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1 Architect of an Open World Extreme Computing: The Bull Way Dr.-Ing. Joachim Redmer, Director HPC ( j.redmer@bull.de )

2 Bull today Bull is an Information Technology company, focusing on open and secure systems Our mission is to help corporations and public sector organizations optimize the architecture, operations and financial return of their Information Systems, supporting their core business processes Bull is the only European IT company that is positioned to deliver all the key elements of the IT value chain 2009 Bull activities w/o consolidation of Amesys activities 2 Bull, 2011 Bull Extreme Computing

3 Bull in Extreme Computing today Reached 100 M products revenue in On track to exceed 10% market share in Europe Anticipated 150 M products revenue in 2010 Introduced bullx range in Delivering new levels of performance and innovation for Extreme Computing - Xeon-based as well as hybrid blades (NVIDIA) - bullx nominated best HPC server product by HPCWire Signed landmark deals for bullx servers in GENCI /TGCC (France) - AWE - United Kingdom - RWTH Aachen - Germany - Dassault Aviation (France) - Société Générale (France) - Ineris (France) - Reims University (France), first petascale system in Europe at CEA 500 specialists dedicated to HPC in Europe 3 Bull, 2011 Bull Extreme Computing

4 Key offerings boosted by recent acquisitions enatel SOLUTIONS & INTEGRATION 2008: SIRUS - Vertical ISV & SI in France 2008: CSB Consulting - IT consulting in Belux 2007: Siconet - SI in Spain 2006: Address vision - Postal automation ISV & SI in USA 2006: AMG - Telco SI in Poland EXTREME COMPUTING : Science + Computing - Extreme Computing Solutions & Services in Germany : Serviware - Extreme Computing SI in France SECURITY & OUTSOURCING : Amesys : Agarik - Internet SI & hoster in France : Enatel 4 Bull, 2011 Bull Extreme Computing

5 extreme Computing applications Electro-Magnetics Computational Chemistry Quantum Mechanics Computational Chemistry Molecular Dynamics Computational Biology Structural Mechanics Implicit Structural Mechanics Explicit Seismic Processing A dedicated team of experts in application performance Computational Fluid Dynamics Reservoir Simulation Rendering / Ray Tracing Climate / Weather Ocean Simulation Data Analytics 6 Bull, 2011 Bull Extreme Computing

6 Architect of an Open World Latest News

7 2010: TERA 100 Architect of an Open World 1.25 Peak PFlops 1.05 Linpack PFlops bullx S nodes Intel Nehalem-EX cores 300 TB of memory 20 PB of disk storage QDR InfiniBand interconnect 500 GB/s bandwidth to the global file system Best Linpack efficiency in Top10

8 Bullx Supercomputer: Best Top10 Linpack efficiency 0,9 0,8 0,7 0,6 0,5 0,4 0,3 9 Bull, 2011 Bull Extreme Computing

9 GENCI CURIE: PRACE Tier 0 "With technical support from CEA, through a competitive tendering process, we were able to assess the excellence of Bull's offering. This means we will soon have at our disposal a machine that will offer French and European scientists the resources they need to carry out their research work at the highest possible level in a highly competitive global environment," Catherine Rivière, CEO of GENCI 1 st phase Implemented in October 2010 CURIE in figures 1.6 PetaFlops (90,000+ Xeon cores) 10 PB of storage 250 GB/s data throughput 200 m² footprint 10 Bull, 2011 Bull Extreme Computing

10 2011: RWTH Aachen Architect of an Open World 292 Peak TFlops 1350 bullx blades 362 bullx S nodes Intel Westmere cores Intel Nehalem-EX cores 1500 TB HPC storage 1500 TB Home storage QDR InfiniBand interconnect Soon operational

11 Architect of an Open World Product Descriptions

12 Product descriptions bullx blade system bullx rack-mounted systems bullx SMP system NVIDIA Tesla Systems Bull Storage Cool cabinet door bullx cluster suite 14 Bull, 2011 Bull Extreme Computing

13 bullx blade system overall concept 15 Bull, 2011 Bull Extreme Computing

14 bullx blade system overall concept General purpose, versatile - Xeon Westmere processor - 96 GB RAM per blade - Local HDD/SSD or Diskless - IB / GBE - RH, Suse, Win HPC2008, CentOs, - Compilers: GNU, Intel, Uncompromised performances - Support of high frequency Westmere - Memory bandwidth: 12x mem slots - Fully non blocking IB QDR interconnect TFLOPS per chassis (Intel Xeon X GHz) - Up to 15.8TFLOPS per rack (with CPUs) Leading edge technologies High density - 7U chassis - 18x blades with 2 proc, 12x DIMMs, HDD/SSD slot/ib connection - 1x IB switch (36 ports) - 1x GBE switch (24p) - 10 GigE Uplink (optional) - Ultracapacitor 16 Bull, 2011 Bull Extreme Computing - Intel Westmere - InfiniBand QDR - Diskless - Ready for GPU blades Optimized Power consumption - Typical 6.5 kw / chassis - High efficiency (90%) PSU - Smart fan control in each chassis - Smart fan control in water-cooled rack - Ultracapacitor no UPS required

15 bullx blade system Block Diagram UCM 18x compute blades - 2x Westmere-EP sockets - 12x memory DDR3 DIMMs (12x 8GB= 96GB) - 1x SATA HDD/SSD slot (optional diskless an option) - 1x IB ConnectX/QDR chip 1x InfiniBand Switch Module (ISM) for cluster interconnect - 36 ports QDR IB switch - 18x internal connections - 18x external connections 1x Chassis Management Module (CMM) - OPMA board - 24 ports GbE switch - 18x internal ports to Blades - 3x external ports 1x optional Ethernet Switch Module (ESM) - 24ports GbE switch - 18x internal ports to Blades - 3x external ports 1x optional Ethernet Switch Module (TSM) - GigE Switch with 10GigE Uplinks 1x optional Ultra Capacitor Module (UCM) 17 Bull, 2011 Bull Extreme Computing

16 InfiniBand InfiniBand Accelerator InfiniBand Accelerator bullx blade system blade block diagrams bullx B500 compute blade bullx B505 accelerator blade Westmere EP QPI Nehalem EP Westmere EP Westmere EP QPI Nehalem EP Westmere EP QPI 12.8GB/s Each direction QPI QPI 12.8GB/s Each direction QPI 31.2GB/s I/O Controller (Tylersburg) 31.2GB/s 31.2GB/s I/O Controller (Tylersburg) QPI I/O Controller (Tylersburg) 31.2GB/s SATA SSD diskless PCIe 8x 4GB/s GBE SATA SSD diskless PCIe 8x 4GB/s PCIe 16x 8GB/s PCIe 8x 4GB/s PCIe 16x 8GB/s GBE 18 Bull, 2011 Bull Extreme Computing

17 Ultracapacitor Module (UCM) Embedded protection against short power outages Protect one chassis with all its equipment under load Up to 250ms NESSCAP Capacitors (2x6) Avoid on site UPS save on infrastructure costs save up to 15% on electrical costs Board Leds Improve overall availability Run longer jobs 20 Bull, 2011 Bull Extreme Computing

18 7U chassis bullx chassis packaging LCD unit CMM PSU x4 18x blades ESM/TSM 21 Bull, 2011 Bull Extreme Computing

19 bullx B505 accelerator blade Embedded Accelerator for high performance with high energy efficiency 7U 2 x Intel Xeon x NVIDIA T20 2 x IB QDR 18.5 TFLOPS in 7 U 22 Bull, 2011 Bull Extreme Computing

20 Product descriptions bullx blade system bullx rack-mounted systems bullx SMP system NVIDIA Tesla Systems Bull Storage Cool cabinet door bullx cluster suite 24 Bull, 2011 Bull Extreme Computing

21 COMPUTE NODE SERVICE NODE VISUALIZATION bullx rack-mounted systems R424 E2 R423 E2 R425 E2 4 nodes per 2U for unprecedented density Xeon x 2-Socket 2x 12 DIMMs QPI up to 6.4 GT/s 2x 1 PCI-Express x16 Gen2 InfiniBand QDR embedded (optional) 3x SATA2 hot-swap HDD 92% PSU efficiency Enhanced connectivity and storage 2U Xeon Socket 18 DIMMs 2 PCI-Express x16 Gen2 8x SATA2 or 8x SAS HDD Redundant power supply Hot-swap fans Supports latest graphics & accelerator cards 4U or tower 2-Socket Xeon DIMMs 2 PCI-Express x16 Gen2 8x SATA2 or 8x SAS HDD Powerful power supply Hot-swap Fans 25 Bull, 2011 Bull Extreme Computing

22 Product descriptions bullx blade system bullx rack-mounted systems bullx SMP system NVIDIA Tesla Systems Bull Storage Cool cabinet door bullx cluster suite 26 Bull, 2011 Bull Extreme Computing

23 Mesca s fundamentals SMP of up to 16 sockets based on Bull Coherent Switch - Intel Xeon Nehalem EX processors - Coherent memory of up to 1 TB Several types of packaging - High-density compute node - High I/O connectivity node RAS features - Self-healing of the QPI and XQPI - Hot swap disk, fans, power supplies Green features - Ultra Capacitor 27 Bull, 2011 Bull Extreme Computing

24 Module level diagrams NHM NHM NHM NHM NHM NHM NHM NHM IOH IOH IOH BCS IOH For 4 socket-only systems Repeated n times for >4 socket systems Full width QPI link XCSI link NHM = NeHaleM-EX Xeon proc 28 Bull, 2011 Bull Extreme Computing

25 Bullx S60x0 CC-NUMA server NHM EX NHM EX BCS BCS BCS BCS NHM EX NHM EX IOH BCS IOH SMP (CC-NUMA) Node maximum configuration : 4 modules 16 sockets 128 cores (Nehalem-EX) 128 memory slots (2TB) Large nodes : Large shared memory (pre/post-processing) Many more cores (SMP) Fewer nodes Simpler system administration Multi Level Parallelism (MPI/OpenMP) 29 Bull, 2011 Bull Extreme Computing

26 Taking advantage of SMP nodes with MPI Optimized intra-node throughput - Enable direct copy from sender to receiver - Rely on SSE instruction set - Achieve a transfer rate of half the memory bandwidth Optimized intra-node latency - Lock-free shared memory device - Take advantage of socket architecture 1,8 1,6 1,4 1,2 1 0,8 0,6 0,4 0,2 To socket 1, core 2 To socket 1, core 3 and 4 To socket 2 To socket 3 and 4 - Shared cache latency: 200 nsec 0 4 cores, Mvapich2 8 cores, Mvapich2 16 cores, Mvapich2 4 cores, MPIBull2 8 cores, MPIBull2 16 cores, MPIBull2 30 Bull, 2011 Bull Extreme Computing

27 Product descriptions bullx blade system bullx rack-mounted systems bullx SMP system NVIDIA Tesla Systems Bull Storage Cool cabinet door bullx cluster suite 31 Bull, 2011 Bull Extreme Computing

28 Bull Storage for HPC clusters A complete line of storage systems Performance Modularity High Availability* A rich management suite Monitoring Grid & standalone system deployment Performance analysis *: with Lustre 32 Bull, 2011 Bull Extreme Computing

29 Bull Storage Systems for HPC StoreWay Optima 1500 SAS/SATA 3 to 144 HDDs Up to 12 host ports 2U drawers FC/SATA Up to 480 HDDs Up to 16 host ports 3U drawers StoreWay EMC CX4 DataDirect Networks SFA 10k (consult us) SAS/SATA Up to 1200 HDDs 8 host ports 4+ 2/3/4 U drawers cluster suite 33 Bull, 2011 Bull Extreme Computing

30 Bull Storage Systems for HPC - details Optima1500 CX4-120 CX4-480 SFA 10k couplet #disk Disk type SAS 146/300/450 GB SATA 1TB FC 146/300/400/450 GB SATA 1TB FC 10Krpm 400 GB 15Krpm 146/300/450 GB SATA 1TB SAS 10Krpm 400 GB SAS 15Krpm 300/450/600 GB SATA 1000/2000 GB RAID R1, 3, 3DP, 5, 6, 10, 50 and TM R0, R1, R10, R3, R5, R6 R0, R1, R10, R3, R5, R6 8+2 (RAID 6) Host ports 2/12 FC 4 4/12 FC4 8/16 FC4 16 FC8 / 8 QDR Back end ports 2 SAS 4X SAS 4X Cache size (max) 4 GB 6GB 16GB 5 GB RAID-protected Controller size 2 U base with disks 3 U 3 U 4 U Disk drawer 2 U 12 slots 3 U 15 slots 3 U 15 slots 4 U 60 slots Performance (MB/s; Raid5) R: Read; W:Write R: up to 900 MB/s W: up to 440 MB/s R: up to 720 MB/s W: up to 410 MB/s R: up to 1.25 GB/s W: up to 800 MB/s R&W: up to 20 GB/s 34 Bull, 2011 Bull Extreme Computing

31 Product descriptions bullx blade system bullx rack-mounted systems bullx SMP system NVIDIA Tesla Systems Bull Storage Cool cabinet door bullx cluster suite 35 Bull, 2011 Bull Extreme Computing

32 Bull Cool Cabinet door No impact on server behaviour air flow through doors is adjusted to match the drawer air flows No impact on computer room Select outlet Air temperature 2 way or 3 way valve controls heat exchanger water flow. No more hot spots better MTBF Cools up to 40kW per rack ready for Bull Extreme Computing systems 20 C Server ΔT 15 C Server ΔT 15 C Server ΔT 15 C Server ΔT 15 C Server ΔT 15 C Water cooled door 35 C 20 C Rack pressure Exchanger M Δp Room pressure Inlet water 7 C 36 Bull, 2011 Bull Extreme Computing

33 Jülich Research Center: water-cooled system 37 Bull, 2011 Bull Extreme Computing

34 Cool cabinet door: Characteristics Width 600mm (19 ) Height 2020mm (42U) Depth 200mm (8 ) Weight 150 kg Cooling capacity Up to 40 kw Power supply Redundant Power consumption 700 W Input water temperature 7-12 C Output water temperature C Water flow 2 liter/second (7 m3/hour) Ventilation 14 managed multi-speed fans Recommended cabinet air inlet 20 C +- 2 C Cabinet air outlet 20 C +- 2 C Management Integrated management board for local regulation and alert reporting to Bull System Manager 38 Bull, 2011 Bull Extreme Computing

35 Product descriptions bullx blade system bullx rack-mounted systems bullx SMP system NVIDIA Tesla Systems Bull Storage Cool cabinet door bullx cluster suite 39 Bull, 2011 Bull Extreme Computing

36 bullx supercomputer suite extreme Pack thousands of nodes Standard Edition Advanced Edition Advanced Edition Supercomputer size 40 Bull, 2011 Bull Extreme Computing

37 bullx supercomputer suite Advanced Edition 41 Bull, 2011 Bull Extreme Computing

38 Advanced Edition / Extreme Pack: components bullx MC Management Center bullx PFS Parallel File System bullx BM Batch Management Super-Fast image based provisioning Web-based Multi-level supervision Power management Automated health management Maintenance management Highly available cells based architecture Increased throughput and scalability Advanced placement policies Topology aware resource allocation bullx MPI bullx DE Development Environment bullx Linux Multi-path network failover Abnormal patterns detection Topology aware operations 42 Bull, 2011 Bull Extreme Computing Complete best of breed set of tools (from compiling, debugging to profiling and optimizing activities) HPC Enabled (OS jitter reduction, Optimized operations for increased application performance) Enhanced OFED

39 Product descriptions bullx blade system bullx rack-mounted systems bullx SMP system NVIDIA Tesla Systems Bull Storage Cool cabinet door bullx cluster suite Windows HPC Server Bull, 2011 Bull Extreme Computing

40 Bull and Windows HPC Server 2008 Clusters of bullx R422 E2 servers - Intel 5600 processors - Compact rack design: 2 servers in 1U - Fast & reliable InfiniBand interconnect supporting Microsoft Windows HPC Server Simplified cluster deployment and management - Broad application support - Enterprise-class performance and scalability Common collaboration with leading ISVs to provide complete solutions The right technologies to handle industrial applications efficiently 45 Bull, 2011 Bull Extreme Computing

41 Windows HPC Server 2008 Combining the power of the Windows Server platform with rich, out-of-the-box functionality to help improve the productivity and reduce the complexity of your HPC environment Microsoft Windows Server 2008 HPC Edition Support for high performance hardware (x64 bit architecture) Winsock Direct support for RDMA for high performance interconnects (Gigabit Ethernet, InfiniBand, Myrinet, and others) Microsoft HPC Pack = Support for Industry Standards MPI2 Integrated Job Scheduler Cluster Resource Management Tools Microsoft Windows HPC Server 2008 Integrated out of the box solution Leverages past investments in Windows skills and tools Makes cluster operation just as simple and secure as operating a single system 46 Bull, 2011 Bull Extreme Computing

42 A complete turn-key solution Bull delivers a complete ready-to-run solution - Sizing - Factory pre-installed and pre-configured (R@ck n Roll) - Installation, integration in the existing infrastructure - 1st and 2nd level support - Monitoring, audit - Training Bull has a Microsoft Competence Center 47 Bull, 2011 Bull Extreme Computing

43 bullx cluster 400-W Enter the world of High Performance Computing with bullx cluster 400-W running Windows HPC Server 2008 bullx cluster 400-W4-4 compute nodes to relieve the strain on your work stations bullx cluster 400-W8-8 compute nodes to give independent compute resources to a small team of users, enabling them to submit large jobs or several jobs simultaneously bullx cluster 400-W16-16 compute nodes to equip a workgroup with independent high performance computing resources that can handle their global compute workload A solution that combines: The performance of bullx rack servers equipped with Intel Xeon processors The advantages of Windows HPC Server Simplified cluster deployment and management - Easy integration with IT infrastructure - Broad application support - Familiar development environment And expert support from Bull s Microsoft Competence Center 48 Bull, 2011 Bull Extreme Computing

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