Features/ Benefits

Designed for HPC and Built to Scale
• Delivering 9TF to over 1,100TF of combined capability and capacity computing power.
• InfiniBand, PCI-Express Gen 2, and the latest Intel® Xeon® multicore technologies to deliver outstanding performance, and scalability to 1000s of nodes.
• Dense architecture combines an innovative new board design, delivering 64 nodes/128 CPUs/768 cores in a standard rack cabinet.
• Complete lights-out management and scheduling software including network, server, cluster, and storage management.
• Single or Dual-Rail Infiniband Network options.
• All critical components are easily accessible and hot-swappable including power supplies, fans and switches for reliability and servicability.

Energy-Efficient (Green) Architecture
• Reduced total cost of ownership with improved system density, reliability and computing capability while keeping the datacenter cool.
• Appro Water Cooled Rear Door cabinet options improves cooling efficiency of the entire system by up to 8X.
• “Power-Factor-Corrected” redundant power supplies that are 94% efficient compared to the 70% to 80% of regular power supplies.

Simplifies IT Management and Administration
• Complete lights-out management system
• Supports root file systems offering instant provisioning for rapid, standard Linux installs on large diskless systems allowing them to boot 100 to 1,000 blades in about the same time.

Appro Cluster Engine™ Management Software
• Network Management
• Server Management
• Cluster Management
• Storage Management

Appro Cluster Management Architecture
• Scalable to very large configurations
• Hierarchical architecture
• Supports multiple interconnect topologies
• Diskless operation without lightweight kernel
• Reliable, available, serviceable (RAS)
     - Run-through network fault tolerance

Support and Services
• Closed-loop solution management, up-front consulting, pre-integration and testing with pre-sales and post-sales support.
• Support for Linux operating environments, with configurations that provide exceptional performance across a wide range of HPC applications.


Intel Xeon Processor 5600 Series (Westmere)

The Intel® Xeon® processor 5600 series – the next generation of intelligent server processors - automatically regulates power consumption and intelligently adjusts server performance according to your application needs, maximizing both energy efficiency and performance. The secret to this surprising combination is Intel’s new 32nm Nehalem micro-architecture. Featuring Intel® Intelligent Power Technology, it reduces energy costs over single-core servers by automatically shifting the CPU and memory into the lowest available power state, while delivering the performance you need.

Intelligent Performance

- Boost your server performance by up to 12x over single core servers with processors that intelligently adapt to your workload.

- Enable new levels of secure server deployment by providing hardware-based acceleration for secure transaction servers with Intel® AES technology.

- Intel® QuickPath delivers the additional performance, bandwidth, and reliability required to support Intel’s next generation of dynamically scalable processors and platforms

- Intel Turbo Boost Technology increases performance by automatically increasing core frequencies and enabling faster speeds for specific threads and mega-tasking workloads.

Automated Energy-Efficiency

- Automatically regulate power consumption to combine industry-leading energy efficiency with intelligent performance that adapts to your workload.

- Get 40% more performance than previous generations without increasing power consumption with servers based on next-generation 32nm process technology.

Flexible Virtualization

- Combine servers from multiple generations into the same virtualized server pool to extend failover, load balancing, and disaster recovery capability.

- Before the virtual machine boots, Intel® Trusted Execution Technology makes platforms more robust by providing enhanced security through hardware based resistance to malicious software attacks.

- Intel® Virtualization Technology (VT) for Directed I/O allows virtualized operating systems direct access to I/O devices, rather than routing requests to the hardware through the hypervisor providing up to 35% improvement in virtualization with increase threads and cache, in addition to 32nm improvements in latency

Smart Investment

- Delivers up to 12x performance per server over 2 socket single-core servers, enabling 12:1 server consolidation ratios, up to 90% lower operating costs, and an estimated return on investment in under 1 year.