Inspur Server Series: Difference between revisions

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'''Inspur Server Series''' is a series of server computers introduced in 1993 by [[Inspur]],<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/nsa-concerns-give-chinese-server-maker-inspur-a-boost-1406653858 |title=NSA Concerns Give Chinese Server Maker a Boost: Inspur Is Taking Market Share From IBM, Other U.S. Rivals in China in Wake of Snowden Revelations |newspaper=The Wall Street Journal |date=29 July 2014 |last1=Dou |first1=Eva }}</ref> an information technology company,<ref name="top 500">{{cite web|url=https://www.top500.org/statistics/list/ |title=List Statistics - November, 2020 |publisher=Top 500}}</ref> and later expanded to the international markets.<ref name="register">{{cite web|url=https://www.theregister.com/2018/02/12/inspur_in_server_top_3/ |title=How back of server pack rat Inspur has sailed into the top-three slot |publisher=The Register }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.electronicsweekly.com/news/business/inspur-extends-china-server-market-lead-2020-02/ |title=Inspur extends China server market lead |date=3 February 2020 |publisher=Electronics Weekly}}</ref> The servers were likely among the first originally manufactured by a Chinese company.<ref name="CD">{{cite web|url=https://www.chinadaily.com.cn/cndy/2017-07/06/content_30010482.htm |title=Inspur servers form foundation of computing industries' growth |publisher=China Daily }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.hpcwire.com/2020/02/06/ai-is-boosting-server-sales-in-china/ |title=AI Is Boosting Server Sales in China |date=6 February 2020 |publisher= HPC Wire}}</ref> It is currently developed by Inspur Information and its [[San Francisco]]-based subsidiary company - Inspur Systems, both Inspur's spinoff companies.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.sdxcentral.com/articles/news/dell-emc-hpe-still-lead-server-market-but-watch-out-for-inspur/2019/03/ |title=Dell EMC, HPE Still Lead Server Market, But Watch Out for Inspur |publisher=SDX Central}}</ref> The product line includes GPU Servers,<ref name="AI">{{cite web|url= https://www.aitrends.com/ai-and-5g/inspur-unveils-specialized-ai-servers-to-support-edge-computing-in-5g-era/|title= Inspur Unveils Specialized AI Servers to Support Edge Computing in 5G Era|date= 22 March 2019|publisher= AI Trends|access-date= 24 July 2023|archive-date= 28 September 2021|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20210928113313/https://www.aitrends.com/ai-and-5g/inspur-unveils-specialized-ai-servers-to-support-edge-computing-in-5g-era/|url-status= dead}}</ref> Rack-mounted servers,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://datacenternews.asia/story/inspur-s-server-delivery-to-baidu-claims-new-record |title=Inspur's server delivery to Baidu claims new record |publisher=Data Central News}}</ref> Open Computing Servers and Multi-node Servers.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.top500.org/statistics/details/vendor/1662/ |title=VENDORS - INSPUR |publisher= The Top 500 List}}</ref>

==Timeline of server production==

*1993, Inspur developed SMP2000, one of the first China-manufactured server based on 10 processors.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nextplatform.com/2021/04/29/inspur-rises-on-the-wave-of-ai-servers-in-the-datacenter/ |title= Inspur Rises on the Wave of AI Servers in the Datacenter |date= 29 April 2021 |publisher=Next Platform }}</ref><ref name="CD"/>

*2017. Inspur launched the ultra-high density GPU supercomputer AGX-2, one of the first 2U 8GPUs servers with an enabled NVLink2.0. In 2017, the company's production ranked the 3rd place among the world's server manufactures both in shipment and revenues, behind Dell EMC and HPE, according to Gartner and other sources.<ref name="register"/><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.channelfutures.com/data-centers/inspur-joins-dell-emc-hpe-as-gartners-top-global-server-providers |title= Servers Inspur Joins Dell EMC, HPE as Gartner's Top Global Server Providers |date= 7 December 2017 |publisher=Channel Futures}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.gartner.com/en/newsroom/press-releases/2019-03-18-gartner-says-worldwide-server-revenue-grew-17-8-per-c |title=Gartner Says Worldwide Server Revenue Grew 17.8 Percent in the Fourth Quarter of 2018, While Shipments Increased 8.5 Percent |publisher=Gartner's Annual Report}}</ref>

*2018. Inspur server i48 and NF5486M5 were listed in the CRN top ten enterprise servers. The same year, the company produced a server with the world's highest storage density at the time of release.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://datacenternews.asia/story/inspur-launches-new-server-record-breaking-storage-density |title=Inspur launches new server with record-breaking storage density (27 June 2018) |publisher=Data Center News}}</ref>

*2019. Inspur delivered a shipment of rack scale servers of more than 10,000 nodes to the Baidu data center in 8 hours, which set the industry's new record. The delivery and deployment model reached L11 (Rack Level Integration). The same year, it also released NE5260M5, the first edge computing server in line with ODCC Open Telecom IT standards. It also released and open-sourced NF8260M5 code named “Crane Mountain”, the industry's first high-density 4-socket server, to the OCP community. In 2019, at SC-19 (International Conference for High Performance Computing, Networking, Storage, and Analysis), Inspur demonstrated Intel Xeon Platinum 9200, a new HPC-based liquid cooling system combining high-density computing servers with natural circulation evaporative cooling technology.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.hpcwire.com/off-the-wire/inspur-showcases-hpc-system-with-natural-circulation-evaporative-cooling-technology-at-sc19/ |title=Inspur Showcases HPC system with Natural Circulation Evaporative Cooling technology at SC19 |publisher=HPC Wire }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://insidehpc.com/2019/12/inspur-showcases-hpc-ai-solutions-at-sc19/ |title=Inspur Showcases HPC & AI Solutions at SC19 |date=4 December 2019 |publisher=Inside HPC}}</ref> According to Hosting Journalist: "...the server system supports up to 112 cores and 9.3 TFLOPS of FP64 performance and 24 memory channels per node".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://hostingjournalist.com/inspur-unveils-intel-xeon-platinum-9200-based-hpc-server-system/ |title=Inspur Unveils Intel Xeon Platinum 9200-based HPC Server System |date=24 November 2019 |publisher=Hosting Journalist}}</ref>

*2020, the company is re-elected as the chair of SPEC Machine Learning and jointly established the development plan of ML test benchmark.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.hpcwire.com/off-the-wire/inspur-re-elected-as-member-of-spec-ossc-and-chair-of-spec-machine-learning/ |title=Inspur Re-Elected as Member of SPEC OSSC and Chair of SPEC Machine Learning |publisher=HPC Wire }}</ref> By the third quarter of 2019, the Inspur was the 3rd Server Provider.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://blog.router-switch.com/2020/01/inspur-the-3rd-server-provider-in-the-world/ |title=Inspur, the 3rd Server Provider in the World |date=7 July 2023 |publisher=Router Switch }}</ref>

*In 2021, Inspur's shareofservers' supply in China reached 30%ofthe domestic markets.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.electronicsweekly.com/news/business/770288-2021-04/ |title=Q2 server shipments to grow 20% q-o-q |date=15 April 2021 |publisher=Electronics Weekly }}</ref> Inspur launches a new M6 server family that supports 3rd Gen IntelXeon Scalable processors with performance increase by 46 percent compared with previous generation.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://solutionsreview.com/data-storage/inspur-launches-new-m6-server-family-based-on-3rd-gen-intel-xeon-scalable-processors/|title=Inspur Launches New M6 Server Family Based on 3rd Gen Intel Xeon Scalable Processors |date=9 April 2021 |publisher=Data Storage Solutions Review}}</ref>

==Technical characteristics==

Inspur follows technical standards and protocol specifications of a number of computing organizations, including OIN (Open Invention Network),<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.zdnet.com/article/inspur-chinas-largest-cloud-hardware-vendor-joins-open-source-patent-protection-consortium/ |title=Inspur, China's largest cloud hardware vendor, joins open-source patent protection consortium |publisher=ZDNet}}</ref> SPEC (Standard Performance Evaluation Corporation, joined in 2014), OpenStack (joined 2014), OCP Open Compute Project (joined 2017), ODCC (Open Data Center Committee), and Open19.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.openstack.org/news/view/437/inspur-completes-the-worlds-largest-singlecluster-test-based-on-openstack-rocky?ar=1 |title=Inspur Completes The World's Largest Single-Cluster Test Based On OpenStack Rocky |publisher=OpenStack}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.fiercetelecom.com/telecom/inspur-adds-artificial-intelligence-node-into-ocp-compliant-servers |title=Inspur adds artificial intelligence node into OCP-compliant servers |publisher=Fierce Telecom}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.fierceelectronics.com/electronics/baidu-and-inspur-team-open-accelerator-hardware |title=Baidu and Inspur team on open accelerator hardware |publisher=Fierce Telecom}}</ref>

===GPU Servers===

*'''AGX-2''' is a supercomputer in a compact 2U box, supporting up to 8 GPUs with NVIDIA NVLink 2.0 enabled, delivering performance required by AI workloads and applications. <ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.hannovermesse.de/apollo/hannover_messe_2023/obs/Binary/A1244143/1244143_03910719.pdf |title=Inspur AI Products and Solutions |date=25 November 2018 |publisher=Inspur AI |access-date=24 July 2023 |archive-date=24 July 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230724041305/https://www.hannovermesse.de/apollo/hannover_messe_2023/obs/Binary/A1244143/1244143_03910719.pdf |url-status=bot: unknown }}</ref>

*'''AGX-5''' is equipped with 16 NVIDIA Tesla® V100 Tensor Core GPUs interconnected in one single system via NVSwitch, computing performance is 2 PetaFLOPS, based on NVIDIA’s latest HGX-2 platform.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.top500.org/news/inspur-releases-powerful-scale-up-ai-super-server-agx-5-accelerated-by-nvidia-tensor-core-gpus/ |title=Inspur Releases Powerful Scale-Up AI Super-Server AGX-5 Accelerated by NVIDIA Tensor Core GPUs |date=12 November 2018 |publisher=Top 500 News |access-date=24 July 2023 |archive-date=24 July 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230724025004/https://www.top500.org/news/inspur-releases-powerful-scale-up-ai-super-server-agx-5-accelerated-by-nvidia-tensor-core-gpus/ |url-status=bot: unknown }}</ref><ref name="AI"/><ref>{{cite web |url=https://nvidianews.nvidia.com/news/nvidia-introduces-hgx-2-fusing-hpc-and-ai-computing-into-unified-architecture-6696445 |title=NVIDIA Introduces HGX-2, Fusing HPC and AI Computing into Unified Architecture |date=29 May 2018 |publisher=NVIDIA Newsroom PR |access-date=24 July 2023 |archive-date=24 July 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230724031424/https://nvidianews.nvidia.com/news/nvidia-introduces-hgx-2-fusing-hpc-and-ai-computing-into-unified-architecture-6696445 |url-status=bot: unknown }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.servethehome.com/inspur-agx-5-and-our-sc18-discussion/ |title=Inspur AGX-5 and Our SC18 Discussion with the Company |date=25 November 2018 |publisher=STH Servethehome.com |access-date=24 July 2023 |archive-date=24 July 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230724035631/https://www.servethehome.com/inspur-agx-5-and-our-sc18-discussion/ |url-status=bot: unknown }}</ref>

===Open Computing Servers===

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*'''NF8260M5'''. A high-density 2U 4-socket Inspur NF8260M5 server that is validated for the second-generation Intel® Xeon™ Scalable Processor, optimized with Intel® Optane™ memory, and certified for SAP HANA®. It is optimized specifically for cloud infrastructure-aaS, Function-aaS, and Bare-Mental-aaS.

*'''ODCC (SR-AI Rack)''' is a rack server that adopts a PCI-E fabric interconnect architecture design. It breaks the traditional server GPU/CPU coupled architecture through connecting the upward CPU computing/scheduling node to the downward GPU box using a PCI-E switch. It is built for scale-out applications and consolidate compute, storage, networking, power and cooling into a rack-scale system.

*'''OTII-ODCC，NE5260M5''' is an intelligent 2U 2-socket server designed and optimized for operations in edge environments, including MEC, 5G / IOT, and AR/VR.

===Rack servers===

*'''NF5280M6''' is a 2U dual-socket high-end flagship rackmount server, which is suitable for data analysis and processing, distributed storage in deep learning training.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.crn.com/slide-shows/components-peripherals/the-10-coolest-new-servers-with-intel-processors-in-2021/5?itc=refresh|title=The 10 Coolest New Servers With Intel Processors In 2021 |date=9 April 2021 |publisher=CRN}}</ref>

*'''NF5280M5''' is Inspur's new generation general purpose dual socket server with higher claimed scalability, supporting up to 4 GPU cards in 2U, 24 2.5” drive bays and 24 DDR4 DIMM slots, with optimized thermal/cooling design and modular system architecture.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.servethehome.com/inspur-systems-nf5280m5-review-2u-intel-xeon-scalable-server/ |title=Inspur Systems NF5280M5 Review 2U Intel Xeon Scalable Server |date=12 August 2019 |publisher=STH }}</ref>

*'''NF8260M6''' is a 2U 4-socket rackmount server built on the third generation of the Intel® Xeon® Scalable processor<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.hpcwire.com/off-the-wire/inspur-releases-m6-four-socket-servers-supporting-3rd-gen-intel-xeon-scalable-processor-intel-optane-persistent-memory-200/ |title=Inspur Releases M6 Four-Socket Servers Supporting the 3rd Gen Intel Xeon Scalable Processor and Intel Optane Persistent Memory 200 Series |publisher=HPC Wire}}</ref>

*'''NF5488A5''' is an AI server that supports 8 third generation NVlink fully connected NVIDIA A100 GPUs and is equipped with 2 AMD CPUs that support PCIe 4.0.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.hpcwire.com/off-the-wire/inspur-nf5488a5-breaks-ai-server-performance-record-in-latest-mlperf-benchmarks/ |title=Inspur NF5488A5 Breaks AI Server Performance Record in Latest MLPerf Benchmarks |publisher=HPCWire }}</ref>

===Multi-node Servers===

*'''i48 multi-node''' is a server that can be deployed in a 4U chassis with 8 different types of dual-computing nodes to meet computing, PCI-E expansion, storage and other requirements. It supports 100&nbsp;Gbit/s EDR/OPA network interfaces

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