Confidential

Supermicro

Partner Advantages
and X10 DP Segment Introduction

John Hui
IA DP Product Director
2014 EMEA Summer Event

Confidential Supermicro 2014

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Haswell Technology Update

Intels Next Generation
Bestin-class dual processor Haswell(E5-2600V3) technology delivers the
ultimate experience in performance, flexibility, and scalability

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Intel CPU Roadmap

Supermicro X9 Generation

Supermicro X8 Generation
45nm Process
Technology

32nm Process Technology

Nehalem
5500 series CPU

Westmere
5600 series CPU

22nm Process Technology

Microarchitecture Microarchitecture
(Nehalem)
(Nehalem)

Ivy Bridge
E5-2600 v2
series
Microarchitecture
Microarchitecture
(Sandy Bridge)
(Sandy Bridge)

X8 Tylersburg
platform

X9 Romley
platform

X9 Romley
platform

TOCK

TICK

TOCK

X8 Tylersburg
platform

TICK

Supermicro X10
Generation

Sandy Bridge
E5-2600 series

Haswell Server & Workstation

CPUs
22nm Process Technology

Haswell
E5-2600 v3 series
NEW Intel
Microarchitecture
(Haswell)
X10 Grantley
platform

TOCK

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Platform Overview
Haswell CPU

Up to 18 cores (45 MB cache)

TDP: Up to 145 W (SVR); 160 W (WS)

Socket

Socket-R3

Scalability

2S capability

Memory

4x DDR4 channels
1333, 1600, 1866, 2133
RDIMM, LRDIMM

QPI

2x QPI 1.1 channels

Up to 9.6 GT/s
PCIe 3.0 (2.5, 5, 8 GT/s)

PCIe
40x PCIe 3.0 (Per Socket)

C612 PCH

DMI2 PCIe 2.0 4x lanes, Up to 6xUSB3, 8x USB2 ports,

10xSATA3 ports, Embedded 7+ year life cycle support

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E5-2600 V3 SKUs
Advanced

25-30 MB LLC cache

9.6 GT/s QPI
DDR4-2133
Intel HyperThreading
Intel Turbo boost

Standard

15-20 MB LLC cache

8.0 GT/s QPI
DDR4-1866
Intel HyperThreading
Intel Turbo boost

12C
2.6 GHz

135W
E5-2690 v3

12C
2.5 GHz

120W
E5-2680 v3

12C
2.3 GHz

120W
E5-2670 v3

10C
2.6 GHz

105W
E5-2660 v3

10C
2.3 GHz

105W
E5-2650 v3

8C
2.6 GHz

90W
E5-2640 v3

8C
2.4 GHz

85W
E5-2630 v3

6C
2.4 GHz

Basic
15 MB LLC cache
6.4 GT/s QPI
DDR4-1600

85W
E5-2620 v3

7-year embedded life cycle support

(E5-2695 v3 has 5-year support)

Segmented
Optimized

18C
145W
2.3 GHz
E5-2699 v3

16C
135W
2.3 GHz
E5-2698 v3

35-45 MB LLC cache

9.6 GT/s QPI
DDR4-2133
Intel HyperThreading
Intel Turbo boost

14C
145W
2.6 GHz
E5-2697 v3
14C
2.3 GHz

120W
E5-2695 v3

14C
120W
2.0 GHz
E5-2683 v3
Frequency Optimized
2.5MB/core LLC
cache
9.6 GT/s QPI
DDR4-2133
Intel HyperThreading
Intel Turbo boost
2U cooling

10MB LLC cache

8.0GT/s QPI
DDR4-1866
Intel HyperThreading
Intel Turbo boost
1U cooling

8C (20M) 135W
3.2 GHz
E5-2667 v3
6C (20M) 135W
3.4 GHz
E5-2643 v3
4C (15M) 135W
3.5GHz
E5-2637 v3

4C (10M) 105W
3.0GHz
E5-2623 v3

Workstation Only
6C
1.9 GHz
6C
1.6 GHz

85W
E5-2609 v3
85W
E5-2603 v3

25MB LLC cache

9.6 GT/s QPI
DDR4-2133
Intel HyperThreading
Intel Turbo boost

10C 2S 160W
3.1 GHz
E5-2687W v3

Low
Power
2.5 MB/Core LLC
Cache
E5-2650L v3: 9.6 GT/s
QPI
E5-2630L v3: 8.0 GT/s
QPI
E5-2650L v3: DDR42133
E5-2630L v3: DDR41866
Intel Hyper-Threading
Intel Turbo boost

12C
1.8 GHz

65W
E5-2650L v3

8C
1.8 GHz

55W
E5-2630Lv3

Additional Storage/
Comms Focused SKUs
12C
2.2 GHz

105W
E5-2658 v3

12C
1.8 GHz

75W
E5-2648L v3

10C
2.0 GHz

75W
E5-2628L v3

8C
2.3 GHz

75W
E5-2618L v3

6C
2.0 GHz

50W
E5-2608L v3

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Memory Support
Speed up to DDR4 2133

Type

DIMM
Ranks Per
Capacity (GB)
DIMM and
Data Width

Speed (MT/s); Voltage (V);

Slot Per Channel (SPC) and DIMM Per Channel (DPC)
1 Slot Per
Channel
1DPC

2 Slots Per Channel

3 Slots Per Channel

1DPC

2DPC

1DPC

2DPC

3DPC

4Gb

8Gb

1.2V

1.2V

1.2V

1.2V

1.2V

1.2V

RDIMM

SRx4

8GB

16GB

2133

2133

1866

2133

1866

1600

RDIMM

SRx8

4GB

8GB

2133

2133

1866

2133

1866

1600

RDIMM

DRx8

8GB

16GB

2133

2133

1866

2133

1866

1600

RDIMM

DRx4

16GB

32GB

2133

2133

1866

2133

1866

1600

LRDIMM

QRx4

32GB

64GB

2133

2133

2133

2133

2133

1600

*DDR4 NVDIMMs will have partial support from Intel, but are not POR. Supermicro will continue leading
the industry and working with NVDIMM vendors independently.
**There is no DDR4 UDIMM support in Haswell

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Performance
Comparing IVB E5-2697 v2 vs. HSW E5-2697 v3
Up to 74% improvement on HPC benchmarks
CPU-intensive benchmarks improved ~20-40%
Memory-intensive benchmarks improved ~13%
2

1.74

1.5
Relative
Performance

E5-2697 v2 IVB
(12C, 2.7GHz,
130W)

E5-2697 v3 HSW
(14C, 2.6GHz,
145W)

0.5
0
Linpack

1.4
1.2
1
0.8
Relative
Performance
0.6
0.4
0.2
0

1.13
E5-2697 v2 IVB
(12C, 2.7GHz,
130W)
E5-2697 v3 HSW
(14C, 2.6GHz,
145W)

STREAM (Triad)

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Technology Enhancements
New X10 Features
Exciting new features that improve performance, increase flexibility, and
customer boost productivity

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X9 IVBX10 HSW Comparison

CPU
CPU socket types
Cores per CPU
Max Watts per CPU
QPI link speed
Instructions per CPU cycle
Memory
Max memory speed
Mem bandwidth improvement
Total slots per DP board
NVDIMM support
Storage
Max SATA3 ports
On-Board SuperDOM
Onboard SAS3 controllers
Integrated SAS3 write bandwidth increase
Integrated SAS3 read bandwidth increase

X9 X10
R, B2
12
150
8.0 GT/s
--

R3
18
160
9.6 GT/s
+10%

1866
-24
2 SKUs

2133
13%
24
All SKUs

2
0
No
---

10
2
Yes
Up to 70%
Up to 74%

Networking
Maximum onboard 10G ports
2
1GbE power savings for cost-effective MB
-Network bandwidth for Dedicated LAN
100 Mbps

4
31%
1 Gbps

X9

X10

USB 3.0 ports onboard

Thunderbolt AOC support
AOC supported in 1U WIO/Ultra architecture
AOC supported in 2U WIO/Ultra architecture

80
4 ports,
WS MB only
No
3
6

80
Up to 6 ports,
Server and WS
Yes
4
8

Remote Management Support

Max video resolution from BMC
Motherboard health/BIOS provisioning
# of RAID controllers supported for HDD health
System Utilization
System Inventory
Add-On-Card temperature

1280x1024
Yes
1
No
No
No

1920x1200
Yes
Multiple
Yes
Yes
Yes

Life Cycle
Embedded 7+ year MB life cycle support

Some MB

All MB

Performance Improvement
SPECInt*_rate_base2006 (CPU integer)
SPECfp*rate_base2006 (CPU floating)
Linpack (High Performance Computing)
SPECpower_ssj2008* (power efficiency)

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28% higher
42% higher
Up to 74% higher
~30% higher

I/O
Max PCIe 3.0 lanes per board

CPU Max TDP is subject to enclosure and heatsink cooling restrictions. Be sure to check all specifications for proper CPU TDP sizing

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Thermal Enhancements
Improved Thermal Performance
True Side-by-Side CPU placement
Several SKUs will support non-shadowed
CPUs
Improved airflow for CPU, Memory, and
VRMs
Eliminates CPU Pre-heating (up to 10o C)
Increase Turbo mode performance
Lower fan speeds also improve reliability,
reduce power, and lower system
acoustics
AOC Temperature Monitoring
Thermal monitoring of individual select
SMCI PCIe add-on-cards
Remote monitoring via IPMI
Support in SuperDoctor 5

X10DDW-iN

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I/O Enhancements
Flexible, Modular Expansion
More Storage Add On-Mezzanine (AOM)
Support
JBOD, SW RAID, HW RAID solutions
SuperCap backup option with 10 year
lifespan, higher temp extremes, faster
charging, green solution (LSI 3108)

Onboard Quad port 10GBASE-T option

Up to 8 AOC in 2U with multiple FHFL
supported by Ultra Server line

6 USB 3.0 ports from C612 PCH

10x higher bandwidth than USB 2.0
80% faster device charging

Thunderbolt Support
WS boards support add-on card
supporting 20 Gbps data transfers and
Displayport 1.2 for 4K Ultra HD video

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Storage Enhancements: NVMe and SuperDOM

NVM Express
Provides ~2x IOPS and 50% lower latency,
fastest storage technology available
Direct connection between CPU to NVMe
SSD over PCIe bus

Software Stack

Reduces software stack latency

Optimized for server caching and high

performance storage applications

Supermicro SATADOM
Direct connect to Motherboard SATA
connector with built in power pin (yellow
connector), optional 5V cable for backward
compatibility
Cost-effective, provides up to 64GB, 6 Gbps
performance
2x SuperDOM connectors on each X10
board, ideal for hypervisor/OS RAID 1

NVMe

SATA/SAS

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Storage Enhancements: SAS3/SATA3/NVDIMM Support

SAS3 (12 Gbps)
More LSI 3008/3108 onboard support
Double the onboard RAID Cache with
supercap option (3108)
Up to 70% bandwidth increase with
SAS3 SSD over SAS2 SSD, increase
performance w/ existing SAS2 drives

SATA3 (6 Gbps)
More ports available, up to 10
TRIM on RAID manages SSD wear
leveling and increases performance

NVDIMM Support
All X10 DP boards will have NVDIMM
support
SMCI will continue leading industry in
NVDIMM enablement

SAS3/SAS2/SATA3 Benchmark Comparison

Toshiba
PX02SMF020

Toshiba
MK4001GRZB

Sequential
Toshiba
Toshiba
Toshiba
Toshiba
Read (MB/s) / SAS3 3108 SAS3 2208 SAS2 3108 SAS2 2208
Block Size
Raid-0
Raid-0
Raid-0
Raid-0

Intel
SSDSC2BA800G3
Intel
SATA3
3108
Raid-0

Intel
SATA3
2208
Raid-0

1KB

231.43

172.72

224.16

168.45

238.91

168.75

4KB

1121.07

1306.19

1074.71

1198.64

1117.36

1249.53

16KB

4186.22

3738.71

3148.73

3625.41

2904.34

2878.62

64KB

5323.54

3594.12

4009.65

3638.91

3649.97

3364.81

128KB

5161.12

3694.68

4055.80

3732.63

3789.40

3463.54

256KB

5214.70

3566.93

4068.95

3592.40

3810.04

3291.08

512KB

5300.96

3505.57

4068.17

3609.23

3796.11

3306.11

1MB

5396.67

3671.80

4067.79

3701.13

3810.13

3345.43

5421.58
3715.87
4065.92
3749.22
RAID-0: 8 SSD, PX02SMF020 (FW: 02A0)

3809.50

3369.04

Intel
SATA3
3108
Raid-0

Intel
SATA3
2208
Raid-0

218.30
1009.24
2370.34
2608.42
2660.03
2687.17
2715.52
2741.78
2745.26

160.72
1164.87
2691.48
3023.93
3105.37
3046.77
3052.62
3074.26
3092.75

2MB
REMARKS

Sequential
Toshiba
Toshiba
Toshiba
Toshiba
Write (MB/s) / SAS3 3108 SAS3 2208 SAS2 3108 SAS2 2208
Block Size
Raid-0
Raid-0
Raid-0
Raid-0
1KB
4KB
16KB
64KB
128KB
256KB
512KB
1MB
2MB
REMARKS

229.23
171.38
177.29
152.91
1059.03
1196.82
974.50
973.53
3053.00
2640.53
1251.33
1557.42
3321.11
2818.51
1639.50
1801.68
3334.77
2901.76
1717.75
1847.06
3355.24
2825.88
1839.80
1804.33
3368.13
2834.54
1830.90
1843.70
3370.66
2842.53
1800.63
1952.26
3361.39
2848.09
1845.21
1974.73
RAID-0: 8 SSD, PX02SMF020 (FW: 02A0)

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X10 SKU Decoder

X 10 D R i - T

X10

= 10th Generation Xeon (Haswell)

= Dual Processor

= Socket R3 (LGA 2011)

= Workstation

= Datacenter Optimized

FF

= Fat Twin Front I/O

= Twin Architecture

FR

= Fat Twin Rear I/O

= WIO Architecture

= Cost Optimized

= Data Center Optimized

= GPU Optimized

= Storage Bridge Bay

= SAS3 12Gb (LSI)

= Ultra Architecture

= SATA only

= Hyper-Speed or Max Expansion

= Additional PCIe slots

= NVMe

LN4

= 1GBASE-T Quad port

T4

= 10GBASE-T Quad port

= 10GBASE-T

TP

= 10G SFP+

= GPU Optimized

Q/H

= Quad/Hex (six) GPU

= SAS3 12Gb (LSI)

= Twin Pro line

i/E

= SATA Only

IBQ

= Infiniband QDR (40Gb)

= Extra DIMMs

IBF

= Infiniband FDR (56Gb)