{"id":3499,"date":"2018-09-28T14:44:22","date_gmt":"2018-09-28T12:44:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ucthpc.uct.ac.za\/?p=3499"},"modified":"2018-09-28T14:47:23","modified_gmt":"2018-09-28T12:47:23","slug":"hpc-update","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ucthpc.uct.ac.za\/index.php\/2018\/09\/28\/hpc-update\/","title":{"rendered":"HPC update"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Following the move of Hex to Bremner we have continued installing the new HPC kit. A total of 4 Dell R740XD storage servers, 26 Dell 40 core C6420 compute nodes and 4 Dell C4140 GPU nodes with four P100 cards each have been installed, along with a 100GB EDR Mellanox switch. Configuring management options and updating firmware will take several days after which the Infiniband network and storage servers will be configured. We hope to have this ready by the second week of October after which we will provide another update.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"450\" height=\"800\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-3501\" src=\"https:\/\/ucthpc.uct.ac.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/20180926_194205.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ucthpc.uct.ac.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/20180926_194205.jpg 450w, https:\/\/ucthpc.uct.ac.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/20180926_194205-169x300.jpg 169w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><br \/>\nA mess of cables, still need to add IB-EDR cables and do some tidying up!<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"450\" height=\"800\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-3502\" src=\"https:\/\/ucthpc.uct.ac.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/20180921_121811.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ucthpc.uct.ac.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/20180921_121811.jpg 450w, https:\/\/ucthpc.uct.ac.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/20180921_121811-169x300.jpg 169w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><br \/>\nStorage nodes as well as four of the six C6400 enclosures.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Following the move of Hex to Bremner we have continued installing the new HPC kit. 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