AI Computing Facility

Tender description

The University of Southampton requires 4 R760xa systems and as many Nvidia L4 GPUs as possible with servers meeting the following specification. There must be a maximum of 8 GPUs per server. • CPU - Minimum of 12 threads per GPU, either Intel or AMD with minimum clock speeds of 2 Ghz normal, 3 Ghz boost • RAM - 10GB per thread • 800GB Minimum Solid State Fault Tolerant storage for OS, RAID 1. • 7.68TB Minimum Read Intensive NVMe storage for local dataset storage • Backplane - PCIe version 4 or above • Redundant power supplies • Remote server management that must include KVM over IP with console redirection and control. • 1x Infiniband Mellanox ConnectX-6 Single Port HDR • 1x 25GBase-T NIC for login traffic • 1x 1Gbe NIC for management traffic • Keep your own disk • 5 Year next business day onsite warranty • 1x 5m 25gbs Twinax cable for each server The system must be compatible with the 3 existing R760xa systems the University already has. A 5 year warranty period must be included.