Key Messages for HUAWEI Tecal RH Series Rack Servers

RH Series Rack Servers

1U 2-socket server: RH1288 V2 2U 2-socket servers: RH2285 V2/RH2288 V2 2U 4-socket servers: RH2485 V2/RH2488 V2 Multi-socket servers: 4 U 4-socket RH5885 V2/8U 8socket RH5885 V2

1U 2-socket: RH1288 V2 Key Messages

Perfect Balance Between Performance and Density
Compact structure with fully utilized space
Customer benefits: The RH1288 V2 features a compact structure, enabling system expansion along with service development in limited equipment room space. Differentiators: 1.Adopts an optimized internal structure with refined management of vector airflows, fully utilizing space with highly efficient heat dissipation. 2.Provides a computing performance as that of a 2U rack server in the space of 1U, reducing room occupation by 50%.

High density

Market-leading performance

High performance

Customer benefits: The RH1288 V2 provides the high-speed processing capability for customers' large-volume services in a compact structure, reducing the TCO. Differentiators: 1. Uses up to two high-performance E5-2690 processors, 24 DIMMs, and two redundant PSUs. 2. Provides the same computing, memory, storage, and redundancy as a 2U rack server in just 1U space.

High energy efficiency with intelligent power control

High energy efficiency

Customer benefits: The RH1288 V2 supports intelligent power control to fully utilize power, reducing OPEX. Differentiators: The RH1288 V2 uses highly efficient Platinum PSUs and supports intelligent fan speed adjustment and power capping, enabling energy consumption control.

2U 2-socket: RH2285 V2/RH2288 V2 Key Messages

Superior Computing Performance and Energy Efficiency
Leading performance increases the system processing speed.

High performance

Customer benefits: provides faster service processing for more services and lowers TCO by solving system bottlenecks through optimization. Differentiators: 1. The RH2285 V2 and RH2288 V2 refreshed 20 world records in SPEC integer and floating-point computing tests (by July 10, 2012). 2. The RH2285 V2 or RH2288 V2 supports 26 hard disks, leading the industry in the local storage capability. The RH2288 V2 supports 24 dual-height 32 GB DIMMs, providing up to 768 GB memory capacity (including capacities of more than 384 GB). The 24 dual-height 32 GB DIMMs significantly maximizes ROI compared with standard 32 GB DIMMs.

High energy efficiency

High energy efficiency

Customer benefits: reduces the OPEX dramatically. Differentiators: 1.The RH2285 V2 and RH2288 V2 individually refreshed 6 world records in SPECpower_ssj2008 benchmark tests. 2.Huawei dynamic power consumption management technologies (DEMTs), such as Platinum PSUs with a power conversion rate of 94%, accurate processor power consumption management, and fan speed adjustment, maximize power utilization and help customers manage power consumption.

Best stability among 200,000 servers

High reliability

Customer benefits: The 2-socket rack servers are most used in a large scale. Stable running of these servers provides strong support for IT and application systems. Differentiators: 1. More than 200,000 RH2285 V2 and RH2288 V2 servers are used in a large scale. Feedback from three ISPs (Tencent, Baidu, and Alibaba) shows that Huawei servers outperform competitors' servers in terms of reliability and quality. 2. General servers operate in the temperature of 35. However, the RH2285 V2 and RH2288 V2 can run stably in a long term in the temperature of 40 .

2U 4-socket: RH2485 V2 Key Messages

High Performance and Low Power Consumption
4-socket server with excellent performance

High performance

Customer benefits: The RH2485 V2 provides faster processing for more services while reducing the TCO greatly. Differentiators: The RH2485 V2 refreshed four world records in SPEC integer and floating-point computing performance tests (by July 10, 2012). Compared with other 4U 4-socket servers with E-4800 series processors, the RH2485 V2 provides stronger computing performance and higher memory bandwidth, meeting requirements for computing- and memory- intensive applications.

Excellent energy efficiency

High energy efficiency

Customer benefits: High energy efficiency reduces the OPEX and the support for the ambient temperature of 40 reduces cooling costs. Differentiators: 1. The RH2485 V2 refreshed four world records (on June 29, 2012) in the SPECpower_ssj2008 test for 4-socket rack servers. 2. Huawei dynamic power consumption management technologies (DEMTs), such as Platinum PSUs with a power conversion rate of 94%, accurate processor power consumption management, and fan speed adjustment, maximize power utilization and help customers manage power consumption. 3. The non-stacking processor structure, high-density system design (2U/4-socket/48 DIMMs), and support for the ambient temperature of 40 make the RH2485 V2 more adaptive to harsh environments with higher energy efficiency and reliability, compared with competitors' products that support the maximum ambient temperature of 35.

High density and simple maintenance

High density

Customer benefits: The RH2845 V2 provides 4 sockets in a space of just 2U, reducing the space by 50% compared with a 4U 4-socket server. The non-dual stacking structure shortens the time for replacing DIMMs or maintaining processors. Differentiators: The RH2485 V2 is designed in a non-stacking structure, facilitating processor and DIMM maintenance and ensuring ventilation and heat dissipation. Compared with similar products in dual-stacking structure, the RH2485 V2 is simpler to maintain and provides higher reliability. The 2U 4-socket server structure reduces the equipment room space compared with competitors' 4U 4-socket server based on the E7 series processors.

2U 4-socket: RH2488 V2 Key Messages

Compact and Cost-Effective 4-socket Rack Server
High Customer benefits: Proved by results of strict tests, the RH2488 V2 is an ideal choice. performance Differentiators: The RH2488 V2 ranked first in the centralized procurement test of State Grid in 2012, with its applications
covering 11 provinces. The RH2488 V2 ranked first in the centralized procurement test of State Grid in 2012, with the applications covering 11 provinces.

Largecapacity storage

Internal storage capacity of 18 TB, which is 12% higher than counterparts

Customer benefits: The RH2488 V2 provides a higher internal storage capacity in a space of just 2U. Differentiators: The RH2488 V2 supports six 3.5" hard disks with an internal storage capacity of 18 TB, which is 10% higher than competitors' products.

2U 4-socket E7 series processors with the density two times that of competitors' products High density Customer benefits: The RH2488 V2 provides a higher density based on 4-socket E7 series processors.
Differentiators: Compared with competitors' 4U design, the RH2488 V2 configures four E7 series processors in just 2U and provides DIMM slots on the mainboard instead of on memory cards, reducing the chassis space.

High-Performance 4-socket/8-socket: RH5885 V2 Key Messages

High-Performance, High-Reliability, 4-socket/8-socket Rack Server
The RH5885 V2 is an ideal platform for high-performance database applications and ranked first in the TPC-E performance test. Huawei is the only manufacturer that is certified by SAP HANA.

High performance

Customer benefits: The RH5885 V2 provides faster processing capabilities to address more services. Differentiators: 1. Working with the HUAWEI PCIe SSD card, the RH5885 V2 serves as an ideal database platform and ranked first in the TPC-E database performance test (1 TB memory). 2. The RH5885 V2 4-socket server refreshed 12 world records in the SPEC CPU test. 3. The RH5885 V2 8-socket server refreshed seven records in the SPEC CPU test, ranked first in the SPECjbb test, and provides highest performance for enterprise Java applications. 35 Reliability, Availability, and Serviceability (RAS) features based on a fault-tolerant architecture, serving as a substitute for the midrange computer for mission-critical applications

High reliability

Customer benefits: The RH5885 V2 is an ideal substitute for the midrange compute and provides high reliability and high availability to reduce the TCO and maintenance costs Differentiators: 1. The RH5885 V2 supports the fault-tolerant architecture that is developed for high-end 32-socket computers 2. The RH5885 V2 supports 35 RAS features, such as troubleshooting, server node failure protection, and memory redundancy and mirroring.

Modular design, maintenance without opening the chassis, unique technology of PCIe hot swap, and key component replacement within 1 minute

Easy maintenance

Customer benefits: The hot swap implements self-service, reducing maintenance time and costs, and the reduced maintenance time shortens the system downtime. Differentiators: 1. The RH5885 V2 supports hot-swappable components, such as hard disks, fan modules, PSUs, and PCIe cards, achieving component replacement within 1 minute. 2. The PCIe hot swap and maintenance without opening the chassis are unique in the industry. 3. The hot-swappable fan modules can be replaced without interrupting services.

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