ORCA_Min_Requirements_Salient_Features_R1.pdf

Networking Infrastructure – Task Force Ocean Analysis Salient Features - Min Requirements 02 July 2019

Task Force Ocean - Workstations

Workstations – QTY 8

Function Salient Features / Min Requirements

Verification Process

Enclosure 4RU Tower Form factor Visual Inspection Processor Two (2) Current generation x86-64 compatible workstation/server class CPU(s) with 14+ Cores @2.6GHZ utilizing the Socket P (LGA3647) interface and support Hyper-Threading (HT) technology.

Note: CPU’s ISA (Instruction Set Architecture) must have native support for:

MKL (Math Kernel Extensions) FMA2/3 (Fused Multiply-Add) AVX2/3 (Advanced Vector Extensions)

System Firmware

Memory 256 Gigabytes (GB) of DDR4 2666 Mega Hertz (MHz) with error correcting code (ECC) memory in a quad channel configuration

System Firmware

Storage One (1) Enterprise Class 480+ GB SSD (OS) (SATA 6.0 Gb/s)

One (1) Enterprise Class 1.94TB SSD (Data) (SATA 6.0 Gb/s)

One (1) Enterprise Class 10TB HDD (Data) (SATA 6.0 Gb/s) (1x) BDXL Blu-ray Writer(Optical)

System Firmware

Networking One (1) Dual Port 10/40Gigabit QSFP+ Converged Network Adapter Note: NIC must support traditional 10 GbE copper connections (Cat6a /Cat 7 STP cabling)

Visual Inspection

GPU One (1) Display Graphics processor compatible with Pascal+ microarchitecture containing 4+ GB DDR5 w/DP/HDMI interfaces (Display) utilizing the PCI-E (Peripheral Component Interconnect- Express) interface

One (1) General Purpose Graphics Processing Unit (GPGPU) compatible with Volta+ Microarchitecture containing 16+ GB HBM (High Bandwidth Memory) (GPGPU) utilizing the PCI-E (Peripheral Component Interconnect-Express) interface

Note: Both GPU’s must support latest CUDA Application Programming Interface and Tensor Runtime natively at the hardware level

Visual Inspection + Documentation

Display 28+ inch Screen LED-Backlit 4K (3840 x 2160) UHD Monitor

Visual Inspection

PSU 900W+, 80+ Platinum Visual Inspection

Support Vendor must provide 24/7/365 support (hardware, and software) for no less than 3 consecutive years.

Documentation

Features/ Qualitative Evidence

Motherboard, Chipset, GPU(s), and Network Interface Controllers MUST be compatible with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.6+

Supporting Documentation

Condition New equipment, fully operational, assembled, tested, and configured to include all associated cabling.

Task Force Ocean – Networking Infrastructure- Servers

Servers – QTY 3

Function Salient Features / Min Requirements

Verification Process

Enclosure Rack mountable 1U enclosure Visual Inspection Processor Two (2) Current generation x86-64 compatible server class CPU(s) with 12+ cores @2.3GHz utilizing the Socket P (LGA3647) interface and support Hyper- Threading (HT) technology.

Note: CPU’s ISA (Instruction Set Architecture) must have native support for:

MKL (Math Kernel Extensions) FMA2/3 (Fused Multiply-Add) AVX2/3 (Advanced Vector Extensions)

System Firmware

Memory 256 Gigabytes (GB) of DDR4 2666 Megahertz (MHz) with error correcting code (ECC) memory in a quad channel configuration

System Firmware

Storage Two (2) Enterprise Class 256 GB SSD (OS)

(RAID 1)

Four (4) Enterprise Class Series 10TB HDD (Data)

System Firmware

Networking One (1) Dual Port 10 Gigabit STP/SFP/QSFP+ Converged Network Adapter

Note: NIC must support traditional 10 GbE copper connections (Cat6a /Cat7 STP cabling)

System Firmware/UEFI

BIOS

PSU Two (2) 600W+, 80+ Platinum Hot- Swappable

Visual Inspection

Operating System

Windows Server 2016 Standard Boot System OS

Support Vendor must provide 24/7/365 support (hardware, and software) for no less than 3 consecutive years.

Documentation

Features/ Qualitative Evidence

Motherboard, Chipset, and Network Interface Controller MUST ALL be compatible with Windows Server 2016

Supporting Documentation

Condition New equipment, fully operational, assembled, tested, and configured to include all associated cabling.

Task Force Ocean – Networking Infrastructure- Switches

Switches – QTY 2

Function Salient Features / Min Requirements

Verification Process

Enclosure Rack mountable 1U enclosure Visual Inspection

Port Density 32 Visual Inspection

Port Speed(s) 10GbE/25GbE/40GbE/50GbE/100GbE (All Ports)

System Firmware/OS Configuration

Port Cabling SFP+, QSFP+, Cat6, Cat6a, Cat7 Visual Inspection + System Firmware

Switch Throughput 6.4 TB/s Documentation PSU/FANS Two (1 +1 Redundant) Hot-swappable

PSU 750W VAC

Four (N+1 Redundant) Hot-swappable/Adjustable Fans

Visual Inspection

Cabling/Accessories Sixteen (16) QSFP-40G-SR4 Transceiver(s) Sixteen (16) 40 GbE QSFP+ to QSFP+ twinmax copper cable (qsfp-40g-sr4 cable 3m)

Eight (11) 10GBase-T SFP+ RJ45 Transceiver(s)

All Transceivers must be compatible with associated network switch.

Visual Inspection + Documentation

Features/ Qualitative Evidence

802.1w Rapid Spanning Tree 802.1s Multiple Spanning Tree Protocol 802.3ad Link Aggregation/LACP

Documentation + System Firmware

Multi-Chassis Link Aggregation (MLAG) 802.1Q VLAN Tagging 802.3ab 1000BASE-T 802.3z Gigabit Ethernet 802.3ae 10 Gigabit Ethernet 802.3by 25 Gigabit Ethernet 802.3ba 40 and 100 Gigabit Ethernet 802.3x Flow Control Jumbo Frames (9216 Bytes)

Support Vendor must provide 24/7/365 support (hardware, and software) for no less than 3 consecutive years.

Documentation

Condition New equipment, fully operational, assembled, tested, and configured to include all associated cabling.

Visual Inspection

Task Force Ocean - Storage

Storage Nodes – QTY 8

Function Salient Features / Min Requirements

Verification Process

Enclosure Rack mountable 4U enclosure Min Drive Bays: 24 Max Drive Bays: 36

Visual Inspection

Processor Two (2) Current generation x86-64 compatible server class CPU(s) with 18+ cores @2.8GHz utilizing the Socket P (LGA3647) interface and support Hyper-threading (HT) technology

Note: CPU’s ISA (Instruction Set Architecture) must have native support for:

MKL (Math Kernel Extensions) FMA2/3 (Fused Multiply-Add) AVX2/3 (Advanced Vector Extensions)

System Firmware/UEFI

BIOS

Memory 512 Gigabytes (GB) of DDR4 2666 Megahertz (MHz) with error correcting code (ECC) memory in a quad channel configuration

System Firmware/UEFI

BIOS

Storage Two (2) Enterprise Class 256 GB SSD (OS)

(RAID 1)

Min:

Twenty-Four (24) 10 TB SAS/SATA HDD

(DATA) (RAID 50)

Max:

Thirty-Six (36) Enterprise Class 10 TB

SAS/SATA (DATA) (RAID 50)

System Firmware/UEFI

BIOS + HBA

Firmware

Networking One (1) Quad Port 40 Gigabit QSFP+ Converged Adapter One (1) Intel IGBE IPMI (Integrated)

System Firmware/UEFI

BIOS

HBA LSI MegaRAID SAS 9380-8i8e Min Ports: 24 Max Ports: 36

System Firmware

+ HBA BIOS

PSU Two (2) 1600W Redundant 80+ Platinum Hot- Swappable

Visual Inspection

Support Vendor must provide 24/7/365 support (hardware, and software) for no less than 3 consecutive years.

Documentation

Features/ Qualitative Evidence

Motherboard, Chipset, and Network Interface Controller MUST ALL be compatible with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.6+

Vendor Documentation

Condition New equipment, fully operational, assembled, tested, and configured to include all associated cabling.