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IBM System Cluster 1350 Summary at a glance |
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Blade servers: HS21, HS21-XM, LS21, LS41, JS22, QS21
Rack servers: x3455, x3550, x3650, x3655, x3755, x3450 (July 08) |
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| Networking |
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Ethernet |
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Blade Network Technologies, Cisco, Force10, Nortel, SMC |
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InfiniBand |
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Cisco, Voltaire, QLogic |
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Myrinet |
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Myricom |
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| Accelerator |
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Clearspeed |
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PCI-X |
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| External storage |
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| Storage servers |
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System Storage DS4800, DS4700, DS4200, DS3400, DS3200, EXP3000 |
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| Storage expansion |
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EXP810 Storage Expansion Unit |
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| SAN switch 2005-16B |
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IBM System Storage SAN 16B-2 SAN Switch |
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| Software |
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| Operating system |
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 5
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server (SLES) 10
Microsoft® Windows Compute Cluster Server 2003
Microsoft Windows HPC Server 2008 (planned October, 2008) |
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| Cluster management software |
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IBM Cluster Systems Management (CSM) for Linux V1.5.1 (optional)
IBM General Parallel File System (GPFS) for Linux V3.2 (optional) |
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| Rack dimensions |
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| 42U primary/expansion rack |
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79.5" H x 25.2" W x 43.3" D (2020 mm x 640 mm x 1100 mm); 574.2 lbs (261 kg)1 |
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| 25U rack |
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49.0" H x 23.8" W x 39.4" D (1344 mm x 605 mm x 1001 mm); 221 lbs (100.2 kg)1 |
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| Power and Cooling |
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Calibrated Vectored Cooling, Energy-efficient power supplies, low-voltage processors, IBM Systems Director Active Energy Manager, IBM Power Configurator, Thermal Diagnostics |
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| Scalability |
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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. The maximum configuration is 1,026 nodes including compute, storage and management nodes. Larger configurations are available through a special bid process. |
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| Services |
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Cluster 1350 hardware installation is included at no charge on 42U and 25U racks.
HPC cluster software services and SupportLine for Linux and Windows Clusters are available as optional fee-based services.
Cluster Installation Support Services are available through the Cluster Enablement Team (CET) as optional fee-based services. |
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| Warranty |
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3-year parts, customer replaceable unit (CRU) or on-site labor, limited warranty, with individual nodes retaining the warranty and service upgrade offerings for that IBM Machine Type; optional warranty service upgrades2 |
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1 Weight is dependent on the nodes added and will vary when disks, adapters and peripherals are added.
2 Standard 1-year warranty applies for x3455 and QS21, individual nodes retain the warranty and service upgrade offerings for that IBM Machine Type. Enhanced warranty service plans are available.
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