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Table of contents
Revisions............................................................................................................................................................................. 2
Executive summary ............................................................................................................................................................. 4
Audience ............................................................................................................................................................................. 4
1 Introduction ................................................................................................................................................................... 5
2 System Design ............................................................................................................................................................. 6
2.1 Hardware Configuration ...................................................................................................................................... 6
2.1.1 Master Node Configuration ................................................................................................................................. 6
2.1.2 Login Node Configuration ................................................................................................................................... 7
2.1.3 Compute Node Configuration ............................................................................................................................. 7
2.1.4 Common Internet File System (CIFS) gateway Configuration ........................................................................... 8
2.1.5 Fat Node Configuration ...................................................................................................................................... 8
2.1.6 Accelerator Node Configuration ......................................................................................................................... 8
2.2 Network Configuration ........................................................................................................................................ 9
2.2.1 Management Network ........................................................................................................................................ 9
2.2.2 High-Speed Interconnects ................................................................................................................................ 10
2.3 Storage Configuration ....................................................................................................................................... 11
2.3.1 NSS 7.0 HA ...................................................................................................................................................... 11
2.3.2 Dell EMC HPC Lustre Storage Solution ........................................................................................................... 12
2.4 Software Configuration ..................................................................................................................................... 14
2.4.1 Bright Cluster Manager ..................................................................................................................................... 14
2.4.2 BioBuilds ........................................................................................................................................................... 14
3 Sample Architectures ................................................................................................................................................. 15
3.1 Case 1: PowerEdge C6320 compute subsystem with Intel® OPA fabric ........................................................ 15
3.1.1 Solution summary ............................................................................................................................................. 16
3.1.2 Cabling information ........................................................................................................................................... 16
3.2 Case 2: PowerEdge FC430 compute subsystem with IB FDR fabric .............................................................. 17
3.2.1 Solution summary ............................................................................................................................................. 18
3.2.2 Cabling information ........................................................................................................................................... 18
4 Conclusion .................................................................................................................................................................. 19