Supermicro Rack Scale Design (RSD) Solution Brief

SUPERMICRO RACK SCALE DESIGN
(SUPERMICRO RSD) SOLUTION BRIEF

A Rack-Scale Total Solution Built on Open Standards

Supermicro RSD, a rack-scale total solution, empowers cloud service providers, telecom operators, and Fortune 500 companies to build their own agile, efficient, software-defined data centers. Built on industry-standard Redfish APIs and the open-source Intel Rack Scale Design framework, Supermicro RSD runs on Supermicro server, storage, and switch hardware to maximize utilization through disaggregating compute, network, and storage resources distributed within a rack or across multiple racks.

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Key Features & Benefits

Open REST API-Based Management: Provides interoperability and scalability in cloud-scale infrastructure by treating the rack as the new management unit via Redfish.
Resource Pooling & Just-in-Time Allocation: Dynamically pools compute, network, and storage resources to maximize utilization and TCO savings.
Future-Proof Hardware Support: Runs on existing X10 and new X11 generation servers and storage, protecting prior investments and offering disaggregated compute modules.

Additional Capabilities

Deep rack discovery of compute, storage, and network building blocks
Integrated cooling and power management at rack level
Comprehensive asset monitoring and provisioning

Software Components

Pod Manager (PodM): Aggregates resources across multiple racks (Pods) via Redfish, managing and pooling hardware from the PSMEs and RMMs.
Rack Management Module (RMM): Monitors and controls power & thermal resources within each rack, reporting status to Pod Manager.
Pooled System Management Engine (PSME): Manages individual chassis/drawers, aggregates telemetry and asset data via Redfish to Pod Manager.
Web UI: Browser-based interface for streamlined RSD management and monitoring.

All components are packaged in a 1U Supermicro management appliance, each running in its own container. A software-only RSD package is also available for deployment on existing compute nodes.

Hardware Requirements

Supermicro RSD runs on all existing X10 and new X11 generation servers and storage. A minimal RSD rack requires:

1U Management Appliance: SYS-5019S-TN4-SRSMGT running the RSD containers.
Management Switch: 1G switch for BMC connectivity.
Data Switch: One high-performance data switch.
Compute Nodes: Choose from TwinPro®, BigTwin®, FatTwin®, or MicroBlade® architectures.
Storage Nodes: Options include 2U Ultra with 24 NVMe SSDs, 2U SSG with SAS HDDs, or 60/90-bay JBOD for cold storage.

With Supermicro RSD 2.1, up to 12 application hosts can share a pooled NVMe storage chassis (SSG-136R-N32JB), supporting 32 hot-swap NVMe SSDs in just 2U for petabyte-scale performance.

Ordering & SKUs

Choose from two main paths when ordering Supermicro RSD:

SYS-5019S-TN4-SRSMGT – 1U Supermicro RSD management appliance (hardware).
SFT-SMCI-RSDSM – Supermicro RSD software package (software-only).

For software-only deployments, order SFT-SMCI-RSDSM and leverage your existing Supermicro servers, storage, and switches. Add other components on-demand to build the optimal RSD rack for your environment.

Products

Supermicro SSE-X3348TR

Top-of-Rack switch
4x QSFP+ 40GbE ports
48x RJ45 10GbE ports
SMIS software

8 460.71 €

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BigTwin SuperServer SYS-2029BT-HNR - 4 nodes

Compute Intensive Application
HPC, Data Center
Enterprise Server
Hyperscale / Hyperconverged

12 225.94 €

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JBOF SuperStorage SSG-136R-N32JBF

High Throughput Ingest
High Density Hot Storage
HPC / Data Analytics
Media/Video Streaming
Content Delivery Network (CDN)
Big Data Top of Rack Storage

7 269.85 €

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Supporting Products

(EOL) NVIDIA Spectrum MSN2010-CB2F

Top-of-Rack switch
4x QSFP28 100GbE ports
18x SFP28 25GbE ports
Mellanox Onyx

6 893.83 €

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NVIDIA Spectrum MSN2010-CB2FC

Top-of-Rack switch
4x QSFP28 100GbE ports
18x SFP28 25GbE ports
Cumulus Linux

6 267.98 €

Configure
(EOL) NVIDIA Spectrum MSN2100-CB2F

Spine or Top-of-Rack switch
16x QSFP28 100GbE ports
Mellanox Onyx

11 839.05 €

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NVIDIA Spectrum MSN2100-CB2FC

Spine or Top-of-Rack switch
16x QSFP28 100GbE ports
Cumulus Linux

11 839.05 €

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(EOL) NVIDIA Spectrum MSN2410-CB2F

Top-of-Rack switch
8x QSFP28 100GbE ports
48x SFP28 25GbE ports
Mellanox Onyx

19 138.29 €

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(EOL) NVIDIA Spectrum MSN2410-CB2FC

Top-of-Rack switch
8x QSFP28 100GbE ports
48x SFP28 25GbE ports
Cumulus Linux

19 138.29 €

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(EOL) NVIDIA Spectrum-2 MSN3420-CB2F

Top-of-Rack switch
12x QSFP28 100GbE ports
48x SFP28 25GbE ports
Mellanox Onyx

16 574.26 €

Configure
NVIDIA Spectrum-2 MSN3420-CB2FC

Top-of-Rack switch
12x QSFP28 100GbE ports
48x SFP28 25GbE ports
Cumulus Linux

16 574.26 €

Configure

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SUPERMICRO RACK SCALE DESIGN (SUPERMICRO RSD) SOLUTION BRIEF