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3 Reference System
The reference system was assembled in the Dell EMC HPC Innovation Lab using the building blocks
described in Section 2. The building blocks used for the reference system are listed in Table 1.
Table 1. Reference System Configuration
Building Block
Quantity
Infrastructure Server
1
Explicit Building Block
with EDR InfiniBand
8
Implicit Building Block
1
Dell Networking S3048-ON
Ethernet Switch
1
Mellanox SB7790 EDR
InfiniBand Switch
1
The BIOS configuration options used for the reference system are listed in Table 2.
Table 2. BIOS Configuration Options
BIOS Option
Setting
Logical Processor
Disabled
Virtualization Technology
Disabled
System Profile
Performance Optimized