[Beowulf] Cluster Diagram of 500 PC

[Patrick Geoffray]

Hi Mark,

Mark Hahn wrote:
> my question is: do switches these days have smart protocols for mapping 
> and routing in such a configuration?  I know that the original spanning 

That's 802.3ad. Quick pointer:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Link_aggregation

You can use it between switches to use multiple links. The spec does not 
specify how to load balance the packets across the links, so link 
aggregation may not be very efficient between switches from different 
vendors. YMMV.

Patrick