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Shawn Hansen Director of Marketing. Windows Compute Cluster Server 2003. Mission: Enable scientist and researcher to focus on Science, not IT. Windows Server 2003, Compute Cluster Edition. Microsoft Windows Compute Cluster Server 2003. +. =. Compute Cluster Pack. Optional CD Adds MS-MPI
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Windows Compute Cluster Server 2003 Mission:Enable scientist and researcher to focus on Science, not IT. Windows Server 2003, Compute Cluster Edition Microsoft Windows Compute Cluster Server 2003 + = Compute Cluster Pack • Optional CD • Adds MS-MPI • Integrated Job Scheduler • Cluster Resource Management Tools • Integrated Solution out-of-the-box • Leverages investment in Windows administration and tools • Makes cluster operation easy and secure as a single system • Core HPC Platform • Computationally intense and scale-out workloads • Leverage strengths of Windows Server platform
Microsoft Support for OpenFabrics • Support for RDMA stack with vendor collaboration, open development • Expanding beyond MPI over WSD • Microsoft WHQL Certification • Issued on individual vendor basis • Focused on IPoIB and WSD • Shipping via all Tier 1 OEM vendors.
Compute Cluster Solution Roadmap 2008+ 2006 2007 • Longhorn-based V2 • Q1 2007: Windows CCS SP1 • Coincides with Windows 2003 Server SP2 • Released: August 2006
Fluent Benchmarks – s1, s2, s3 Benchmark Configuration: HP Cluster Platform
MPI2* Winsock Socket Switch Applications WinSock Provider SDP SPI** Windows Access Layer Library OF Windows Verbs Provider Library Hardware TCP/UDP/ICMP IP StorPort SDP** * Windows Compute Cluster Server 2003 ** Will be available in the future Kernel Bypass NDIS SRP Miniport IPoIB Access Layer HCA Hardware Verbs Provider Driver Windows InfiniBand Drivers Applications User WSD SAN Provider Management Tools VNIC** Kernel
Summary • Windows Compute Cluster Server 2003 removes administrative barriers preventing broad adoption of HPC solutions • Familiar environment and integration with standard tools • Convenient job scheduler • Parallel debugging capabilities and full support of MPI standards • Windows Compute Cluster Server 2003 makes HPC accessible to all scientists, engineers, and businesses
Resources • Microsoft HPC Web site • http://www.microsoft.com/hpc/ • Windows Server x64 information • http://www.microsoft.com/64bit/ • http://www.microsoft.com/x64/ • Windows Server System information • http://www.microsoft.com/wss/ • Get the Facts Web site • http://www.microsoft.com/getthefacts
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