AlphaServer SC40 supercomputer: facts and figures


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Form Factor           Standard RETMA 2 meter tall racks, 230/240 V

Processor/ES40        Choice of 1 to 4 833 MHz Alpha EV68 processors;
                      each with 64KB I-cache, 64KB D-cache on chip, and
                      8 MB per processor of Level 2 cache

Memory/ES40           Choice of 1 - 24 GB, ECC, 4-way interleaved
                      industry-standard DIMM memory

ES40 Architecture     Advanced dual 256-bit wide memory data paths and
                      crossbar switch technology providing 5.2 GB/s
                      peak memory bandwidth; dual 64-bit PCI busses
                      providing over 500 MB/s peak I/O throughput

ES40 PCI              10 64-bit PCI slots; 2-4 available with initial
                      configurations

Storage Controllers   Integrated single-channel Ultra2-SCSI,
                      Ultra SCSI RAID, HiPPI, and Fibre Channel

Network Controllers   Includes dual 10/100 Fast Ethernet, and
                      async. communications, optional Gigabit Ethernet
                      and ATM configurations

Drive Bays            Includes 1 internal hot-swap StorageWorks
                      Ultra2-SCSI drive bay in each ES40, a choice of
                      18 GB or 36 GB disk drives. Four removable
                      media bays: one 3.5" bay for diskette drive; one
                      5.25" for CD-ROM; and two open half-height 5.25"
                      bays for tape or hard disk drives

Power Supply          Includes three hot-swap 750-watt (N+1) power
                      supplies per ES40

Cooling               Air, six hot-swap redundant variable speed fans
                      per ES40

High Availability     Hot-swap redundant power and cooling, auto reboot,
                      thermal management software, remote system
                      management, RAID, hot-swap drives, memory fail-over,
                      ECC memory, ECC cache, SMP CPU fail-over, error
                      logging, optional uninterruptible power supply
                      (UPS), and UPS Power Management Software

Service and Support   HP provides a 3-year on-site, 5 day x 9-hour
                      warranty with next day response. Optional service
                      options for up to 4-hour same-day response time
                      are available, as well as a complete portfolio of
                      worldwide service offerings to maximize your
                      critical system environment.

Operating System      Tru64 UNIX with Java

Required Software     AlphaServer SC System Software is required with all
                      AlphaServer SC Series systems. Also highly
                      recommended is AlphaServer SC Development Software,
                      which includes Fortran, C++, and Developers
                      Toolkit for each node.

SC Interconnect       DMA driven; get and put; bandwidth >200 MB/s/rail
                      bi-directional.

SC Interconnect Switch  8-way x-bar chips; 16 or 128 port packages; up
                      to 20 m cables; 0.035 us switch Latency; 3 us
                      DMA/Shmem and 5.7 us MPI Latency

Single System Management  AlphaServer SC System Software supports
                      system-wide gang scheduling, resource management
                      and performance monitoring. It also provides
                      scalable, single-system-image, high-bandwidth file
                      I/O from all the processors to a common set ofi
                      shared files.

Value-added Implementation Services (VIS)  AlphaServer SC standard
                      package includes staging and integration of the
                      AlphaServer SC System, storage devices,
                      SC Interconnect Switch and other peripherali
                      devices, software load of Tru64 UNIX operating
                      system and associated layered products. Optional
                      services include custom site planning, custom
                      freight arrangements, VIS engineering team travel
                      and installation of AlphaServer SC, and tailored
                      Customer Configuration Documentation.

Support and Training  90 days of Consultant-level onsite support is
                      included to help address the planning and
                      introduction of the AlphaServer SC into your
                      environment. A full range of Training Courses
                      is available at additional charge.

Installation          Installation is included with each of the System
                      Building Blocks and is available for quotation on
                      additional and optional equipment.