Chapter
1
Product
Description
This
chapter
provides
an
overview
and
information
on
the
FX700
main
unit.
1.1
Overview
of
the
FX700
Main
Unit
This
section
provides
an
overview
of
the
FX700
main
unit.
The
FX700
main
unit
is
a
product
that
accommodates
multiple
blades
having
ARM-based
CPUs
(A64FX).
This
product
also
includes
a
BMC
board
provided
with
BMC/CPU
firmware.
Remarks
Use
the
same
type
of
blade
when
mounting
multiple
blades.
Operation
with
a
mix
of
blades
of
different
types
cannot
be
guaranteed.
It
has
the
following
features.
-
Each
blade
has
two
nodes/two
CPUs
mounted.
The
FX700
main
unit
(2U
chassis)
accommodates
one
to
four
blades.
-
T
he
CPU
uses
the
A64FX
processor
developed
by
Fujitsu
for
HPC.
Armv8.2-A
SVE
is
the
command
set
architecture
used
by
this
CPU,
which
has
48
cores
and
maintains
performance
at
3.072
TFlops
(operating
at
2.0
GHz).
An
HBM
interface
and
PCI-Express
(PCIe)
Gen3
16-lane
controller
are
built
in.
-
T
he
CPU
processor
supports
two
frequencies:
1.8
GHz
and
2.0
GHz.
-
T
he
main
memory
is
High
Bandwidth
Memory
(HBM),
providing
a
high
memory
bandwidth
of
1,024
GB/s.
-
Each
node
is
equipped
with
the
following
I/O
hardware:
HHHL
PCIe
card
slot
x
1
2280
M2
slot
x
1
1
GbE
LAN
port
x
1
-
Using
eight
nodes
as
a
single
control
unit,
the
BMC
processor
in
the
chassis
monitors
and
controls
the
hardware
inside
the
FX700
main
unit.
-
T
he
firmware
installed
in
the
chassis
performs
hardware
diagnostics
at
node
power-on.
-
T
he
supported
OS
is
Red
Hat
Enterprise
Linux
8.
For
details
on
the
hardware
components,
see
."
Chapter
1
Product
Description
C120-0089-03EN
1.1
Overview
of
the
FX700
Main
Unit
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