HPE Synergy Infrastructure
HPE Synergy is a new category of infrastructure that bridges traditional and cloud‐native applications through the implementation of composable infrastructure. The HPE Synergy product line delivers a series of key architectural principles, which are described in the following sections.
Composable infrastructure starts with fluid resource pools. Composable pools of compute, storage, and fabric work as a single structure, ready to boot up for any workload. Such pools can also be instantly turned on and flexed to meet the needs of any business application. The fluid nature of this architecture effectively eliminates stranded resources by enabling administrators to build the environment in a way that disaggregates the underlying compute, storage, and fabric resources. In this context, disaggregation basically means that you are able to scale each resource individually. You are not forced to add resources that are not required in order to get the resources you need.
The HPE Synergy 12000 frame is the hardware foundation for the HPE composable vision. It provides a location in which compute, storage, fabric, and management are all aggregated. The HPE Synergy 12000 frame is optimized to include all elements required to run any workload. It includes embedded management, and it is designed to support a wide range of compute modules and storage options.
The back of the frame includes fabric interconnects, enabling flexibility with regard to storage and other interconnectivity needs. The frame is designed to be optimized for longevity. HPE has taken into consideration ongoing requirements for power, cooling, and bandwidth that might occur over the next decade. You will be able to protect your investment even as you go through multiple generations of compute, storage, and fabric resources.
In addition, as technology moves from copper connectivity to fiber optics, you will be able to upgrade your environment to leverage this paradigm shift. The frame is plumbed to allow you to increase bandwidth, from 10 to 25, 40, and 100 GbE and beyond.
HPE Synergy features two composable management components for administering workloads running in the environment: HPE Synergy Composer and the optional HPE Synergy Image Streamer. HPE Synergy Composer is used in this solution.
HPE Synergy Composer
HPE Synergy Composer, powered by HPE OneView, enables you to deploy, monitor, update, and manage infrastructure through its life cycle from a single interface. As the window into HPE Synergy, the Composer uses a template process to provision compute, storage, and fabric resources. The template enables infrastructure to be deployed and consistently updated with the right configuration parameters and firmware versions streamlining the delivery of IT services.
HPE Synergy Storage
For composable storage, HPE Synergy provides support for file, block, and object-based storage systems and supports a variety of both internal and external storage modules and arrays.
HPE Synergy Compute
HPE Synergy supports both two-socket and four-socket compute modules that provide the performance, scalability, density optimization, storage simplicity, and configuration flexibility to power a variety of workloads, including business processing, IT infrastructure, web infrastructure, collaborative, and high-performance computing.
This solution uses the HPE Synergy 480 Gen10 Compute Module.
| Component | Specifications |
|---|---|
| Processor number | 1 or 2 |
| Processor core available | 28 or 26 or 24 or 18 or 16 or 14 or 12 or 10 or 8 or 6 or 4 |
| Processor cache | 38.5 MB, 35.75 MB, 33.00 MB, 30.25 MB, 27.5 MB, 24.75 MB, 22.0 MB, 19.25 MB, 16.5 MB, or 13.75 MB |
| Processor speed | 3.6 GHz |
| Form factor chassis | Compute module |
| Power supply type | 6, frame-based |
| Expansion slots | 3, for detailed descriptions, reference the QuickSpecs |
| Maximum memory | 1.5 TB |
| Memory slots | 24 DIMM slots |
| Memory type | HPE DDR4-2666 smart memory or HPE DDR4-2666 NVDIMM memory available |
| Memory protective features | Advanced ECC Memory mirroring mode Memory online spare mode |
| Drive description | 2 SFF SAS/SATA or 2 SFF NVMe (optional) or 2 M.2 SATA and 2 dual uFF, hot-plug, depending on model |
| System fan features | Frame-based |
| Network controller | Synergy 6810C 25/50 Gb converged network adapter (CNA) 2 ports per
controller or Synergy 3820C 10/20 Gb CNA or Synergy 2820C 10 Gb CNA There are more options. For all controller options, see the QuickSpecs. |
| Warranty |
3/3/3 Server Warranty includes three years of parts, three years of labor, three years of onsite support coverage. Additional information regarding worldwide limited warranty and technical support is available at HPE Enterprise Support. Additional Hewett Packard Enterprise support and service coverage for your product can be purchased locally. For information about availability of service upgrades and the cost for these service upgrades, refer to HPE Enterprise Support. |