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Dell Technologies Validated Design for SIMULIA Abaqus® FEA with 3rd Generation Intel Xeon Scalable Processors
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Infrastructure servers
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Storage
System networks
Cluster management software
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System networks

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System networks

  • Most HPC systems are configured with two networks—an administration network and a high-speed/low-latency switched fabric. The administration network is typically Gigabit Ethernet. This network is used for provisioning, management, and administration. On the compute servers, this network is also used for management. For infrastructure and storage servers, the iDRAC Enterprise ports can be connected to this network for server management. The management network typically uses the Dell Networking S3048-ON Ethernet switch. If there is more than one switch in the system, multiple switches can be stacked with 10-Gigabit Ethernet cables.

    A high-speed/low-latency fabric is recommended for clusters with more than four servers. The current recommendation is an HDR InfiniBand fabric. The fabric is assembled using NVIDIA QM8790 40-port HDR InfiniBand switches. The number of switches required depends on the size of the cluster and the blocking ratio of the fabric.