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12 Dell HPC System for Manufacturing—System Architecture and Application Performance
SB7790 36-port EDR InfiniBand switches. The number of switches required depends on the size of the
cluster and the blocking ratio of the fabric.
2.9 VDI Software
The VDI software is installed on the VDI servers and provides GPU accelerated remote visualization
capabilities. NICE DCV with NICE EnginFrame is the recommended VDI software stack for the Dell HPC
System for Manufacturing.
2.10 Cluster Software
The Cluster Software is used to install and monitor the system’s compute servers. Bright Cluster Manager
7.2 (BCM) is the recommended cluster software.
The PBS Professional
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distributed workload manager has been validated for this system. PBS Professional
is the recommended workload manager for the Dell HPC System for Manufacturing.
2.11 Services and Support
The Dell HPC System for Manufacturing is available with full hardware support and deployment services,
including NSS-HA and IEEL deployment services.