High Performance
Clusters
HP Cluster Platforms
HP Cluster Platforms are specifically engineered, factory-integrated large-
scale ProLiant clusters optimized for High Performance Computing, with a
choice of servers, networks and software. Operating system options include
specially priced offerings for Red Hat Enterprise Linux and SUSE Linux
Enterprise Server, as well as Microsoft Windows HPC Server. A Cluster
Platform Configurator simplifies ordering.
http://www.hp.com/go/clusters
HP HPC Interconnects
High Performance Computing (HPC) interconnect technologies are available
for this server as part of the HP Cluster Platform portfolio. These high-speed
InfiniBand and Gigabit interconnects are fully supported by HP when
integrated within an HP cluster. Flexible, validated solutions can be defined
with the help of configuration tools.
http://www.hp.com/techservers/clusters/ucp/index.html
HP Cluster Management
Utility
HP Cluster Management Utility (CMU) is an HP-licensed and HP-supported
suite of tools that are used to manage large-scale Linux ProLiant systems.
CMU includes software for the centralized provisioning, management and
monitoring of nodes. CMU makes the administration of clusters user friendly,
efficient, and effective.
http://www.hp.com/go/cmu
HP HPC Linux Value Pack
HP HPC Linux Value Pack (Value Pack) is an HP-licensed and HP-supported
specially priced software bundle for the development and deployment of
applications on HPC Cluster Platforms. Value Pack includes the Platform HPC
Enterprise Edition suite of tools including the LSF workload scheduler, the HP-
MPI parallelization library. Also included are the HP Unified Parallel C compiler
and the HP Shmem library, as well as the execution environments for the
libraries and compiler.
HP HPC Linux Value Pack
Factory Express Portfolio
for Servers and Storage
HP Factory Express offers configuration, customization, integration and deployment services for HP
servers and storage products. Customers can choose how their factory solutions are built, tested,
integrated, shipped and deployed.
Factory Express offers service packages for simple configuration, racking, installation, complex
configuration and design services as well as individual factory services, such as image loading, asset
tagging, and custom packaging. HP products supported through Factory Express include a wide array of
servers and storage: HP Integrity, HP ProLiant, HP ProLiant Server Blades, HP BladeSystem, HP 9000
servers as well as the MSAxxxx, VA7xxx, EVA, XP, rackable tape libraries and configurable network
switches.
For more information on Factory Express services for your specific server model please contact your sales
representative or go to:
http://www.hp.com/go/factory-express
.
HP Simple Configurator
SCE is a guided self service tool to help sales and non technical people provide customers with initial
configurations in 3 to 5 minutes. You may then send the configuration on for configuration help, or use in
your existing ordering processes. If you require "custom" rack configuration or configuration for products
not available in SCE, please contact HP's Customer Business Center or an Authorized Partner for
assistance.
http://www.hp.com/products/configurator
QuickSpecs
HP ProLiant DL180 Generation 6 (G6)
Optional Features
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