Ready-To-Go Solutions for High-Performance Computing Fujitsu and High-Performance Computing a Success Story for More Than 30 Years

Ready-to-Go Solutions for High-Performance Computing Fujitsu and High-Performance Computing A success story for more than 30 years

Today Fujitsu is the most experienced and largest provider of HPC A complete stack of x86 PRIMERGY server-based high-performance solutions in the Asian market, and has been a leading HPC vendor in computing solutions enable engineers and scientists to conduct Europe almost from the beginning, offering customers the know-how their research and development projects very efficiently, without having it has gained from installing more than 1,200 HPC systems. to acquire the specialized expertise needed to set up and operate complex HPC platforms. The stack is comprised of server and storage Fujitsu responds to the rapidly growing demand for high-performance platforms, HPC middleware and integration services. To address the computing with intelligent solutions that deliver top performance growing needs of small and medium-sized enterprises, Fujitsu tailored to meet today‘s HPC requirements. Furthermore, these solutions provides integrated and certified ready-to-go HPC cluster solutions already offer the scalability that will be needed to meet the increasing that are optimized for specific business requirements. The developments that have taken place in high-performance computing (HPC) performance demands of the future. over the decades can be described quite simply: Without Fujitsu research, the development of the supercomputer would have been quite different.

In the 1970s Fujitsu collaborated with its customers to fulfill many of mankind‘s Fujitsu milestones in developing supercomputers for more than three decades dreams – in aerospace technology, meteorology and astronomy, environment and energy, or in various other fields of enterprise research. A milestone in this Petascale long history was undoubtedly the FACOM 230-75APU, the first supercomputer VPP5000 Supercomputer built in Japan by Fujitsu in 1977. Since then Fujitsu‘s commitment to high- Fastest vector processor in the world SPARC FX 1 performance computing has become a success story that still continues with NWT (1999) Enterprise Most efficient Developed with NAL supercomputer in remarkable achievements in scalar and vector computing as well as cluster No. 1 in Top500 the world in Top500 architectures. Outstanding examples of Fujitsu’s development include the Gordon Bell Prize (Nov. 2008) Years (1994, 95, 96) PRIMEPOWER HPC2500, the world’s fastest scalar computer launched in VPP300/700 PRIMEQUEST 2002, and the implementation of a Linux cluster in 2004 which was the most VPP500 powerful of its kind in Japan at that time. PRIMEPOWER HPC2500 World's best scalability x86 Cluster in a supercomputer (2003) AP3000 PRIMERGY BX900 Cluster node VP SERIES HX600 Cluster node F230-75APU AP 1000 Japan's first vector PRIMERGY RX200 (array) supercomputer Japan's largest cluster (1977) in Top500 (July 2004) VECTOR SCALAR CLUSTER

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2 3 HPC solutions from Fujitsu have everything you need to be successful

(1) PRIMERGY CX1000 (2) PRIMERGY BX400 and BX900 (3) PRIMERGY RX200 (4) ETERNUS DX

The importance of high-performance computing is rapidly growing As your partner for high-performance computing, we believe that PRIMERGY CX1000 (1) RELIABLE SOLUTIONS THAT PERFECTLY MATCH YOUR REQUIREMENTS because more and more scientific and technical problems are being expertise means knowing the full potential of your software. And Fujitsu sets the standards for high-performance computing through studied on the basis of computer simulations. HPC offers analysts, knowing how you can exploit this potential effectively and efficiently. The PRIMERGY CX1000 offers a simple and cost-effective architecture with high competence and cooperative partnerships. And through optimized engineers and scientists the computing resources they need to make The list below shows typical simulation and computational software density and energy efficiency, and it is massively scalable as well. With 38 industry- HPC solutions that support you in developing innovations much faster vital decisions, to promote product innovations, to speed up research that is frequently used with our systems: standard x86 server nodes in one rack featuring central rack cooling, this platform to keep you well ahead of the competition. can be expanded to comprise hundreds or even thousands of server nodes by using and development, and to reduce time to market. Fujitsu HPC solu- replicable modules. The PRIMERGY CX1000 can be accessed from the front, making tions support the R&D community by providing validated integrated ■ Fluid dynamics simulation: Ansys, Ansys-Fluent, Ansys-CFX, it easy to operate and maintain, and servers can be replaced directly on site. The Fujitsu has established competence centers around the world to solutions with predefined and optimized cluster configurations for Star-CD, Star-CCM+, FEKO, Magmasoft, Wincast, Eclipse, SPW, system is available in two server node variants, whereby each rack can accommodate provide you with the specific expertise you need for high performance specific applications. Covise, OpenFOAM, Radioss a total of up to 76 Intel® Xeon® CPUs. Data communication is supported by 10 gigabit computing. These competence centers work closely with leading Ethernet and InfiniBand. The PRIMERGY CX1000 is the right choice when high- HPC software vendors who validate their applications on HPC platforms performance and extreme energy efficiency are required to reduce energy costs to USE YOUR APPLICATIONS EFFICIENTLY ■ Structural mechanics simulation: Abaqus, LS-Dyna, Nastran, a minimum. from Fujitsu. They also benchmark your specific HPC configuration to From concept to solution – this is the challenge faced by researchers Hyper-Works, MSC Marc ensure that you have an optimal solution right from the start – fully and developers – and it demands increasingly higher levels of per- installed and ready to use with your application when delivered. PRIMERGY BX400 and BX900 (2) formance every day. This applies to you in your role as researcher or ■ Crash simulation: PAM-CRASH, LS-Dyna, Hyper-Works engineer. And to the tools you work with. Regardless of the task, you What’s more, expert software development teams play a key role by The PRIMERGY BX400 and BX900 are complete dynamic infrastructures in a box. always want to use the best software package available. You have ■ Statistics/Finance: Monte Carlo, Mathematica, Matlab, Murex While the BX400 delivers top performance for average requirements, the BX900 enhancing the middleware in HPC solutions from Fujitsu with software this freedom of choice with Fujitsu as your partner. What‘s more, you MX.3 offers outstanding bandwidth in combination with the leading blade server for functions such as cluster installer, job scheduler and parallel can fully concentrate on your core activities – we provide the speed density on the market. One BX900 chassis with 10 height units can accommodate runtime environments to give you a seamlessly integrated and user- and efficiency that will help you reach you objectives as quickly as RELY ON THE BEST PLATFORM up to 288 cores. The midplane bandwidth is 6,400 Gbit/s. An optional InfiniBand friendly environment. infrastructure with low latency and wide bandwidth is also available. The PRIMERGY possible. We are at your side, no matter what your discipline may be: Research and development tasks are not alike – nor are the require- BX900 is the right choice for high density, scalability and performance together Your benefits: fast, automated startup, low lifecycle costs, adminis- biological science, medicine, pharmaceuticals, chemistry, automotive ments of users. Yet as different as they all may be, there is one with high availability. tration and management via web interface. and aerospace technologies, environmental and earth sciences, architecture that is flexible enough to respond to the most diverse banking/insurance, public administration, meteorology, education/ requirements: the x86 PRIMERGY industry-standard server from Fujitsu. In every phase of your HPC project you can count on more than 30 universities/academies, defense, energy, astronomy, manufacturing, PRIMERGY servers feature a high-quality and extremely reliable PRIMERGY RX200 (3) years of experience from Fujitsu: In the planning phase you can take trade or logistics. architecture that has proven itself for many years in the areas of advantage of competent analyses of your application requirements scientific research and enterprise computing. For your high-performance The PRIMERGY RX200 is a thin rack server for one height unit delivering the highest and recommendations for increasing the performance of your appli- computing needs Fujitsu offers three HPC platforms: PRIMERGY CX1000, CPU and memory performance with extremely high levels of reliability. The system cations. Benefit from Fujitsu’s expertise in application validation and the highly scalable cloud server infrastructure platform, PRIMERGY design is optimized for two current Intel Xeon 5600 processors and up to 192 GB benchmarking. Start quickly with ready-to-go cluster solutions. And of memory. System reliability is guaranteed with redundant hot-plug fans and BX400 and BX900, the latest generation of blade server ecosystems, power supplies. Other features include a Dual-Gb-Ethernet controller onboard, an enjoy peace of mind with proven Fujitsu support for system manage- and PRIMERGY RX200, the dual-socket high-performance rack server. additional service LAN and an InfiniBand adapter for high-speed cluster communi- ment and troubleshooting that is based on close cooperation with In addition, Fujitsu enhances its portfolio of HPC solutions by offering cation. The PRIMERGY RX200 is the right choice for high productivity and efficiency the vendors of the individual components in your solution. the ETERNUS DX disk storage systems, which lead the market in terms in a classic rack server system. of performance, reliability, scalability and energy efficiency.

ETERNUS DX (4)

ETERNUS disk storage systems are among the most reliable and secure solutions for all types of scenarios, from entry-level to high-end applications. They can be connected to HPC platforms via Fibre Channel, iSCSI or SAS, and they feature multi- dimensional scalability. What’s more, controller performance, cache and host inter- The trusted sign for comprehensive service: faces can be expanded quickly thanks to easy upgrading options. The storage systems HPC solutions from Fujitsu have Intel Cluster have all the functions needed to efficiently come to terms with constantly growing Ready certification. data volumes. The systems in the ETERNUS disk storage family from Fujitsu, from entry-level to enterprise models, all use the same software package and have the same hardware functions. Thanks to this standardization ETERNUS systems keep operating costs low while protecting investments in resources and competencies.

4 5 Ready-to-Go Ready-to-Go The Fujitsu offering at a glance Profit from these advantages

Fujitsu HPC solutions from Fujitsu can be used with a large number HPC solutions from Fujitsu focus on the user: Ready-to-Go of node configurations: HPC clusters normally require cluster specialists, and many enterprises HPC Solution As the degree of complexity in HPC systems increases, so does the and organizations do not have such experts in their IT departments. potential for having more hardware problems, not to mention the Fujitsu Ready-to-Go Solutions are different. They feature an easy and difficulty of managing the system. HPC solutions from Fujitsu address standardized method for managing, monitoring and controlling these issues with the extreme reliability of proven PRIMERGY clusters using an intuitive web interface from PCM Fujitsu Edition for Hardware PRIMERGY CX1000 PRIMERGY BX400/BX900 PRIMERGY RX200 ETERNUS DX servers and the provisioning of precisely tuned and tested configu- RedHat Enterprise Linux and Windows HPC Server. ■ The highly scalable ■ The latest generation ■ The dual-socket ■ Disk storage systems rations, along with highly developed management, monitoring cloud server infra- of blade server high-performance and control functions. HPC solutions from Fujitsu reduce complexity: structure platform ecosystems rack server The large number of hardware, software and open source components HPC solutions from Fujitsu offer first-class implementation: in HPC clusters make these solutions extremely complex and also Setting up an HPC system is complicated and requires in-depth increase the potential for problems and failures. Ready-to-Go HPC Choice of Operating System RedHat Linux, Novell SUSE Linux, Microsoft® Windows® HPC Server 2008 R2 expertise. Fujitsu has incorporated and automated its many years of solutions from Fujitsu reduce complexity to a minimum and ensure (optimized for your application, completely installed and pretested) know-how in installing and operating x86 clusters in a set-up tool. maximum productivity by offering customers complete and validated When combined with proven test procedures this tool ensures that system configurations developed and supported in close cooperation Fujitsu HPC Middleware Optimized, pretested software stack for functions such as cluster installation program, job scheduler, setting up HPC solutions is smooth and trouble-free. with leading vendors. parallel runtime environment, development environment, cluster administration

HPC Applications Validation support

Consultation and Analysis of application requirements, benchmarking of application programs, optimization of configurations, Integration Services setup and testing of customized solutions, installation and integration in customer environments Ready for the Future Fujitsu develops the next-generation supercomputer Operations Support System management support, troubleshooting support (1st level to 4th level)

In collaboration with RIKEN, the natural sciences research institute in Kobe, Japan, Fujitsu is developing and implementing the next-generation supercomputer. The system will be completed in 2012 and in the final project phase it will offer 10 petaflops of computing performance with maximum energy efficiency. With this so-called K Computer (from the Japanese word Kei, meaning 1016), which bundles a total of 80,000 CPUs with 640,000 cores in 800 racks, Japan is strengthening its global position of leadership in scientific and industrial research.

You receive a complete solution package … and have additional options A petascale supercomputer like the K Computer enables rapid processing of extremely complex computations that would otherwise be quite Head Node Job Scheduler LSF arduous or even impossible. The new supercomputer is an important instrument in meeting society’s greatest challenges through new

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Compute Node rv Compiler & Libraries rv identify and possibly prevent major catastrophes, and it will improve manufacturing processes and technologies in addition to supporting Networks HW Integration (in existing infrastructure on site) important fundamental research. The petascale supercomputer offers massively parallel scalability by linking together thousands of processors Rack & Power Distribution Expanded Service and their cores. Yet to exploit the full performance potential of this supercomputer, applications will be needed that can handle this process Software Stack (OS+MW/Cluster Suite) gration Se Allocated Services gration Se effectively and efficiently. That is the greatest challenge of all.

Support Services Consulting an d In te Storage Solutions, Workplaces, Overall Process Solution Consulting an d In te To develop such applications, Fujitsu has launched the Open Petascale Libraries (OPL) Project. Universities and research institutes in Europe, the United States and Asia/Oceania are participating in the OPL project to support the development of numerical computations that will be made available to society at large. The OPL project will thus contribute to making many of mankind’s dreams come true in the future.

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