IBM HPC Cluster overview
The IBM® HPC Cluster (5146-S24) is an integrated offering that contains high-performance compute nodes, low latency interconnect fabric, storage, management, cabling, and racking hardware to support large data and analytics workloads.
The IBM HPC
Cluster features multiple hardware
components and architectures that creates a high-performance computing solution. This offering
consists of the following main components.
- Login and management nodes that are composed of IBM Power® System S822LC servers.
- Compute nodes that scale from five to 16 IBM Power System S822LC (8335-GTB and 8335-GCA) servers per rack when space is available.
- IBM Elastic Storage Server (5146-GL2, 5146-GL4, 5146-GS4, or 5146-GS6) paired with varying quantities of storage expansion drawers (1818-80E)
- Software for cluster management and workload scheduling that is provided with the IBM Power HPC Stack. For more information about the software stack, see IBM Power HPC Stack.
- Networking switches (Mellanox InfiniBand switch (8828-E36) and Mellanox Ethernet switch (8831-S52)).
- IBM 7014-T42 rack
Minimum configuration
The minimum configuration for the IBM HPC
Cluster is
comprised of these components.
- One login server (8335-GTB or 8335-GCA)
- One management server (8335-GCA)
- Two compute servers (8335-GTB or 8335-GCA) if configured with the 5146-GL2, 5146-GL4, 5146-GS4, or 5146-GS6, otherwise a minimum of five compute servers (8335-GTB or 8335-GCA)
- One Mellanox EDR IB switch (8828-E36)
- One management switch (8831-S52)
- One Enterprise rack (7014-T42) with Intelligent power distribution units (PDUs)
