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Who says world-class high performance computing (HPC) should be reserved for large research centers? The Cray CX1 supercomputer makes HPC performance available to everyone, combining the power of a high performance cluster with the affordability, ease-of-use and seamless integration of a workstation, and is also available in a "light configuration" version, the Cray CX1-LC, and a high performance workstation, the Cray CX1-iWS.

Intel Xeon    Intel Cluster Ready

Equipped with powerful Intel® Xeon® processors and state-of-the-art visualization and storage capabilities, the award-winning Cray CX1 supercomputer delivers industry-leading performance across a broad range of applications and standard benchmarks, all in a compact, deskside system that plugs into a standard wall outlet. And, with an integrated Microsoft or Linux operating environment, the Cray CX1 supercomputer delivers true “ease of everything” computing, allowing any user to apply HPC power to challenging science, engineering, and design problems. Designed and priced for individuals and departmental workgroups, the Cray CX1 is simple to configure, deploy, administer and use. With the Cray CX1 supercomputer, Cray takes the HPC cluster out of the data center and places it next to your desk.

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Featuring Intel Xeon processor technology, the Cray CX1 supercomputer is a certified Intel Cluster Ready system. The certification program, sponsored by Intel, was designed to establish a common specification among original equipment manufacturers, independent software vendors (ISVs) and others for designing, programming and deploying clusters built with Intel components. For users, the certification means that the Cray CX1 system will support a wide range of Intel Cluster Ready ISV applications out of the box.

Designed for Performance

  • Configured and Optimized for High-Performance Computing (HPC)
  • Industry-Standard Hardware and Software

"Ease of Everything" Computing

  • Integrated HPC Operating Environment for Windows and Linux
  • Simple Setup and Operation
  • Affordably Priced

Purpose-Built for Offices, Laboratories or Other Constrained Environments

  • Deskside or Rack-Mount Form Factor
  • Active Noise Reduction
  • Standard Office Power

World’s Most Versatile Cluster

  • Up to Eight Blades per Chassis
  • Mix-and-match Compute, Graphic, Storage and GPGPU blades


Award Winning Features

Affordably priced, the award-winning Cray CX1 is the right size in performance, functionality and cost for a wide range of users, from the single user using a personal supercomputer to a department of users accessing shared clustered resources.

CX1 Enclosure (CXC108)

CXC108 Features:

  • Deskside or rackmount
  • 8 Slots for None
  • Up to 16 processors
  • Touch screen color LCD
  • 16 ports Gigabit Ethernet Switch and Cables

CX1 Blades - Head & Cluster Nodes

CN5500-XD, CS5504F-XD, CS5504H-XD, CV5501-XD, CN5500-GE, CS5504F-GE, CS5504H-GE, CV5501-GE

  • Dual processor
  • High-end NVIDIA card support
  • Large capacity storage node

CX1 Options

Highly customizable:

  • CX1 Wireless Keyboard and Mouse
  • Various Samsung LCD monitors - 24, 27 and 30 inches
  • Rugged CX1 Roadcase
  • NVIDIA Tesla S1070-500 System
  • Rack Cabinets - 24U, 42U, 48U
  • Rack-mount LCD console - 1U 17" LCD console
  • On-Site Installation Services
  • InfiniBand Kit - InfiniBand Kit DDR (12 or 24 ports)
  • Extended warranties up to 3, 4, or 5 years
  • Operating Systems and Support - MS Windows HPC Server 2008, Platform PCM 1.2 and HPC-WM
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Cray CX1 Specifications

Chassis Enclosure Form Factor: 7U modular enclosure (rackmount and/or pedestal)
Dimensions: W 12.22" (31.04cm) x H 17.5" (44.45cm) x D 35.5" (90.42cm)
Weight:
- Chassis with all I/O modules (Gigabit and InfiniBand) and power supplies - 62.2lbs (28.3kg)
- Chassis fully loaded with blades and I/O modules - 136.6lbs (62kg)
Power Supplies 1600 watt hot-plug power supplies
- Based on high efficiency and “power factor correction”
1600W @ 120V = 13.33A (92% efficiency: 14.40A)
1600W @ 220V = 6.66A (92% efficiency: 7.19A)
- Redundant power supplies support 2+2 (fully populated, full redundancy) or 1+1 (half populated, full redundancy) or 1 or 2 + 0 (non-redundant) modes
- Power supplies require 110 or 200+ volt AC input
Dimensions: W 4.274" (108.56 mm) x H 1.543" (39.19 mm) x D 21.52" (546.61 mm)
Weight: 5.9 lbs (2.68 kg)
Cooling Fans Chassis comes standard with hot pluggable, redundant fan modules based on Smart Energy Technologies
Input Device Front control panel with touch screen graphical LCD
- Supports initial configuration wizard
- Local server nodes, enclosure, and module information
Two USB "pass-throughs" in front and back
Enclosure I/O Modules Up to two fabrics, featuring Ethernet switches providing uplink scalability and high speed InfiniBand modular switches (8 ports SDR, 12 or 24 ports DDR)
Ethernet Switch
16 RJ-45 auto-sensing 10/100/1000 Mbps UTP ports
- Bandwidth: 32 Gbps (non-blocking)
- Forwarding Mode: Store-and-forward
- Forward rate: 10 Mbps port = 14,800 packets/sec; 100 Mbps port = 148,000 packets/sec; 1000 Mbps port = 1,488,000 packets/sec
- Latency: 100 to 100 Mbps = 40 μ (max); 1000 to 1000 Mbps = 10 μ (max)
- Queue buffer memory: 512 Kbytes per port
- Status LED: Power, activity and link indicators for each port, link and speed indicators built into each RJ-45 port
IBS12DDR/IBS24DDR 12 or 24 Ports InfiniBand Switch
IBS12DDR - Twelve -4X 10/20Gbps (SDR/DDR) CX4 ports with support for optical adapters and cables
- Subnet management software
- Embedded management with Linux OS with Ethernet and secure shell access
- Ultra-low latency < 180ns
- InfiniBand v1.2 compliant
- Dual redundant auto-sensing
- Status LED: Power, activity and link indicators for each port, link and speed indicators built into each CX4 port
- IBS24DDR - Optional 12-4X 10/20Gbps CX4 Ports daughter card (for a total of 24 ports)
- 480Gb/s (SDR) or 960Gb/s (DDR)
Management Web-based Remote System Management
Graphical Mode Console Redirection
Performance monitoring
Remote control: Graceful power shutdown and reboot, hard power shutdown and reset without notice
System Management: Local System Management Application, Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI)
Reports: System Information, Health Log, Administration, Application for local management
Pager Alert and E-mail Alerts
SNMP support
Health monitoring: CPU and system temperatures, system voltages, CPU and chassis fans, power failure
IPMI 2.0 support