Dell High Performance Computing Solution Resources Owner's manual

Brand: Dell

Model: High Performance Computing Solution Resources

Category: Servers

Type: Owner's manual

Dell High Performance Computing Solution Resources provide complete, tested, and validated solutions for complex computational tasks.

Features include Bright Cluster Manager 7.3 with RHEL 7.2 for automated cluster deployment, configuration, management, and monitoring. It supports InfiniBand and Intel Omni-Path Fabric networking and offers easy cluster management on Dell EMC hardware.

Use cases include scientific research, engineering simulations, financial modeling, and machine learning. The solution can handle large datasets, complex algorithms, and intensive computations.

Dell High Performance Computing Solution Resources provide complete, tested, and validated solutions for complex computational tasks.

Use cases include scientific research, engineering simulations, financial modeling, and machine learning. The solution can handle large datasets, complex algorithms, and intensive computations.

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EnteringaNewArenainComputing

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By:MuniraHussain,December2016–HPCInnovationLab

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Inordertobuildabalancedclusterecosystemandeliminatebottle‐necks,theneedforpowerfuland

denseservernodeconfigurationsisessentialtosupportparallelcomputing.Thechallengeistoprovide

maximumcomputepowerwithefficientI/Osubsystemperformance,includingmemoryand

networking.Someoftheemergingtechnologiesalongwithtraditionalcomputingthatareneededfor

intensecomputepowerareadvancedparallelalgorithmsintheareasofresearch,lifescienceand

financialapplication.

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DellPowerEdgeC6320p

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TheintroductionoftheDellEMCC6320pplatform,whichisoneofthedensestandgreatestmaximum

corecapacityplatformofferingsinHPCsolutions,providesaleapinthisdirection.

ThePowerEdgeC6320pplatformisDellEMC’sfirstself‐bootableIntelXeonPhiplatform.Thepreviously

availableversionsofIntelXeonPhiwerePCIEadaptersthatrequiredahostsystemtobepluggedinto.

Fromthecoreperspective,itsupportsupto72processingcores,witheachcoresupportingtwovector

processingunitscapableofAVX‐512instructions.Thisincreasesthecomputationoffloatingpoint

operationsrequiringlongervectorinstructionsunlikeIntelXeon®v4processorsthatsupportuptoAVX‐

2instructions.TheIntelXeonPhiinDellEMCC6320palsofeatureson‐package16GBoffastMCDRAM

thatisstackedontheprocessor.TheavailabilityofMCDRAMhelpsout‐of‐orderexecutionin

applicationsthataresensitivetohighmemorybandwidth.Thisisinadditiontothesixchannelsof

DDR4memoryhostedontheserver.Beingasinglesocketserver,theC6320pprovidesalowpower

consumptioncomputenodecomparedtotraditionaltwosocketnodesinHPC.

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ThefollowingtableshowsplatformdifferencesaswecomparethecurrentDellEMCPowerEdge

C6320andDellEMCPowerEdgeC6320pserverofferingsinHPC.

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C6320 C6320p

ServerFormFactor 2UChassiswithfoursleds 2UChassiswithfoursleds

Processors

 DualSocket SingleSocket

ProcessorModel Intel®Xeon Intel®XeonPhi

Maxcoresinasled Upto44physicalcores,88logical

cores

(withtwo*Intel®XeonE5‐2699

v4,2.2GHz,55MB,22cores,

145W)

Upto72physicalcores,288logical

cores

(withtheIntel®XeonPhiProcessor

7290(16GB,1.5GHz,72core,245W)

TheoreticalDPFlops

persled

1.26TFlops/sec 2.9TFlops/sec

Memory

DIMMslots 16DDR4DIMMslots

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6DDR4DIMMslots+

on‐die16GBMCDRAM

MCDRAMBW

(Memorymode)

N/A ~475‐490GB/s

DDR4BW ~135GB/s ~90GBs

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Interconnects

Provisioningfabric Dualport1Gb/10GbE Singleport1GbE

HighSpeed IntelOmni‐PathFabric(100Gbps)

MellanoxInfiniband(100Gbps)

IntelOmni‐PathFabric(100Gbps)

On‐boardMellanoxInfiniband

(100Gbps)

Storage

 Upto24x2.5”or12x3.5”HD 6x2.5”HDpernode+

Internal1.8”SSDoptionforboot

Management

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IntegratedDellEMC

RemoteAccess

Controller

DedicatedandsharediDRAC8 DedicatedandsharediDRAC8

Table1:ComparingtheC6320andC6320pofferinginHPC

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DellEMCSupportedHPCSolution:

DellEMCoffersacomplete,tested,verifiedandvalidatedsolutionofferingontheC6320pservers.This

isbasedonBrightClusterManger7.3withRHEL7.2thatincludesspecifichighlyrecommendedkernel

andsecurityupdates.ItwillalsoprovidesupportfortheupcomingRHEL7.3operatingsystem.The

solutionprovidesautomateddeployment,configuration,managementandmonitoringofthecluster.It

alsointegratesrecommendedIntelperformancetweaks,aswellasrequiredsoftwaredriversandother

developmenttoolkitstosupporttheIntelXeonPhiprogrammingmodel.

ThesolutionprovidesthelatestnetworkingsupportforbothInfiniBandandIntelOmni‐PathFabric.It

alsoincludesDellEMC‐supportedSystemManagementtoolsthatarebundledtoprovidecustomers

withtheeaseofclustermanagementonDellEMChardware.

*Note:Asacontinuationtothisblog,therewillbefollow‐onmicro‐levelbenchmarkingandapplication

studypublishedonC6320p.

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References:

1) http://www.dell.com/us/business/p/poweredge‐c6320p/pd?ref=PD_OC

2) http://en.community.dell.com/techcenter/high‐performance‐

computing/b/general_hpc/archive/2016/11/11/cryo‐em‐in‐hpc‐with‐knl

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Dell High Performance Computing Solution Resources Owner's manual

Brand: Dell

Model: High Performance Computing Solution Resources

Category: Servers

Type: Owner's manual

Dell High Performance Computing Solution Resources provide complete, tested, and validated solutions for complex computational tasks.

Use cases include scientific research, engineering simulations, financial modeling, and machine learning. The solution can handle large datasets, complex algorithms, and intensive computations.

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