Introduction; System Features - Hitachi DS225 Hardware Manual

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BOUT THE YSTEM

1.1 Introduction

As an optimized parallel computing architecture, your system breaks hardware
configuration limitations in a 2U dual-socket system by supporting up to four accelerator
cards, 3TBs of memory, and eight large form factor storage bays, which makes your system
a perfect versatile platform for parallel computing-intensive applications such as VDI, HPC,
and AI/Deep learning.
Compact and Optimized 2U Accelerator Server Architecture to Propel Data Center
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Transformation.
With Hitachi Vantara's excellent system designs, your system can accommodate
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sufficient compute, accelerator, and storage resources by conquering thermal/
mechanical challenges due to its high performance processors and dual-width
accelerators.
Support dual Intel® Xeon® Processor Scalable Family of highest TDP. Faster socket
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interconnect, 1.5x memory bandwidth and 2x FLOPs peak performance capability.
Up to 112 vCPU per server and 3.9x higher virtualized throughput compared to
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previous platforms based on the Intel® Xeon® E5 Processor Family.
With four 300watt dual-width accelerator card while keeping 24 DIMM slots
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available makes your system support have no limitation to deploy VDI solutions.
Your system can connect up to 128 concurrent users.
Eight 3.5" HDD support increases local storage space for rendering application.
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Four U.2 option eliminate IO latency to expedite deep learning model training.
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System Features

The system comprises a 2U/30.7" long chassis. Major features include:
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Chipset: Intel
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Processors (x2): Intel® Xeon® Processor Scalable Family (codename Skylake-SP)
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Expansion: See SKU1/Front Storage/Back Expansion Slots on page 1-3 for more
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information.
Memory: Up to 24 DIMM slots are available; ECC DDR4 2666 MT/s RDIMM memory
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Network*:
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Dedicated GbE management NIC port from PHY RTL8211 to BMC
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Intel® C621 as 4x GbE Integrated Network Solution with PHY (optional)
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Intel® C624 as 4x10GbE Integrated Network Solution with PHY (optional)
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*Visit support.HitachiVantara.com
C621 / C624 series
for the latest Network support listings.
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