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- 1. The Power ofOne: Supermicro’s High- Performance Single-Processor Blade Systems Luis Garcia Director of Blade Solutions Better Faster Greener™ © 2021 Supermicro
- 2. The Power ofOne 10/20/2021 Better Faster Greener™ © 2021 Supermicro 2 Improvements in core counts, I/O bandwidth and memory bandwidth provide numerous benefits: Dual-processor performance at the cost of a single processor Save on software licensing Support a range of workloads Optimize for high-density server virtualization Better power usage per rack
- 3. What is aBlade Server? Modular • CPU • Memory • Storage • Networking / GPU cards Blade Server Blade Enclosure (Front) Switch Management Module Power Supply / Fan Blade Enclosure (Rear) Resource Saving • Management module • Integrated networking switch • Shared power supplies and fans • Reduced cabling • Simple to manage 10/20/2021 Better Faster Greener™ © 2021 Supermicro 3
- 4. Supermicro – ITleader 10/20/2021 Better Faster Greener™ © 2021 Supermicro 4 CRN Coolest Servers 3/15/21 6/28/21 https://www.crn.com/slide-shows/storage/the-10- coolest-enterprise-servers-of-2021-so-far-/11 CRN Coolest Data Center Companies https://www.crn.com/slide-shows/data-center/the-coolest- data-center-companies-in-2021-the-data-center-50/43 https://www.crn.com/slide-shows/components-peripherals/the- coolest-servers-using-amd-s-new-epyc-milan-cpus/2 3/17/21
- 5. Why Supermicro BladeServers? • Blade Benefits + Cost Benefit of Rack Servers • Highest Density & Lowest Cost • Most Energy Efficient • Ease of Management & Serviceability 95%+ Fewer Cables 60%+ Less Space 96% Power Efficiency 10/20/2021 Better Faster Greener™ © 2021 Supermicro 5 https://www.supermicro.com/white_paper/white_paper_SuperBlade.pdf
- 6. New X12 Single-ProcessorBlade Servers 10/20/2021 Better Faster Greener™ © 2021 Supermicro 6 6U SuperBlade 3U/6U MicroBlade SBI-610P-1C2N / 1T2N MBI-310T-4C2/4T2N Xeon E- 2300 Processors 3rd Gen Xeon Scalable and Xeon W-3300 Processors
- 7. 10/20/2021 7 BetterFaster Greener™ © 2021 Supermicro Optimized for Power Efficiency, Density, Performance and Value with Broad Support for Intel Xeon E and D processors Advanced high performance, density optimized and efficient solution for scalable data center and edge applications https://www.supermicro.com/en/products/superblade https://www.supermicro.com/en/products/microblade
- 8. SuperBlade vs. MicroBlade 8U@10/20blades 4U@14 blades 6U@10 blades 6U@14 blades SuperBlade MicroBlade Optimized for: Highest performance with advanced networking Highest density, power efficiency and value Processors: 1S/2S/4S – 3rd Gen Intel Xeon Scalable and Xeon W-3300 1S – 3rd Gen AMD EPYC 1S - Intel Xeon D and Xeon E Memory Up to 12TB Up to 128GB Networking: 1/10/25 GbE 100G/200G InfiniBand 100G OmniPath 1/10GbE Storage: Front accessible and internal storage Internal storage Blade compatibility: Each SuperBlade enclosure has unique fit blades MicroBlades can go into either 3U or 6U enclosure 10/20/2021 Better Faster Greener™ © 2021 Supermicro 8
- 9. Front view ofSBE-610J/E 6U Enclosure with 10x Blades 10/20/2021 Better Faster Greener™ © 2021 Supermicro 9 6U SuperBlade • 10x 1S or 2S hot-pluggable nodes in 6U • Performance and memory optimized architecture • Ideal for mission-critical and enterprise applications Rear view with up to 8x PSU/Fans, 4x 25G/10G/1G switches and 2x CMMs Rear view with up to 8x PSU/Fans, 2x 10G/1G switches and 1x CMM SBE-610J-822/622/422 6U Enclosure SBE-610E-822/622/422 6U Enclosure
- 10. 6U SuperBlade Switchand Pass-Through Modules https://www.supermicro.com/en/products/superblade/networking SBM-25G-200 6x 100G/40G Uplinks Console Port 1G RJ45 Uplink 4x 100G/40G Uplinks Console Port 1G RJ45 Uplink MBM-XEM-100 25G Ethernet Switches 10G Ethernet Switches MBM-XEM-002+ 4x 10G Uplinks 2x 40G Uplinks Console Port 1G RJ45 Uplink USB Port 1G Ethernet Switch 10/20/2021 Better Faster Greener™ © 2021 Supermicro 10 25G Pass-Through Module 5x 100G or 5x 40G Uplinks Console Port SBM-25G-P10 Enables use of existing switches
- 11. SuperBlade - GPUsand Workloads DELIVERING leadership compute and graphics DIFFERENTIATION NVIDIA A100 Highest Perf Compute, AI, ML, Data Processing DL Training Scientific Research Data Analytics NVIDIA A40 Highest Perf Graphics Visual Computing Cloud Rendering Cloud XR Omniverse NVIDIA A10 Mainstream Graphics & Video with AI Virtual Workstation Video Conferencing 4K Cloud Games AMD MI100 Highest Perf Compute, AI, ML, Oil & Gas, Academic Markets DL Training Academic Research Data Analytics 11.5 TFLOPS (FP64) for HPC 11 10/20/2021
- 12. 6U X12 1SSuperBlade 3rd Gen Intel Xeon SP (Up to 40 Cores, 270W TDP) Or Xeon W-3300 (Up to 38 Cores, 270W TDP) 2-port 25GbE Mezzanine Card (3rd & 4th LAN) SBI-610P-1C2N / SBI-610P-1T2N 1x M.2 NVMe/SATA (-1C2N) 1x M.2 NVMe/SATA + 2x M.2 NVMe (-1T2N) 10/20/2021 Better Faster Greener™ © 2021 Supermicro 12 2-port 25GbE LOM 2x U.2 NVMe/SAS/SATA (-1C2N) 2x U.2 NVMe/SATA (-1T2N) 16x DIMM Slots 2x PCIe 4.0 x16 Slots • 2x single-width networking cards • 2x single-width GPUs • 1x double-width, full-length, full-height GPU
- 13. 3rd Gen IntelXeon Scalable Processors 10/20/2021 Better Faster Greener™ © 2021 Supermicro 13 Ice Lake Processors on the Whitley Platform • Up to 18% higher Instructions Per Clock (IPC) vs. Cascade Lake • Up to 40% performance improvement (SPECRATE2017INT_BASE) on Ice Lake SKU offerings vs. Cascade Lake • New Intel Optane Persistent Memory 200 Series ‒ Up to 512GB Modules ‒ Up to 6TB/Socket Total System Memory (DDR + PMEM) • Enhanced I/O ‒ 8CH DDR4-3200 ‒ 64 lanes PCI Express 4.0 • 1.60X Memory Bandwidth Increase ‒ 8CH 3200 MT/S (2DPC) vs. Cascade Lake 6CH 2666 MT/S (2DPC)
- 14. Xeon W-3300 Newand Featured Technologies • NEW Intel® Xeon architecture, Up to 18% IPC improvements • NEW Up to 38 cores with Intel® Hyper-Threading Technology • NEW Up to 64 CPU PCIe Gen 4.0 lanes • NEW Up to 4 TB DDR4-3200 8-Channel memory support • Up to 4.03GHz with Intel® Turbo Boost 2.0 • Intel® Deep Learning Boost to power ML Inferencing workloads • Intel® AVX-512 instruction support • Error-correcting code (ECC) Memory support • Built-in reliability, availability, and serviceability (RAS) technologies • Intel® Virtual RAID On CPU (Intel® VROC) support 10/20/2021 Better Faster Greener™ © 2021 Supermicro 14
- 15. Intel Xeon W-3300Processor Details 10/20/2021 Better Faster Greener™ © 2021 Supermicro 15
- 16. SuperBlade – VDICase Study SBI-610P-1T2N High Core Count to enable dense user base Large memory capacity enables better virtual desktop performance Supports Remote-First work culture Best Customer Experience with higher throughput and faster I/O 16 10/20/2021
- 17. 6U 1S SuperBladeServer for VDI Standard User 10 Cores, 32GB RAM, 512GB / user Server SBI-610P-1T2N Supported Users 24 CCU / Blade NVIDIA GRID SW GRID vWS – 1Q (1GB FB) CPU 1x W-3345 (24C/48T/3.0G/250W) NVIDIA GPU 1x NVIDIA A10 provide 24GB of framebuffer (150W) System Memory 16 x 64GB DDR4-3200 = 1TB 1TB / 24 users = 42GB / user Storage (vSAN) 1x M.2 NVMe SSD (ESXi) 1x M.2 NVMe SSD (Cache) 2x U.2 NVMe SSD (VM capacity) Example from current large customer opportunity Standard User Profile: • 32GB RAM • 512GB/user Per NVIDIA guidance, 1x A10 GPU can support 24 users Memory Requirement 24 users x 32GB RAM / user = 768 GB With 16 DIMM slots, Intel blade can easily support this with low cost 64GB memory => 16 DIMM slots x 64GB / DIMM = 1TB Additionally, 2x U.2 hot-pluggable drives can be used in a VSAN for VM capacity and cache functions. 17 10/20/2021
- 18. 10/20/2021 Better FasterGreener™ © 2021 Supermicro 18 6U/3U MicroBlade MBE-314E 3U MicroBlade Enclosure Supporting 14 Blade Servers MBE-628E 6U MicroBlade Enclosure Supporting 28 Blade Servers MBE-314E 3U Enclosure 14 Blades, 2 Switches, 1 CMM MBE-628E 6U Enclosure 28 Blades, 2 Switches, 2 CMM
- 19. 6U/3U MicroBlade Switchand Pass-Through Modules SBM-25G-200 6x 100G/40G Uplinks Console Port 1G RJ45 Uplink 4x 100G/40G Uplinks Console Port 1G RJ45 Uplink MBM-XEM-100 25G Ethernet Switch 10G Ethernet Switches MBM-XEM-002+ 4x 10G Uplinks 2x 40G Uplinks Console Port 1G RJ45 Uplink USB Port 1G Ethernet Switch 10/20/2021 Better Faster Greener™ © 2021 Supermicro 19 25G Pass-Through Module 7x 100G or 7x 40G Uplinks Console Port MBM-25G-P20 Enables use of existing switches https://www.supermicro.com/en/products/microblade/networking
- 20. X12 vs. X11Generation Comparison X11 – Coffee Lake / Mehlow X12 – Rocket Lake / Tatlow Processors E-2200 Series Processors Up to 8 Cores; 95W TDP E-2300 Series Processors Up to 8 Cores; 95W TDP * Graphics Support No server graphics support Gen 12 Graphics Support PCH DMI x4 3.0 DMI x8 3.0 ** Memory 4x DDR4-2666 UDIMM 4x DDR4-3200 UDIMM I/O PCIe Gen3 (16 lanes) PCIe Gen4 (20 lanes) 10/20/2021 Better Faster Greener™ © 2021 Supermicro 20 *Target improvement of up to 17% on 8C RKL vs 8C CFL ** Direct Media Interface (DMI) is used to link an Intel CPU with the Intel Platform Controller Hub (PCH). The number of DMI 3.0 lanes increased from 4 to 8, doubling the bandwidth.
- 21. Intel Xeon E-2300SKUs (Rocket Lake-E) 10/20/2021 Better Faster Greener™ © 2021 Supermicro 21 4 Core 6 Core 8 Core E-2386G 3.5/5.1/4.7, 95W E-2388G 3.2/5.1/4.6, 95W E-2374G 3.7/5.0/4.9, 80W E-2378G 2.8/5.1/4.6, 80W E-2378 2.6/4.8/4.5, 65W E-2356G 3.2/5.0/4.8, 80W E-2334 3.4/4.8/4.6, 65W E-2336 2.9/4.8/4.6, 65W E-2314 2.8/4.5/3.5, 65W E-2324G 3.1/4.6/4.5, 65W Notes: • All SKUs have 2MB of cache per core • All graphics capable SKUs, denoted with a G suffix, have 32 Execution Unites (EUs) • Intel SGX is a feature of all Intel Xeon E-2300 processors, supporting up to a 512MB enclave size • The target performance improvement is 8-16% on 8-Core Rocket Lake SKUs over the same bin 8-Core Coffee Lake SKUs Legend Base/1-core Turbo/All-core Turbo (GHz), TDP pGFX No pGFX
- 22. New! 1S X12MicroBlade Server New Features • Intel Xeon E-2300 processor support • DDR4-3200 ECC UDIMM memory • PCIe 4.0 • 10G networking support • SAS/SATA support MBI-310T-4C2/4T2N 4x DDR4-3200MHz VLP UDIMM slots SuperDOM Port 1x M.2 NVMe/SATA SSD -4C2 SKU • Dual 1GbE LAN ports via Intel I350 -4T2N SKU • Dual 10GbE LAN ports via BCM57414 Intel Xeon E-2300 Processor (Up to 95W TDP) -4C2 SKU: • 2 x U.2 SAS3 HDD -4T2N SKU: • 2x U.2 NVMe/SATA SSD • 1x M.2 NVMe SSD 10/20/2021 Better Faster Greener™ © 2021 Supermicro 22
- 23. MicroBlade – CloudComputing Case Study ❑ Per Customer - Start Small ✓ Production Grade Private Cloud on a 3-server footprint ✓ Spun up in 45 minutes ✓ Add additional servers in 20 minutes ❑ Scale up to thousands of servers ❑ Best performance per Watt Deliver Production Grade Private Cloud in less than an hour! Challenges • Scale & Speed • Power • Multi-tenancy • Distributed workloads 10/20/2021 Better Faster Greener™ © 2021 Supermicro 23
- 24. Blade Management Options Manageserver/storage/networking within a single pane of glass Server Management - CMM • Chassis Management Module to enable zero-touch configuration of blades, pass-through Data Center Management - Super Cloud Composer • A composable cloud management platform • Increase visibility across IT infrastructure • Standard-based Redfish APIs • Intelligent DC Management for Day 1 and Day 2 Ops • Server Health, Monitoring and Alerting Management • Automation - OS Provisioning / Fast Deploy • Telemetry and Analytics CMM Super Cloud Composer 10/20/2021 Better Faster Greener™ © 2021 Supermicro 24 Check out SuperBlade with SuperCloud Composer product review: https://www.storagereview.com/review/supermicro-superblade-8u-review
- 25. Summary 25 10/20/2021 • Blades benefitswith reduced cabling, shared power and cooling efficiencies, front serviceability • Broadest blades portfolio ‒ SuperBlade with advanced networking ‒ MicroBlade for highest density • Green IT with Titanium (96%) power supplies, free air cooling
- 26. Thank You 10/20/2021 BetterFaster Greener™ © 2021 Supermicro 26 https://www.supermicro.com/products/SuperBlade/ https://www.supermicro.com/products/MicroBlade/ https://www.supermicro.com/en/solutions/management-software/supercloud-composer
- 27. H12 – AMDSuperBlade Portfolio
- 28. Supermicro continues itsleadership in offering the broadest blades portfolio in the industry 8U SuperBlade System – AMD Powered AMD SuperBlade Designed for HPC and most demanding enterprise workloads 20x hot-pluggable 1S AMD EPYC blades Up to 40x GPUs 1x 40-port 200G HDR InfiniBand 4x/6x/8x 96% efficiency Power Supplies PCIe Gen4 64C 56C 48C 32C 24C 16C 32C HF 24C HF 16C HF 8C HF Core Density TCO Optimized Core Performance Performance gain Upto 15% Upto 24% Upto 30% AMD EPYC 1 or 2 Remote Chassis Management Modules 10/20/2021 Better Faster Greener™ © 2021 Supermicro 28
- 29. Performance and DensityOptimized Resource Saving Architecture SBA-4114S-T2N SATA/NVMe Model SBA-4114S-C2N SAS/SATA NVMe Model SBA-4119SG GPU Model with 2 GPUs, M.2 NVMe 8U SuperBlade with 3rd Gen AMD EPYC Processor New Features • Up to 20 hot-pluggable nodes in 8U • Highest density GPU platform for AI and Deep Learning ‒ Up to 40 GPUs • Integrated HPC network fabrics for up to 200G HDR InfiniBand with 100% non-blocking switch • PCIe Gen4 with Milan 10/20/2021 Better Faster Greener™ © 2021 Supermicro 29
- 30. 8U H12 SuperBladeServer with Front I/O Support New Features • AMD EPYC 7003 (Milan – 3rd Generation) • Drop-in compatible with new BIOS • Dual socket feature set in a single CPU platform • Support for 2 - 4x 25Gb Ethernet AMD EPYC 7003 (up to 64 cores, 280W TDP) 8 DDR4-3200 DIMMs 2x U.2 NVMe/SAS/SATA (-C2N) 2x U.2 NVMe/SATA (-T2N) 2x M.2 NVMe/SATA PCIe 4.0 x16 connector for optional 200G/100G IB or 25GbE mezzanine card 2-port 25GbE LOM SBA-4114S-C2N / SBA-4114S-T2N AIOM Support for Front I/O • 2-port 25GbE (AOC-A25G-B2SB-P) • 2-port 10GBase-T (AOC-ATG-I2TB-P) 10/20/2021 Better Faster Greener™ © 2021 Supermicro 30
- 31. World Record Performance- SPECjbb2015 The SPECjbb 2015 benchmark has been developed from the ground up to measure performance based on the latest Java application features. SuperBlade with AMD EPYC holds the world record performance Rome Milan Increase ✓ Critical-jOPS : 1,877,397 → 2,561,044 36.4% ✓ Max-jOPS : 2,998,803 → 3,613,168 20% 4,000,000 3,500,000 3,000,000 2,500,000 2,000,000 1,500,000 1,000,000 500,000 0 SuperBlade with AMD 7702P April 2020 SuperBlade with AMD 7763P March 2021 critical-jOPS max-jOPS 20 % 36 % SPECjbb2015-Distributed 10/20/2021 Better Faster Greener™ © 2021 Supermicro 31