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    Engineered to efficiently meet the demanding input/output requirements of supercomputers and HPC clusters.

    The E2000 parallel storage system achieves HPC-level storage performance with significantly fewer storage drives than alternative storage offerings. To the HPC user, this means more of a fixed HPC system budget can be spent on CPU/GPU compute nodes, accelerating time-to-insight.

    Overview

    The HPE Cray E2000 storage system embeds the Lustre® open-source parallel file system backed by enterprise-grade customer support. The combination of engineered hardware and system design along with a test-hardened open-source file system and a tuned storage software stack allows the HPE Cray E2000 to scale out to accommodate the largest compute systems on the planet, without software licensing by storage drives, by capacity levels, or by storage system. HPECray storage customers reap the benefits of open-source community collective software development with world-class customer support from Hewlett Packard Enterprise.

    The E2000 storage system is an I/O and storage subsystem consisting of a single, global POSIX namespace file system configured to provide access between compute clients and E2000 storage nodes using the Lustre® parallel file system. E2000 hardware is designed on NVMe Gen 5 SSD building blocks utilizing the latest storage technologies to provide top performance with enhanced flexibility and resiliency.


    E2000 is offered in four configurations:

    • − All Flash
    • − All Disk
    • − Hybrid
    • − Tiered with both Flash and Disk

    The E2000 all-flash configuration is suitable for the demands of small block, random read I/O, and the high sequential I/O performance required in many AI applications including Machine Learning and Deep Learning. An E2000 all-flash base rack can provide up to 2,000 GB/s read and up to 1,600 GB/s write using the Multi-Rail feature of LNet. An E2000 expansion rack can provide up to an additional 2,200 GB/s read and up to 1,800 GB/s write with the Multi-Rail feature of LNet.


    The E2000 all-HDD configuration is optimized for large block sequential I/O and the demands of modeling and simulation workloads. In this configuration, the base rack provides up to 104 GB/s read and write up to approximately 11.3 PB of usable capacity, depending on the HDD capacity used. The expansion rack provides up to 140 GB/s read and write up to 12.6PB of usable capacity, depending on the HDD capacity used.


    The E2000 all-HDD configuration is optimized for large block sequential I/O and the demands of modeling and simulation workloads. In this configuration, the base rack provides up to 104 GB/s read and write up to approximately 11.3 PB of usable capacity, depending on the HDD capacity used. The expansion rack provides up to 140 GB/s read and write up to 12.6 PB of usable capacity, depending on the HDD capacity used.


    Customers can utilize hybrid building blocks to combine flash and disk into one filesystem or mix and match the flash and disk building blocks in a tiered configuration to tailor to their workloads.

    What’s New

    • − Data encryption at rest (DEAR) and internal key management.
    • − Tiering for E2000
    • − E2000 Monitoring
    • − Managed Gateway nodes
    • − Updated Drive capacities for Flash and Disk
    • − Attaches to any supercomputer or HPC cluster that supports either HPE Slingshot, NDR InfiniBand/or 400 Gigabit Ethernet.
    • − In-house, enterprise-grade support for performance-accelerating Lustre® features like Data on metadata Targets (DoM), Progressive File Layout (PFL), Self-Extending Layouts (SEL), Pool Quotas, Pool Spillover, Multi-Rail LNet, Distributed Name Space (DNE), and many more advanced Lustre® features.
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    Standard Features

    E2000 Building Blocks

    E2000 is configured from storage building blocks and a surrounding network complete with rack and power infrastructure. These building blocks are:


    E2000 System Management Unit (SMU)

    The E2000 system management unit contains a pair of embedded storage management nodes with SSDs to hold configuration and logging data. The SMU delivers Lustre® and E2000 system management services while hosting the Tiering and Monitoring service, and can be configured as a data mover. E2000 system management is required for managing hardware configuration, software images, boot up of the underlying hardware system (servers, devices, software stack), monitoring system metrics and system health, reporting on system status, and advanced Lustre® performance monitoring. The SMU runs a web and CLI server that allows the administrator to monitor, configure, and administer the file system, the E2000 management framework, and E2000 hardware. The SMU provides full Redfish and Swordfish APIs to allow administrators to export monitoring and health data to be consumed by existing data center monitoring tools.


    E2000 MetaData Unit (MDU)

    The E2000 metadata units store and manage global Lustre® metadata. Each MDU contains a pair of Lustre® metadata servers (MDS) and flash-based metadata targets (MDTs). An MDU is populated with 32 SSDs split into two partitions. Each partition contains approximately half the total MDU capacity. Each partition is configured and assigned to one of the two embedded MDS controllers as an MDT using LDISKFS or OpenZFS. MDUs can be configured with multiple MDTs, with each controller configured with two high-speed networks adapters.


    E2000 configures MDUs to support Lustre® DoM, data on metadata, which allows small files or the initial portions of larger files to be stored with their metadata. The Lustre® DoM feature can improve small file I/O performance, improve stat performance to small files, and reduce interference between small file I/O and streaming I/O. The metadata tier stores metadata and optional DoM in RAID volumes.


    E2000 can scale additional MDUs using Lustre® Distributed Name Space (DNE) to match specified performance targets or metadata inode requirements.


    E2000 Scalable Storage Unit (SSU-F)

    The E2000 scalable storage units (SSU-F) provide flash-based Lustre® I/O data services and network request handling for the file system. The SSU-F contains a pair of Lustre® object storage servers (OSS), each configured with two Lustre® object storage target(s) (OSTs) to store and retrieve the portions of the file system data that are committed to it. Within the SSU-F, the four OSTs are distributed evenly between the two OSSs and both OSSs are active concurrently, and are said to be in an active-active configuration. With OSSs operating in active-active mode, each operates on its own exclusive subset of the available object storage targets, but either is able to take over the partner node’s OSTs should the partner node fail.


    An E2000 SSU-F is populated with 32 SSDs. For a throughput optimized configuration, the drives are partitioned and configured with HPE’s parity declustered RAID (GridRAID) using LDISKFS or OpenZFS and its parity declustering RAID support. For an IOPs-optimized SSU-F configuration, a different RAID scheme with LDISKFS is used to improve small random I/O workloads. Each controller is equipped with two network adapters configured with Multi-Rail LNet to exploit maximum throughput performance per SSU-F.


    E2000 can be scaled to many SSU-Fs and/or combined with SSU-Ds or SSU-Ms to achieve specified performance and capacity requirements. E2000 SSU-D and SSU-M units are described below.

    E2000 Scalable Storage Unit – Disk (SSU-D)

    The E2000 scalable storage units for disk (SSU-D) provide HDD-based Lustre® I/O data services and network request handling for the file system with similar OSS and OST features mentioned above in the description of E2000 ’s SSU-F building block.


    E2000 has multiple SSU-D configurations utilizing either one, two or four E2000 ultra-dense HDD enclosures. Each ultra-dense disk enclosure is configured with 100 SAS HDDs and contains two Lustre® OSTs, each configured with HPE’s parity declustered RAID (GridRAID) using LDISKFS or OpenZFS and its parity declustering RAID support. Each SSU-D controller is configured with two high-speed network adapters and redundant SAS adapters to connect to one or more E2000 ultra-dense HDD enclosures.


    E2000 can be scaled to many SSU-Ds and/or combined with SSU-Fs to achieve specified performance and/or capacity requirements.


    The E2000’s configurations with SSU-D are factory integrated with a purpose-built rack to accommodate weight and serviceability. For more information about this rack contact your local HPE representative.


    E2000 Scalable Storage Unit – Disk (SSU-M)

    The E2000 has a second high-density HDD enclosure option which is less dense than that managed by the SSU-D, but this enclosure fits within a more standard rack. We refer to this second scalable storage unit for disk as SSU-M. The SSU-M provides HDD-based Lustre® I/O data services and network request handling for the file system with similar OSS and OST features mentioned above for E2000 ’s SSU-D and SSU-F building blocks.


    E2000 has multiple SSU-M configurations with either one, two or four E2000 high-density HDD enclosures. Each high-density disk enclosure is configured with 72 SAS HDDs and contains two Lustre® OSTs, each configured with HPE’s parity declustered RAID (GridRAID) using LDISKFS or OpenZFS and its parity declustering RAID support. Each SSU-M controller is configured with two high-speed network adapters and redundant SAS adapters to connect to one or more E2000 HDD enclosures.


    E2000 can be scaled to many SSU-Ms and/or combined with SSU-Fs to achieve specified performance requirements.


    E2000’s SSU-M configurations allow for factory integration with HPE G2 Enterprise and Advanced Series 42U shock racks and select HPE G2/3 Metered and Switched Power Distribution Units.


    E2000 Scalable Storage Unit – Hybrid (SSU-H)

    The E2000 scalable storage unit – hybrid (SSU-H) provides both flash-based and HDD-based Lustre® I/O data services and network request handling for the file system with similar OSS and OST features mentioned above for E2000 ’s SSU-F, SSU-D and SSU-M building blocks.


    E2000 has two SSU-H configurations supporting either two E2000 ultra-dense or high-density HDD enclosures. Each SSU-H building block is configured with HPE’s parity declustered RAID (GridRAID) using LDISKFS or OpenZFS and its parity declustering RAID support. Each SSU-H controller is configured two high-speed network adapters and redundant SAS adapters to connect to two E2000 HDD enclosures. Each controller can be configured with Multi-Rail LNet to exploit maximum flash throughput performance per SSU-H.


    E2000 can be scaled to many SSU-Hs to achieve specified performance requirements.

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    Management Switches

    E2000 utilizes HPE Aruba Networking switches for a private management network between all building blocks in the system. The private management network is deployed as a highly-available configuration. Depending on the configuration of the system, HPE Aruba Networking CX 8360 switches, HPE Aruba Networking CX 6300 Switch Series or a combination of HPE Aruba Networking CX 8325 and CX 6300 m switches will be factory integrated with each E2000. Only back-to-front (also called power-to-port or reverse airflow) HPE Aruba Networking switches are supported for E2000’s private management network.


    Racks and PDUs

    E2000 storage systems are compatible with HPE G2 Advanced and Enterprise 42U and 48U Shock Racks and Cray custom racks. HPE requires racks with a minimum depth of 1200 mm to best accommodate the length of the E2000 building blocks mentioned above. For E2000 configurations using SSU-M and SSU-F, HPE G2 600x1200mm shock racks provide the necessary room for cabling and serviceability. For E2000 configurations using SSU-D, HPE G2 Enterprise 800x1200mm shock racks or Cray custom racks are required for cabling and serviceability.

    E2000 storage systems are compatible with select rack-mounted HPE G2/3 PDUs and Cray PDUs. A minimum of two PDUs are required with E2000 for power redundancy. The desired HPE G2 or Cray custom rack and E2000 configuration could limit what PDU options are available.


    E2000 Software, Services, and Tools

    E2000 is configured with powerful software tools and services to create a complete, production-ready storage system that is designed to meet the unique requirements of HPC and AI applications. This software, services, and tools are:


    Lustre® for E2000

    E2000 comes pre-configured with the industry’s most powerful and scalable parallel file system to assure that your compute cluster avoids waiting for I/O and is computing with maximum efficiency. Lustre® for E2000 is a carefully tested and curated version of the open-source community Lustre® based on version 2.15 release. Each Lustre® feature is exhaustively tested at scale by HPE and any defects corrected before it is released for production use. Lustre® for E2000 is offered with either OpenZFS or with LDISKFS as the local object store using HPE’s parity declustered RAID (GridRAID) to deliver maximum application performance and up to 4x faster recovery time from failed drives. Lustre® for E2000 is fully supported by HPE Services and E2000 Engineering resources guaranteeing fast and thorough responses to any issues found by our customers. For deployments in GPU based compute systems, HPE Cray Lustre® clients have full support of Nvidia’s Magnum I/O (a.k.a., GPU Direct Storage) features.

    Tiering for E2000

    Tiering in E2000 is a set of software features that make a hybrid storage system comprised of flash and disk easier to use and manage. It is designed to monitor and maintain file layouts and free space on flash tiers and disk tiers. Tiering has multiple capabilities that can be customized by the administrator via data management policies, including fine-grained indexing controls, file migration between OSTs or pools, restriping, purging, or generating filesystem reports. These actions are invoked automatically based on timers or system conditions (e.g. capacity threshold).

    Tiering uses a scale-out architecture to efficiently move large volumes of data. Tiering components utilize the SMU to perform all functions, and additional data mover nodes can be configured to increase data throughput.


    Scalable Search

    The Scalable Search service maintains an efficiently searchable indexed database files of filesystem metadata, used by policies to quickly search the filesystem namespace with multiple selection criteria to find matching candidate files amongst billions of files. The databases are maintained automatically as a background process.


    Transparent Tiering

    Transparent migration optimizes file layouts automatically based on policies created and set by the administrator. The policy engine automates file migration between the flash and disk tiers based on triggers such as the available capacity in the flash tier or a fixed schedule, and can migrate files based on path, name, file size, modification time, or any other file metadata. This is particularly useful to help maintain a flash tier at a maximum percentage full by moving older files to disk, for example. All files remain completely available for read or write during this process.


    Parallel Data Movers

    Additional data mover nodes can be configured to scale out the Tiering services beyond the SMU, providing additional bandwidth to migrate data and index the filesystem. The additional nodes are pre-configured HPE servers that can be added and monitored by E2000 management nodes.


    Purging Data

    Administrators can create policies to delete files from the filesystem based on various conditions, such as age of the file, location of the file, last access of the file, size of the file, to name a few examples.


    Reporting

    Tiering services can automatically generate reports of any filesystem metadata query in JSON or CSV form, timestamped and stored in the designated directory. Reports can be used to track usage information, find users or groups consuming significant capacity, or provide information to fine-tune other policies.

    Data Encryption at Rest (DEAR) with Key Manager

    E2000 supports encrypting data at rest with key management using Secure Encrypted Drives (SED) for NVMe and SED or FIPS compliant HDDs. E2000 supports a built-in key manager to handle the encryption keys. When enabled, E2000 enrolls all file system storage devices to participate in encrypting data. The key manager is used to authenticate all devices to allow access to encrypted data. After drive power loss, access to data is prohibited until the system retrieves unique keys from the key manager and uses them to unlock the devices.


    Managed Exporter Nodes

    E2000 supports the following gateway nodes to extend the access of the Lustre® parallel filesystem to additional clients using NFS, SMB and or S3. E2000 will manage up to 4 nodes in a cluster for NFS, SMB, and or S3 protocol. This will allow clients to mount the Lustre® filesystem over NFS or SMB or to utilize 4 nodes to ingest S3 objects as POSIX accessible objects and in turn export Lustre® data to S3.


    E2000 Monitoring

    E2000 monitoring provides always-on metrics to give customers the insight needed to maximize resources, optimize system throughput, and provide users with the best results and experience without impacting performance. All the information users need is available in a single view. Using streaming telemetry with customizable visualization of real-time and historical data, E2000 monitoring software tracks job performance on Lustre® file systems and enables the correlation of system events that cause job performance issues. E2000 monitoring provides administrators with visibility to understand application performance variability, to isolate problems faster, to enable trend analysis, and to provide alerts for hands-off monitoring.


    The landing page for E2000 monitoring offers a quick overview of the utilization and activity on the E2000 storage system giving administrators the ability to quickly identify potential issues and application performance problems.

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    E2000 monitoring provides visualization of performance data for overall storage systems and individual jobs, including throughput and metadata activity. Performance data is stored persistently and can be monitored in near real-time or historically, to triage performance problems, study trend analysis, and plan for capacity increases. Monitoring data sources include E2000 system logs and InfiniBand fabrics, enabling administrators to correlate system events with storage performance. E2000 monitoring supports customized alerts and graphs to tailor the application to each customer’s needs. Other notable features:

    • − Job Runtime Variability – Real-time and historical views of data to help you understand what is impacting user jobs
    • − Event Correlation – A unified view of the system, providing administrators with the ability to correlate systemic events that impact performance
    • − Trend Analysis – Data-driven analysis and visualization from historical data can help identify trends that can then be used to shape changes to the system
    • − Alerting – Threshold engine enables customized alerts based on any metric

    Job Monitoring Capabilities

    Job performance metrics are recorded and monitored in real-time to detect inefficient utilization of resources such as small I/O requests or metadata request inundation that can impact the responsiveness of the entire system. Jobs can be sorted and filtered as needed to pinpoint specific jobs by attribute, or to identify jobs running within certain timeframes.

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    From the Jobs page, administrators can drill down to job details and compare its activity to that occurring on the rest of the E2000 storage system to provide system level context to the target job.


    Job details also include per-device reporting for Lustre® object storage targets (OSTs) and metadata targets (MDTs) including metadata operations.

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    Dashboards

    E2000 monitoring includes visualization dashboards based on Grafana covering the E2000 system overview and Lustre® device metrics for an in-depth view of the storage environment. Available dashboards include:

    • − E2000 Storage Overview – Displays an overview of performance, jobs, and capacity for one or more E2000 storage systems.
    • − E2000 Server Metrics – Displays CPU and memory utilization for all E2000 servers.
    • − Lustre® File System Capacity, metadata, and Performance – Separate displays covering per device capacity, performance, and metadata operations.
    • − Customized Dashboards - supports the creation of custom dashboards from a wealth of documented metrics.

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    Technical Specifications

    Cray E2000

    • − Filesystem
    • Lustre® 2.15 with supported enhancements
    • − Data Path
    • E2000 GridRAID with LDISKFS or OpenZFS and its RAID support

    Scalable Storage Unit – Flash (SSU-F)

    • − Storage Controller
    • High availability, dual node pair with 32 NVMe Gen 5 SSDs
    • − SSD Options
      • 1 DWPD: 1.92 / 3.84 / 7.68 / 15.36 / 30.7 TB
      • 3 DPWD: 1.6 / 3.2 / 6.4 / 12.8 / 25.6 TB
      • All SSD options above are self-encryption (SED) capable
    • − Maximum SSUs per Rack (dependent on type of network supported)
      • 14 per Base Rack
      • 16 per Expansion Rack
    • − Maximum usable capacity per rack
    • Up to 15.5 PB (using 15.36 TB SSDs)

    Scalable Storage Unit – Disks (SSU-D)

    • − Storage Controller
    • High availability, dual controller pair with two NVMe Gen 5 SSDs
    • − Disk Enclosure
    • Ultra-dense 4U SAS JBOD with 100 HDDs
    • − Configurations
      • SSU-D1: Storage controller plus one 4U100 disk enclosure in 6U
      • SSU-D2: Storage controller plus two 4U100 disk enclosures in 10U
      • SSU-D4: Storage controller plus four 4U100 disk enclosures in 18U
    • − HDD Options
      • 4 / 12 / 16 / 20 / 24 TB SAS SED HDDs
    • − Maximum SSUs per Rack (dependent on type of SSU-D configuration and network supported)
      • Three per Base Rack
      • Four per Expansion Rack
    • − Maximum usable capacity per rack
    • Up to 19PB (using 24 TB HDDs)

    Scalable Storage Unit – Disks (SSU-M)

    • − Storage Controller
    • High availability, dual controller pair with two NVMe Gen 5 SSDs
    • − Disk Enclosure
    • High-density 4U SAS JBOD with 74 HDDs
    • − Configurations
      • SSU-M1: Storage controller plus one 4U74 disk enclosure in 6U
      • SSU-M2: Storage controller plus two 4U74 disk enclosures in 10U
      • SSU-M4: Storage controller plus four 4U74 disk enclosures in 18U
    • − HDD Options
      • 4 / 12 / 16 / 24 TB SAS SED HDDs
    • − Maximum SSUs per Rack (dependent on type of SSU-M configuration and network supported)
      • Three per Base Rack
      • Four per Expansion Rack
    • − Maximum usable capacity per rack
    • Up to 14 PB (using 24 TB HDDs)

    Scalable Storage Unit – Hybrid (SSU-M)

    • − Storage Controller
    • High availability, dual controller pair with 32 NVMe Gen 5 SSDs
    • − SSD Options
    • Same SSD options for SSU-F mentioned above
    • − Disk Enclosure
    • Ultra-dense 4U SAS JBOD with 100 HDDs
    • High-density 4U SAS JBOD with 74 HDDs
    • − Configurations
      • SSU-HD1: Storage controller plus one 4U100 disk enclosure in 6U
      • SSU-HD2: Storage controller plus two 4U100 disk enclosures in 10U
      • SSU-HM1: Storage controller plus one 4U74 disk enclosure in 6U
      • SSU-HM2: Storage controller plus two 4U84 disk enclosures in 10U
    • − HDD Options
      • For SSU-HD, same HDD options for SSU-D mentioned above
      • SSU-HM, same HDD options for SSU-M mentioned above
    • − Maximum SSUs per Rack (dependent on type of SSU-H configuration and network supported)
      • Three per Base Rack
      • Four per Expansion Rack

    MetaData Unit (MDU)

    • − Base Configuration
    • High-availability, dual controller pair with 32 NVMe Gen 5 SSDs RAID protected
    • − Number of files
    • Up to 17.2 billion per MDU in standard configuration with LDISKFS1
    • − SSD Options
      • 1 DWPD: 1.92 / 3.84 / 7.68 TB
      • 3 DPWD: 1.6 / 3.2 / 6.4 TB
      • All SSD options are self-encryption capable
    • − Expansion Option
    • Up to 10 MDUs per file system configured with Lustre® Distributed Namespace functionality

    System Management Unit (SMU)

    High-availability, dual controller pair with NVMe Gen 5 SSDs RAID protected for system management, logging, and boot services

    Client High-Speed Network Options 2

    HPE Slingshot200/400, NDR InfiniBand, HPE M-series 400 GbE Switches

    It is highly recommended that E2000 utilize a high-speed network that is deployed in a highly-available configuration.

    Notes:

    1 1.92 TB or higher capacity SSD required to achieve eight billion files per MDU

    Building Blocks

    SMU

    MDU

    SSU-F

    SSU-D/M Controller

    HPE SKU(s)

    (includes common options)

    S1H80A

    S1H81A

    S1H83A

    S1H82A

    Dimensions

    88.9 mm x 486 mm x 803 mm (H x W x D)

    Weight

    27.7 kg | 61 lbs

    31.3 kg | 69 lbs

    31.3 kg | 69 lbs

    27.7 kg | 61 lbs

    AC Power Input

    200-240VAC

    AC Power Input Frequency

    50-60 Hz

    Typical Power (kW | kVA)

    1.295 | 1.439

    1.900 | 2.111

    1.900 | 2.111

    1.283 | 1.426

    Max Power (kW | kVA)

    1,824 | 2.027

    2.463 | 2.737

    2.463 | 2.737

    1.807 | 2.008

    Power Cables1

    Two 3 m C19/C20

    Operating Temperature

    5°C-35°C | 41°F-95°F

    Shipping Temperature

    -40°C-60°C | –40°F-+140°F

    Operating Altitude

    -200-10,000ft | -61 m -3,000 m

    Shipping Altitude

    -200-40,000ft | -61 m -12,192 m

    Operating Humidity

    20% to 80% non-condensing

    Non-operating Humidity

    10% to 90% non-condensing

    Operating Vibration

    0.10G at 5 Hz to 500 Hz

    Non-operating Vibration

    0.5G at 5 Hz to 500 Hz

    Operating Shock

    3G at 11ms, 1/2 sine wave pulse

    Non-operating Shock

    10G at 11ms, 1/2 sine wave pulse

    Maximum Exhaust Airflow (CFM)

    162

    218

    218

    160

    Thermal (BTU)

    6220

    8399

    8399

    6162

    Management network cables

    Default of four 10ft (3 m) CAT6 Ethernet cables. Lengths may vary when built and shipped in a datacenter rack by HPE.

    Notes:

    1 HPE will determine which power cable is utilized when built and shipped in a datacenter rack by HPE. Both power cable types are provided otherwise.

    Building Blocks

    SSU-H Controller

    HPE SKU(s) 1

    (includes common options)

    S1H84H

    Dimensions

    88.9 mm x 486 mm x 803 mm (H x W x D)

    Weight

    31.3 kg | 69 lbs.

    AC Power Input

    200-240VAC

    AC Power Input Frequency

    50-60 Hz

    Typical Power (kW | kVA)

    1900 | 2.111kVA

    Max Power (kW | kVA)

    2463 | 2.737kVA

    Power Cables2

    Two 1 m C19/C20

    Operating Temperature

    5°C-35°C | 41°F-95°F

    Shipping Temperature

    -40°C-60°C | –40°F-+140°F

    Operating Altitude

    -200-10,000ft | -61 m -3,000 m

    Shipping Altitude

    -200-40,000ft | -61 m -12,192 m

    Operating Humidity

    20% to 80% non-condensing

    Non-operating Humidity

    10% to 90% non-condensing

    Operating Vibration

    0.10G at 5 Hz to 500 Hz

    Non-operating Vibration

    0.5G at 5 Hz to 500 Hz

    Operating Shock

    3G at 11ms, 1/2 sine wave pulse

    Non-operating Shock

    10G at 11ms, 1/2 sine wave pulse

    Maximum Exhaust Airflow (CFM)

    219

    Thermal (BTU)

    8399

    Management network cables

    Default of four 10ft (3 m) CAT6 Ethernet cables. Lengths may vary when built and shipped in a datacenter rack by HPE.

    Notes:

    1 Must utilize HPE optical SAS cables to connect to E2000 SSU-H enclosures.

    2 HPE will determine which power cable is utilized when built and shipped in a datacenter rack by HPE. Both power cable types are provided otherwise.

    SSU-D Ultra-Dense 4U100 Enclosure2,3

    8 TB SED

    12 TB SED

    16 TB SED

    HPE Cray SC 4U100 LFF HDD Encl

    S6L07A

    HDD Bundle for 4U1001

    S7W13A

    S6L14A

    S6L15A

    Dimensions

    176.4 mm x 441 mm x 1139 mm (H x W x D)

    Weight

    135.1 kg | 298.5 lbs.

    139.6 kg | 308.5 lbs.

    137.2 kg | 303.2 lbs.

    AC Power Input

    200-240VAC

    AC Power Input Frequency

    50-60 Hz

    Typical Power (kW | kVA)

    1317 W | 1.463kVA

    1398 W | 1.553kVA

    1227 W | 1.363kVA

    Max Power (kW | kVA)

    1834 W | 2.038 kVA

    1918 W | 2.131kVA

    1706 W | 1.896kVA

    Power Cables

    Two 1 m C19/C20

    Operating Temperature

    5°C to 35°C | 41°F to 95°F - derate 1°C for every 300 m above 900 m

    Shipping Temperature

    –40°C to +70°C | –40°F to +158°F

    Operating Altitude

    -200-10,000ft | -61 m -3,000 m

    Shipping Altitude

    -200-40,000ft | -61 m -12,192 m

    Operating Humidity

    10% to 80% noncondensing

    Non-operating Humidity

    5% to 100% noncondensing

    Operating Vibration

    0.18 Grms, 5-500 Hz, 30 min per axis

    Non-operating Vibration

    0.54 Grms (in Z) 0.25 Grms (in X & Y), 6-200 Hz

    Operating Shock

    3 G, 11ms (per axis)

    Non-operating Shock

    15 G, 7ms, 10 shock pulse

    Maximum Exhaust Airflow (CFM)

    163

    174

    152

    Thermal (BTU)

    6255

    6653

    5821

    Cable Management Arm (CMA)

    Included and required for serviceability. CMA will consume up to 1.5 m of cable length for all cables connected.

    Notes:

    1 Must order quantity one with each S6L07A

    2Hewlett Packard Enterprise has not tested or validated the E2000SSU-D Ultra-Dense 4U100 Enclosure with any third-party racks. Before installing the E2000 SSU-D Ultra-Dense 4U100 Enclosure in a third-party rack, be sure to properly scope the limitations of the rack. Before proceeding with the installation, consider the following:

    • You must fully understand the static and dynamic load carrying capacity of the rack and be sure that it can accommodate the weight of the E2000 SSU-D Ultra-Dense 4U100 enclosure.
    • Be sure sufficient clearance exists for cabling, installation and removal of PDUs, installation and removal the enclosure and enclosure FRUs, actuation of the rack doors and full articulation of the drive drawers.

    3 Must utilize HPE optical SAS cables to connected to S1J01A, S1J02A, S1J03A.

    SSU-D Ultra-Dense 4U100 Enclosure2,3

    20 TB SED

    24 TB SED

    HPE Cray SC 4U100 LFF HDD Encl

    S6L07A

    HDD Bundle for 4U1001

    S6L16A

    S6L17A

    Dimensions

    176.4 mm x 441 mm x 1139 mm (H x W x D)

    Weight

    137.2 kg | 303.2 lbs.

    AC Power Input

    200-240VAC

    AC Power Input Frequency

    50-60 Hz

    Typical Power (kW | kVA)

    1213 W | 1348kVA

    Max Power (kW | kVA)

    1685 W | 1873kVA

    Power Cables

    Two 1 m C19/C20

    Operating Temperature

    5°C to 35°C | 41°F to 95°F - derate 1°C for every 300 m above 900 m

    Shipping Temperature

    –40°C to +70°C | –40°F to +158°F

    Operating Altitude

    -200-10,000ft | -61 m -3,000 m

    Shipping Altitude

    -200-40,000ft | -61 m -12,192 m

    Operating Humidity

    10% to 80% noncondensing

    Non-operating Humidity

    5% to 100% noncondensing

    Operating Vibration

    0.18 Grms, 5-500 Hz, 30 min per axis

    Non-operating Vibration

    0.54 Gs rms (in Z) 0.25 Grms (in X & Y), 6-200 Hz

    Operating Shock

    3 G, 11ms (per axis)

    Non-operating Shock

    15 G, 7ms, 10 shock pulse

    Maximum Exhaust Airflow (CFM)

    150

    Thermal (BTU)

    5749

    Cable Management Arm (CMA)

    Included and required for serviceability. CMA will consume up to 1.5 m of cable length for all cables connected.

    Notes:

    2 Must utilize HPE optical SAS cables to connected to R4M27A, R7K93A or R7K89A.

    1Must order quantity one with each S6L07A

    2Hewlett Packard Enterprise has not tested or validated the E2000 SSU-D Ultra-Dense 4U100 Enclosure with any third-party racks. Before installing the E2000 SSU-D Ultra-Dense 4U100 Enclosure in a third-party rack, be sure to properly scope the limitations of the rack. Before proceeding with the installation, consider the following:

    • You must fully understand the static and dynamic load carrying capacity of the rack and be sure that it can accommodate the weight of the E2000 SSU-D Ultra-Dense 4U100 enclosure.
    • Be sure sufficient clearance exists for cabling, installation and removal of PDUs, installation and removal the enclosure and enclosure FRUs, actuation of the rack doors and full articulation of the drive drawers.

    3 Must utilize HPE optical SAS cables to connected to S1J01A, S1J02A, S1J03A

    SSU-M High-Density 4U74 Enclosure2,3

    8 TB SED

    12 TB SED

    16 TB SED

    HPE Cray SC 4U74 LFF HDD Encl

    S6L08A

    HPE HDD Bundle SKU for 4U741

    S7W12A

    S6L10A

    S6L11A

    Dimensions

    220 mm x 483 mm x 933 mm (H x W x D)

    Weight

    129.3 kg | 285.8 lbs.

    132.9 kg | 293.8 lbs

    AC Power Input

    200-240VAC

    AC Power Input Frequency

    50-60 Hz

    Typical Power (kW | kVA)

    1222 W | 1.358kVA

    1287 W / 1.430kVA

    Max Power (kW | kVA)

    1691 W / 1.879kVA

    1728 W | 1.920kVA

    Power Cables

    Two 1 m C19/C20

    Operating Temperature

    5°C to 35°C (41°F to 95°F) derate 1°C for every 300 m above 900 m

    Shipping Temperature

    –40°C to +70°C | –40°F to +158°F

    Operating Altitude

    -200-10,000ft | -61 m -3,000 m

    Shipping Altitude

    -200-40,000ft | -61 m -12,192 m

    Operating Humidity

    10% to 80% noncondensing

    Non-operating Humidity

    5% to 100% noncondensing

    Operating Vibration

    0.21 Grms, 5-500 Hz

    Non-operating Vibration

    1.04 Grms, 2-200 Hz

    Operating Shock

    5 G, 10ms, half sine

    Non-operating Shock

    20 G, 10ms, half sine

    Maximum Exhaust Airflow (CFM)

    150

    154

    Thermal (BTU)

    5769

    6085

    Notes:

    1 Must order quantity one with each S6L08A

    2Hewlett Packard Enterprise has not tested or validated the E2000 SSU-M High-Density 4U74 Enclosure with any third-party racks. Before installing the E2000 SSU-M High-Density 4U74 Enclosure in a third-party rack, be sure to properly scope the limitations of the rack. Before proceeding with the installation, consider the following:

    • You must fully understand the static and dynamic load carrying capacity of the rack and be sure that it can accommodate the weight of the E2000 SSU-M High-Density 4U74 enclosure.
    • · Be sure sufficient clearance exists for cabling, installation and removal of PDUs, installation and removal the enclosure and enclosure FRUs, actuation of the rack doors and full articulation of the drive drawers.

    3 Must utilize HPE optical SAS cables to connected to S1J01A, S1J02A, S1J03A.

    SSU-M High-Density 4U74 Enclosure2,3

    22 TB SED

    24 TB SED

    HPE Cray SC 4U74 LFF HDD Encl

    S6L08A

    i

    HPE HDD Bundle SKU1

    S6L12A

    S6L13A

    Dimensions

    176.4 mm x 441 mm x 1139 mm (H x W x D)

    Weight

    131 kg | 289.5 lbs.

    AC Power Input

    200-240VAC

    AC Power Input Frequency

    50-60 Hz

    Typical Power (kW | kVA)

    1151 W | 1279kVA

    Max Power (kW | kVA)

    1590 W | 1767kVA

    Power Cables

    Two 1 m C19/C20

    Operating Temperature

    5°C to 35°C | 41°F to 95°F - derate 1°C for every 300 m above 900 m, 20°C/hr max rate of change

    Shipping Temperature

    –40°C to +70°C | –40°F to +158°F

    Operating Altitude

    -200-10,000ft | -61 m -3,000 m

    Shipping Altitude

    -200-40,000ft | -61 m -12,192 m

    Operating Humidity

    10% to 80% noncondensing

    Non-operating Humidity

    5% to 100% noncondensing

    Operating Vibration

    0.21 Grms, 5-500 Hz

    Non-operating Vibration

    1.04 Grms, 2-200 Hz

    Operating Shock

    5 G, 10ms, half sine

    Non-operating Shock

    20 G, 10ms, half sine

    Maximum Exhaust Airflow (CFM)

    142

    Thermal (BTU)

    5425

    Notes:

    1 Must order quantity one with each S6L08A

    2Hewlett Packard Enterprise has not tested or validated the E2000 SSU-M High-Density 4U74 Enclosure with any third-party racks. Before installing the E2000 SSU-M High-Density 4U74 Enclosure in a third-party rack, be sure to properly scope the limitations of the rack. Before proceeding with the installation, consider the following:

    • You must fully understand the static and dynamic load carrying capacity of the rack and be sure that it can accommodate the weight of the E2000 SSU-M High-Density 4U74 enclosure.
    • Be sure sufficient clearance exists for cabling, installation and removal of PDUs, installation and removal the enclosure and enclosure FRUs, actuation of the rack doors and full articulation of the drive drawers.

    3 Must utilize HPE optical SAS cables to connected to S1J01A, S1J02A, S1J03A.

    4 Contact your sales representative about availability

    Data Mover

    SKU Number

    S3J02A

    Model Name

    HPE Cray Supercomputing Storage Systems Data Services Mover Node

    Processor

    EPYC 9124 (16-Core, 3.0 GHz, 200 W)

    Number of Processors

    One processor

    Memory

    32 GB RDIMM SR 1Rx4 4800 MT/s (1x 32 GB)

    Network Controller

    HPE 1 GbE 4-port Base-T OCP3 Adapter plus the choice of 1 or 2 PCIe cards for Lustre® and NFS Networks

    Internal Storage

    2x 480 GB SATA M.2

    PCI-Express Slots

    1 PCIe x16 Primary Riser

    1 PCIe x16 Secondary Reiser

    Power Supply

    2x 1000 W HPE FlexSlot Power Supply

    Fans

    7- standard fans

    Management

    Default: HPE iLO Standard with Intelligent Provisioning, HPE OneView Standard (requires download)

    Energy Star

    3.0 certified

    Form Factor

    1U Rack

    Warranty

    3-year parts, 3-year labor, 3-year onsite support with next business day response.

    Dimensions

    8SFF chassis

    4.29 X 43.46 X 64.94 cm

    1.69 X 17.11 X 25.57 In

    Package

    24.2 X 60 X 91.6 cm

    9.53 X 23.6 X 36.06 In

    Weight Maximum

    8 SFF chassis with 1 processor, 2 power supply, 1 standard heatsink, 12 DIMM, 2 High speed Network Cards, and 7 standard fans. o

    15.54 kg o 34.27 lb

    Package

    4.21 kg or 9.281 lb

    Rated Line Voltage

    100 to 120 VAC

    200 to 240 VAC

    NFS Protocol Node

    SKU Number

    S3J03A

    Model Name

    HPE Cray Supercomputing Storage Systems Data Services NFS Protocol Node

    Processor

    EPYC 9124 (16-Core, 3.0 GHz, 200 W)

    Number of Processors

    One processor

    Memory

    32 GB RDIMM SR 1Rx4 4800 MT/s (1x 32 GB)

    Network Controller

    HPE 1 GbE 4-port Base-T OCP3 Adapter plus the choice of 1 or 2 PCIe cards for Lustre® and NFS Networks

    Internal Storage

    2x 480 GB SATA M.2

    PCI-Express Slots

    1 PCIe x16 Primary Riser

    1 PCIe x16 Secondary Reiser

    Power Supply

    2x 1000 W HPE FlexSlot Power Supply

    Fans

    7- standard fans

    Management

    Default: HPE iLO Standard with Intelligent Provisioning, HPE OneView Standard (requires download)

    Energy Star

    3.0 certified

    Form Factor

    1U Rack

    Warranty

    3-year parts, 3-year labor, 3-year onsite support with next business day response.

    Dimensions

    8SFF chassis

    4.29 X 43.46 X 64.94 cm

    1.69 X 17.11 X 25.57 In

    Package

    24.2 X 60 X 91.6 cm

    9.53 X 23.6 X 36.06 In

    Weight Maximum

    8 SFF chassis with 1 processor, 2 power supply, 1 standard heatsink, 12 DIMM, 2 High speed Network Cards, and 7 standard fans.

    15.54 kg o 34.27 lb

    Package

    4.21 kg or 9.281 lb

    Rated Line Voltage

    100 to 120 VAC

    200 to 240 VAC

    SMB Protocol Node

    SKU Number

    S6U22A

    Model Name

    HPE Cray Supercomputing Storage Systems Data Services SMB Protocol Node

    Processor

    EPYC 9124 (16-Core, 3.0 GHz, 200 W)

    Number of Processors

    One processor

    Memory

    32 GB RDIMM SR 1Rx4 4800 MT/s (1x 32 GB)

    Network Controller

    HPE 1 GbE 4-port Base-T OCP3 Adapter plus the choice of 1 or 2 PCIe cards for

    Lustre® and SMB Networks

    Internal Storage

    2x 480 GB SATA M.2

    PCI-Express Slots

    1 PCIe x16 Primary Riser

    1 PCIe x16 Secondary Reiser

    Power Supply

    2x 1000 W HPE FlexSlot Power Supply

    Fans

    7- standard fans

    Management

    Default: HPE iLO Standard with Intelligent Provisioning, HPE OneView Standard (requires download)

    Energy Star

    3.0 certified

    Form Factor

    1U Rack

    Warranty

    3-year parts, 3-year labor, 3-year onsite support with next business day response.

    Dimensions

    8SFF chassis

    4.29 X 43.46 X 64.94 cm

    1.69 X 17.11 X 25.57 In

    Package

    24.2 X 60 X 91.6 cm

    9.53 X 23.6 X 36.06 In

    Weight Maximum

    8 SFF chassis with 1 processor, 2 power supply, 1 standard heatsink, 12 DIMM, 2 High speed Network Cards, and 7 standard fans.

    15.54 kg o 34.27 lb

    Package

    4.21 kg or 9.281 lb

    Rated Line Voltage

    100 to 120 VAC

    200 to 240 VAC

    S3 Protocol Node

    SKU Number

    S6L02A

    Model Name

    HPE Cray Supercomputing Storage Systems Data Services S3 Protocol Node

    Processor

    EPYC 9124 (16-Core, 3.0 GHz, 200 W)

    Number of Processors

    One processor

    Memory

    32 GB RDIMM SR 1Rx4 4800 MT/s (1x 32 GB)

    Network Controller

    HPE 1 GbE 4-port Base-T OCP3 Adapter plus the choice of 1 or 2 PCIe cards for Lustre® and S3 Networks

    Internal Storage

    2x 480 GB SATA M.2

    PCI-Express Slots

    1 PCIe x16 Primary Riser

    1 PCIe x16 Secondary Reiser

    Power Supply

    2x 1000 W HPE FlexSlot Power Supply

    Fans

    7- standard fans

    Management

    Default: HPE iLO Standard with Intelligent Provisioning, HPE OneView Standard (requires download)

    Energy Star

    3.0 certified

    Form Factor

    1U Rack

    Warranty

    3-year parts, 3-year labor, 3-year onsite support with next business day response.

    Dimensions

    8SFF chassis

    4.29 X 43.46 X 64.94 cm

    1.69 X 17.11 X 25.57 In

    Package

    24.2 X 60 X 91.6 cm

    9.53 X 23.6 X 36.06 In

    Weight Maximum

    8 SFF chassis with 1 processor, 2 power supply, 1 standard heatsink, 12 DIMM, 2 High speed Network Cards, and 7 standard fans.

    15.54 kg o 34.27 lb

    Package

    4.21 kg or 9.281 lb

    Rated Line Voltage

    100 to 120 VAC

    200 to 240 VAC

    Summary of Changes

    Date

    Version History

    Action

    Description of Change

    06-Apr-2026

    Changed

    • − Updated product branding references to HPE GreenLake and refreshed version information.
    • − Revised specifications and capacity values for Scalable Storage Units (SSU‑F, SSU‑D, and SSU‑M), including flash, disk, and hybrid configurations.
    • − Updated System Management Unit (SMU) configuration details, including supported enclosures, capacities, quantities, and associated HPE SKUs.
    • − Updated S3 Protocol Node information to reflect the current worldwide release and version alignment.

    16-Feb-2026

    Changed

    Visual rebranding only—updated typography, colors, and design elements to align with new HPE brand standards. No technical specifications or content were modified.

    02-Sep-2025

    Changed

    Changed drive options and added SMB and S3 protocol nodes

    03-Mar-2025

    New

    New QuickSpecs

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