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Competitive Positioning
HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.

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  • Page 1 Huawei FusionServer G5500 Server Competitive Positioning HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
  • Page 2 Actually, the information of each Restriction vendor on the network is incomplete or may not be up-to-date. In addition, Huawei may update this course Scenario without notifying the customer.
  • Page 3 Competitor Specifications Advantages and Disadvantages of G5500 and Click to add Title Competitor Specifications (International) Advantages and Disadvantages of G5500 and Click to add Title Competitor Specifications (China) Click to add Title How to Defend www.huawei.com ▪ Huawei Confidential ▪...
  • Page 4 • Easy maintenance: The CPU and GPU nodes support independent evolution and maintenance. Fan modules and PSUs can be removed and inserted without opening the chassis, and main components can be replaced in one minute. www.huawei.com ▪ Huawei Confidential ▪...
  • Page 5 NVMe SSD Supports RAID 0, 1,10, 5, 50, 6, 60, and  2.5-inch hard drive activity NVMe SSD activity indicator indicator supercapacitor for cache power-off Slide-out information label NVMe SSD fault indicator protection Ejector lever www.huawei.com ▪ Huawei Confidential ▪...
  • Page 6 Management module: GE electrical port Interface card slot 3 Supports online maintenance without opening the  Management module: ACT indicator of the Interface card slot 4 GE electrical port chassis Management module: LINK indicator of the GE electrical port www.huawei.com ▪ Huawei Confidential ▪...
  • Page 7 Internal View of the G5500 Full-Width Node G560 Node 8*PCIe x16 (FHFL GPU) 24*DDR4 DIMM PCIe interface card 2*E5-2600 v4 RAID controller card 8*3.5'' HDD 2*2.5'' HDD 6*2.5'' NVMe G560 CPU compute module G560 heterogeneous compute module www.huawei.com ▪ Huawei Confidential ▪...
  • Page 8 • Easy maintenance: The CPU and GPU nodes support independent evolution and maintenance. Fan modules and PSUs can be removed and inserted without opening the chassis, and main components can be replaced in one minute. www.huawei.com ▪ Huawei Confidential ▪...
  • Page 9 VGA port Ejector lever  USB3.0 interface 2.5-inch hard drive 6G/12Gbit/s SAS HDD  Power button/indicator 2.5-inch hard drive fault indicator RAID 0, 1,10 2.5-inch hard drive activity  UID button/indicator indicator Health status indicator www.huawei.com ▪ Huawei Confidential ▪...
  • Page 10 Interface card slot 3  Management module: ACT indicator of Supports online maintenance without opening the  Interface card slot 4 the GE electrical port chassis Management module: LINK indicator of the GE electrical port www.huawei.com ▪ Huawei Confidential ▪...
  • Page 11 Internal View of the G5500 Half-Width Node G530 V2 node 16*P4 2*Xeon Scalable PCIe interface card 24*DDR4 DIMM Processors RAID controller card 2*2.5'' NVMe /4*M.2 G530 V2 CPU compute module G530 V2 heterogeneous compute module www.huawei.com ▪ Huawei Confidential ▪...
  • Page 12 16GPU server (G530 V2 dual nodes) Node1 Node2 CPU2 CPU2 IO_2 IO_2 IO_1 IO_1 PCIe SW1 PCIe SW2 PCIe SW1 PCIe SW2 Topology 5: High-density, 32*P4/NPU; applicable to AI inference and AVI applications www.huawei.com ▪ Huawei Confidential ▪...
  • Page 13 Competitor Specifications Advantages and Disadvantages of G5500 and Click to add Title Competitor Specifications (International) Advantages and Disadvantages of G5500 and Click to add Title Competitor Specifications (China) Click to add Title How to Defend www.huawei.com ▪ Huawei Confidential ▪...
  • Page 14 4U2N-8G HPE 4U-8G SuperMicro SYS-4028GR-TXRT DGX-1 G5500-G560 Apollo 6500 SYS-4028GR-TRT2 4*GPU PCIe 4*GPU NVLink 4U2N-16G Huawei 1U-4G SuperMicro 1U-4G Dell 2U-4G SuperMicro 1U-4G SuperMicro 1U-4G Dell SYS-1028GQ-TRT PowerEdge C4130 G5500-G530 V2 SYS-2028GR- SYS-1028GQ-TXRT PowerEdge C4130 TRHT www.huawei.com ▪ Huawei Confidential ▪...
  • Page 15 N+1 redundancy. affected. Temperature 5°C to 35°C 5°C to 35°C 10°C to 35°C 10°C to 35°C, 5*P100 10°C to 35°C 10°C to 35°C No restriction for full configuration. 25°C www.huawei.com ▪ Huawei Confidential ▪...
  • Page 16 When which supports easy maintenance the fan fails, heat the fan fails, heat and N+1 redundancy. www.huawei.com ▪ Huawei Confidential ▪ dissipation is affected. dissipation is affected. Temperature 5°C to 35°C 5°C to 35°C 10°C to 35°C 10°C to 35°C...
  • Page 17 2U-8G Inspur 2U-8G Inspur 3U8G C612/V G5500-G560 ESC8000 G3 NF5288M5(AGX-2) NF5288M5(AGX-2) 4*GPU PCIe 4*GPU NVLink No detailed information is No detailed information is available, which will be available, which will be supplemented later. supplemented later. www.huawei.com ▪ Huawei Confidential ▪...
  • Page 18 Non-hot swap (5 fans) The fan modules are hot-swappable, which supports easy maintenance and N+1 redundancy. Temperature 5°C to 35°C 5°C to 35°C 10°C to 35°C 10°C to 35°C 5°C to 35°C No obvious advantage www.huawei.com ▪ Huawei Confidential ▪...
  • Page 19 OEM Relationship Between International/Chinese Vendor Products Vendor Model OEM Vendor OEM Model Height Microway ? SuperMicro 4028GR TXRT Microway NumberSmasher SuperMicro 1028GQ-TXRT Microway Octoputer 4U SuperMicro 4028GR-TR2 Sugon W740-G20 SuperMicro 2028GR-TR Sugon W780-G20 SuperMicro 4028GR-TR2 www.huawei.com ▪ Huawei Confidential ▪...
  • Page 20 Competitor Specifications Advantages and Disadvantages of G5500 and Click to add Title Competitor Specifications (International) Advantages and Disadvantages of G5500 and Click to add Title Competitor Specifications (China) Click to add Title How to Defend www.huawei.com ▪ Huawei Confidential ▪...
  • Page 21 G5500 vs SuperMicro SYS-4028GR-TRT2 www.huawei.com ▪ Huawei Confidential ▪...
  • Page 22 1. At GTC in September, SuperMicro exhibited the 4029 model that supports the Scalable 2*10GE/GE 4*2000 W Processors, but so far the official product specifications are not available. electrical port power 2. For CPU and GPU topologies, generally the maximum configuration is 8 GPUs. supply www.huawei.com ▪ Huawei Confidential ▪...
  • Page 23 6. The power supply capability is limited and cannot be evolved. integrated chassis design. Therefore, SuperMicro's declaration can be regarded as that the fans are hot-swappable without powering off the system, but the chassis still needs to be opened. www.huawei.com ▪ Huawei Confidential ▪...
  • Page 24 G5500 vs SuperMicro SYS-4028GR-TXRT www.huawei.com ▪ Huawei Confidential ▪...
  • Page 25 Note: At GTC in September, SuperMicro exhibited the 4029 model that supports the Scalable Processors, but so 8 fans, 4 of which are far the official product specifications are not available. equipped with power modules www.huawei.com ▪ Huawei Confidential ▪...
  • Page 26 Active heat dissipation for the CPUs (many failure points) • The power module is integrated into the fan and has to be inserted and removed at the same time during maintenance, which makes maintenance inconvenient. www.huawei.com ▪ Huawei Confidential ▪...
  • Page 27 G5500 vs HPE Apollo 6500+Power Shelf www.huawei.com ▪ Huawei Confidential ▪...
  • Page 28 3. 8*80 fans 4. The external 1.5U power shelf supports 6*2650W power modules, 3+3 redundancy. 5. Ambient temperature: 10°C to 35°C; lower specifications with configuration larger than 5 GPUs (P100; supports only 25°C) 8*fans 2*power boards www.huawei.com ▪ Huawei Confidential ▪...
  • Page 29 • Only 16 DIMMs are supported, and the memory capacity is limited. • NVMe SSD is not supported. • When more than 5 P100 GPUs are configured, the maximum temperature supported is only 25°C, which restricts its application. www.huawei.com ▪ Huawei Confidential ▪...
  • Page 30 G5500 vs NVIDIA DGX-1 www.huawei.com ▪ Huawei Confidential ▪...
  • Page 31 5. 4*1600 W power supply, 2+2 6. Ambient temperature: 10°C to 35°C Note: 1. The power module is removed and inserted from the front of the chassis, and the power cable is connected to the rear of the power module. www.huawei.com ▪ Huawei Confidential ▪...
  • Page 32 NVMe SSD is not supported. • The fans are built-in and require opening the chassis for maintenance. • The power modules locate at the front of the chassis and are routed to the rear for interface output. www.huawei.com ▪ Huawei Confidential ▪...
  • Page 33 G5500 vs SuperMicro SYS-2028GR-TRHT www.huawei.com ▪ Huawei Confidential ▪...
  • Page 34 1. The TRHT model supports 6 GPUs. In practice, however, 4 GPUs are used. 2. As shown in the figure, there may be two 40 fans above the power supply, which is not described in other documents; currently, these two fans are not included for analysis. www.huawei.com ▪ Huawei Confidential ▪...
  • Page 35 • The CPU:GPU topology is fixed and cannot be flexibly configured. • Only 16 DIMMs are supported, and the memory capacity is limited. • NVMe SSD is not supported. • The fans are built-in and require opening the chassis for maintenance. www.huawei.com ▪ Huawei Confidential ▪...
  • Page 36 G5500 vs SuperMicro SYS-1028GQ-TXRT www.huawei.com ▪ Huawei Confidential ▪...
  • Page 37 5. 2*2000 W power supply, 1+1 6. Ambient temperature: 10°C to 30°C 2*SAS/SATA 7*built-in fans Note: At GTC in September, SuperMicro exhibited the 1029 model that supports the Scalable Processors, but so far the official product specifications are not available. www.huawei.com ▪ Huawei Confidential ▪...
  • Page 38 The fans are built-in and require opening the chassis for maintenance. • The supported temperature is only 10°C to 30°C, and the application is restricted. • The internal GPU cards, PCIe expansion slots, and extended hard drives need to be connected, which makes maintenance complicated. www.huawei.com ▪ Huawei Confidential ▪...
  • Page 39 G5500 vs SuperMicro SYS-1028GQ-TRT www.huawei.com ▪ Huawei Confidential ▪...
  • Page 40 1. 2S + 16DIMM 2. 2*PCIe x8 LP slots 3. 2*2.5'' SAS/SATA HDD, 2*2.5'' built-in hard drives 4. 7*1U fans 2*SAS/SATA 7*built-in fans 5. 2*2000 W power supply, 1+1 6. Ambient temperature: 10°C to 35°C www.huawei.com ▪ Huawei Confidential ▪...
  • Page 41 NVMe SSD is not supported. • The fans are built-in and require opening the chassis for maintenance. • The internal GPU cards, PCIe expansion slots, and extended hard drives need to be connected, which makes maintenance complicated. www.huawei.com ▪ Huawei Confidential ▪...
  • Page 42 G5500 vs Dell PowerEdge C4130 www.huawei.com ▪ Huawei Confidential ▪...
  • Page 43 25°C Note: The C4130 supports two modes: PCIe and NVLink. For the NVLink mode, only similar description is found in user manuals and other websites. The description is not found on the Dell official website. www.huawei.com ▪ Huawei Confidential ▪...
  • Page 44 • The fans are built-in and require opening the chassis for maintenance. • The supported temperature is only 10°C to 25°C, and the application is restricted. • The internal GPU cards, PCIe expansion slots, and extended hard drives need to be connected, which makes maintenance complicated. www.huawei.com ▪ Huawei Confidential ▪...
  • Page 45 The fans are built-in and require opening the chassis for maintenance. • The supported temperature is only 10°C to 25°C, and the application is restricted. • The internal GPU cards, PCIe expansion slots, and extended hard drives need to be connected, which makes maintenance complicated. www.huawei.com ▪ Huawei Confidential ▪...
  • Page 46 Competitor Specifications Advantages and Disadvantages of G5500 and Click to add Title Competitor Specifications (International) Advantages and Disadvantages of G5500 and Click to add Title Competitor Specifications (China) Click to add Title How to Defend www.huawei.com ▪ Huawei Confidential ▪...
  • Page 47 G5500 vs Asus ESC8000 G3 www.huawei.com ▪ Huawei Confidential ▪...
  • Page 48 3. 1*PCIe x8 LP card. When the 8*dual-slot cards are not fully drives configured, 1*PCIe x8 FHFL card can be configured. 4. 4*80 built-in fans 5. 3*1600 W power supply, 2+1 6. Ambient temperature: 10°C to 35°C 3*power supply www.huawei.com ▪ Huawei Confidential ▪...
  • Page 49 Three 1600 W power modules do not support N+N redundancy, and the capacity expansion is limited and cannot be evolved. • A large number of cables are connected inside the chassis, which is inconvenient for maintenance. www.huawei.com ▪ Huawei Confidential ▪...
  • Page 50 G5500 vs ASRock 3U8G-C612 www.huawei.com ▪ Huawei Confidential ▪...
  • Page 51 ASRock: 3U8G-C612/V 8*fans 8*PCIe x16 slots 1. 3U/8GPU 2. 2S + 16DIMM, 6*2.5'' SATA SSD/HDD 3. 8*80 built-in fans 4. 4*1200 W power supply, 3+1 5. Ambient temperature: 10°C to 35°C 6*2.5'' SAS/SATA 4*power supply HDDs www.huawei.com ▪ Huawei Confidential ▪...
  • Page 52 NVMe SSD is not supported. (Without the RAID function) • The fans are built-in and require opening the chassis for maintenance. • The power capability is limited. The N+N redundancy cannot be supported when the power supply is fully loaded. www.huawei.com ▪ Huawei Confidential ▪...
  • Page 53 G5500 vs Inspur NF5288M5(AGX-2) www.huawei.com ▪ Huawei Confidential ▪...
  • Page 54 4. 2*3000 W power supply, 1+1 5. Ambient temperature: 5°C to 35°C Note: The power module is removed and inserted from the front of the chassis, and the power cable is connected to the rear of the power module. www.huawei.com ▪ Huawei Confidential ▪...
  • Page 55 • The integrated design of the chassis does not support independent evolution of the CPUs and GPUs. • Scalable Processors are supported but only up to 165 W, which is difficult to expand in the future. (Note that Huawei G5500 supports only v4 processors.) •...
  • Page 56 Competitor Specifications Advantages and Disadvantages of G5500 and Click to add Title Competitor Specifications (International) Advantages and Disadvantages of G5500 and Click to add Title Competitor Specifications (China) Click to add Title How to Defend www.huawei.com ▪ Huawei Confidential ▪...
  • Page 57 1. The full-width G560 supports 8*3.5'' SSD/HDD and the capacity is sufficient. 2. Supports on-board 2*10GE/GE. 6*NVMe drives are supported and deliver higher performance. 2. Huawei supports 3 or 4*PCIe x16 expansion cards, and the number of network ports is sufficient. SuperMicro 4028GR-TXRT 1.
  • Page 58 1G Cache 3108 improved obviously for operations above 16KB and the write performance is not improved. It is necessary to confirm the card. customer's application scenario and guide the customer to use 1G Cache. www.huawei.com ▪ Huawei Confidential ▪...
  • Page 59 There are a number of factors that could cause actual results and developments to differ materially from those expressed or implied in the predictive statements. Therefore, such information is provided for reference purpose only and constitutes neither an offer nor an acceptance. Huawei may change the information at any time...