Super Micro Computer Inc., a manufacturer of servers and storage technology, is now shipping its MicroBlade extreme density server platform, targeting hyper-scale data center, cloud, web hosting environments and video streaming, VDI, and high performance video/graphics applications.
MicroBlade features an open and flexible architechiture that fits in an industry standard 19-inch rack. It is a 6U, converged computing platform that combines the density, ease of use, manageability, high availability, serviceability, and efficiency of blade servers with the cost advantage of rack-mount servers.
“Supermicro MicroBlade solutions deliver extreme high density, energy efficiency, optimized cooling, and cost effectiveness by enabling VLP DDR4 16/32GB RDIMM without a price premium over existing memory technologies,” says Charles Liang, president and CEO of Supermicro. “Our advanced power saving, modular architecture leads the industry by dramatically increasing compute density to maximize performance per watt, per dollar, per square foot all while offering the best quality and ease of serviceability.”
The modular MicroBlade architecture, supporting Intel Xeon E5-2600 v3, E3-1200 v3, Xeon D-1500, and Atom C2000 series processors, maximizes rack space with full-featured power-conserving servers in serviceable front access hot-swap blade modules. Compute and storage are integrated in these 28 blades and shared networking, power, and cooling are located at the rear of the system. The 6U MicroBlade enclosure incorporates redundant Titanium-Level high-efficiency (96%+) Digital Switching power supplies, optimized airflow with redundant energy-efficient cooling fans, redundant chassis management modules (CMM), and redundant† high-speed, low-latency SDN switches. The 1Gb/2.5Gb Ethernet switches (MBM-GEM-001/003s/003i) and 10Gb Ethernet switch (MBM-XEM-001), based on Intel Ethernet switch FM5224 and FM6348, respectively, support enhanced features for high-performance switching environments: low latency, scalability, Priority Flow Control, and DCBX.
The Supermicro 6U MicroBlade portfolio includes:
- MBI-6128R-T2/-T2X – A performance-oriented solution with density up to 196 Intel Xeon DP nodes (5488) cores) per 42U rack. It supports dual Intel Xeon Processor E5-2600 v3 (up to 14 cores) up to 28x DP servers with 1GbE and 10GbE options.
- MBI-6218G-T41X, MBI-6118G-T41X – A high-density, low power solution featuring 56 Intel Xeon Processor D-1500 (Broadwell-DE) based servers in 6U (up to 392 computing nodes per 42U rack) with 10GbE.
- MBI-6118D-T2/-T2H/-T4/-T4H – A high-density, single-socket server solution supporting Intel Xeon E3-1200 v3 (up to 84W TDP) and upcoming new processors. Up to 196 Denlow UP nodes per 42U rack.
- MBI-6418A-T7H/-T5H – An ultra-low power solution using 8-Core Intel Atom Processor C2000, with up to 112 nodes in 6U (up to 784 computing nodes per 42U rack) enclosure.
For more information on Supermicro’s complete line of MicroBlade solutions, visit www.supermicro.com/MicroBlade.
