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1 Headline in Arial Bold 30pt SGI Altix XE Server ANSYS Microsoft Windows Compute Cluster Server 2003

SGI Altix XE Building Blocks XE Cluster Head Node

SATA/SAS Drive Altix XE310 1U 2 nodes XE Compute

Pictured (from top): Motherboard Altix XE210 2U

2003 Edition Service Pack 2 Microsoft Compute

2 SGI Altix XE Building Blocks XE Cluster Head Node Two dual core Xeon processors 16GB Memory SATA/SAS Drive Altix XE310 1U 2 nodes XE Compute Nodes Two dual core Xeon processors 16GB Memory SATA/SAS Drive GigaEthernet Interconnect Pictured (from top): Motherboard Altix XE210 2U Altix XE240 1U Windows Server Compute Cluster 2003 Edition Service Pack 2 Microsoft Compute Cluster Pack

3 Microsoft Windows CCS on SGI Altix XE Easy node deployment and administration Task-based configuration for head and compute nodes UI and command line-based node management Monitoring with Performance Monitor (Perfmon), Microsoft Operations Manager (MOM), Server Performance Advisor (SPA) & 3rd-party tools Extensible job scheduler 3rd-party extensibility at job submission and/or job assignment Submit jobs from command line, UI, or directly from applications Simple job management, similar to print queue management Secure MPI User credentials secured in job scheduler and compute nodes Microsoft provided stack reduces application/mpi incompatibility issues Integrated Development Environment OpenMP Support in Visual Studio, Standard Edition Parallel Debugger in Visual Studio, Professional Edition

4 SGI and Microsoft for high productivity with ANSYS Focused on High Performance Computing Heritage of moving data and removing bottlenecks Experience to craft a solution for you: compute, storage, visualization Technical Partnership for CAE Solutions Solutions tested on WCCS are ready to deploy Used today on Windows and without modification move to clusters with Windows CCS Scalability on Windows CCS is dependent on application, but no less than 8-16 cores with opportunity to grow much higher Consistent Cluster Performance Add a node and add performance

5 Recommended Configurations SGI Altix XE Server (start) Value and Reliability This entry system is configured with two dual-core Intel Xeon processors (4 processor cores total), 16 GB memory, one 250GB SATA or SAS drive, a DVD-ROM drive, one RJ45 serial port, three USB 2.0 ports, and two Gigabit Ethernet ports. SGI Altix XE Cluster Configuration (create a foundation) Performance, Flexibility and Reliability SGI Altix XE head node and an SGI Altix XE compute node for a total of 4 dual-core Intel Xeon processors (8 cores), 32 GB of memory, two 250 GB SATA or SAS drives, a DVD-ROM drive, one RJ45 serial port, three USB 2.0 ports, and a Gigabit Ethernet switch. (limited to 25 M DOF with ANSYS without more disc and 32 M Fluent Cells without more memory) SGI Altix XE Cluster Configuration (build for performance and throughput) Grow Performance, Flexibility and Reliability Add more SGI Altix compute nodes; choose the number of cores, the memory and the number and type of disc drives (SATA, SAS) to match your requirements: demonstrated value to 16 cores on a single job with both ANSYS and FLUENT. (Unsure of the system you require? llewis@sgi.com for a match.)

6 SGI Altix XE Cluster Solutions and Windows Compute Cluster Server 2003 high-performance, scalable storage and data management solutions Easy to deploy plug-and-play Factory integrated and tested optimized configurations Start small, grow as your requirements grow start a project add nodes when moving into full production Priced for value: Hardware with OS start at less than $10K in most regions world wide.

7 SGI local teams for your success: Ask a Sales Rep Form Worldwide Phone Numbers Find a Sales Office More information on Engineering Analysis Solutions from SGI? Lynn Lewis, llewis@sgi.com

8 Representative Ansys 11.0 Performance Elapsed Time (sec) Number of Cores Altix XE (Windows CCS) Lower is Better Model: bmd-2

9 Representative Fluent Performance Jobs per Day Model - f15l2 149 Higher is Better Nx1P 1Nx2P 1Nx4P 2Nx4P 4Nx4P Altix XE CCS GigE

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