HPE Apollo 20 System
Purpose-built, high density platform delivering advanced performance for compute intensive HPC and AI workloads

Overview:

Are you searching for flexible, high core count, and high memory bandwidth system in HPC and AI?

The HPE Apollo 20 System is built on the 2nd Generation Intel Xeon Platinum 9200 family of processors, which offer outstanding 2-socket performance leadership across popular workloads. Built to support both liquid-cooled and air-cooled options in a variety of configurations, the HPE Apollo 20 System takes advantage of the Hewlett Packard Enterprise experience in HPC cooling technologies as workloads continue to push power and density. The HPE Apollo 20 System offers up to 56 cores with an impressive 12 DIMMs per socket, making it ideal for use in data-intensive industries including oil and gas, finance, AI, manufacturing, and life sciences.

• Supports 2nd Generation Intel Xeon Processor Advanced Performance (AP) family for higher compute performance.
• Available in 56, 48, or 32 cores with 12 DDR4 memory channels per CPU.
• Built to support both liquid-cool and air-cooled options.
• Available in 1U and 2U form factor.
• Supports in-row CHx750 and in-rack CHx200 CDUs for flexible liquid cooling deployment.
• Pointnext world-wide support.

Features:

Standardized Scale-Out Platform for Diverse Workloads

The HPE Apollo 20 System offers uncompromised compute density (up to 10,000 cores per rack) for both power and cooling to extract high performance out of each footprint and lower total operating costs.

The HPE Apollo 20 System is designed for standard HPC workloads and applications, including AI.

Designed for memory demanding workloads ideally suited for use in data-intensive industries, including oil and gas, finance, manufacturing, and life sciences.

The 2nd Generation Intel Xeon 9200 advanced performance family of processors offers outstanding 2-socket performance leadership across popular workloads.

Specifications:

HPE Apollo 20 System Specifications
Drive supported	1U node supports two M.2 internal non-hotplug devices while 2U supports up two M.2 internal non-hotplug and two hot-plug U.2 drives.
Supported trays	Support for 1U and 2U Apollo 20 trays
Supported chassis	HPE Apollo 20 Liquid Cooled Configure-to-order Chassis HPE Apollo 20 Air Cooled Configure-to-order Chassis
Memory	DDR4-2933 Registered Memory
Network	1 Gb integrated with additional PCI-e options available (per node)
Expansion slots	1U supports 2 PCIe x16 slots (per node) 2U supports 4 PCIe x16 slots (per node)
Storage	M.2 and U.2 storage options
Power	High line AC input rating: 180-264VAC, 47-63Hz low-line AC input rating: 90-140VAC, 47-63Hz
Management features	AST2500 BMC
System fan features	Dual Rotor 80 x 80 mm hot plug fans
Form factor	2U chassis form factor
Warranty	Support service or warranty covers 3-year parts, 3-year labor, and 3-year onsite

Hardware Specs:

2U Chassis Front View (with 2U servers)

1. Hot-swap servers
2. Hot plug U.2 storage
3. Dedicated management port
4. Serial/USB/Video dongle
5. 1Gb Ethernet port
6. USB 3.0
7. Low profile HH/HL PCIe Gen3x16 slots
8. Unit Identification (UID) LED/button
9. Status LED
10. Power button

2U Chassis Front View (with 1U servers)

1. Hot-swap servers
2. Dedicated management port
3. Serial/USB/Video dongle
4. 1Gb Ethernet port
5. USB 3.0
6. Low profile HH/HL PCIe Gen3x16 slots
7. Unit Identification (UID) LED/button
8. Status LED
9. Power button

2U Chassis Rear View (with liquid option)

1. Hot plug fans
2. 3x 1600w power supplies for 2+1 redundancy
3. Aggregated Management ports
4. Liquid connections

Notes: Each liquid cooled Apollo 20 system includes 3x 2100w power supplies

2U Chassis Rear View (Air Cooled)

1. Hot plug fans
2. 3x 1600w power supplies for 2+1 redundancy
3. Aggregated Management ports

Notes: Each air cooled Apollo 20 system includes 3x 1600w power supplies

Internal View of 2U (Liquid cooled)

1. 4 low profile HH/HL PCIe 3.0 x16 slots
2. 2 hot plug SSD drives and/or 2 internal M.2 drives
3. 12 Dimms per CPU
4. CPU and memory cooling loop (if applicable)
5. CPU 1 & 2

Internal View of 1U (Liquid cooled)

1. CPU and memory cooling loop
2. 12 Dimms per CPU
3. Two low profile HH/HL PCIe 3.0 x16 slots
4. Internal M.2 storage
5. CPU 1 & 2

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Documentation:

Download the HPE Apollo 20 System Datasheet (.PDF)