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Technical White Paper—VDI Graphics Acceleration on a Dell MX7000 Modular Chassis
Executive summary Technology overview
Introduction
Dell EMC PowerEdge MX7000
NVIDIA T4 GPU
NVIDIA RTX vWS
Amulet Hotkey CoreModule
VMware Horizon
Test environment and configuration Performance testing process Results summary NVIDIA nVector SPECviewperf 13 + nVector Lite, 3ds Max, Multi VMs test NVIDIA nVector + nVector Lite, SPECviewperf 13, Maya, Multi VMs test Guidance for configuring VMware Horizon virtual workstations on MX7000 Configuration for Knowledge Worker virtual desktops on MX7000 Network guidance for an MX7000 VDI environment Conclusion References Appendix A: Technical specifications of MX7000 modular platform Appendix B: Amulet Hotkey Modular Workstation–Data Center Optimized Appendix C: NVIDIA nVector, SPECviewperf 13, Multi VMs test Appendix D: NVIDIA nVector, SPECviewperf 13, Single VM test

Dell EMC PowerEdge MX7000

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Dell EMC PowerEdge MX7000

  • The Dell EMC PowerEdge MX portfolio delivers a fully managed, high-performance system that frees up valuable IT resources and personnel so you can focus on innovation. The PowerEdge MX, with its kinetic infrastructure, offers real flexibility by disaggregating compute, storage, and networking fabric resources into shared pools that can be available for on-demand allocation and re-allocation. This kinetic infrastructure, which is designed for the modern software-defined data center, delivers optimal utilization, productivity, and efficiency. With an industry-leading no midplane layout and scalable fabric architecture, the PowerEdge MX supports new processor technologies, storage types, and connectivity innovations well into the future.

    The PowerEdge MX7000 is a 7U form factor modular chassis that accommodates various compute and storage sled combinations. These combinations are connected by high-speed fabrics, share power and cooling, and are managed by embedded Open Manage Enterprise – Modular Edition systems management. The key capabilities of the MX7000 chassis are:

    • Includes a 7U modular enclosure that has eight front-accessible, single-width bays that accommodate various compute and storage sleds
    • Supports three I/O fabrics, each with redundant modules
    • Hosts flexible blocks of server and storage resources while providing outstanding efficiencies through shared power, cooling, networking, I/O, and management within the chassis
    • Provides nondisruptive upgrades ­by using the unique no midplane design that ensures easier future technology upgrades

    For a VDI environment running on the MX7000 modular environment, Amulet Hotkey CoreModules enable graphics acceleration. The Dell EMC PowerEdge MX7000 modular chassis is equipped with up to 16 NVIDIA T4 GPUs contained in Amulet Hotkey CoreModules. This configuration brings high-density graphics acceleration to VDI environments. MX7000 compute sleds combine the performance of Intel Xeon Scalable processors and NVIDIA T4 GPUs with the flexibility, scalability, and efficiency of the MX7000 platform.

    For more information, see the PowerEdge MX7000 documentation. For the technical specification of the MX7000, see Appendix A: Technical specifications of MX7000 modular platform. 

    The following figure shows the MX7000 platform:        

    Figure 1.        Dell EMC PowerEdge MX7000

    The following figure shows the MX740c compute sled:

     

    Figure 2.        MX740c compute sled

    The MX740c compute sleds that we used for this testing are fully configurable, single-width compute sleds powered by up to two 28-core 2nd Generation Intel Xeon Scalable processors. Each PowerEdge MX740c server supports 24 DDR4 DIMM slots and up to six 2.5-inch SAS/SATA (HDD/SDD) drives. A maximum of eight MX740c servers can be installed in the PowerEdge MX7000 chassis. Flexible memory configurations of up to 1.5 TB (RDIMM) or 3 TB (LRDIMM) are available.