支持pureScale的服务器包括IBM POWER6 550 (8204-E8A), POWER6 595 (9119-FHA), POWER7 750 (8233-E8B), POWER7 755 (8236-E8C), POWER7 770 (9117-MMB), POWER7 780 (9179-MHB)。
这些服务器上必须至少安装一块Ethernet卡和一块InfiniBand卡(以后版本会支持万兆网,不一定要使用InfiniBanc)。不同的服务器对应不同的InfiniBand,如POWER6 550 (8204-E8A)对应InfiniBand的FC是5609;POWER6 595 (9119-FHA)对应InfiniBand的FC是1816。
另外,还需要对应的InfiniBand的连线和InfiniBand Switch。
最低配置:
- 2台IBM POWER6® 550 Express (8204-E8A) server
- Disk Storage:Any disk storage supported by IBM General Parallel File System (GPFS™.)
- Disk connection method:Direct SAN connection
- Network:一Ethernet Network和一InfiniBand network
- InfiniBand Network switches:IBM 7874-024
- Operating system: AIX6.1 TL 3 only. With SP2 or higher
- uDAPL level 6.1.0.1 or higher
- OpenSSH level 4.5.0.5302 or higher
- XL C/C++ Runtime level is 9.0.0.8 or higher
- Storage:
- Local disk space on each host: 6.5 GB
- Shared disk space:
- Tiebreaker disk: 25 MB
- Shared file system: 100 GB recommended