Celestica Inc., a leading provider of design, manufacturing, supply chain, and platform solutions, has launched two powerful 1.6TbE data center switches, the DS6000 and DS6001. These new switches are purpose-built to handle the demanding bandwidth requirements of AI and machine learning (AI/ML) workloads. Moreover, Celestica plans to contribute the DS6000/DS6001 specifications to the OCP Community and feature them on the OCP Marketplace under the OCP Inspired recognition, strengthening its commitment to open networking.
The DS6000 is a 3RU, 64-port switch designed for traditional air-cooled data center environments. In contrast, the DS6001 is a 2U, 64-port switch offering a hybrid cooling approach within a 21-inch OCP ORv3 rack, balancing performance with energy efficiency. Both models leverage the advanced Broadcom Tomahawk 6 (TH6) switch chipset, delivering up to 102.4Tbps of switching capacity. By doubling the capacity of Celestica’s existing 800G solutions, these switches set a new benchmark in high-performance data center networking, while providing AI routing features and versatile interconnect options for large-scale AI clusters.
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Gavin Cato, SVP & GM Portfolio Solutions & AI Platform Engineering at Celestica, stated, “The introduction of our new 1.6T switches marks a significant milestone for Celestica and our customers. The DS6000 and DS6001 represent a new era in high-performance networking, doubling the switching capacity of our current offerings and designed specifically to meet the demands of AI/ML cluster applications. We’re proud to showcase these innovations at OCP Global Summit, demonstrating our commitment to leading the open networking ecosystem.”
The DS6000 provides several key benefits for data center operators, including:
- 102.4Tbps switching capacity with 224G SerDes lanes and LPO/LRO optics support
- 64 x 1.6TbE OSFP ports for high-speed performance
- Flexible port speeds of 50/100/200/400/800GbE
- Redundant, field-replaceable fans and hot-swappable power supplies
- Forward and reverse airflow configuration options
Meanwhile, the DS6001 maintains the same network performance as the DS6000 while operating in a hybrid cooling environment, using both air and liquid cooling for optimized energy efficiency and power utilization.
Both switches support an open-source Network Operating System (NOS) approach via Celestica Solutions for SONiC and other validated SONiC distributions, ensuring production-ready deployment across diverse environments, from data centers to edge computing.
Broadcom’s Ram Velaga, SVP & GM, Core Switching Group, commented, “We’re pleased to see Celestica harness the power of our latest Tomahawk 6 chipset to bring these groundbreaking switches to market. Tomahawk 6 delivers incredible switching capacity, designed to meet the extreme bandwidth and low-latency demands of modern AI/ML workloads Celestica’s new DS6000 and hybrid-cooled DS6001 switches showcase the innovation that’s possible when we collaborate to deliver solutions truly optimized for the AI era.”
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Similarly, Sameh Boujelbene, VP of Research at Dell’Oro Group, said, “Celestica’s introduction of these new 1.6T switches is a powerful extension of their recognized leadership in high-speed and AI networking. The DS6000 and DS6001 switches, with their massive 102.4Tbps capacity, show that Celestica continues to be at the forefront of addressing the future needs of AI networking.”
Alan Weckel, Founder and Technology Analyst at 650 Group, added, “This new 1.6T switch family further marks Celestica’s position as a leader in data center networking, particularly for mission-critical enterprise environments. These customers require not just raw speed but also unwavering reliability and a robust ecosystem.”
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