Huawei G5500 User manual

HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
Huawei FusionServer G5500 Server
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Usage of This
Document Training materials for Huawei sales personnel, including Huawei sales, channel partners, and pre-
sales technical
support.
Description
Introduction to G5500
Comparison Between G5500 and Competitor Specifications
Advantages and Disadvantages of G5500 and Competitor Specifications (International)
Advantages and Disadvantages of G5500 and Competitor Specifications (China)
How to Defend
Restriction
Scenario
This document is used only for pre-sales learning. The product and vendor specifications provided in this
document are compiled according to the information obtained from the network. Actually, the information of each
vendor on the network is incomplete or may not be up-to-date. In addition, Huawei may update this course
without notifying the customer. Therefore, this course cannot be used as a basis for project bidding or
configuration selection.
Revised Version V1.0 (2017-10)
Special Declaration

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Introduction to the G5500
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2Comparison Between G5500 and
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3Advantages and Disadvantages of G5500 and
Competitor Specifications (International)
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4Advantages and Disadvantages of G5500 and
Competitor Specifications (China)
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5How to Defend

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G5500 full-width server
Specifications of the G5500 Full-Width Server
Front view
Rear view
•Excellent performance: Supports 8 FHFL dual-slot 350 W GPU accelerator cards, 6 NVMe SSDs, 2 x 2.5-inch and 8 x 3.5-inch SAS/SATAHDDs.
•Flexible topology: A single server supports multiple topologies (1:4/1:8).A single node supports one-click switching of single-RC and balanced dual-
RC topologies, and supports P2P and GPUDirect RDMA.
•Easy maintenance: The CPU and GPU nodes support independent evolution and maintenance. Fan modules and PSUs can be removed and
inserted without opening the chassis, and main components can be replaced in one minute.
Highlights
Form factor Full-width single-slot 2S blade server
Node G560, full-width single node
Number of processors 2
Processor model Intel Xeon E5-2600 v4 series, up to 22 cores
Number of GPUs 8
GPU model NVIDIA Tesla P40/P100/V100
Memory 24 DDR4 DIMM slots, maximum memory capacity: 3 TB
Number of hard drives 6 x 2.5-inch NVMe SSDs, 2 x 2.5-inch SAS/SATA HDDs, and 8 x 3.5-inch
SAS/SATA HDDs
RAID support Supports RAID 0, 1, 10, 5, 50, 6, and 60
Supports supercapacitors
Power supply units 4 x 2,200 W Platinum PSUs, supporting 220 V AC and 240 HVDC, 2+2
redundancy
Fan modules 6 hot-swappable fan modules, supporting maintenance without opening
the chassis; N+1 redundancy
Operating temperature 5°C to 35°C
Dimensions
(H x W x D)
175 mm x 447 mm x 790 mm

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Front View of the G5500 Full-Width Server
GPUnode,supporting8GPUcards
TheGPUsupportsNVIDIATesla
P40/P100/V100.
Computenode, 2S +24DIMM
G560
6 x 2.5-inch NVMe SSDs
2 x 2.5-inch SAS/SATA HDDs
8 x 3.5-inch SAS/SATA HDDs
PCIex4NVMeSSD
6G/12Gbit/sSASHDD
SupportsRAID0,1,10,5,50,6,60,and
supercapacitorforcachepower-off
protection
Hard Drive
1
3.5
-inch hard drive
9
Power button/indicator
2
3.5
-inch hard drive fault indicator
10
UID button/indicator
3
3.5
-inch hard drive activity
indicator
11
Health status indicator
4
2.5
-inch hard drive
12
R
elease button
5
2.5
-inch hard drive fault indicator
13
NVMe SSD
6
2.5
-inch hard drive activity
indicator
14
NVMe SSD activity indicator
7
Slide
-out information label
15
NVMe SSD fault indicator
8
Ejector lever
2
3
1
5
6
4
13
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Rear View of the G5500 Full-Width Server
Dualmanagementmodules(G560supportsonly
onemodule)
2x10GEopticalports(currentlynotsupportedby
theG560)
GEmanagementnetworkportandserialport
Management/IO Module
Platinum PSUs, 2+2 redundancy
Maximum power consumption of a single
PSU: 2,200 W
SupportsAC and 240 V HVDC
Power Supply
6hot-swappablefanmodules, N+1redundancy
Supportsonlinemaintenancewithoutopeningthe
chassis
Fan Module
1
Management module:Active/standby
indicator
10
PSU
2
Management module: Health indicator
11
PSU
indicator
3
Management module: Power indicator
12
Fan module
4
10GE optical port
13
Fan module indicator
5
10GE optical port LINK/ACT indicator
14
Interface card slot 1
6
Management module: Serial port
15
Interface card
slot 2
7
Management module: GE electrical port
16
Interface card slot 3
8
Management module:ACT indicator of the
GE electrical port
17
Interface card slot 4
9
Management module: LINK indicator of the
GE electrical port
18
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
3or4PCIex16expansionslots
SupportsHHHLPCIecard
Management/IO Module
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Product diagram
Internal View of the G5500 Full-Width Node
G560 Node
8*PCIe x16 (FHFL GPU)
8*3.5'' HDD
G560 CPU compute module G560 heterogeneous compute module
2*E5-2600 v4
CPU
24*DDR4 DIMM PCIe interface card
RAID
controller
card
2*2.5'' HDD
6*2.5'' NVMe

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G5500 half-width server
Specifications of the G5500 Half-Width Server
•Excellent performance: A single node supports 16 HHHL 75 W GPU accelerator cards and supports 2 NVMe/SAS/SATA or M.2 SATA SSDs.
•Flexible topology: A single server supports the 1:8 topology and supports P2P and GPUDirect RDMA.
•Easy maintenance: The CPU and GPU nodes support independent evolution and maintenance. Fan modules and PSUs can be removed and
inserted without opening the chassis, and main components can be replaced in one minute.
Highlights
Form factor Full-width single-slot 2S blade server
Node G530 V2, half-width dual nodes, 16 GPUs
Number of processors 2
Processor model Intel Xeon Scalable Processors, up to 28 cores
Number of GPUs 16
GPU model NVIDIA Tesla P4
Memory 24 DDR4 DIMM slots, maximum memory capacity: 3 TB
Number of hard drives 2 x 2.5-inch SAS/SATA/NVMe or 4 x M.2 SATA SSDs
RAID support RAID 0, 1, and 10
Power supply units 4 x 2,200 W Platinum PSUs, supporting 220 V AC and 240 V HVDC, 2+2 redundancy
Fan modules 6 hot-swappable fan modules, N+1 redundancy
Operating temperature 5°C to 35°C
Dimensions (H x W x D
)
175 mm x 447 mm x 790 mm
Front view
Rear view

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Front View of the G5500 Half-Width Server
1
Slide
-out information label
7
R
elease button
2
VGA port
8
Ejector lever
3
USB3.0 interface
9
2.5
-inch hard drive
4
Power button/indicator
10
2.5
-inch hard drive fault indicator
5
UID button/indicator
11
2.5
-inch hard drive activity
indicator
6
Health status indicator
2
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GPUnode,supporting16GPUcards
TheGPUsupportsNVIDIATeslaP4.
Computenode, 2S +24DIMM
G530 V2
2 x 2.5-inch SAS/SATA/NVMe or 4 x
M.2 SATA SSDs
PCIex4NVMe
6G/12Gbit/sSASHDD
RAID0, 1,10
Hard Drive
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Rear View of the G5500 Half-Width Server
Dualmanagementmodules
2x10GEopticalports
GEmanagementnetworkportandserialport
Management/IO Module
Platinum PSUs, 2+2 redundancy
Maximum power consumption of a single
PSU: 2,200 W
AC and 240 V HVDC
Power Supply
6hot-swappablefanmodules, N+1redundancy
Supportsonlinemaintenancewithoutopeningthe
chassis
Fan Module
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
4PCIex16expansionslots
SupportsHHHLPCIecard
Management/IO Module
14
15
16
17
1
Management module:Active/standby
indicator
10
PSU
2
Management module: Health indicator
11
PSU
indicator
3
Management module: Power indicator
12
Fan module
4
10GE optical port
13
Fan module indicator
5
10GE optical port LINK/ACT indicator
14
Interface card slot 1
6
Management module: Serial port
15
Interface card
slot 2
7
Management module: GE electrical port
16
Interface card slot 3
8
Management module:ACT indicator of
the GE electrical port
17
Interface card slot 4
9
Management module: LINK indicator
of
the
GE electrical port
18