second cabinet is positioned on one side of the first cabinet and the node switches are additionally connected to a plurality of nodes that are positioned in a third cabinet that is adjacent to the first cabinet on an opposite side of the first cabinet. 
     
     
         10 . The group of  claim 6 , wherein the cabinet is a first cabinet and the node switches are connected to a plurality of nodes that are positioned in a second cabinet that includes power and cooling equipment. 
     
     
         11 . The group of  claim 6 , wherein the node switches are connected to a plurality of nodes with cables of approximately equal length. 
     
     
         12 . The group of  claim 11 , wherein the node switches are connected to a plurality of nodes with copper cables of approximately equal length. 
     
     
         13 . The group of  claim 5 , wherein the global switches are connected to global switches of one or more other groups. 
     
     
         14 . The group of  claim 13 , wherein the global switches are connected to the global switches of one or more other groups through fiber optic cables. 
     
     
         15 . The group of  claim 5 , wherein the global switches are positioned in a cabinet that includes a plurality of nodes connected to a second set of node switches of another group. 
     
     
         16 . The group of  claim 5 , wherein the group is a tray that is insertable into a cabinet. 
     
     
         17 . A method for assembling a group of switches, the method comprising:
 orienting a stack of node switches orthogonally to a stack of corresponding global switches in a portion of a cabinet; and   connecting the node switches to the corresponding global switches.   
     
     
         18 . The method of  claim 17 , wherein orienting the stack of node switches orthogonally to the stack of corresponding set of global switches comprises orienting ports for connections between the node switches and the global switches towards each other. 
     
     
         19 . The method of  claim 17 , wherein orienting the stack of node switches orthogonally to the stack of global switches comprises orienting a number of node switches orthogonally to an equal number of global switches. 
     
     
         20 . The method of  claim 15 , wherein connecting the node switches to the corresponding global switches comprises connecting the node switches to the corresponding global switches with copper cabling.