Is multi root host supported on this platform? That is a huge and flexible feature of leveraging both the Broadcom PCIe switches and cabling those to the motherboard: each of the PCIe switches can be configured to link to each of the CPU sockets. Next, let us get inside the chassis to see what makes this system unique. Our test configuration was over 3kW so this is an important distinction. In a system like this, we get 3+1 redundant power so that means up to 4.8kW usable at higher voltages but only 3kW usable at lower voltages. The 1.6kW rating is at 200V+ while the power supplies drop to 1kW if you are at lower voltages like 110/120V. In terms of power supplies, there are four 1.6kW 80Plus Platinum PSUs.
Tyan Thunder HX FT83A B7129 Rear Management And OCP NIC 3.0 Slot This module can be removed and easily serviced. Tyan Thunder HX FT83A B7129 Rear Management USB OCP NIC 3.0 Second, there is an OCP NIC 3.0 slot here. First, there are the out-of-band management port and USB ports. The I/O is handled by a module that has two main functions. The bottom is for power supplies and I/O. The top is all dedicated to I/O expansion for GPUs. Moving to the rear, we get a fairly common design for these 4U 10x GPU servers. Tyan Thunder HX FT83A B7129 Front Right Ear A small but nice feature is that the IPMI out-of-band management port is on the rear, not the front here, so one does not have a situation we see on some GPU servers where the management port needs to be wired in the front of systems. Instead of having to get a KVM cart in the data center and hooking up to the rear of a GPU rack, which is often very hot with a ton of air moving, one can instead go to the cold aisle. One of the cool features here is that Tyan has all cold aisle serviceable KVM ports.
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On the right, we have a serial console port, power/ reset buttons and status LEDs. Tyan Thunder HX FT83A B7129 Front Left Ear On the front left side of the system, we have two USB 3 ports and a VGA port. We will quickly note that Tyan also has its tool-less 3.5″ trays in this system with an easy latching mechanism. For many, the 12x 3.5″ configuration will be sufficient and provides more airflow. This is for the B7129F83AV14E8HR-N variant that adds 10x 2.5″ drive bays.
One will notice that above the 3.5″ bays there is 1U of space with four dividers. Four of the bays are NVMe capable as well, so long as the system is configured for it.
In terms of storage, we get 12x 3.5″ bays that are SATA / SAS (SAS with a RAID controller or HBA) capable. It is certainly far from the deepest GPU servers we have tested, but it also has a ton of PCIe expandability.
The system itself is a 4U system measuring 32.68 x 17.26 x 6.9 inches or 830 x 438.4 x 176mm. Tyan Thunder HX FT83A-B7129 External Hardware Overview The video has quite a bit of context around the design decisions made in this system. Tyan sells a few variants of this server as well. We also have a video you can check out here:Īs always, we suggest opening this in a YouTube tab, browser, or app for a better viewing experience. As a quick note, the specific model we are looking at is the B7129F83AV8E4HR-N. Tyan Thunder HX FT83A-B7129 Hardware Overviewįor this review, we are going to take a look at the exterior of the server, then the interior. In this review, we are going to get into the system and see what makes it different. Based around the 3rd generation Intel Xeon Scalable codenamed “Ice Lake”, this system also supports PCIe Gen4. This is a 4U server that can take up to ten double-width GPUs and also some additional PCIe expansion. Today we are finishing up a weekend trifecta of three GPU server reviews with the Tyan Thunder HX FT83A-B7129.
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