MRI Cluster
Last Modified: 04/24 13:29
Overview
The MRI Cluster is a supercomputing cluster that was brought online in June of 2008. It was purchased through a grant provided by the National Science Foundation for the purpose of facilitating general scientific research which requires the use of High-Performance Computing capabilities. It relies on a high-speed interconnect to facilitate message-passing between compute nodes. File servers are available for large temporary or permanent file storage.
Hardware Specs
Nodes
| Model | SunFire X4150 Server |
| Processor | 2 x Intel(R) Xeon X5460 @ 3.16GHz (Quad Core) |
| Memory | (8x2GB) PC2-5300 667 MHz ECC Fully Buffered DDR2 |
| Network | Four 10/100/1000Base-T Ethernet ports |
| Network Management | One dedicated 10/100Base-T Ethernet port |
| Storage | 73 GB Hot-swappable SAS Drive with SAS Host Bus Adapter |
| Form Factor | 1U Rack-mounted chassis |
| InfiniBand Adapter | Mellanox Technologies MT25418 [ConnectX IB DDR, PCIe 2.0 2.5GT/s] (rev a0) |
| Quantity | 120 Nodes |
Network Switches
Edge Switches
| Model | Force10 S50V |
| Features | 44 ports 10/100/1000Base-T |
| 4 ports 10/100/1000Base-T shared with SFP ports | |
| 2 10Gb Line Cards | |
| Form Factor | 1U Rack-mount |
| Quantity | 4 |
Core Switch
| Model | Force10 Networks S2410 |
| Features | 22 ports, CX4 10Gb; 4 port, XFP, Redundant PS |
| Form Factor | 1U Rack-Mount |
| Quantity | 1 |
Management Switches
| Model | Nortel BayStack 425 |
| Features | 48 ports, Ethernet 10Base-T, Ethernet 100Base-TX |
| Form Factor | 1U Rack-mount |
| Quantity | 4 |
InfiniBand
| Model | QLogic SilverStorm 9120 |
| Ports | 120 x 4X DDR InfiniBand |
| Line Cards | 12 Leaf Cards |
File Servers
| Model | SunFire x4150 |
| Processor | 2 x Intel(R) Xeon X5460 @ 3.16GHz (Quad Core) |
| Memory | (4x2GB) PC2-5300 667 MHz ECC Fully Buffered DDR2 |
| Network | Four 10/100/1000Base-T Ethernet ports, 4-way LACP configuration |
| Network Management | One dedicated 10/100Base-T Ethernet port |
| Storage | Mirrored 73 GB Hot-swappable SAS Drives with SAS Host Bus Adapter |
| Form Factor | 1U Rack-mounted chassis |
| Quantity | 3 Nodes |
| Attached Storage | StorageTek 6140 w/ 12 x 500GB SATA disks @7200 RPM. FibreChannel Connected |
