Abstract
The data acquisition system of the CMS experiment at the Large Hadron Collider features a two-stage event builder, which combines data from about 500 sources into full events at an aggregate throughput of 100 GByte/s. To meet the requirements, several architectures and interconnect technologies have been quantitatively evaluated. Both Gigabit Ethernet and Myrinet networks will be employed during the first ran. Nearly full bi-section throughput can be obtained using a custom software driver for Myrinet based on barrel shifter traffic shaping. This paper discusses the use of Myrinet dual-port network interface cards supporting channel bonding to achieve virtual 5GBit s links with adaptive routing to alleviate the throughput limitations associated with wormhole routing. Adaptive routing is not expected to be suitable for high throughput event builder applications in high energy physics. To corroborate this claim, results from the CMS event builder preserles installation at CERN are presented and the problems of wormhole routing networks are discussed. © 2007 IEEE.
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | 2007 15th IEEE-NPSS Real-Time Conference |
| Subtitle of host publication | April 29 2007-May 4 2007, Batavia, IL, USA |
| Publisher | IEEE |
| ISBN (Print) | 978-1-4244-0866-5 |
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| Publication status | Published - 2007 |