IBM Power Systems HPC Cluster Highlights Complete and fully Integrated HPC cluster for demanding workloads Modular and Extensible: match components & configurations to meet demands Integrated: racked & tested in IBM manufacturing to reduce time to compute Organizations today are demanding faster insights leveraging more data in new ways. Computing models which were previously the domain of the largest supercomputing centers have become critical tools for research institutions as well as businesses world-wide. To meet these requirements, organizations must be able to quickly deploy complete, high performance computing solutions, at an affordable price. IBM Power Systems HPC cluster offering is built on the foundation of IBM's long-term partnerships with the top supercomputing centers around the world. It is available at a scale to meet your HPC and high-performance data analytics needs, from five to sixty-four nodes. These configurable systems offer innovative compute, storage, networking, and management hardware from IBM and key IBM technology partners, along with system software technologies to meet performance specifications that are influenced by top HPC supercomputing centers requirements. Orders are integrated at the factory for system completeness and validation before shipment to your site for rapid deployment. Faster time to insight with an integrated and highly flexible HPC cluster solution Architecting superior HPC clusters requires a holistic approach that responds to performance at every level of the deployment. The IBM Power Systems HPC Cluster solution, built with IBM Power Systems, Power HPC Stack V1.1, and IBM Software technologies, provides an integrated platform to optimize your HPC workflows, resulting in faster time to insights and value.
IBM Power Systems HPC Cluster is an integrated offering containing compute, interconnect, storage, management, cabling, and racking hardware that incorporates the following: From five to sixty-four compute nodes, built upon the foundation of IBM POWER8 processors with NVlink Technology, with optional Graphical Processing Unit (GPU) or Field Programmable Gateway Array (FPGA) Acceleration from OpenPOWER partners Elastic Storage Server (ESS) parallel storage solutions IBM Power HPC Stack V1.1 that includes IBM Spectrum LSF Suite (LSF, MPI, Cluster Foundation, Application Center Process Manager), IBM Spectrum Scale Client, IBM XL C/C++ and Fortran Compilers, ESSL, Parallel ESSL, IBM Parallel Performance Toolkit High performance interconnect/fabric from Mellanox Technologies This preloaded cluster offering is based on IBM Power HPC Stack V1.1. The capabilities of IBM Power HPC Stack include: GPU-enabled workload management for demanding, distributed, and mission-critical science and engineering computing environments Monitoring, alerting, and log analytics for optimal operational management Workflow, license management, and intelligent policy-driven scheduling, all designed to work together to address HPC needs Application-centric workload submission and management to improve end-user productivity IBM POWER8 optimized development and runtime environments using the Message Passing Interface (MPI) for its parallel version. When configured with the optional Elastic Storage Server (ESS) storage solutions, Spectrum Scale clients are preinstalled to the compute, login, and management nodes. These cluster elements are integrated and tested in IBM s manufacturing facilities for completeness, and then shipped to client locations for final racking. This end to end integration, testing, and manufacturing process reduces risk of an incomplete solution and speeds up time to deployment.
Power Systems HPC cluster compute node specifications System configurations Microprocessors Level 2 (L2) cache Level 3 (L3) cache RAM (memory) Two 8-core 3.25 GHz POWER8 processor cards or two 10-core 2.86 GHz POWER8 processor cards 512 KB L2 cache per core 8 MB L3 cache per core 4 GB, 8 GB, 16 GB and 32 GB DIMMs, 128 GB to 1 TB total memory Processor-to-memory bandwidth 115 GB/sec per socket, 230 GB/sec per system (Max sustained memory bandwidth to L4 cache from SCM) 170 GB/sec per socket, 340 GB/sec per system (Max peak memory bandwidth to DIMMs from L4 cache) Internal SCSI disk bays Adapter slots 2 small form factor (SFF) bays for hard disk drive (HDD) or solid-state disk (SSD) Up to 4 NVIDIA Tesla P100 with NVLink GPUs (optional) Standard features RAS features Operating systems Power requirements System dimensions Warranty Processor instruction retry Selective dynamic firmware updates Chip kill memory ECC L2 cache, L3 cache Service processor with fault monitoring Hot-swappable disk bays Hot-plug and redundant power supplies and cooling fans (no power redundancy with GPU(s) installed) Linux on Power 200 V to 240 V 441.5 W x 86 H x 822 D mm 3 year limited warranty; CRU (customer replaceable unit) for all other units (varies by country), next business day 9 am to 5 pm (excluding holidays), warranty service upgrades and maintenance are available
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