IBM Intelligent Cluster

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Leading-edge technology with flexibility of choice
High performance
Energy and space efficient
Easily deployed, operated and maintained

Leading-edge technology with flexibility of choice

IBM® Intelligent Cluster integrated solutions are built on the highly innovative IBM System x® rack, BladeCenter® and iDataPlex® servers. Whether you are building a small departmental cluster or a super computer, IBM’s broad portfolio of server solutions can be optimized to meet client-specific requirements.

High performance is paramount

High Performance Computing (HPC) workloads will benefit by up to twice the performance. Our integrated cluster solutions offer significant price/performance advantages for many high-performance workloads by harnessing the advantages of highly innovative servers. By design, a range of application environments will benefit, including those optimized for industrial design and manufacturing, financial services, life sciences, government and education.

Energy and space efficient

Intelligent Cluster solutions that integrate BladeCenter or iDataPlex servers can reduce power and cooling costs by up to 50 percent, while maximizing performance density, which is critical for HPC workloads.

Easily deployed, operated and maintained

Intelligent Cluster integrated HPC solutions include servers, storage and industry-leading OEM interconnects that are factory-integrated, fully tested and delivered to your door, ready to plug into your data center, all with a single point of contact for support.

Systems	Blade servers: HX5, HS22, HS22V Enterprise servers: x3850 X5 iDataPlex servers: dx360 M3 Rack servers: x3550 M3, x3650 M3, x3690 X5, x3755 M3
Interconnects	Ethernet Switches	IBM System Networking - BLADE Network Technologies, Cisco, Force10Networks, LG Ericsson, Voltaire
	Ethernet Adapters	Chelsio, Mellanox
	InfiniBand Switches and Adapters	Mellanox, QLogic, Voltaire
	Fibre Channel	Brocade, Emulex, QLogic

External storage
Storage servers	System Storage® DS5020, DS5100, DS5300, DS3950, DS3500, DS3512, DS3524
Storage expansion	EXP5000 Storage Expansion Unit EXP 2512 Storage Expansion Unit EXP 2524 Storage Expansion Unit EXP 520 Storage Expansion Unit EXP 395 Storage Expansion Unit
Graphic Processing Units (GPUs)	NVIDIA Tesla M1060 , M2050, M2070 and M2070-Q Computing Modules
Operating systems	Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 5 SUSE Linux Enterprise Server (SLES) 11 Microsoft® Windows HPC Server 2008
Cluster management software	xCAT (Extreme Cloud Administration Toolkit) Moab Adaptive HPC Suite Moab Adaptive Computing Suite IBM General Parallel File System (GPFS) for Linux

Rack cabinets
5000 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)²
5000 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)²
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 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	Intelligent Cluster hardware installation is included at no charge on 100U, 47U, 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 upgrades³

² Weight is dependent on the nodes added and will vary when disks, adapters and peripherals are added.

³ Standard one-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.