@InProceedings{HappeVinter04, title = "{A}n {E}valuation of {I}nter-{S}witch {C}onnections", author= "Happe, Hans Henrik and Vinter, Brian", editor= "East, Ian R. and Duce, David and Green, Mark and Martin, Jeremy M. R. and Welch, Peter H.", pages = "137--146", booktitle= "{C}ommunicating {P}rocess {A}rchitectures 2004", isbn= "1 58603 458 8", year= "2004", month= "sep", abstract= "In very large clusters it is not possible to get Ethernet switches that are large enough to support the whole cluster, thus a configuration with multiple switches are needed. This work seeks to evaluate the interconnection strategies for a new 300+ CPU cluster at the University of Southern Denmark. The focal point is a very inexpensive switch from D-Link which unfortunately offers only 24 Gb ports. We investigate different inter-switch connections and their impact at application level." }