SURA Birds of a FeatherI2 Spring Members MeetingApril 23, .ppt

1、SURA Birds of a Feather I2 Spring Members Meeting April 23, 2007,Gary Crane SURA Director IT Initiatives,SURA I2 BoF Agenda,Introductions SURA Program Update SERON Committee Formation SURAgrid Update New SURAgrid Corporate Partnerships New IBM Linux Cluster offering Dell Linux Cluster offering Open

2、Discussion,SURA IT Program Update,See current on-line IT Program Update at for details: http:/www.sura.org/programs/it.html IT Steering Group activities & summary of interactions with I2 & NLR SURA letters to I2 leadership Attachments 1&2 SURAgrid status & activities SURAgrid corporate partnership p

3、rogram AtlanticWave update AT&T GridFiber update SERON background and committee structure Attach 3 SURAgrid Governance Proposal Attachment 4 SURAgrid application summaries Attachments 5-9 Multiple Genome Alignment GSU Urban Water System Threat Management Simulation NC State Bio-electric Simulator fo

4、r Whole Body Tissues ODU Storm Surge Modeling with ADCIRC UNC-CH/RENCI Searching Protein Databases - UAB,SERON Committee Activities Background,SURA SE footprint Has 63 research institutions 35% of dues-paying I2 member 7 of the 16 NLR memberships All but 3 states have R&E network initiatives Strong

5、history of connectivity leadership SURANet Regional Infrastructure Initiative & AT&T Partnership Operational RONs: FLR, LEARN LONI, MATP, MAX, NCREN, OneNet, SLR,Held Two Community Organized and Led Information & Planning Meetings,July 27, 2006 Atlanta meeting Resulted in creation of 2 working group

6、s Explore ways to leverage SURA region RONs to reduce costs / improve services Working group led by Larry Conrad Leverage SURA region to influence I2 / NLR relationship Working group led by John Mullin February 20, 2007 Atlanta meeting SERON Committee formed SURA RON Traffic Analysis group formed,Fi

7、rst Meeting of the SERON Committee APRIL 17, 2007,Agreed to continue to pursue cooperative efforts by SURA region RONs leveraging SURA Nominated a SERON Chair Charlie McMahon (LSU) and co-Chair Phil Halstead (FLR) Will work with SURA to continue to organize SERON community,SERON Products,Several let

8、ters from SURA President and IT Committee Chair stating SURA regional views on I2/NLR developments An initial effort to organize a SURA regional traffic analysis Improved communications between I2 & NLR leaders and SURA region network leadersActive effort to nominate SURA regional networking leaders

9、 to I2 Council positions,SURAgrid Update,Mary Fran Yafchak SURA IT Program Coordinator,SURAgrid Corporate Partnerships,Existing IBM p575 partnership New IBM e1350 Linux partnenrship New Dell PowerEdge 1950 partnership Significant product discounts Owned and operated by SURAgrid participants Integrat

10、ed into SURAgrid with 20% of capacity available to SURAgrid,Existing P5 575 System Solution,Robust Hardware with High Reliability Components 16 CPU scalability within a node Low Latency High Performance Switch Technology AIX OS & Software Subsystems High Compute Density Packaging Ability to scale to

11、 very large configurations,0.97 TFlop Solution For SURA,1.7 TFlop Solution for SURA,Two Options,p5 575 Software,AIX 5.3 General Parallel File System (GPFS) with WAN Support LoadLeveler Cluster Systems Management (CSM) Compilers (XL/FORTRAN, XLC) Engineering and Scientific Subroutine Library (ESSL) I

12、BMs Parallel Environment (PE) Simultaneous Multi-Threading (SMT) Support Virtualization, Micro-Partitioning, DLPAR,SURA Pricing for p5 575 Solutions,0.97 TFlop Solution 8 Nodes $380,000.00 to SURA (16GB/Node)* 8 Nodes $410,000.00 to SURA (32GB/Node)* 1.70 TFlop Solution 14 Nodes $610,000.00 to SURA

13、(16GB/Node)* 14 Nodes $660,000.00 to SURA (32GB/Node)* Price Includes 3 Year Warranty Hardware M-F, 8-5, Next Day Service Pricing Available Through the End of Calendar Year 2007Net Price to Add a Node with 32 GB Memory : $56,752 Net Price to Add a Node with 16 GB Memory : $53,000,New SURA e1350 Linu

14、x Cluster,New IBM BladeCenter-H, new HS21XM Blades and Intel Quad-Core Processors 3 TFLOP Configuration One Rack solution with GigE interconnect 1GB/core Combination Management/User node with storage 6 TFLOP Performance Focused Solution for HPC Two Rack solution utilizing DDR Infiniband 2GB/core Com

15、bination Management/User node with storage Optional SAN supporting 4Gbs storage at 4.6Tbytes,Announced at last weeks SURA BoT meeting,3 TFLOP e1350 Cluster -,34 HS21XM Blade Servers in 3 BladeCenter H Chassis Dual Quad-Core 2.67 GHz Clovertown Processors 1 GB Memory per core 73 GB SAS Disk per blade

16、 GigE Ethernet to Blade with 10Gbit Uplink Serial Terminal Server connection to every blade Redundant power/fansx3650 2U Management/User Node Dual Quad-Core 2.67 GHz Clovertown Processors 1 GB Memory per core Myricom 10Gb NIC Card RAID Controller with (6) 300GB 10K Hot-swap SAS Drives Redundant powe

17、r/fansForce10 48-port GigE Switch with 2 10Gb UplinksSMC 8-port 10Gb Ethernet Switch(2) 32-port Cyclades Terminal ServersRedHat ES 4 License and Media Kit (3 years update support)Console Manger, Pull-out console, keyboard, mouseOne 42U Enterpise Rack, all cables, PDUsShipping and Installation5 Days

18、onsite Consulting for configuration, skills transfer3 Year Onsite Warranty,$217,285,70 HS21XM Blade Servers in 5 BladeCenter H Chassis Dual Quad-Core 2.67 GHz Clovertown Processors 2 GB Memory per core 73 GB SAS Disk per blade GigE Ethernet to Blade DDR Non-Blocking Voltaire Infiniband Low Latency N

19、etwork Serial Terminal Server connection to every blade Redundant power/fansx3650 2U Management/User Node Dual Quad-Core 2.67 GHz Clovertown Processors 1 GB Memory per core Myricom 10Gb NIC Card RAID Controller with (6) 300GB 10K Hot-swap SAS Drives Redundant power/fansDDR Non-Blocking Infiniband Ne

20、twork Force10 48-port GigE Switch(3) 32-port Cyclades Terminal ServersRedHat ES 4 License and Media Kit (3 years update support)Console Manger, Pull-out console, keyboard, mouseOne 42U Enterpise Rack, all cables, PDUsShipping and Installation10 Days onsite Consulting for configuration, skills transf

21、er3 Year Onsite Warranty,6 TFLOP e1350 Cluster -,$694,309,x3650 Storage Node Dual Quad-Core 2.67 GHz Clovertown Processors 1 GB Memory per core Myricom 10Gb NIC Card (2) 3.5“ 73GB 10k Hot Swap SAS Drive (2) IBM 4-Gbps FC Dual-Port PCI-E HBA Redundant power/fans 3 Year Onsite 24x7x4Hour On-site Warra

22、ntyDS4700 Storage Subsystem 4 Gbps Performance (Fiber Channel) EXP810 Expansion System (32) 4 Gbps FC, 146.8 GB/15K Enhanced Disk Drive Module (E-DDM) Total 4.6 TB Storage Capacity,6 TFLOP e1350 Cluster Storage Option -,$41,037,SURA Dell Partnership,Complete Dell Dell PowerEdge 1950 2TFlop High Perf

23、ormance Computing Cluster SURAGrid Special Offer - $112,500 Master Node Dell PowerEdge 1950 (Qty = 1) Compute Nodes Dell PowerEdge 1950 (Qty = 27) Gigabit Ethernet Interconnect Dell PowerConnect 6248 (Qty = 2)PowerEdge 4210, 42U FramePlatform Rocks Cluster Management Software 1 year support agreemen

24、t Complete Rack & Stack, including cabling, prior to delivery Complete Software Installation Operating system, Cluster Management Software 2 Day on-site systems engineer,Dual 2.33GHz/2x4MB Cache, Quad Core Intel Xeon E5345, 1333MHz FSB Processors 12GB FBD 667MHz Memory 80GB 7.2K RPM SATA Hard Drive

25、Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS v4 1Yr RHN Subscription, EM64T 24X CD-ROM 3 Years HPCC Next Business Day Parts and Labor On-Site Service,Compute Nodes Dell PowerEdge 1950 (Qty = 27),Master Node Dell PowerEdge 1950 (Qty = 1) Dual 2.33GHz/2x4MB Cache, Quad Core Intel Xeon E5345, 1333MHz FSB Processors 12G

26、B FBD 667MHz Memory Embedded RAID Controller PERC5 (2) 146GB, SAS Hard Drive (RAID1) Dual On-Board 10/100/100 NICS 24X CDRW/DVD-ROM Dell Remote Assistance Card Redundant Power Supply Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS v4 1Yr Red Hat Network Subscription, EM64T 3 Years Premier HPCC Support with Same Day 4 H

27、our Parts and Labor On-Site Service,Gigabit Ethernet Interconnect Dell PowerConnect 6248 (Qty = 2) PowerConnect 6248 Managed Switch, 48 Port 10/100/1000 Mbps Four 10 Gigabit Ethernet uplinks 3 Years Support with Next Business Day Parts Service Other Components - PowerEdge 4210, Frame, Doors, Side Pa

28、nel, Ground, 42U (3) 24 Amp, Hi-Density PDU, 208V, with IEC to IEC Cords 1U Rack Console with 15“ LCD Display, Mini-Keyboard/Mouse Combo Platform Rocks Cluster Management Software with 1 year support agreement Complete Rack & Stack, including cabling, prior to delivery Complete Software Installation

29、 - Operating system, Cluster Management Software, etc. 2 Day on-site systems engineer,For More Information Regarding IBM and Dell Discount Packages,Contact Gary Crane 315-597-1459 or gcranesura.org,SURAgrid Governance and Decision-Making Structure Overview,See Tab 17 (page 28) of Board materials boo

30、k for a copy of the SURAgrid Governance and Decision Making Structure Proposal SURAgrid Project Planning Working Group established at Sep 2006 In-Person Meeting to develop governance options for SURAgrid. Participants included: Linda Akli, SURA Gary Crane, SURA Steve Johnson, Texas A&M University Sa

31、ndi Redman, University of Alabama in Huntsville Don Riley, University of Maryland & SURA IT Fellow Mike Sachon, Old Dominium University Srikanth Sastry, Texas A&M University Mary Fran Yafchak, SURA Art Vandenberg, Georgia State University,SURAgrid Governance Overview,To date SURAgrid has been used C

32、onsensus based decision-making with SURA facilitating process State of maturity & investment formal governance needed Expected purposes of formal governance Ensure those investing have appropriate role in governance Support sustainable growth of active participation to enhance SURAgrid infrastructur

33、e 3 initial membership classes 3 Classes of Membership Defined 1. Contributing Member Higher education or related org contributing significant resources to advance SURAgrid regional infrastructure SURA is contributing member by definition 2. Participating Member Higher education or related org parti

34、cipating in SURAgrid activities other than Contributing Member 3. Partnership Member Entity (org, commercial, non-HE) with strategic relationship with SURAgrid,SURAgrid Governance Overview,SURAgrid Contributing Members form primary governing body Each SURAgrid Contributing Member will designate one

35、SURAgrid voting member SURAgrid Governance Committee elected by SURAgrid Contributing Members SURAGrid Governance Committee provides Act on behalf of Contributing Members guidance, facilitation, reporting Initial SURAgrid Governance Committee will have 9 members: 8 elected by contributing members 1

36、appointed by SURA,Transitioning to the New SURAgrid Governance and Decision-Making Structure,SURAgrid Participating Organization designate a SURAgrid LEAD Done New governance structure approved by SURA IT Steering Group Done New Governance structure approved by vote of SURAgrid participating leads D

37、one Call for nominations for SURAgrid Governance Committee candidates Done Nominations will be accepted through midnight April 28 Election of SURAgrid Governance Committee members is expected to be completed by May 12,New IBM e1350 Linux Cluster,BladeCenter-H Based Chassis Redundant power supplies a

38、nd Fan Units Advanced Management Module Dual 10 Gbps Backplanes Fully integrated, tested and installed e1350 Cluster Onsite configuration, setup and skills transfer QUAD-CORE Intel Processors (8 Cores/Node) Single Point of Support for the Cluster Terminal Server connection to every Node IBM 42U Enterprise Racks Pull-out Console monitor, keyboard, mouse Redundant power and fans on all nodes 3 Year Onsite Warranty 9x5xNext Day on-site on Compute Nodes 24x7x4 Hour on-site on Management Node, switches, racks (optional Storage),