Canonical OpenStack

Supermicro® Total Solution for Canonical OpenStack

Canonical OpenStack provides the easiest way to design, deploy, manage, scale and upgrade OpenStack clouds.

Supermicro and Canonical have partnered to deliver OpenStack on Ubuntu, the most popular platform for OpenStack deployments. Canonical is committed to OpenStack by producing high quality releases of OpenStack on a cadence with OpenStack Foundation releases, and Enterprises.

Supermicro Canonical OpenStack Certified Platforms

Join with more than 70% of production OpenStack clouds by building yours with Supermicro and Canonical.
Highlights
  • Validated reference architectures
  • Certified components
  • Scale out – One rack to many racks
  • Greenest Servers for the Cloud – Save hundreds of dollars per server
  • Lowest Cost – Best Performance / Watt / $ / ft2
  • Start as a pro by leveraging expertize support and services

Enterprise support for OpenStack is provided by Canonical in partnership with Supermicro where customers gain access to a global pool of knowledge & expertise. The partnership offers:

  • Discovery and design service – Together, we design your cloud to the required size and specifications —on your site, in your datacenter or hosted with one of our partners.
  • Bootstack service – Our experts take full responsibility for the deployment, management, monitoring and 24/7 availability of your new cloud
  • Transfer Control – As and when you decide to take control of your cloud back in house, we will train your team on its operations to ensure a smooth handover
  Small Cluster using 10Gb RJ45 Small Cluster using 10Gb SFP+
SRS SRS-BOTSTK-CACB-01 SRS-BOTSTK-CACB-02
Cores 168 Cores 168 Cores
Memory 3072 GB 3072 GB
Raw Storage 144 TB 144 TB
Power Foot Print 5649.9 VA/5537.2 WA 5562.1 VA/5450.6 WA
Height 18U 18U
Components Used
ToR Switch 2 SSE-X3348T 2 SSE-X3348S
PXE & IPMI Switch 1 SSE-G48-TG4 1 SSE-G48-TG4
MAAS & Tooling Node 3 SYS-5018R-ISCAFT0-0 3 SYS-5018R-ISCAFS0-0
Cloud Node 6 SYS-6028U-ISCACT0-0 6 SYS-6028U-ISCACS0-0
Services
SMC Rack Integration Service* ✓ ✓
SMC Onsite Support ✓ ✓

*Racking & Cabling (with 3rd party switches); Racking & Cabling Engineering Drawing; SMC will not be responsible for 3rd party switch configuration
Additional Services that can be purchased
Additional Services
SMC Onsite Integration Service**
Ubuntu Advantage Server – Essential / Standard / Advanced Server (Min. Purchase 5)
Ubuntu Advantage OpenStack Cloud Region – Small
Ubuntu Advantage Professional Service – Per Week
Ubuntu Bootstack Program Daily
Ubuntu BootStack Professional Services – Per Week
Ubuntu Advantage Travel & Expenses – Per Week
Ubuntu BootStack CEPH / Swift Storage Add-on (Per GB per Month actual stored data)

**Require SOW Onsite Survey; Onsite logistics; Racking & Cabling (with 3rd party switches); Racking & Cabling Engineering Drawing

***Please consult with Supermicro-OpenStack Solution Team for all Canonical OpenStack related solutions. Any parts purchased individually without full testing and certification may not be fit for Canonical OpenStack Solutions. Please be advised to purchase the right services and warranty above for Canonical OpenStack related products to avoid the compatibility issues. Please also note not every service above is mandatory. Supermicro solution team is willing to help you build the right solutions anytime.
Network Component Details
Ethernet Switch SSE-X3348T SSE-X3348T (Cluster Role: ToR Switch)

• 48x 10GBase-T RJ45 ports
• 4x 40G QSFP ports
• 2x 1G RJ45 ports
• Switching Capacity: 1284Gbps
• Wire-speed Layer 3 Routing
• 1:1 Non-blocking connectivity
• 1U form factor for flexible installation
• Redundant hot-pluggable power supplies
• CLI and Web GUI Management Interfaces
Ethernet Switch SSE-X3348S SSE-X3348S (Cluster Role: ToR Switch)

• 48x 10G SFP+ ports
• 4x 40G QSFP ports
• 2x 1G RJ45 ports
• Switching Capacity: 1284Gbps
• Wire-speed Layer 3 Routing
• 1:1 Non-blocking connectivity
• Link Aggregation and Jumbo Frame Support
• 1U form factor for flexible installation
• CLI and Web GUI Management Interfaces
Ethernet Switch SSE-G48-TG4 SSE-G48-TG4 (Cluster Role: Management Switch)

• 48x 1G RJ45 ports
– 48 RJ45 Copper ports and
–  4 RJ45/SFP Combo ports
• Switching Capacity: 184Gbps
• Wire-speed Layer 3 Routing
• 1:1 Non-blocking connectivity
• Link Aggregation and Jumbo Frame Support
• 1U form factor for flexible installation
• CLI and Web GUI Management Interfaces

 

The Supermicro Canonical OpenStack cloud supports various configurations beyond the tested & validated reference architecture. Canonical guarantees that when deployed on any certified Supermicro platform that Canonical OpenStack will “just work”. Customers have options depending on their level of expertise with OpenStack. BootStack is a turnkey, fully managed OpenStack operation for those just getting up to speed with OpenStack. For experienced OpenStack customers, we offer training services on how to use Canonical tooling to build, manage, scale & upgrade the OpenStack cloud you support independent of Canonical & Supermicro.

 

Certified Nodes for Canonical OpenStack
SYS-5018R-WR SYS-5018R-ISCAFT0-0 (Cluster Role: MAAS)

• System: SYS-5018R-WR
• 14 (1 * 14) Cores
• 64 (4 * 16) GB RAM
• Intel PCI 3700 NVMe 800 GB
• 4 (2 * 2) TB SAS HDD
• 2 * 10G RJ45 ports; 1 IPMI; 2 * 1G
SYS-5018R-WR SYS-5018R-ISCAFS0-0 (Cluster Role: MAAS)

• System: SYS-5018R-WR
• 14 (1 * 14) Cores
• 64 (4 * 16) GB RAM
• Intel PCI 3700 NVMe 800 GB
• 4 (2 * 2) TB SAS HDD
• 2 * 10G SFP+ ports; 1 IPMI; 2 * 1G
SYS-6028U-TR4+ SYS-6028U-ISCACT0-0 (Cluster Role: Cloud Node)

• System: SYS-6028U-TR4+
• 28 (2 * 14) Cores
• 512 (32 * 16) GB RAM
• Intel PCI 3700 NVMe 800 GB
• 6 * 4TB SAS HDD
• 4 * 10G RJ45 ports; 1 IPMI; 4 * 1G
SYS-6028U-TR4+ SYS-6028U-ISCACS0-0 (Cluster Role: Cloud Node)

• System: SYS-6028U-TR4+
• 28 (2 * 14) Cores
• 512 (32 * 16) GB RAM
• Intel PCI 3700 NVMe 800 GB
• 6 * 4TB SAS HDD
• 4 * 10G SFP+ ports; 1 IPMI; 4 * 1G
SYS-6017R-WRF SYS-6018R-WTR (Cluster Role: MAAS, Cloud Node)

• Dual Socket R3 (LGA 2011) support: Intel® Xeon® processor E5-2600 v4/v3 family
• 4 Hot-swap 3.5″ SAS/SATA drive bays for Customizable storage
• 16 DIMM slots; up to 2TB ECC 3DS LRDIMM or RDIMM DDR4-2400
• Riser card support: Left side – 2 PCI-E 3.0 x16 (FHHL) slots
• 2 SuperDOM, 1 VGA, 1 Serial, 6 USB 3.0 (4 rear)
• 2 GbE via Intel i350, dedicated LAN port for IPMI 2.0
• 5 Counter-rotating PWM fans
• 700W Redundant Platinum Level Power Supplies
SYS-6017R-WRF SSG-5028R-E1CR12L (Cluster Role: Cloud Node, Storage Node)

• Single Socket R3 (LGA 2011) support: Intel® Xeon® processor E5-2600 v4/v3 family
• 12 Hot-swap 3.5″ SAS3 drive bays (SAS3 via LSI 3008 controller; IR mode)
2 Rear optional 2.5″ Hot-swap HDD Bays
• 8 DIMM slots; up to 1TB ECC 3DS LRDIMM or RDIMM DDR4-2400
• 1 PCI-E 3.0 x4 (in x8), 2 PCI-E 3.0 x8, 1 PCI-E 3.0 x8 (in x16), 1 PCI-E 2.0 x2 (in x4),
1 PCI-E 2.0 x4 (in x8)
• 1 VGA, 1 COM, 2 USB 3.0, 2 USB 2.0
• 4 GbE via Intel i350-AM4, dedicated LAN port for IPMI 2.0
• 3 heavy duty fans w/ optimal fan speed control
• 920W Redundant Platinum Level Power Supplies
• 2 JBOD expansion ports
SYS-6028U-TR4+ SYS-6028U-TR4+ (Cluster Role: Cloud Node, Storage Node)

• Dual Socket R3 (LGA 2011) support: Intel® Xeon® processor E5-2600 v4/v3 family
• 12 Hot-swap 3.5″ drive bays; 10 SATA3 ports by default; optional 12 SAS3
• 24 DIMM slots; up to 3TB ECC 3DS LRDIMM or RDIMM DDR4-2400
• 1 PCI-E 3.0 x16 & 7 PCI-E 3.0 x8 slots (5 FH, 1 LP, 1 internal LP)
• 1 VGA, 1 COM, 5 USB 3.0
• 4 GbE, dedicated LAN port for IPMI 2.0
• 4 heavy duty fans w/ optimal fan speed control
• 1000W Redundant Titanium Level (96%) Power Supplies