Tyan Thunder HX FT77DB7109 B7109F77DV4HR-2T-NF Server

Description

An “embarrassingly parallel workload” is an actual term. It’s also called a perfectly parallel or pleasingly parallel workload, all of which mean the same thing. The problem is easy to separate into several separate, or parallel, workloads. These high-performance computing workloads include, genetic sequencing, scientific computing, oil & gas discovery, cryptography, and large-scale facial recognition. The Tyan Thunder HX FT77DB7109 (B7109F77DV4HR-2T-NF) Server is equipped to do just that with up to eight high-performance GPUs, up to 3TB of memory, and four hot-swappable hard drives. This platform is designed for machine learning, AI, genetic sequencing, scientific computing, oil & gas discovery, large scale facial recognition, and cryptography.

Other FT77DB7109 Chassis Configurations

B7109F77DV14HR-2T-NF
(14) 2.5" SATA 6G Hotswap Bays

B7109F77DV14HR-2T-N
(14) 2.5" SATA 6G Hotswap Bays

B7109F77DV10E4HR-2T-NF
(10) 2.5" SATA 6G + (4) 2.5" NVMe U.2 Hotswap Bays

B7109F77DV10E4HR-2T-N
(10) 2.5" SATA 6G + (4) 2.5" NVMe U.2 Hotswap Bays

B7109F77DV10E4HR-8X-2T-F
(10) 2.5" SATA 6G + (4) 2.5" NVMe U.2 Hotswap Bays

B7109F77DV14HR-8X-2T-F
(14) 2.5" SATA 6G Hotswap Bays

B7109F77DV4HR-8X-2T-F
(4) 3.5"/2.5" SATA 6G Hotswap Bays

Performance

One or two intel Xeon Scalable processors from the Bronze, Silver, Gold, or Platinum families up to 205W. Intel Xeon Scalable processors with the an “F” that feature a direct Omni-Path link on the processor for significantly improved I/O performance are also supported. This is denoted by the “F” on the end of the alphanumeric name of the server. A direct Omni-Path connection on the processor reduces latency by removing the need for a separate host fabric interface card. With the Tyan FT77DB7109 (B7109F77DV4HR-2T-NF) Server supporting up to 3TB of memory in a two-processor configuration, only processors with an “M” will provide support for the full compliment of 3TB in a dual processor configuration. Power is provided by up to 3 PSUs with 2+1 redundancy.

Storage

Four 3.5-inch or four 2.5-inch SATA 6Gb/s hot-swap drives are supported on the Tyan FT77DB7109 (B7109F77DV4HR-2T-NF) server. The drives are mounted vertically in the front of the chassis, once the server cover is removed. Onboard RAID is supported by Intel Rapid Storage Technology enterprise (RSTe) and Virtual RAID on CPU (vROC), and offers configurations of 0, 1, 10, 5.

Memory

Intel’s Xeon Scalable processors support six memory channels each. Each processor supports 12 memory slots with two memory modules per memory channel, and 24 memory module slots in a two-processor configuration. Total capacity on this server is listed up to 3TB when outfitted with either registered 3DS (RDIMM 3DS) or load-reduced 3DS (LRDIMM 3DS) memory modules. Standard RDIMM memory modules will provide just 768GB of memory and standard LRDIMMs just 1.5TB in two-processor configuration.

Expansion

Four PLX PCIe switches on the system board enable two x8 PCIe slots and nine x16 slots, total. Nine of the x16 slots are lined up on the system board with eight supporting full-height, full-length, double-wide computational accelerators. The last slot is specifically for a Tyan LAN Mezzanine card. An Open Compute Project (OCP) high-speed networking card can only be used with an Omni-Path Fabric enabled Scalable processor. The other two x8 slots are dedicated, with one supporting a storage controller and the other located just under the power supplies acting as a network daughter card. The system comes with integrated dual 10GbE with one PHY port. Nvidia GPUs supported on the Tyan FT77DB7109 (B7109F77DV4HR-2T-NF) include the Nvidia Tesla V100, P100, P40, and P4.

Management

LEDs on the front of the system provide a visual on hard drive and LAN status. Management of the Tyan FT77DB7109 (B7109F77DV4HR-2T-NF) is through the Baseboard Management Controller (BMC) with Redfish support which monitors system operation.

Summary

The Tyan Thunder HX FT77DB7109 (B7109F77DV4HR-2T-NF) Server is highly capable for a number of high-performance computing applications. Intel’s Xeon Scalable processors enable more PCIe lanes to support massive parallel computing conundrums with up to eight high-performance computational accelerators from Nvidia.