Supermicro® Hyper Converged Infrastructure (HCI) Solution Using Storage Spaces Direct (S2D)
Supermicro's HCI offerings are Windows Server Software-Defined (WSSD) validated software-defined data centers (SDDC) premium solutions that are built on Supermicro’s industry leading All-NVMe/Hybrid systems and Windows Server 2016.
With the launch of Supermicro's latest X11 generation of SuperServers, this solution family now includes highest performing and flexible X11 2U Ultra server, and 2U 4-node BigTwin systems that support Intel® Xeon® Scalable processors and DDR4-2666 memory.
Along with X10 generation solution SKUs, the Supermicro HCI family delivers the full capability of a comprehensive software-defined data center by leveraging NVMe SSD drives, RDMA (Remote Direct Memory Access) enabled network components, Storage Spaces Direct (S2D), and satisfy customers’ different needs for performance, capacity and cost.
Supermicro HCI premium solutions provide the following benefits:
- Performance: Industry highest performance delivered by new generation of Supermicro X11 systems
- Density: Support 40 VMs per server node
- Features: Certified to support full Windows Server 2016 SDDC features
- Ease of use: Factory validated and certified for Microsoft HCI Premium
- Scalability: Easy to scale out with predictable storage efficiency and performance improvements
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Below is the feature comparison between Supermicro HCI Premium Solutions and other WSSD offerings.
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Converged Software-Defined Storage |
HCI Standard Solution |
Supermicro HCI Premium Solution |
| Security |
| BitLocker, Shielded Virtual Machines |
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✓ |
| Windows Defender, Credential Guard, Device Guard |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
| Compute |
| Hyper-V |
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✓ |
✓ |
| Network |
| Software-defined networking capabilities |
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✓ |
| NIC teaming, vSwitches, SMB Direct |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
| Storage |
| Storage Spaces Direct software- defined storage |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
| Management |
| Virtual Machine Manager |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
| Operations Manager |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
| Servers |
| x86 industry standard hardware |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
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Supermicro new generation X11 HCI premium solutions
Supermicro X11 SuperServers are designed to deliver the highest performance, flexibility, scalability and serviceability to demanding IT environments, and to power mission-critical enterprise workloads.
The X11 HCI premium solution currently offer 2 SKUs: SYS-2029U-S2D contains 3 nodes of 2U rackmount SYS-2029U-E1CR4T Ultra servers; SYS-2029BT-HNC0R-S2D consist of a single 2U 4 nodes SYS-2029BT-HNC0R BigTwin™ server.
Both SKUs are equipped with latest Intel® Xeon® Scalable processors, 128GB of DDR4 memory, and NVMe SSDs (as cache devices). The Ultra SKU has Supermicro 25GbE RDMA enabled network adapters on each server node, and BigTwin has Supermicro SIMO card installed that contains Dual-port 25GbE SFP 28 Mellanox ConnectX-4 and Dual-port Intel 10GBase-T.
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Hyper-Converged Infrastructure Premium |
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| Orderable BOM |
SYS-2029U-E1CR4-S2D |
SYS-2029BT-HNC0R-S2D |
| Server SKU |
SYS-2029U-E1CR4T |
SYS-2029BT-HNC0R |
| OS |
Windows Server 2016 Datacenter Edition Included |
| Profile |
Hybrid |
Hybrid |
| Scalability |
3 nodes |
4 nodes |
| Form Factor |
3x 2U |
1x 2U |
| RDMA |
Yes |
Yes |
| TPM 2.0 |
Yes |
Yes |
| CPU |
Dual Intel® Xeon® Scalable Processors |
| Memory |
128GB (up to 3TB DDR4-2666 per node) |
128GB (up to 3TB DDR4-2666 per node) |
| HBA |
LSI 3008 |
LSI 3008 |
| NIC |
Supermicro AOC-S25G-m2S |
Supermicro SIOM Dual-port 25GbE SFP28 Mellanox ConnectX-4 and Dual-port Intel 10GBase-T |
| Storage |
Type |
Qty. |
Form Factor |
Type |
Qty. |
Form Factor |
| Caching |
800GB NVMe |
2 |
2.5” U.2 |
1.6TB NVMe |
2 |
2.5” U.2 |
| Capacity |
2TB SATA HDD |
6 |
2.5” U.2 |
1.6TB SATA3 |
4 |
2.5” U.2 |
| Drive (OS) |
2x 2.5" SATA SSD (480GB) |
2x M.2 SATA SSD 6Gb/s3D MLC (480GB) |
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Supermicro X10 HCI premium solutions
Supermicro X10 HCI Premium offer three SKUs. SYS-1028U-S2D is based on four 1U rackmount SYS-1028U-TN10RT+ Ultra servers; SYS-2028TP-S2D uses 2 2U SYS-2028TP-DNCTP TwinPro™ servers; SYS-F628R3-S2D has one 4U SYS-F628R3-RC0B+ FatTwin™ server.
All three SKUs are equipped with dual Intel® Xeon® E5-2600 v4 processors, 128GB of DDR4 memory, NVMe SSDs (as cache devices), Supermicro 25GbE RDMA enabled network adapters on each server node.
| Category |
Hyper-Converged Infrastructure Premium |
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| Orderable BOM |
SYS-1028U-S2D |
SYS-2028TP-S2D |
SYS-F628R3-S2D |
| Server SKU |
SYS-1028U-TN10RT+ |
SYS-2028TP-DNCTR |
SYS-F628R3-RC0B+ |
| OS |
Windows Server 2016 Datacenter Edition Included |
| Profile |
All-flash NMVe |
Hybrid |
Hybrid |
| Scalability |
4 nodes |
4 nodes |
4 nodes |
| Form Factor |
4x 1U |
2x 2U |
1x 4U |
| RDMA |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| TPM 2.0 |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| CPU |
Intel® Xeon® processor E5-2600 v4 product family |
| Memory |
128GB (up to 3TB per node) |
128GB (up to 3TB per node) |
128GB (up to 2TB per node) |
| HBA |
N/A |
LSI 3008 |
LSI 3008 |
| NIC |
Supermicro AOC-S25G-m2S |
Supermicro AOC-S25G-m2S |
Supermicro AOC-S25G-m2S |
| Storage |
Type |
Qty. |
Form Factor |
Type |
Qty. |
Form Factor |
Type |
Qty. |
Form Factor |
| Caching |
400GB NVMe |
2 |
2.5” U.2 |
800GB NVMe |
3 |
2.5” U.2 |
800GB NVMe |
2 |
2.5” U.2 |
| Capacity |
2TB NVMe |
6 |
2.5” U.2 |
2TB SATA3 HDD |
6 |
2.5” U.2 |
6TB SAS3 HDD |
6 |
3.5” U.2 |
| Drive (OS) |
2x 2.5" SATA SSD (480GB) |
1x 2.5" SATA SSD (480GB) |
2x 2.5" SATA SSD (480GB) |
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Supermicro Rack Integration Services provides a "one-stop shop" for your data center needs. Our team has the confidence, flexibility, and expertise to handle all phases of your data center integration project. From requirements gathering to the delivery of a turn-key solution - and all phases in between - you can rely on Supermicro Rack Integration Services as your central resource for project success. With our extensive portfolio of server, storage, switch and rack products, we can provide a wide range of solutions with a focus on customer satisfaction, quality, and energy efficiency. Our global footprint, dedicated and skilled professionals, and integrated supply-chain will ensure you get what you need, when you need it, no matter where in the world you are.
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Supermicro® Converged Software-Defined Storage (SDS) Solutions
Supermicro is now offering Converged Software-Defined Storage solutions that are built on a cluster of Supermicro's High-Performance All-NVMe/Hybrid SuperStorage server nodes, providing lower cost, enterprise-grade storage capacity for Hyper-V workloads, and a seamless replacement to traditional expensive SAN/NAS infrastructure without any compute cluster changes. Supermicro Converged SDS are perfect storage solutions to small/mid-sized IT environments because of its low cost, simplicity, as well as flexibility and cloud-scale traits.
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Supermicro Converged SDS offers two SKUs. The first SKU is based on two 2U rackmount SSG-2028R-E1CR48N SuperStorage server; the second offering uses three nodes of 4U SSG-6048R-E1CR36L SuperStorage server; The two SKUs are equipped with dual Intel® Xeon® E5-2600 v4 processors, 128GB of DDR4 memory, NVMe SSDs as cache devices (optional for SSG-6048R-E1CR36L), as well as large bandwidth network adapters on each server node.
| Category |
Supermicro Converged Software-Defined Storage |
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| Server SKU |
SSG-2028R-E1CR48N |
SSG-6048R-E1CR36L |
| Profile |
All Flash |
Hybrid |
| Scalability |
2 nodes |
3 nodes |
| Form Factor |
2x 2U |
3x 4U |
| CPU |
Dual Intel® Xeon® E5-2600 v4 product family |
| Memory |
128GB (up to 3TB per node) |
128GB (up to 2TB) |
| HBA |
N/A |
LSI 3008 |
| SES Support |
N/A |
YES |
| NIC |
Intel 40GbE Dual Port |
Supermicro AOC-S25G-m2S |
| Capacity (per node) |
48x 2.5" NVMe |
36x 3.5" SSD/HDD |
| Drive (OS) |
2x 2.5" SATA (480GB) |
2x 2.5" SATA (480GB) |
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Solution Features
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