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Developed with hardware and software vendors, Intel Cluster Ready lets you match your HPC applications to today's leading platforms and components. Pre-configured cluster solutions are delivered ready to run, so you can unleash more parallel performance faster. The Intel® Cluster Checker, is a key element of the Intel Cluster Ready validation process, and helps to verify that cluster components continue working together throughout the cluster lifecycle, to increase uptime, productivity, and reduce total cost of ownership (TCO). |
Latest NewsAnnouncing the New Intel® Xeon® Processor E5-2600 Product FamilyTechnical High Performance Computing got a huge boost with the launch of the new Intel® Xeon® Processor E5-2600 product family (codenamed Sandy Bridge-EP). High-performance computing with the Intel Xeon processor E5 family delivers the performance to move concept to production faster than planned. To help our Intel Cluster Ready partners take full advantage of the latest Intel Xeon processor, a toolkit of content has been developed to provide partners with the latest Intel Xeon processor E5 family information, technical tools, and reference designs for Intel Cluster Ready E5 systems. Get Started
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Featured Cluster SolutionTake Flight with Intel Cluster ReadyWant to test drive your application on an HPC cluster in the cloud? Using UniCloud*, an HPC platform- as-a-service product from Univa, you can setup an Intel Cluster Ready cluster in a public cloud, such as Amazon EC2*, in a matter of minutes. Then you can upload your data and your application and get to work. It’s a low-cost, low-risk way to find out how HPC cluster computing can help you accomplish more in less time—or to supplement existing cluster resources. (Please work with your ISV to secure application licenses for Cloud usage.) |
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Choose certified Intel® Cluster Ready systems and registered applications. Be confident your cluster will work as it should, right away. Why Clusters?Amplify your workstation and gain more muscle for your toughest challenges. Add the power of an Intel® Xeon® processor-based high-performance computing (HPC) cluster to enhance productivity and solve new problems. Simulate, analyze and visualize more complex, data-intensive models faster. Learn more about the latest Intel Xeon processors › Why Intel® Cluster Ready?Intel Cluster Ready architecture means pre-tested interoperability, so you realize HPC benefits faster. Match certified systems with registered applications and enjoy the freedom to focus on purchasing the configuration that best fits your application workload - without worrying if components will work together. Intel Cluster Ready solutions come with the Intel® Cluster Checker tool, to help you validate that the cluster remains within certification over time and troubleshoot any problems that occur. The result: greater productivity and higher return on your HPC investment. For more about "Why Intel Cluster Ready" read or download the Intel Cluster Ready Technology Brief. Find participating hardware and software providers › How Does Intel Cluster Ready Work?
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Get Started Case StudiesRead how Bull, science+computing and Intel Cluster Ready helped RWTH Aachen University deliver powerful, flexible HPC resources to more than a thousand researchers using world-class supercomputers on a flexible, standards-based cluster. Find out how ClusterVision helped Ceres Power streamline their path to success with an Intel Cluster Ready certified system that was deployed in less than a day and is now enabling order of magnitude gains in design speed. Simpson Strong-Tie: Speeding Time-to-Market - see how Silicon Mechanics, SIMULIA, and a certified Intel Cluster Ready solution are helping accelerate development of structural building products. See how Clustercorp Rocks+ and Intel are streamlining HPC system configuration for Dell Learn why a virtual testing software specialist chose a certified Intel Cluster Ready Dell cluster to develop life-saving applications Find out how Intel and Silicon Mechanics are simplifying HPC More Information |
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Key LinksIntel Cluster Checker User's Guide › Just Released:Intel® Cluster Checker 2.0This new release of Intel Cluster Checker bases on a new implementation of its parallel test engine, improving scalability and usability capabilities. This new release will support:
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General Questions
Q: What is the Intel® Cluster Ready program?
A: Working with hardware and software vendors, Intel created the Intel Cluster Ready program to simplify purchasing, deployment, and management of high-performance computing (HPC) clusters. Intel Cluster Ready can help drive adoption of HPC while enabling customers to boost productivity and solve new problems. Learn more about the Intel Cluster Ready program for:
Cluster Users
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Q: What is a "certified" Intel Cluster Ready cluster?
A: A certified cluster is one that is built according to the Intel Cluster Ready Specification and rigorously tested and verified for component interoperability.
Download the Intel Cluster Ready Specification
Q: What providers sell certified Intel Cluster Ready systems?
A: Find participating Intel Cluster Ready hardware vendors
Q: What is a "registered" Intel Cluster Ready application?
A:Software Solution providers "register" an application by validating it on a certified Intel Cluster Ready cluster.
Learn more about registered applications
Q: What applications are registered Intel Cluster Ready?
A: Find registered Intel Cluster Ready applications
Cluster Users Questions
Q: Why should we select a certified Intel Cluster Ready system and registered Intel Cluster Ready applications?
A: Choosing certified systems and registered applications gives you the confidence that your cluster will work as it should, right away, so you can boost productivity and start solving new problems faster.
Learn more about the benefits of Intel Cluster Ready
Q: If the application I use is not registered, can I still benefit from Intel Cluster Ready?
A: Yes. Many unregistered applications run on certified Intel Cluster Ready systems with few or no changes. Even if some configuration adjustments are required, you can focus on the application, without having to simultaneously troubleshoot your cluster.
Knowledge Base
Visit the new Knowledge Bases to get technical tips and techniques on the program and its tools:
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Choose registered Intel® Cluster Ready applications and a certified Intel Cluster Ready system. Then enjoy an interoperable solution that comes ready to run.
How to Buy
Select the right applications for your needs with registered Intel Cluster Ready Software Solutions- Choose a robust, certified cluster from participating OEMs and System Integrators (SIs)
- Work with your preferred vendors to determine the best certified configuration for your application workload
Registered software solutions have been validated on a certified Intel Cluster Ready cluster. Select registered applications, and run multiple registered applications on the same certified cluster without rebuilding the software stack or reconfiguring hardware.
Certified clusters are built according to the Intel Cluster Ready Specification and rigorously tested for component interoperability. Choose a certified cluster from a participating OEM, platform integrator, or system integrator, for assurance that the system will work as it should.
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| Acer Inc. | |
| ACMA Computers | |
| Advanced Clustering Technologies, Inc. | |
| AMAX Information Technologies |
ServMax 4100 Series HPC Cluster |
| Appro International | |
| Aspen Systems Inc. | |
| Atipa Technologies |
Atipa "Rapid Launch" Linux Cluster |
| Boston Ltd | |
| Clustering S.R.L. | |
| ClusterVision | |
| Colfax International | |
| Concurrent Thinking | |
| DALCO AG Switzerland | |
| Dell |
List of Dell HPC Cluster Solution recipes with Intel® Cluster Ready certificates |
| DELTA Computer Products GmbH | |
| E4 Computer Engineering | |
| Eurotech | |
| Fujitsu | |
| ION Computer Systems |
ION S10 Intel® Cluster Ready Cluster |
| Intel |
Intel® Server System SR1670HV |
| Lufac Computacion S.A. de C.V. | |
| MEGWARE Computer GmbH | |
| NEC Deutschland GmbH | |
| Nor-Tech | |
| NOVATTE | |
| Penguin Computing | |
| PSSC Labs | |
| science + computing ag | |
| SGI | |
| Silicon Mechanics | |
| Soluciones Informaticas Argentinas S.A. |
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| YMI RackMountPro |
OEMs and system integrators certify operating systems, middleware, and cluster-provisioning software as part of their cluster solutions. If you want to use a familiar system software component in your solution, use this list to see if it is Intel Cluster Ready, and work with your vendor to find certified solutions that include it.
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| Adaptive Computing |
Moab |
| Allinea | |
| Altair Engineering | |
| Aspen Systems Inc. | |
| Bright Computing | |
| Concurrent Thinking Ltd. | |
| IBM Platform Computing |
IBM Platform Open Cluster Stack 4.1.1-2.1 |
| Infiscale | |
| Lufac Computacion S.A. de C.V. | |
| NEC Deutschland GmbH | |
| ParTec Cluster Competence Center GmbH | |
| Penguin Computing | |
| Red Hat |
Red Hat HPC Solution 5.3 |
| StackIQ |
ROCKS+ 4.3.0 |
| SUSE | |
| Univa |
Unicluster |
OEMs and system integrators certify hardware components as part of their cluster solutions. If you want to use a specific hardware component in your solution, use this list to see if it is Intel Cluster Ready, and work with your vendor to find certified solutions that include it.
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| BULL SAS | |
| DataDirect Networks | |
| Intel |
Intel® Server Board S5500BC |
| Mellanox |
Mellanox MHGS18-XTC |
| NetEffect | |
| Panasas | |
| Supermicro |
Build Certified Intel Cluster Ready Systems
Save time as you create robust Intel® Cluster Ready systems. Intel Cluster Ready reference designs – recipes – provide starting points to help hardware vendors, platform integrators, and system integrators design and build certified Intel Cluster Ready systems. |
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Reference Recipes
Get started designing and building Intel Cluster Ready systems. Use the pre-certified reference cluster designs below as a foundation for further development. Or implement them “as is”, without modifications or enhancements.
For additional recipes, go to the Intel® Enabled Server Acceleration Alliance (Intel® ESAA) and search on High Performance Computing (HPC).
Intel Cluster Ready recipes are grouped here by Intel® processor, with newer recipes first. Please note:
- Recipes provide repeatable instructions, but do not include software itself.
- Additional tools and requirements for achieving Intel Cluster Ready certification, including Intel® Cluster Checker, are available to partners of the Intel Cluster Ready program.
- Each new system you create is subject to individual verification and certification to confirm that it follows the Intel Cluster Ready specification.
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- Intel® Server Board S2600JF
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- Intel® Server Board S2600JFBright Cluster Manager* 5 Update 2Red Hat Enterprise Linux* 6 Update 2
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Feb 8, 2012 - Intel® Xeon® Processors E5-2650
- Intel® Server Board S2600JF
- Bright Cluster Manager* 5 Update 2
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux* 5 Update 7
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- Intel® Server Board S5520UR
- Bright Cluster Manager* 5 Update 2
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux* 5 Update 7
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Nov 4, 2011 - Intel® Xeon® Processors X5660
- Intel® Server Board S5520UR
- Platform HPC Cluster Manager* 3
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux* 6 Update 1
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Nov 2, 2011 - Intel® Xeon® Processors X5660
- Intel® Server Board S5520UR
- Platform HPC Enterprise Edition 2.1 RHEL
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux* 5 Update 5
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May 13, 2011 - Intel® Xeon® Processors X5660
- Intel® Server Board S5520UR
- Rocks* 5.3
- CentOS* 5 Update 4
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Dec 17, 2010 - Intel® Xeon® Processors X5660
- Intel® Server Board S5520UR
- Platform* Cluster Management* version 2.0
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux* 5 Update 4
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Sept 24, 2010 - Intel® Xeon® Processors X5660
- Intel® Server Board S5520UR
- StackIQ* Rocks+* 5.3
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux* 5 Update 4
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- Intel® Server Board S5520UR
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Dec 17, 2010 - Intel® Xeon® Processors X5570
- Intel® Server Board S5520UR
- Platform* Cluster Management* version 2.0
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux* 5 Update 4
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Sept 24, 2010 - Intel® Xeon® Processors X5570
- Intel® Server Board S5520UR
- StackIQ* Rocks+* 5.3
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux* 5 Update 4
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Sept 24, 2010 - Intel® Xeon® Processors X5570
- Intel® Server Board S5520UR
- StackIQ* Rocks+* V.I
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Feb 12, 2010 - Intel® Xeon® Processors X5560
- Intel® Server Board S5520UR
- Platform* Cluster Management* version 1.2
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux* 5 Update 3
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Intel® Xeon® Processor 5400 series
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Reference Recipe Description Nodes† Last Update - Intel® Xeon® Processors X5472
- Intel® Server Board S5400SF
- Platform* Cluster Management* version 1.2
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux* 5 Update 3
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Sept 11, 2009 - Intel® Xeon® Processors X5472
- Intel® Server Board S5400SF
- Platform Open Cluster Stack* 5.1
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux* 5 Update 1
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Intel® Xeon® Processor 5300 series
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Intel® Xeon® Processors 3200 series
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Intel ESAA gives resellers and direct OEMS access to a wide range of recipes and pre-validated configuration guides jointly developed by Intel and independent hardware and software vendors. Intel ESAA also helps its members build relationships, reduce engineering costs, and compete with products based on the proven reliability of Intel® server and workstation products.
To learn more about Intel® ESAA and how to join, visit www.esaa-members.com/index.php/pages/about.
Already a member? Find out about Certification, or access more Intel Cluster Ready recipes now.
†Indicates the actual number of nodes in the recipe used to certify the reference implementation as Intel® Cluster Ready. The same recipe may be used to scale up to 2N nodes, where N is the number of nodes recorded for the original certified cluster. For example, a certified 32-node recipe means that a 16-node cluster is considered certified, as would any number of nodes from 4 to 64 based on the same recipe. Read more about scaling your certified clusters in the white paper, Mass-Producing Your Certified Cluster Solutions.
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Intel® Xeon® Processor E5-2600 Family & Intel Cluster Ready Toolkit
- Sales Advisor for: Intel® Xeon® Processor E5-2600 Product Family
- Intel® Xeon® Processor E5-2600 Family Cluster Solutions Guide
- Intel® Cluster Ready Technology Brief
- Intel Cluster Ready White Paper
- Software Ecosystem Support and Benchmarks Presentation
- Performance Rich Technologies
- Platform Performance Highlights - 16 world record performance benchmark results with Intel® Xeon® processor E5-2600 product family-based platforms
- Top Five Reasons to Buy Intel® Cluster Ready
- Intel® Cluster Checker 2.0
- Warewulf 3.3 and CentOS 6.3
- New Intel® Cluster Ready Reference Designs: Using Intel® Xeon® Processors E5-2600-based servers.
- With Bright Cluster Manager 5.2 using Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.7
- Intel® ESAA: Your Recipe for Success: The Intel® Enabled Solutions Acceleration Alliance (Intel® ESAA) provides access to a wide range of pre-validated configuration guides.
- Bright Computing BCM* 5.2 Intel® Cluster Ready on RHEL* 6.2 - Intel® Server Board S2600GL/GZ
- Bright Computing BCM* 5.2 Intel® Cluster Ready on RHEL* 6.2 - Intel® Server Board S2600JF
- Platform HPC* 3.1 Intel® Cluster Ready on RHEL* 6.2 – Intel® Server Board S2600GL/GZ
- Platform HPC* 3.1 Intel® Cluster Ready on RHEL* 6.2 – Intel® Server Board S2600JF
- Intel® ESAA Recipes for Intel® Server Boards
Intel® Server Boards and Systems
- Intel® Xeon® Processor E5-2600 Product Family for HPC (half-width system)
- Intel Xeon Processor E5-2600 Product Family Segment Guide
- Intel Xeon Processor E5-2600 Product Family Overview
- Intel S2600GZ - Intel R2000 (animation)
- Intel S2600JF - Intel H2000 (animation)
- Intel® Server Boards & Systems Banner Ads (for resellers)
More About Intel® Xeon® Processor E5 Family
- Intel® Xeon® Processor E5 Family
- Press Release
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Look For Intel® Cluster Ready
When you see the Intel Cluster Ready name, you can be assured the cluster solution complies with the Intel Cluster Ready specification and has passed the tests of the Intel® Cluster Checker.
For more information read the Intel® Cluster Ready Usage Guidelines.
Look for Intel Cluster Ready solution vendors.
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Latest NewsAnnouncing the New Intel® Xeon® Processor E5-2600 Product Family The Latest Release: Intel® Cluster Checker 2.0 A Simpler Path to Accelerating Research and Design 5X Computing Boost at University of Erlangen-Nurnberg Follow the ClusterConnection.com Blogs Explore the articles and join the discussion at ClusterConnection.com! |
Case Studies & WebinarsWhen the Center for Computing and Communication at RWTH Aachen University decided to upgrade its high-performance computing (HPC) system, Bull, science+computing delivered an Intel Cluster Ready certified HPC system that ranks as one of the 30 largest research supercomputers in the world. Simpson Strong-Tie: Speeding Time-to-Market with Intel Cluster Ready - see how Silicon Mechanics, SIMULIA, and a certified Intel Cluster Ready solution are helping a leading global manufacturer accelerate development of its structural building products. Knowledge BaseVisit the new Knowledge Bases to get technical tips and techniques on the program and its tools: Intel® Cluster Ready Knowledge Base More InformationIntel® Cluster Ready News Archive ›Newsletter Articles for Partners › |
More NewsMellanox, Dell, Intel and LSTC Run Crash Simulation Benchmark SIMULIA Offers Abaqus FEA Benchmarks on Certified Personal Clusters Accelerate small to mid-sized ANSYS HPC deployments INDEED, It’s Intel Cluster Ready! Parallel Performance Soars Partners: Manufacturing Requirements Update Helping make HPC simpler and more accessible Simulation Clusters Virtual Test Drive News to GoRead the IDC Solution Brief that explains how the Intel Cluster Ready program and the Intel Xeon Processor 5500 Series are extending HPC adoption and use - Intel Cluster Ready and the Intel Xeon Processor 5500 Series: A Dynamic Duo for Broadening HPC Cluster Adoption. Partner NewsFor Intel Cluster Ready partners, view newsletter articles. |
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| Sell More Licenses Help your customers expand their use of your application to cluster-scale, even if they lack cluster experience or in-house expertise. Intel® Cluster Ready makes it simpler for customers to purchase the right cluster to run your application and experience great application performance, right away. Increase your market penetration and add to your licensing revenue. Get more return on your investment in development, and reduce the need to test and support multiple systems. When you offer registered Intel® Cluster Ready applications, your application runs on the full range of certified Intel Cluster Ready systems from many different Intel Cluster Ready partners. Develop Faster with a Flexible Reference ArchitectureIntel Cluster Ready defines a consistent, flexible platform architecture for HPC clusters. The Intel Cluster Ready reference architecture addresses the entire cluster environment, including requirements for hardware, software, manageability, and functionality. Based on the Linux* operating system kernel and incorporating industry standards and best practices, the Intel Cluster Ready specification defines a set of base requirements but leaves plenty of room for innovation once the base specification is met. The specification supports any number of Linux distributions. |
Registration Made SimpleRegistering an application takes about two weeks. Once you accept the program agreement, Intel sends you an easy-to-use manual and provides access to a certified Intel Cluster Ready system. You define a test suite and verify that your application runs successfully on the certified system. Download the Software Registration Process document. |
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By offering a common platform architecture, Intel Cluster Ready makes it easier to develop, validate, and support cluster applications. Systems and components are certified for compliance and present at least the base architecture to the application layer. When applications are developed to run on the architecture, they can be moved to any certified system with confidence they will work correctly. Simplify Support with Intel® Cluster Checker Intel Cluster Ready partners and customers benefit from using Intel Cluster Checker, a powerful cluster diagnostics tool, to identify trouble spots and validate that the system is functioning correctly. If a customer contacts you with a problem executing your software on an Intel Cluster Ready system, you can have them run Intel Cluster Checker to rule out any system problems. Intel Cluster Checker can quickly identify and isolate system issues and provide detailed diagnostic information. Problems are resolved quickly and customer satisfaction stays high. Register Your Applications Interoperability is a critical customer benefit of the Intel Cluster Ready architecture. Before a system is certified as Intel Cluster Ready, OEMs and system integrators test them to show that they conform to the Intel Cluster Ready specification. By designing to the Intel Cluster Ready specification and certifying their clusters, platform providers assure customers that they can run any registered Intel Cluster Ready application without rebuilding the software stack or reconfiguring hardware. As an Intel Cluster Ready software partner, you register your applications to ensure they are interoperable with the full range of certified cluster systems. This gives your customers a broader, simpler choice of cluster hardware that can run your application and deliver optimal performance. To register an application, you define your own representative workloads and use a remote Intel Cluster Ready system to verify that your application ran successfully. Registration clusters are configured with both Gigabit Ethernet and Infiniband interconnects. These clusters are minimally compliant to ensure your application doesn’t unknowingly depend on capabilities that are not a standard part of the Intel Cluster Ready specification. Building Your SuccessAs an Intel Cluster Ready partner, you gain access to all the prerequisites for registering an application, including access to Intel Cluster Checker. Once your application is registered, Intel lists it on the Intel® Cluster Ready website – a great advertising opportunity. Intel also provides marketing materials you can use to inform customers that your application is supported by certified Intel Cluster Ready systems and describe how this benefits them. |
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| Increase Value, Reduce Effort Deliver more value. Intel® Cluster Ready architecture helps you make HPC clusters practical even for customers who don’t have previous cluster experience or in-house expertise. With Intel Cluster Ready, it’s easier to design, manufacture, and support cluster systems. Streamline your manufacturing process and reduce costs by creating cluster designs that meet a broad range of customer needs. Cut down on the effort needed to produce and deploy clusters by using repeatable and verifiable build processes that let you customize hardware performance and characteristics while keeping the software interface to the applications consistent. Build cluster solutions that will work with a large set of pre-qualified, ready-to-run applications. Innovate with a Flexible Reference ArchitectureIntel Cluster Ready defines a consistent, flexible platform architecture for HPC clusters that are interoperable with registered applications. The Intel Cluster Ready reference architecture addresses the entire cluster environment, including requirements for hardware, software, manageability, and functionality. Based on the Linux* operating system kernel and incorporating industry standards and best practices, the Intel Cluster Ready specification defines a set of base requirements but leaves plenty of room for innovation once the base specification is met. The specification supports any number of Linux distributions. By offering a common platform architecture, Intel Cluster Ready makes it easier to design, produce, and support cluster solutions that meet the needs of a wide array of customers and applications. Improve Quality and Support: Intel® Cluster CheckerIncrease your customers’ productivity by shipping Intel Cluster Ready systems that are certified interoperable and ready to run. Use Intel® Cluster Checker to certify your designs and verify your systems conform to the Intel Cluster Ready architecture before they leave your factory. Increase customer satisfaction by catching errors before they have a chance to cause problems. |
Certification Made SimpleThe certification process is simple and clearly documented. Once you accept the program agreement, Intel provides access to all the documents and tools you need to certify a cluster. Download How to Certify Your Cluster to learn more. |
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Intel Cluster Checker is a robust cluster diagnostics tool available to Intel Cluster Ready partners and customers. Use it to validate each new Intel® Xeon® processor-based cluster configuration and verify each copy of your cluster reference design (or recipe). Intel Cluster Checker examines the system at both the node and cluster level, so you know all components work together and can deliver optimal performance. It assesses firmware, kernel, storage, and network settings, and conducts high-level tests of node and network performance using the Intel® MPI Benchmarks, STREAM, the HPC Challenge benchmark (HPCC), and others. Once your clusters are on-site, Intel Cluster Checker helps you simplify support costs. Customers can run Intel Cluster Checker to maintain their system’s health. If a problem arises, Intel Cluster Checker can quickly identify system issues and provide valuable diagnostics information that the customer can relay to your support engineers. Create Certified ClustersThe need to act as their own system integrator has been a major stumbling block for many customers who can benefit from the improved power and productivity of HPC clusters. By designing to the Intel Cluster Ready specification and certifying your clusters, you remove this roadblock, enabling customers to run any registered Intel Cluster Ready application without rebuilding the software stack or reconfiguring hardware. This can help you reach new customers and scale your design efforts by gaining more value from each cluster design. Use Intel Cluster Ready recipes as starting points to designing and building certified Intel Cluster Ready systems. Use the Intel Cluster Ready specification for guidance as you add components and features that enhance capabilities, differentiate your cluster offerings, and add value for end users. Then, certify your cluster solutions, including components, operating systems and middleware. Solution providers register their applications, to ensure they are interoperable with the full range of certified cluster systems. Application providers also define representative workloads and use a remote Intel Cluster Ready system to verify that their applications ran successfully. Explore the software registration process › Building Your SuccessAs a partner, you gain access to all the prerequisites for certifying a cluster, including access to Intel Cluster Checker. Once your system is certified, Intel lists it on the Intel® Cluster Ready website – a great advertising opportunity. Intel also provides marketing and branding materials you can use to promote your Intel Cluster Ready systems and their benefits. |
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| Introduce Yourself to New Audiences Gain new customers by expanding the ecosystem for clusters. Increase revenues by making your software compatible with an established ecosystem based on a consistent Linux cluster platform. Intel Cluster Ready makes it easier to design, develop, validate, and support system software for Linux*-based HPC clusters, so you can accelerate development and increase licensing opportunities. Focus more on software innovation and less on managing ecosystem relationships. Increase the return on your development efforts and reduce the need to test and support for multiple systems. Develop Faster for a Standard Platform: Intel Cluster Ready Reference Architecture |
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System software vendors provide vital components and innovation that make clusters more robust and more manageable. By offering a common platform architecture, Intel Cluster Ready makes it easier for system software providers to innovate and add value, while maintaining compliance with a standards-based specification. Systems and components are certified for compliance by OEMs and system integrators, enabling applications on one implementation of the architecture to be moved to another with high confidence they will work correctly. Participate in a Robust EcosystemInteroperability is a critical customer benefit of the Intel Cluster Ready architecture. As an Intel Cluster Ready system software partner, your software is included by OEMs and system integrators into their cluster designs, which they certify to ensure interoperability with the full range of certified Intel Cluster Ready systems. As a result, customers can run any registered Intel Cluster Ready application on any certified Intel Cluster Ready system without rebuilding the software stack or reconfiguring hardware. |
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| Find Broader Markets for Your Cluster Technologies Increase the return on your product development efforts. Once your components are certified as Intel Cluster Ready, they can be used as building blocks in systems from a wide range of OEMs and system integrators – and run a long list of pre-qualified applications. Intel Cluster Ready architecture expands the HPC marketplace by making it easier for customers find it easier to purchase, deploy, and maintain an HPC cluster, even if they don’t have previous cluster experience or in-house expertise. Innovate on a Flexible Platform: Intel Cluster Ready Reference Architecture |
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By offering a common platform architecture, Intel Cluster Ready makes it easier to develop, validate, and support cluster technologies. The Intel Cluster Ready specification defines a set of base requirements but leaves plenty of room for innovation once the base specification is met. Ensure Quality: Validated Cluster Configurations and Verified Reference Designs As a hardware components partner, you can use Intel Cluster Checker to help ensure your product meets relevant requirements of the Intel Cluster Ready specification. You can also share best practices with OEMs and platform integrators to help them integrate your components into their Intel Cluster Ready solutions. |
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