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IBM System Cluster 1350

  

IBM System Cluster 1350 Summary at a glance
Systems Blade servers: HS22, LS22, LS42, JS23, JS43
Rack servers: x3550 M2, x3650 M2, x3755
iDataPlex servers: dx360 M2
Interconnects Ethernet Switches (BNT) BLADE Network Technologies, Cisco, Force10, SMC, Voltaire
   Ethernet Adapters Chelsio, Mellanox
   InfiniBand Voltaire, QLogic, Mellanox
   Fibre Channel Brocade QLogic, Emulex
External storage
Storage servers System Storage™ DS5020, DS5100, DS5300, DS4800, DS4700, DS4200, DS3400, DS3200, EXP3000
Storage expansion EXP5000 Storage Expansion Unit
EXP810 Storage Expansion Unit
EXP420 Storage Expansion Unit
EXP3000SAS JBOD, Single ESM
SAN switches IBM System Storage SAN24B-4 Express
IBM System Storage SAN40B-4
Software
Operating system Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 5
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server (SLES) 10
Microsoft® Windows HPC Server 2008
Cluster management software xCAT (Extreme Cluster Administration Toolkit)
Moab Adaptive HPC Suite
Moab Adaptive Computing Suite
IBM General Parallel File System (GPFS) for Linux
Rack cabinets
1350 42U Rack Cabinet 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
1350 25U Rack Cabinet 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
iDataPlex 100U Rack Cabinet 82.4" H x 48.6" W x 33.2" D (2093 mm x 1235 mm x 844 mm); 385 lbs (174.6 kg)
Power and cooling Calibrated Vectored Cooling™, energy-efficient power supplies, low-voltage processors, IBM Systems Director Active Energy Manager™, IBM Power Configurator, Thermal Diagnostics
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. The maximum configuration is 1,026 nodes including compute, storage and management nodes. Larger configurations are available through a special bid process.
Services
  • Cluster 1350 hardware installation is included at no charge on 100U, 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.

Warranty 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




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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