IBM eServer Cluster 42U Enterprise Rack
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1. 7U 7U Processor 3 0 3 2 3 4 3 6 2 8 3 0 3 2 3 4 2 6 2 8 GHz 3 2 3 4 3 6 2 2 GHz PowerPC 3 8 GHz Intel Xeon 3 6 3 8 GHz Intel single core AMD 3 8 GHz Intel Xeon 970 Xeon Opteron 1 8 2 0 2 2 2 4 GHz dual core AMD Opteron L2 cache 1MB 1MB 1MB 1MB 512KB Memory standard 512MB or 1GB 512MB or 1GB 1GB 512MB or 1GB 512MB HDD bays 6 hot swap SCSI 2 fixed SATA or 2 fixed SATA or 2 fixed SCSI or 2 fixed IDE hot swap SCSI or hot swap SCSI SFF fixed SCSI 4 hot swap SFF SCSI 1 0 expansion slots 4 PCI X 64 bit 2 PCI X 64 bit 2 PCI X 64 bit 1 PCI X 64 bit 1 PCI X 64 bit or 2 PCI X and or 1 PCI X and 2 PCI E 1 PCI E Integrated storage Ultra820 SCSI Ultra820 SCSI Ultra820 SCSI Ultra320 SCSI IDE controllers or SATA or SATA Integrated Ethernet Dual Gigabit Dual Gigabit Dual Gigabit Dual Gigabit Dual Gigabit controllers Ethernet Ethernet Ethernet Ethernet Ethernet System expansion Max memory 16GB 16GB 16GB 8GB 8GB SCSI internal storage 86GB 1 2TB 386GB 600GB 86GB 600GB 386GB 146GB minimum maximum IDE internal storage 40GB 80GB minimum maximum SATA internal storage 80GB 500GB 80GB 160GB minimum maximum System connectivity for Cluster VLAN Gigabit Ethernet Myrinet InfiniBand Gigabit Ethernet Myrinet InfiniBand Gigabit Ethernet Myrinet InfiniBand Gigabit Ethernet Myrinet InfiniBand Gigabit Ethernet Myrinet InfiniBand Small form factor Maxi2. tering Harnessing the power of multiple servers in parallel allows for the man agement and resolution of computa tionally intense problems with an excellent price performance ratio Clustering is also an excellent approach for consolidating multiple workloads thereby enhancing manageability and availability In addition the advent of Linux as a platform for building powerful clustered systems offers clients access to the growing knowledge base and expert contributions of the open source community The IBM server Cluster 1350 is a comprehensive solution that can help simplify and expedite deployment of a Linux cluster IBM combines all hard ware software and services into a sin gle product offering allowing clients the benefit of a single point of contact for the entire cluster rather than dealing with multiple vendors for individual components The Cluster 1350 is the solution of choice for any organization that recog nizes the economic advantages of deploying a Linux cluster but has con cerns about the time and technical resources required for the end to end implementation IBM server Cluster 1350 at a glance Building block xSeries 346 xSeries 336 server 326m BladeCenter HS20 BladeCenter JS20 Node type Management Compute storage Management Compute storage Compute storage compute storage compute storage Packaging Rack drawer 2U Rack drawer 1U Rack drawer 1U 14 per rack drawer 14 per rack drawer
3. Comprehensive solution for Linux clusters IBM server Cluster 1350 IBM server Cluster 1350 Highlights E Helps reduce time and resources necessary to deploy Linux clusters Provides single point of control to simplify management and enhance cluster availability Offers a highly scalable solution for high performance or com mercial applications and server consolidation Outstanding price performance Linux clustering offers significant price performance advantages for many high performance workloads by har nessing the advantages of low cost servers plus innovative easily available open source software Today many businesses are building their own Linux clusters using com modity hardware standard intercon nects and networking technology open source software and in house or third party applications Despite the advan tages offered by these systems the expense and complexity of assembling integrating testing and managing these clusters from disparate piece part components often outweighs any benefits gained IBM has designed the IBM server Cluster 1350 to help address these challenges Now clients can benefit from IBM s extensive experience with clustered UNIX and Linux computers to help minimize this complexity and risk Using advanced Intel Xeon AMD Opteron and IBM PowerPC and POWER5 processor based server nodes proven cluster manage ment software and optional high spe
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5. d Hat Enterprise Linux 4 RHEL 4 Linux distributions e SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 9 SLES 9 Cluster management e IBM Cluster Systems Management CSM for Linux V1 5 optional software e IBM General Parallel File System GPFS for Linux V2 3 optional e Scali MPI Connect optional Rack dimensions 42U primary rack expansion 79 5 H x 25 2 W x 43 3 D 2020 mm x 640 mm x 1100 mm 574 2 lbs 261 kg rack 25U rack 49 0 H x 23 8 W x 39 4 D 1344 mm x 605 mm x 1001 mm 221 lbs 100 2 kg Scalability One management node is required and one redundant management node for failover is optional A minimum of two and a maximum of 1 024 managed nodes are supported optional software may limit supported nodes This total can include up to 64 storage nodes Therefore the minimum configuration includes three nodes one management node and two compute nodes The maximum configuration is 1 026 nodes including compute storage and management nodes Larger configurations are available through a special bid process Services e Cluster 1350 hardware installation is included at no charge on 42U and 25U racks e Linux cluster software services and SupportLine for Linux Clusters are available as optional fee based services Warranty Basic limited warranty service on most IBM and non IBM components three year next business day on site support for selected components Some xSeries 336 and server 326m models have a one year warranty E
6. ed interconnects the Cluster 1350 offers the best of IBM and third party technol ogy As a result clients can speed up installation of a Linux cluster simplify its management and reduce mean time to payback The Cluster 1350 is designed to be an ideal solution for a broad range of appli cation environments including industrial design and manufacturing financial services life sciences government and education These environments typically require excellent price performance for handling high performance computing HPC workloads It is also an excellent choice for applications that require hori zontal scaling capabilities such as Web serving and collaboration A comprehensive solution The Cluster 1350 is a flexible inte grated offering that can help optimize time to production by reducing the time and resources required to configure assemble integrate test and manage a Linux cluster IBM consultants can help configure a complete cluster solution including all the necessary hardware designed for the client s specific needs When combined with the client s choice of the Linux operating system and IBM Cluster Systems Management CSM for Linux software the Cluster 1350 provides an easy to configure platform to help expedite rapid deployment of cluster applications Software installation services are available from IBM Global Services or IBM Business Partners These services may include planning insta
7. entire cluster These clus ter control event monitoring and auto mated recovery features help enhance the efficiency of the administrator and the reliability of the cluster by enabling highly effective node control and rapid problem detection and resolution In addition to single point of control management for all Cluster 1350 server nodes running Linux CSM is also available for the AIX 5L operating system and allows non switched clus ters of IBM System p5 server p5 and pSeries nodes running AIX 5L or Linux to be integrated into the same cluster with Xeon Opteron PowerPC and POWERS processor based server nodes IBM xSeries and BladeCenter nodes can also be monitored and controlled using IBM s management software for servers IBM Director 5 1 CSM contains several components designed to help simplify the manage ment and increase the reliability and availability of Linux clusters e Distributed management server Provides a persistent repository of information about each node in the cluster and maintains the status of each node e Event response resource manager Provides the ability to run a rich set of predefined commands or scripts in response to user defined events Cluster resources that can be moni tored include nodes adapters file systems and processes Remote hardware control Utilizes the integrated systems man agement processor in Cluster 1350 nodes This feature enables the adminis
8. it Ethernet 32GB 73 4GB 1 2TB Gigabit Ethernet Other four optional 10K or 15K rpm disks 5 hot plug PCI X 64 bit Ultra320 SCSI dual ported Dual Gigabit Ethernet 64GB 73 4GB 2 4TB Gigabit Ethernet Other 15K rpm disks PCI X 2 0 two 266 MHz DDR Ultra320 SCSI Dual Gigabit Ethernet 73 4GB 600GB Gigabit Ethernet Myrinet InfiniBand four optional 10K or 15K rpm disks 5 PCI X 4 133 MHz 1 266 MHz DDR Ultra320 SCSI Dual Gigabit Ethernet 73 4GB 2 4TB Gigabit Ethernet Myrinet InfiniBand Small form factor Maximum internal hard disk and memory capacities may require the replacement of any standard hard drives and or memory and the population of all hard disk bays and memory slots with the largest currently supported drives available IBM server Cluster 1350 at a glance cont External storage Storage servers 1724 10U IBM TotalStorage DS4100 Storage Server formerly FAStT100 1722 60U IBM TotalStorage DS4300 Storage Server formerly FAStT600 24P8215 IBM TotalStorage DS4300 Turbo formerly FAStT600 with Turbo option 1742 90U IBM TotalStorage DS4500 Storage Server formerly FAStT900 Storage expansion 1710 10U IBM DS4000 EXP100 Storage Expansion Unit formerly FAStT EXP100 1733 1RU IBM EXP400 Ultra 320 SCSI Storage Expansion Unit SAN switch 2005 16B IBM TotalStorage SAN 16B 2 SAN Switch Software Operating system e Re
9. llation and configuration of the Linux operating system as well as additional cluster software For even higher levels of sup port clients may take advantage of the optional SupportLine for Linux Clusters These SupportLine services cover all cluster hardware components the Linux operating system and CSM for Linux and General Parallel File System GPFS for Linux software To further simplify the deployment effort IBM offers project management support to coordinate all aspects of delivery and installation including hard ware and software set up services And attractive financing and leasing terms are also available through IBM Global Finance High performance cluster management IBM offers CSM for Linux an advanced cluster management software tool that allows single point of control manage ment for a cluster of supported Xeon Opteron PowerPC and POWERS processor based servers This tool helps simplify the management of the cluster and easily scales with the cluster to improve the efficiency of the system administrator CSM allows the administrator to moni tor both hardware and software events from a single local or remote location and can generate automatic notification and recovery actions as defined by the administrator Furthermore CSM pro vides node grouping capability a con venient and essential tool to allow an administrator to apply rules and com mands to an individual node groups of nodes or the
10. mum internal hard disk and memory capacities may require the replacement of any standard hard drives and or memory and the population of all hard disk bays and memory slots with the largest currently supported drives available Building block server AMD OpenPower 710 OpenPower 720 p5 505 p5 550 550Q Opteron LS20 Node type Compute Management Management Compute Compute storage storage management management storage storage Packaging 14 per rack drawer Rack drawer 2U Rack drawer 4U Rack drawer 1U Deskside or rack 7U drawer 4U Processor 2 0 2 4 2 6 GHz 1 65 GHz POWERS 1 5 1 65 GHz 1 5 1 65 GHz 1 5 1 9 GHz single core AMD POWERS POWERS POWER5 Opteron 2 0 2 2 GHz dual core AMD Opteron L2 cache 1MB single core 1 9MB 1 9MB 1 9MB 1 9MB per 1MB core dual processor pair core Memory standard 1GB or 2GB 512MB or 1GB 512MB or 1GB 1GB to 32GB 1GB to 64GB HDD bays 2 SFF fixed SCSI 4 hot swap SCSI Four standard plus Two 10K or Four standard plus I O expansion slots Integrated storage controllers Integrated Ethernet controllers System expansion Max memory SCSI internal storage minimum maximum IDE internal storage minimum maximum SATA internal storage minimum maximum System connectivity for Cluster VLAN 1 PCI X 64 bit LSI 1020 SCSI Dual Gigabit Ethernet 8GB 36GB 146GB Gigabit Ethernet Myrinet InfiniBand 3 PCI X 64 bit Ultra320 SCSI dual ported Dual Gigab
11. nhanced warranty service plans are available For more information To learn more about the IBM server Cluster 1350 contact your IBM repre sentative or IBM Business Partner or visit the following Web sites e ibm com eserver clusters e ibm com common ssi e www rechat com software rhel e www suse com us business index html Information concerning non IBM products was obtained from the suppliers of these products Questions on the capabilities of the non IBM products should be addressed with the suppliers IBM makes no representation or warranty regarding third party products or services including those designated as ServerProven or ClusterProven When referring to storage capacity 1TB equals total GB divided by 1000 accessible capacity may be less All performance estimates are provided AS S and no warranties or guarantees are expressed or implied by IBM Buyers should consult other sources of information including system benchmarks to evaluate the performance of a system they are considering buying Clients may acquire a supported version of the Linux operating system specified by IBM including optional drop in the box offerings from a Linux distributor or an authorized IBM Business Partner OpenPower 710 and 720 servers are available with the Cluster 1350 via a special bid process ull Copyright IBM Corporation 2006 IBM Corporation Integrated Marketing Communications Systems and Te
12. node one redundant management node for failover is optional and up to 64 storage nodes for a maximum of 1 024 managed nodes Clients who require configurations larger than a total of 1 026 nodes 1 024 managed nodes and up to two management nodes or components not included in standard Cluster 1350 configurations can use a special bid process to request support of these custom configurations All of these larger configurations utilize standard 42U racks Smaller cluster environments may use the Cluster 1350 25U racks which allow clients to optimize the size and affordability of their cluster to meet spe cific application needs For example clients with database business intelli gence BI and general SMB small and medium business applications will find that these smaller racks enable extremely cost effective solutions for the smaller cluster configurations nor mally required in these environments Cluster 1350 clients may choose from a broad variety of cluster intercon nect technologies from several of the industry s leading network switch and adapter vendors to meet the specific performance needs of their cluster application environment These choices span the full range of high performance networking technologies including Gigabit Ethernet InfiniBand and Myrinet switches and adapters In addition each Cluster 1350 includes a manage ment Ethernet VLAN for highly secure internode communication Expanding pos
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14. sibilities The Cluster 1350 also offers clients the opportunity to take advantage of GPFS for Linux to expand and enhance their high performance cluster data storage requirements GPFS is a high performance scalable shared disk file system that provides fast data access from all nodes in a Linux cluster and NFS export capabilities outside the cluster Parallel applications running across multiple nodes of the cluster as well as serial applications running on a single node can readily access shared files using standard UNIX file system interfaces Furthermore GPFS can be configured for failover from both HDD and server malfunctions In addition the Cluster 1350 incorporates the technology of the IBM TotalStorage DS4000 to pro vide highly reliable data storage for business critical applications that require high speed transfer and large amounts of data Optional cluster com ponents include IBM TotalStorage DS4100 DS4300 DS4300 Turbo and DS4500 Storage Servers along with DS4000 EXP100 and the EXP400 Ultra 320 SCSI Storage Expansion Units In addition the TotalStorage SAN 16B 2 SAN switch is now available to provide a robust SAN solution for cluster applications Summary Creating a computing infrastructure is an exercise in balancing price and per formance to deliver the appropriate solution for each client s specific business needs For many high performance workloads the most advantageous solution is clus
15. technology combined with IBM s innovative BladeCenter architecture offers clients the opportunity to reach new levels of peak computing capacity in a single rack And now clients can also choose the IBM server OpenPower 710 and 720 as the management and or storage nodes for their JS20 based Cluster 1350 installations The availabil ity of these OpenPower servers with the Cluster 1350 allows clients to have a homogeneous POWER processor based cluster with binary compatibility for all software versions across all nodes And for clients who prefer a standard rack mount server for their native 64 bit computing platform the Cluster 1350 now offers two new POWERS processor based servers The IBM System p5 505 provides the per formance and reliability of the POWERS architecture in a space saving 1U pack age Clients will find this platform ideal for HPC Linux cluster workloads that demand superior floating point capabili ties as well as scale out and infrastruc ture workloads such as file print web serving networking security and sys tems management In addition the new IBM System p5 550 550Q server is an excellent node for compute intensive business intelligence and data ware house applications as well as general HPC applications that require large local storage and high I O bandwidth Reliable tested configurations Standard configurations of the Cluster 1350 include compute nodes at least one management
16. trator to remotely reset or power the node on or off e Configuration file management Provides a repository for files that are common between the nodes CSM synchronizes changes to configuration files across the cluster Distributed shell Allows commands or scripts to be run remotely on all nodes in the cluster with options for combining output from multiple nodes Distributed command execution manager is an optional graphical user interface that integrates with the distributed shell allowing easier management of nodes and node groups Flexibility and advanced server technology The Cluster 1350 allows clients to choose the right advanced server tech nology to meet the specific application needs of their environment by offering configurations built on Xeon Opteron PowerPC and POWERS processor based servers The Intel Xeon servers are xSeries 336 and 346 and BladeCenter HS20 Their design leverages IBM Enterprise X Architecture which combines key availability features inspired by IBM zSeries servers with the advanced scalability features of pSeries systems All of these servers offer affordable enterprise power and control for 32 or 64 bit processor intensive applications in an Intel Architecture IA environment In addi tion the BladeCenter HS20 provides additional benefits for clients who value the combination of performance den sity integration and investment protection offered by its revolutionar
17. y architecture that delivers up to double the density available in 1U 1 EIA Unit servers The Cluster 1350 broadens the choice of superior server technologies with the IBM server 326m and AMD Opteron LS20 for BladeCenter based on the AMD Opteron processor Both of these servers incorporate the latest single and dual core processors from AMD featuring the unique HyperTransport technology and integrated memory controller to help minimize bottlenecks related to memory access and I O bandwidth These servers are especially well suited to computationally intense environments that have previously been constrained by processor memory bandwidth In addition the innovative design of BladeCenter combined with the new LS20 compute node is an ideal choice for clients with memory intensive applications who value enhanced processor memory performance and compute density integration and invest ment protection in their HPC platforms For those clients who prefer a native 64 bit computing platform the BladeCenter JS20 blade server further extends the Cluster 1350 portfolio by delivering the price performance capa bilities of the IBM PowerPC 64 bit processor in a blade architecture The PowerPC architecture allows the same operations to be performed on different data sets in parallel and is especially beneficial to clients who have applications that can exploit the unique capabilities of VMX Vector Multimedia eXtension This processor
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