Features/ Benefits

Designed for HPC and Built to Scale

• Managed, reliable, scalable performance
• Delivering 4TF to 1000TF of computing power
• InfiniBand, PCI-Express, Mellanox ConnectX adapters, Intel fiber optic interconnects between racks and multi-core processor technologies to deliver outstanding performance and scalability to 1000s of nodes.
• High performance and high density combined into an innovative new board design, delivering 64 nodes/128 CPUs/512 Quad-Core AMD Barcelona quad core processors and up to 4TF of computing power in a single 44U equipment rack.
• Complete lights-out management for the entire system including the interconnect networks, servers, clusters, resource management and scheduling.  It supports diskless operation and multi-rail networks to achieve maximum reliability, performance and high availability with load balancing and nonstop network failover.

Reduces TCO - Energy-Efficient (Green) Architecture

• Directed Airflow™ cooling configuration reduces datacenter floor space by 30% while maximizing power and cooling efficiency
• “Power-Factor-Corrected” power supplies that are 90% efficient compared to the 70% to 80% efficiency typical of power supplies used in current equipment.
• Delivers High Value – Reliability and availability at an impressive price/performance ratio
• Redundant (Dual-Rail) Infiniband network fabric minimizes node to node latency
• Low latency Mellanox ConnectX host channel adapters minimizes node to node latency
• Redundant (Dual-Rail) Ethernet Management Fabric
• Improved reliability architecture with redundant power supplies, fans and switches. A critical components are easily accessible, hot-swappable for reliability and serviceability.
• Meets production system availability requirements

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 Sofware

• 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)
  - Multi-Rail Fabric with load-balancing
  - Run-through fault tolerance for network failures

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.

AMD Opteron™ Processors

• Outstanding Performance - Exceptional performance and performance-per-watt solutions for today’s most demanding business applications
• Investment Protection - AMD64 technology allows you to minimize the cost of transitions and maximize past investments in hardware, software, and personnel
• Enhanced Power Efficiency - Designed to help reduce your power and cooling costs by lowering the energy consumption of your IT infrastructure
• Optimal Virtualization - Helps simplify consolidation and improve computing flexibility with the industry’s best x86 architecture and platform support
• AMD PowerNow! Technology with Optimized Power Management - Delivers increased power savings by optimizing performance-per-watt with power on demand capabilities
• Direct Connect Architecture - Memory is directly connected to the CPU optimizing memory performance and reducing latencies during memory access over traditional front-side bus-based memory controllers.
• AMD Virtualization (AMD-V) Technology - Designed to dramatically increase the performance of virtualized applications while enabling faster switching between virtual machines for a powerful, flexible, secure server solution.