Supermicro’s 6U SuperBlade Disaggregated Server Systems

Supermicro’s New 6U SuperBlade Disaggregated Server Systems

Supermicro introduces 6U SuperBlade disaggregated server systems supporting Rack Scale Design and free-air cooling. The 6U SuperBlade systems provide up to 14 blade servers per 6U chassis with maximized storage, NVMe, Battery Backup Power (BBP), and 25G (100G) Ethernet switching for enterprise, cloud, and datacenter applications.

The new SuperBlade® system combines compute, networking, and storage within a 6U chassis featuring either 10 or 14 blade servers, up to 28 U.2 NVMe or 42 SAS SSDs, and up to four 25G/10G Ethernet switches with support for 50G and 100G networking solutions. The blade servers support Intel® Xeon® Scalable Processors (up to 205 watts) with 24 DIMM slots (dual-socket blades) and 12 DIMM slots (single-socket blades), maximizing both performance and efficiency.

Additionally, the servers support M.2 NVMe, Intel Optane, and Apache Pass. The chassis uses the same Ethernet switches, chassis management modules, and software as the 8U/4U SuperBlade and 6U/3U MicroBlade systems, resulting in improved reliability, serviceability, and lower overall costs.

“Our new 6U SuperBlade design builds upon the success of our 8U/4U SuperBlade® systems launched earlier this year,” said Charles Liang, President and CEO of Supermicro. Furthermore, the systems offer support for up to 14 Intel® Xeon® Scalable Processor-based blade servers with maximum memory capacity, NVMe, BBP, and 25G Ethernet switching.

This allows enterprise, cloud, and datacenter customers to benefit from a powerful and highly dense infrastructure solution. The disaggregated architecture enables independence between key server subsystems and allows separate scaling of CPU and memory, I/O, storage, as well as power and cooling. Each component can therefore be upgraded independently to maximize performance and efficiency improvements in accordance with Moore’s Law rather than waiting for a complete monolithic server refresh cycle.

Simplified Upgradability Through Disaggregated Server Architecture

“A disaggregated server architecture enables independent upgrades of compute modules without replacing the rest of the chassis, including networking, storage, fans, and power supplies, which are replaced far less frequently,” explained Shesha Krishnapura, Intel Fellow and Intel IT CTO.

By separating CPU and memory resources, each subsystem can be upgraded independently, significantly lowering datacenter refresh cycle costs. Over a three-to-five-year period, a disaggregated server architecture using SuperBlade® and Intel Rack Scale Design results in lower operational costs compared to traditional rip-and-replace models while delivering a more powerful and efficient server infrastructure that enables datacenters to independently adopt and optimize new technologies.

Supermicro SuperBlade systems are ideal building blocks for Rack Scale Design (RSD) datacenter infrastructures. Compared to traditional 1U server deployments, they require up to 90% less cabling, reducing total cost of ownership (TCO) while significantly improving airflow. This reduces cooling fan load and enables up to 54% better fan efficiency through shared use of eight fans and integrated power modules across all 14 SuperBlade servers.

These solutions are vendor-neutral and ship with industry-standard open IPMI 2.0 and Redfish APIs, reducing administrative overhead in large datacenter environments. With support for up to 98 dual- or single-socket blade servers and integrated 25G or 10G Ethernet switches per 42U rack, the new 6U SuperBlade systems are ideal for a wide range of enterprise, cloud, and datacenter applications, including:

– Virtualization

– Simulation, CAE, EDA

– Artificial Intelligence (AI)

– Big Data / Business Intelligence

– ERP / CRM

– HPC

A unique optional Battery Backup Power (BBP) module provides sufficient backup power for the chassis, increasing system reliability by preventing data loss. In addition, the optional BBP module enables the use of UPS-like protection functionality directly within the platform.

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