Features/ Benefits

Designed for HPC and Built to Scale

• Managed, reliable, scalable performance
• Delivering 4TF to 1000TF of computing power
• InfiniBand, PCI-Express Gen 2, and the latest AMD Opteron 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/512 Quad-Core Intel Xeon processors in a single 44U equipment rack.
• Complete lights-out management and scheduling software including network, server, cluster, and storage management.
• Dual-Rail Infiniband Network with low latency to improve MPI performance up to 50% and Dual-Rail Ethernet Management Fabric provides root file system support.
• All critical components are easily accessible and hot-swappable including power supplies, fans and switches for reliability and servicability.


Energy-Efficient (Green) Architecture

• Appro Directed Airflow™ cooling delivers cold air directly from the AC under floor to the equipment rack improving cooling efficiency of the entire system by 28%.
• Optimized system efficiency reduces cooling costs with improved MTBF by up to 10X.
• “Power-Factor-Corrected” redundant power supplies are 94% efficient compared to the 70% to 80% of regular power supplies
• Back-to-back rack configuration improves density and saves 30% on datacenter floor space by confining the cold aisle inside of the system.
• 100% of AC flow is forced throught he entire system maximizing the reliability of each server node while maintaining a uniform temperature across the entire system.
• Reduced total cost of ownership with improved system density, reliability and computing capability while keeping the datacenter cool.

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.