Shawn Hansen Director of Marketing

Windows Compute Cluster Server 2003 Enable scientist and researcher to focus on Science, not IT. Mission: Enable scientist and researcher to focus on Science, not IT. Windows Server 2003, Compute Cluster Edition Compute Cluster Pack += Microsoft Windows Compute Cluster Server 2003 Core HPC PlatformCore HPC Platform Computationally intense and scale- out workloadsComputationally intense and scale- out workloads Leverage strengths of Windows Server platformLeverage strengths of Windows Server platform Optional CDOptional CD Adds MS-MPIAdds MS-MPI Integrated Job SchedulerIntegrated Job Scheduler Cluster Resource Management ToolsCluster Resource Management Tools Integrated Solution out- of-the-boxIntegrated Solution out- of-the-box Leverages investment in Windows administration and toolsLeverages investment in Windows administration and tools Makes cluster operation easy and secure as a single systemMakes cluster operation easy and secure as a single system

Microsoft Support for OpenFabrics Support for RDMA stack with vendor collaboration, open development Expanding beyond MPI over WSD Microsoft WHQL Certification –Issued on individual vendor basis –Focused on IPoIB and WSD Shipping via all Tier 1 OEM vendors.

Compute Cluster Solution Roadmap ► Q1 2007: Windows CCS SP1 ► Coincides with Windows 2003 Server SP2 ► Released: August 2006 ► Longhorn-based V2

5 Fluent Benchmarks – s1, s2, s3 Benchmark Configuration: HP Cluster Platform

6 Windows InfiniBand Drivers SRP Miniport StorPort SDP** SDP SPI** Applications User Kernel Windows Applications OF Windows Hardware * Windows Compute Cluster Server 2003 ** Will be available in the future WSD SAN Provider Management Tools HCA Hardware Access Layer Verbs Provider Driver Verbs Provider Library Access Layer Library Kernel Bypass Winsock Socket Switch WinSock Provider MPI2* IPoIB NDIS TCP/UDP/ICMP IP VNIC**

Summary Windows Compute Cluster Server 2003 removes administrative barriers preventing broad adoption of HPC solutions –Familiar environment and integration with standard tools –Convenient job scheduler –Parallel debugging capabilities and full support of MPI standards Windows Compute Cluster Server 2003 makes HPC accessible to all scientists, engineers, and businesses

Resources Microsoft HPC Web site – Windows Server x64 information – – Windows Server System information – Get the Facts Web site –

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