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Cubix Corporation 

 2800 Lockheed Way 

 Carson City, NV 89706-0719 

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Sales 800.829.0550 

 

http://www.cubix.com

 

 [email protected] 

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HostEngine 2U Host 
Computer User Guide 

 
HostEngine 2U computer features 
Intel® Xeon

®

 3.2GHz or lower-speed 

single- or dual-processor(s) with the 
Intel C602 chipset. HostEngine 2U 
provides four PCI Express (PCIe) Gen 
3.0 x16 expansion slots. Each slot can 
accommodate a half-height, half-length 
controller such as the Cubix Host 
Interface Controller (HIC) that 
connects to Cubix Xpander products. 
Each HIC connects to multiple slots 
within an Xpander Rackmount 8 or 
other Xpander products (see the block 
diagram at the right). 
 
By connecting HostEngine to GPU-
Xpander Rackmount 8, you can add 
eight double-wide GPUs such as 
NVIDIA® Quadro K5200 or M6000 to 
the HostEngine 2U computer for 
running Autodesk® 3ds Max or 
Bunkspeed® Shot with Mental 
Images® iray on Microsoft® Windows® 7. You can also run BlackMagic Design® DaVinci 
Resolve® 9.0 for Linux or Windows on HostEngine 2U computer. 
 
Connecting to Xpander Rackmount 8 also enables you to connect to GPU Compute Engines 
such as NVIDIA Tesla K40 / K80 or AMD Firepro S9100 / 9150 / 9170 for HPC applications, 
Grid K2 for virtual desktop projects or multiple Intel Xeon Phi coprocessors for parallel 
processing. 
 
HostEngine 2U standard configuration provides one or two 2.5-inch SATA 3 solid-state drives 
(SSDs). HostEngine 2U accommodates four full-height, half-height, half-length HICs.  

Summary of Contents for HostEngine 2U

Page 1: ...ducts see the block diagram at the right By connecting HostEngine to GPU Xpander Rackmount 8 you can add eight double wide GPUs such as NVIDIA Quadro K5200 or M6000 to the HostEngine 2U computer for running Autodesk 3ds Max or Bunkspeed Shot with Mental Images iray on Microsoft Windows 7 You can also run BlackMagic Design DaVinci Resolve 9 0 for Linux or Windows on HostEngine 2U computer Connectin...

Page 2: ...net ports standard 2 x Intel RJ 45 ports Controller Dual Intel i350 network controllers Support 10BASE T 100BASE TX and 1000BASE T Ethernet port management RJ 45 port for management only Controller Aspeed 2400 BMC with dedicated IPMI Support 10BASE T 100BASE TX and 1000BASE T Serial ATA SATA 2 x SATA 3 connectors Drive Format 2 5 inch 63 5mm solid state drive SSD Transfer Rate 6 0GByte second theo...

Page 3: ...ess HostEngine can be removed and replaced from the front once you remove power Remove Replace HostEngine Power down gracefully using the OS or the front panel on off switch Wait for the power to shut off Disconnect power and all other cables from HostEngine Loosen the two retention screws on the HostEngine front panel DIMM Configurations for CPU1 Only DIMMs Location Memory Scheme 4 P1 DIMMA1 P1 D...

Page 4: ...he top once you power down HostEngine and remove the cop cover See the image below for the PCIe devices to install in each slot Power down gracefully using the OS and wait for the power to turn off Loosen the two retention screws on the HostEngine front panel Gently tug the HostEngine handles toward you Remove the screws holding the top cover and set it aside Disconnect auxiliary power cables from...

Page 5: ...nnections On the rear panel HostEngine provides four USB 2 0 ports two Gbps Ethernet ports a COM port and an IPMI 2 0 GbE port The AC power receptacle is also on the rear panel HostEngine also provides access for Cubix HICs that connect to GPU Xpander Rackmount 8 or other Xpander enclosures using external PCIe x16 cables if needed With these connections you can mount HostEngine immediately above o...

Page 6: ...t as well as screws nuts and G nuts for use in mounting HostEngine See the image at right Mount HostEngine close enough to GPU Xpander Rack Mount 8 so that the standard 2meter cables will reach Mount GPU Xpander Rack Mount 8 enclosure immediately above or immediately below HostEngine in the rack mount cabinet For this procedure use a Philips 2 screwdriver a flat blade screwdriver and a 3 8 wrench ...

Page 7: ...e rails are level you re ready to tighten the mounting screws See the image at the right 9 Tightly secure the screws holding the sliders to the front and two rear mounting brackets on each side of the cabinet 10 Extend the slide rails almost all the way out the front of the cabinet 11 Lift the HostEngine line it up carefully and slide it into place Before lifting the HostEngine into place ask for ...

Page 8: ...on City NV 89706 0719 Page 8 Sales 800 829 0550 http www cubix com sales cubix com host engine 2u x10drg q 20150731 7 Gently slide HostEngine back in place 8 Connect the AC power cord into the HostEngine rear receptacle 9 Power up HostEngine ...

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