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Supermicro 2014 Confidential
Supermicro Partner Advantages
and X10 DP Segment Introduction
John Hui IA DP Product Director
2014 EMEA Summer Event
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Haswell Technology Update Intels Next Generation Bestin-class dual processor Haswell(E5-2600V3) technology delivers the ultimate experience in performance, flexibility, and scalability
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Intel CPU Roadmap
Westmere 5600 series CPU
Sandy Bridge E5-2600 series
Microarchitecture (Nehalem)
X8 Tylersburg platform
Microarchitecture (Sandy Bridge)
X9 Romley platform
Microarchitecture (Sandy Bridge)
X9 Romley platform
Nehalem 5500 series CPU
Ivy Bridge E5-2600 v2
series
45nm Process Technology 32nm Process Technology 22nm Process Technology
TOCK TICK TOCK TICK TOCK
Haswell Server & Workstation CPUs
22nm Process Technology
Microarchitecture (Nehalem)
X8 Tylersburg platform
Haswell E5-2600 v3 series
NEW Intel Microarchitecture (Haswell)
X10 Grantley platform
Supermicro X8 Generation Supermicro X9 Generation Supermicro X10 Generation
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Haswell CPU Up to 18 cores (45 MB cache) TDP: Up to 145 W (SVR); 160 W (WS)
Socket Socket-R3
Scalability 2S capability
Memory 4x DDR4 channels
1333, 1600, 1866, 2133
RDIMM, LRDIMM
QPI 2x QPI 1.1 channels Up to 9.6 GT/s
PCIe PCIe 3.0 (2.5, 5, 8 GT/s)
40x PCIe 3.0 (Per Socket)
C612 PCH DMI2 PCIe 2.0 4x lanes, Up to 6xUSB3, 8x USB2 ports, 10xSATA3 ports, Embedded 7+ year life cycle support
Platform Overview
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Advanced
25-30 MB LLC cache 9.6 GT/s QPI DDR4-2133 Intel Hyper-
Threading Intel Turbo boost
Standard
15-20 MB LLC cache 8.0 GT/s QPI DDR4-1866 Intel Hyper-
Threading Intel Turbo boost
12C 120W 2.3 GHz
10C 105W 2.3 GHz
12C 120W 2.5 GHz
12C 135W 2.6 GHz
10C 105W 2.6 GHz
E5-2670 v3
E5-2690 v3
E5-2680 v3
E5-2650 v3
E5-2660 v3
Basic 15 MB LLC cache 6.4 GT/s QPI DDR4-1600 6C 85W 1.6 GHz E5-2603 v3
6C 85W 1.9 GHz E5-2609 v3
8C 85W 2.4 GHz
8C 90W 2.6 GHz
6C 85W 2.4 GHz E5-2620 v3
E5-2640 v3
E5-2630 v3
Segmented Optimized
Frequency Optimized
2.5MB/core LLC cache
9.6 GT/s QPI DDR4-2133 Intel Hyper-
Threading Intel Turbo boost 2U cooling
Workstation Only
35-45 MB LLC cache 9.6 GT/s QPI DDR4-2133 Intel Hyper-
Threading Intel Turbo boost
10C 2S 160W 3.1 GHz E5-2687W v3
Low Power 2.5 MB/Core LLC
Cache E5-2650L v3: 9.6 GT/s
QPI E5-2630L v3: 8.0 GT/s
QPI E5-2650L v3: DDR4-
2133 E5-2630L v3: DDR4-
1866 Intel Hyper-Threading Intel Turbo boost
12C 65W 1.8 GHz
8C 55W 1.8 GHz E5-2630Lv3
E5-2650L v3
8C (20M) 135W 3.2 GHz
6C (20M) 135W 3.4 GHz
4C (15M) 135W 3.5GHz E5-2637 v3
E5-2667 v3
E5-2643 v3
4C (10M) 105W 3.0GHz E5-2623 v3
10MB LLC cache 8.0GT/s QPI DDR4-1866 Intel Hyper-
Threading Intel Turbo boost 1U cooling
25MB LLC cache 9.6 GT/s QPI DDR4-2133 Intel Hyper-
Threading Intel Turbo boost
14C 120W 2.3 GHz
14C 145W 2.6 GHz
14C 120W 2.0 GHz
E5-2697 v3
E5-2695 v3
E5-2683 v3
18C 145W 2.3 GHz
16C 135W 2.3 GHz
E5-2699 v3
E5-2698 v3
7-year embedded life cycle support (E5-2695 v3 has 5-year support)
12C 105W 2.2 GHz E5-2658 v3
10C 75W 2.0 GHz E5-2628L v3
12C 75W 1.8 GHz E5-2648L v3
6C 50W 2.0 GHz E5-2608L v3
8C 75W 2.3 GHz E5-2618L v3
Additional Storage/ Comms Focused SKUs
E5-2600 V3 SKUs
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Type Ranks Per DIMM and
Data Width
DIMM Capacity (GB)
Speed (MT/s); Voltage (V); Slot Per Channel (SPC) and DIMM Per Channel (DPC)
1 Slot Per Channel 2 Slots Per Channel 3 Slots Per Channel
1DPC 1DPC 2DPC 1DPC 2DPC 3DPC
4Gb 8Gb 1.2V 1.2V 1.2V 1.2V 1.2V 1.2V
RDIMM SRx4 8GB 16GB 2133 2133 1866 2133 1866 1600
RDIMM SRx8 4GB 8GB 2133 2133 1866 2133 1866 1600
RDIMM DRx8 8GB 16GB 2133 2133 1866 2133 1866 1600
RDIMM DRx4 16GB 32GB 2133 2133 1866 2133 1866 1600
LRDIMM QRx4 32GB 64GB 2133 2133 2133 2133 2133 1600
*DDR4 NVDIMMs will have partial support from Intel, but are not POR. Supermicro will continue leading the industry and working with NVDIMM vendors independently.
**There is no DDR4 UDIMM support in Haswell
Memory Support Speed up to DDR4 2133
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Comparing IVB E5-2697 v2 vs. HSW E5-2697 v3 Up to 74% improvement on HPC benchmarks CPU-intensive benchmarks improved ~20-40% Memory-intensive benchmarks improved ~13%
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Relative Performance
Linpack
E5-2697 v2 IVB(12C, 2.7GHz,130W)E5-2697 v3 HSW(14C, 2.6GHz,145W)
1.13
00.20.40.60.8
11.21.4
Relative Performance
STREAM (Triad)
E5-2697 v2 IVB(12C, 2.7GHz,130W)E5-2697 v3 HSW(14C, 2.6GHz,145W)
Performance
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Technology Enhancements New X10 Features Exciting new features that improve performance, increase flexibility, and customer boost productivity
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CPU CPU socket types R, B2 R3 Cores per CPU 12 18 Max Watts per CPU 150 160 QPI link speed 8.0 GT/s 9.6 GT/s Instructions per CPU cycle -- +10%
Memory Max memory speed 1866 2133 Mem bandwidth improvement -- 13% Total slots per DP board 24 24 NVDIMM support 2 SKUs All SKUs
Storage Max SATA3 ports 2 10 On-Board SuperDOM 0 2 Onboard SAS3 controllers No Yes Integrated SAS3 write bandwidth increase -- Up to 70% Integrated SAS3 read bandwidth increase -- Up to 74%
Networking Maximum onboard 10G ports 2 4 1GbE power savings for cost-effective MB -- 31% Network bandwidth for Dedicated LAN 100 Mbps 1 Gbps
I/O Max PCIe 3.0 lanes per board 80 80
USB 3.0 ports onboard 4 ports,
WS MB only Up to 6 ports, Server and WS
Thunderbolt AOC support No Yes AOC supported in 1U WIO/Ultra architecture 3 4 AOC supported in 2U WIO/Ultra architecture 6 8
Remote Management Support Max video resolution from BMC 1280x1024 1920x1200 Motherboard health/BIOS provisioning Yes Yes # of RAID controllers supported for HDD health 1 Multiple System Utilization No Yes System Inventory No Yes Add-On-Card temperature No Yes
Life Cycle Embedded 7+ year MB life cycle support Some MB All MB
Performance Improvement SPECInt*_rate_base2006 (CPU integer) -- 28% higher SPECfp*rate_base2006 (CPU floating) -- 42% higher Linpack (High Performance Computing) -- Up to 74% higher SPECpower_ssj2008* (power efficiency) -- ~30% higher
X9 X10 X9 X10
CPU Max TDP is subject to enclosure and heatsink cooling restrictions. Be sure to check all specifications for proper CPU TDP sizing
X9 IVBX10 HSW Comparison
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Thermal Enhancements Improved Thermal Performance
True Side-by-Side CPU placement Several SKUs will support non-shadowed
CPUs Improved airflow for CPU, Memory, and
VRMs Eliminates CPU Pre-heating (up to 10o C) Increase Turbo mode performance Lower fan speeds also improve reliability,
reduce power, and lower system acoustics
AOC Temperature Monitoring Thermal monitoring of individual select
SMCI PCIe add-on-cards Remote monitoring via IPMI Support in SuperDoctor 5
X10DDW-iN
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I/O Enhancements Flexible, Modular Expansion
More Storage Add On-Mezzanine (AOM) Support JBOD, SW RAID, HW RAID solutions SuperCap backup option with 10 year
lifespan, higher temp extremes, faster charging, green solution (LSI 3108)
Onboard Quad port 10GBASE-T option Up to 8 AOC in 2U with multiple FHFL
supported by Ultra Server line
6 USB 3.0 ports from C612 PCH 10x higher bandwidth than USB 2.0 80% faster device charging
Thunderbolt Support WS boards support add-on card
supporting 20 Gbps data transfers and Displayport 1.2 for 4K Ultra HD video
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Storage Enhancements: NVMe and SuperDOM NVM Express
Provides ~2x IOPS and 50% lower latency, fastest storage technology available
Direct connection between CPU to NVMe SSD over PCIe bus Reduces software stack latency
Optimized for server caching and high performance storage applications
Supermicro SATADOM Direct connect to Motherboard SATA
connector with built in power pin (yellow connector), optional 5V cable for backward compatibility
Cost-effective, provides up to 64GB, 6 Gbps performance
2x SuperDOM connectors on each X10 board, ideal for hypervisor/OS RAID 1
SATA/SAS NVMe
Software Stack
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Storage Enhancements: SAS3/SATA3/NVDIMM Support
SAS3 (12 Gbps) More LSI 3008/3108 onboard support Double the onboard RAID Cache with
supercap option (3108) Up to 70% bandwidth increase with
SAS3 SSD over SAS2 SSD, increase performance w/ existing SAS2 drives
SATA3 (6 Gbps) More ports available, up to 10 TRIM on RAID manages SSD wear
leveling and increases performance
NVDIMM Support All X10 DP boards will have NVDIMM
support SMCI will continue leading industry in
NVDIMM enablement
Toshiba
PX02SMF020 Toshiba
MK4001GRZB Intel
SSDSC2BA800G3
Sequential Read (MB/s) /
Block Size
Toshiba SAS3 3108
Raid-0
Toshiba SAS3 2208
Raid-0
Toshiba SAS2 3108
Raid-0
Toshiba SAS2 2208
Raid-0
Intel SATA3 3108
Raid-0
Intel SATA3 2208
Raid-0
1KB 231.43 172.72 224.16 168.45 238.91 168.75 4KB 1121.07 1306.19 1074.71 1198.64 1117.36 1249.53
16KB 4186.22 3738.71 3148.73 3625.41 2904.34 2878.62 64KB 5323.54 3594.12 4009.65 3638.91 3649.97 3364.81 128KB 5161.12 3694.68 4055.80 3732.63 3789.40 3463.54 256KB 5214.70 3566.93 4068.95 3592.40 3810.04 3291.08 512KB 5300.96 3505.57 4068.17 3609.23 3796.11 3306.11 1MB 5396.67 3671.80 4067.79 3701.13 3810.13 3345.43 2MB 5421.58 3715.87 4065.92 3749.22 3809.50 3369.04
REMARKS RAID-0: 8 SSD, PX02SMF020 (FW: 02A0)
Sequential Write (MB/s) /
Block Size
Toshiba SAS3 3108
Raid-0
Toshiba SAS3 2208
Raid-0
Toshiba SAS2 3108
Raid-0
Toshiba SAS2 2208
Raid-0
Intel SATA3 3108
Raid-0
Intel SATA3 2208
Raid-0 1KB 229.23 171.38 177.29 152.91 218.30 160.72 4KB 1059.03 1196.82 974.50 973.53 1009.24 1164.87
16KB 3053.00 2640.53 1251.33 1557.42 2370.34 2691.48 64KB 3321.11 2818.51 1639.50 1801.68 2608.42 3023.93 128KB 3334.77 2901.76 1717.75 1847.06 2660.03 3105.37 256KB 3355.24 2825.88 1839.80 1804.33 2687.17 3046.77 512KB 3368.13 2834.54 1830.90 1843.70 2715.52 3052.62 1MB 3370.66 2842.53 1800.63 1952.26 2741.78 3074.26 2MB 3361.39 2848.09 1845.21 1974.73 2745.26 3092.75
REMARKS RAID-0: 8 SSD, PX02SMF020 (FW: 02A0)
SAS3/SAS2/SATA3 Benchmark Comparison
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D = Datacenter Optimized
FF = Fat Twin Front I/O T = Twin Architecture
FR = Fat Twin Rear I/O W = WIO Architecture
L = Cost Optimized D = Data Center Optimized
G = GPU Optimized S = Storage Bridge Bay
C = SAS3 12Gb (LSI) U = Ultra Architecture
i = SATA only X = Hyper-Speed or Max Expansion
H = Additional PCIe slots N = NVMe
LN4 = 1GBASE-T Quad port T4 = 10GBASE-T Quad port
T = 10GBASE-T TP = 10G SFP+
G = GPU Optimized Q/H = Quad/Hex (six) GPU
C = SAS3 12Gb (LSI) P = Twin Pro line
i/E = SATA Only IBQ = Infiniband QDR (40Gb)
+ = Extra DIMMs IBF = Infiniband FDR (56Gb)
X10 = 10th Generation Xeon (Haswell)
D = Dual Processor
R = Socket R3 (LGA 2011)
A = Workstation
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