SOLUTION BRIEF

SOLUTION BRIEF

Ansys Fluent

Designing airplanes, autos, machines- Aerodynamics and hydrodynamics simulations- Heat transfer and thermal management- Multiphase flows- Chemical reactions and combustion

Ansys MechanicalUsing NVIDIA GPUs running on Supermicrosystems, Ansys demonstrates 6X to 1,600X
speedup in performance for its top
applications, including Ansys® Fluent®, Ansys®
Mechanical™, Ansys® Rocky™, Ansys®
HFSS(rm), Ansys® optiSLang® AI+. By adding
GPUs, the application performance scales
nearly linearly.

Designing structures- Static and dynamic structural analysis- Thermal analysis- Fatigue and fracture mechanics- Nonlinear material behavior

Ansys Rocky

Designing systems to handle material flows- Bulk material handling- Particle processing and manufacturing- Granular flow in equipment

Ansys HFSSWith orders of magnitude application
speedup, product designers arrive at optimal
designs much faster and deliver more
complex designs, bringing innovations notseen before. Using Ansys optiSLang AI+, AI/ML
now guides simulation, eliminating manual
searches for the optimal solution, delivering
1600X performance speedup for HFSS.

Designing 5G, wireless, radio, communication systems- Antenna design and placement- Electronic package signal integrity- EMI/EMC analysis- Microwave circuit designAnsys optiSLang AI+

Accelerating Ansys application designs- Optimization, sensitivity studies- AI/ML guiding simulations, removing manual searches- Metamodeling- Integration with other Ansys tools

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Supermicro offers a range of H13 systems using AMD CPUs and NVIDIA GPUs, such as a workstation supporting individual
designers to multi-node 8-GPU systems that can deliver Ansys solver results in minutes for complex multiphysics problems.

NVIDIA GPU Speed-UpAnsys has ported multiple applications from its portfolio to using GPU, especially the NVIDIA H100, with orders of magnitude inperformance speed-up. The H100 speed-up is significant, especially when adding GPU, which can linearly scale performance.
By adding GPUs in multiple servers, much 'bigger' simulation models can be solved quickly.
Compared to the same Ansys simulations run on CPUs, the hardware platform powered by NVIDIA and optimized by Supermicrodelivered massive performance gains, as depicted below.
Speedup
Ansys Fluent

24X

Ansys Mechanical

6X

Ansys Rocky

17X

Ansys HFSS

11X

Ansys optiSLang AI+

1,600X

Comparison

Benchmark8 x H100 GPUs vs. 512 CPU cores

LES Turbulence, 250M cells

1 x H100 GPU vs. no GPU,
both w/ 4 CPU cores
1 x H100 vs. 1 x V100
(1 x V100 vs. 8 CPU cores has 70X speedup)
8 x H100 vs. no GPU,
both w/ 12 CPU cores
optiSlang AI+ w/ HFSS vs. HFSS alone(12 CPU cores + 8 x H100 running HFSS)MAPDL Direct Sparse, 50M DOF
Rotating drum, 16M spheres, 16M
polyhedrons
Mobile 5G Antenna, 5GHz mm Wave
HFSS simulations to generate 80
design points

The Ansys benchmarks above compare the NVIDIA H100 GPU versus CPU performance, and there are significant speed-ups. For
Rocky, the performance comparison is H100 versus V100 GPU, which shows significant speed-up using the latest generation ofGPU compared to previous versions.
By applying machine learning and AI, Ansys optiSLang AI+ running on 8 x H100 enables HFSS to run 1,600X faster to generate
design points. Using AI, optiSLang AI+ removes manual searches when optimizing HFSS and other Ansys applications, enablingmuch faster results. The software performs best with Supermicro systems with H100.

Ansys Multiphysics
for Real-World Physics

Supermicro Value
Supermicro systems offer great value to run Ansys applications:• Broadest portfolio of systems to support NVIDIA GPU• Choice of NVIDIA GPU, from H100NVL, H100, L40S, to RTX GPUs
• Building Block approach that delivers the latest technologies• Green designs & liquid cooling options reduce power and increaseperformance© 2024 Copyright Super Micro Computer, Inc. All rights reserved

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Complex interaction of▪ Fluid dynamics▪ Heat transfer▪ Structural mechanics▪ Electromagnetism▪ & other forces2

Supermicro Systems Provides GPU Options to Run Ansys Applications

AS -5014A-TT

Deskside workstation for individual Ansys users- AMD Ryzen™ Threadripper™ PRO 5000X- 1TB- PCIe Gen 5- NVMe- Up to 4 x NVIDIA GPUs

Depending on the types of problems being
solved, customers running Ansys could
use a single workstation or hundreds ofCPU-based servers to solve complex
problems. Supermicro offers this entirerange of systems.

AS -2115HV-TNRT
Rack-mount Workstation

Rack-mount Workstation for individual Ansys users- AMD Ryzen™ Threadripper™ PRO 7000X- 512GB- PCIe Gen 5- NVMe- Up to 2 x NVIDIA GPUs
- 2U Rack-mountWith the AS -5014A-TT, the workstation
provides a single AMD Ryzen Threadripper
PRO CPU with support from 0 to 4 GPUs.
AS -2115HV-TNRT is essentially a rackmount version of this workstation.

AS -2025HS-TNR

2U Rack server with/without GPU to scale Ansys- Dual AMD 4th Gen EPYC CPU, upgradeable to 5th Gen- 6TB- PCIe Gen 5- NVMe
- Up to 2 x NVIDIA H100, L40S, and other GPUs
- 2U Rack-mountAS -4125GS-TNRT

4U Rack GPU server to scale Ansys applications- Dual AMD 4th Gen EPYC, upgradable to 5th Gen CPUs
- 6TB
- PCIe Gen 5- NVMe- Up to 8 x NVIDIA H100, L40S, and other GPUs
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To support multiple users or to support aserver cluster that can solve moresignificant problems quicker, the 2U AS 2025HS-TNR can be used. These servers
support 2 CPUs and up to 2 GPUs, offering
good computation capabilities. For aserver that can support up to 10 GPUs,consider the AS -4125GS-TNRT.

3GPU Choices
Here are the top choices of NVIDIA GPUs available for the Supermicro systems, in addition to many other GPU options:
Specification

H100 NVL

L40S

L4

RTX 5000 Ada

Architecture

HopperAda Lovelace

Ada Lovelace

Ada Lovelace

CUDA Cores

16,896

18,1767680

7680

GPU Memory

94GB HBM348GB GDDR624GB GDDR624GB GDDR6NVLINK

NVLink 900GB/s---PCIe

PCIe Gen5 128GB/s

PCIe Gen4 x16: 64GB/s

PCIe Gen4 x16: 64GB/s

PCIe Gen4 x16: 64GB/s

TDP

350-400W

350W

40-72W

40-72W

Form Factor

FLFH, dual-slot

FLFH, dual-slot

LP, 1-slot

LP, 1-slot

FP64 Performance

34 TFLOPS

1.43 TFLOPS

0.47 TFLOPS

0.47 TFLOPSFP32 Performance

67 TFLOPS

91.6 TFLOPS

30.3 TFLOPS

30.3 TFLOPS-142 3rd gen

60 3rd gen

60 3rd gen

RT Cores

Recommended Configurations
Deskside-Workstation,
Liquid-cooled, max 4 active GPUs
AS -5014A-TT

Description

Qty

M12SWA-TF, GS7A-2000B

1PSE-TRPR5995WX-0444

1AOC-STGS-i2T-O
SNK-P3045A4AMD 599wWX, Ryzen Threadripper PRO, UP 64C/128T 2.7G 256M 280W SP3,HF, RoHS---PSE-TRPR5995WX-0444
64GB DDR4 1.2V 3200 ECC REG---MEM-DR464L-CL05-ER32
Micron 7450 PRO 480GB NVMe PCIe 4.0 M.2 22x80mm TCG Opal
PM9A3 3.84TB NVMe PCIe4x4 2.5" 7mm (1DWPD) SED
BLACK TEAC 5.25" HH 24X DVD-RW SATA DRIVE
RTX A2000 12 GB GDDR6 PCIe 4.0-Active (system assembly)---GPU-NVQRTXA2000-12-SI
2-ports 10GbE RJ45 Intel X550-AT2, Gen3 x4 LP -- AOC-STGS-I2T-O
1U Closed Loop Liquid Cooling Module for H12 AMD SP3 CPU

Rack-mount Workstation, max 4 GPU
AS -2115HV-TNRT

Description
A+ 2U Remote Workstation (H13SRH, CSE-HS201-R000NP)

Qty
1PSE-TRPR7995WX-0884

AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 7995WX,
UP 96C/192T 2.5G 384M 350W---PSE-TRPR7995WX-0884
64GB DDR5 5600 ECC REG---MEM-DR564L-CL02-ER56
Micron 7450 PRO 480GB NVMe PCIe 4.0
M.2 22x80mm 3D TLC, 1DWPD
7450 PRO 3.8TB NVMe PCIe 4.0 3D TLC 7mm,1DWPDAIOM 2-port 10GbE RJ45 AIOM Broadcom BCM57416
NVIDIA Quadro RTX6000 ADA Gen. 48GB GDDR6 PCIe 4-Active---GPUNVQRTX6000-ADA
1U 1000W/1600W redundant single output power supply

1MEM-DR464L-CL05-ER32
HDS-MMN-MTFDKBA480TFR-15
HDS-SUN0-MZQL23T8HCLSA7DVM-TEAC-DVDRW24-HBT
GPU-NVQRTX-A2000-12-SI

MEM-DR564L-CL02-ER56
HDS-MMN-MTFDKBA480TFR1BCHDS-MUN-MTFDKCB3T8TFR1BC
AOC-ATG-b2TM-O
GPU-NVQRTX6000-ADA
PWS-1K63A-1R© 2024 Copyright Super Micro Computer, Inc. All rights reserved

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211111121111242U Dual-CPU server, up to 2 GPUs
AS -2025HS-TNR

Description
H13DSH, CSE-HS829-R1K63P,RoHS

Qty
1PSE-GEN9454-0478
MEM-DR564L-SL01-ER56
HDS-MUN-MTFDKCB3T8TFR1BC
AOC-A100G-b2CM-O

22421GPU-NVH100-80

AMD EPYC 9454 DP/UP 48C/96T 2.75G 256M 290W SP5---PSE-GEN9454-0478
64GB DDR5 5600 ECC REG---MEM-DR564L-SL01-ER567450 PRO 3.8TB NVMe PCIe 4.0 3D TLC 7mm,1DWPDAIOM 2-port 100GbE QSFP28, based on Broadcom BCM57508---AOC-A100GB2CM-O
NVIDIA H100 80GB PCIe 5.0 x16 Passive Cooling---GPU-NVH100-80

GPU Server, up to 10 GPUs
AS -4125GS-TNRT

Description
H13DSG-O-CPU, CSE-418G2TS, AOM-PCIE5-418N-1

Qty
1PSE-GEN9454-0478

AMD EPYC 9454 DP/UP 48C/96T 2.75G 256M 290W SP5---PSE-GEN9454-0478

2MEM-DR596L-CL01-ER48

96GB DDR5 4800 ECC REG---MEM-DR596L-CL01-ER48

12HDS-IUN0-SBFPF2BU038T

Solidigm D5-P5430 3.84T PCIe 4x4 QLC U.2 15mm < 0.5 DWPD

2GPU-NVH100NVL

NVIDIA H100 NVL 94GB PCIe 5.0 x16 Passive Cooling---GPU-NVH100NVL8AOC-653106A-HDAT

2-ports 200Gb HDR 200GbE QSFP56 Mellanox CX-6 VPI, Gen4 x16 LP -- AOC653106A-HDAT
Datacenter Management Package (per node license)

1

SFT-DCMS-SINGLE

1

1Broad System Choices to Support Ansys
Supermicro offers a broad set of systems choices:•••

Smaller scale Ansys simulations: deskside, rack-mount workstations, virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI)
Solutions to complex problems using Ansys: CPU server clusters
Faster solutions to complex problems and bigger solutions to complex multiphysics: GPU server clusters© 2024 Copyright Super Micro Computer, Inc. All rights reserved

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Supermicro GPU systems deliver 5-72X performance speedup for Ansys applications. With a wide range of systems, customers
can choose the right system for their need to run Ansys simulation software.
For more information:
Supermicro Deskside Workstation
Supermicro Rack-mount Workstation
Supermicro Dual AMD EPYC Server, with GPU support
Supermicro GPU Server, supporting up to 8 GPUsAnsys

SUPERMICROANSYSAs a global leader in high performance, high efficiency server technology
and innovation, we develop and provide end-to-end green computingsolutions to the data center, cloud computing, enterprise IT, big data,HPC, and embedded markets. Our Building Block Solutions® approachallows us to provide a broad range of SKUs, and enables us to build anddeliver application-optimized solutions based upon your requirements.

For more than 50 years, Ansys software has enabled innovators
across industries to push boundaries with the predictive power ofsimulation. From sustainable transportation and advanced
semiconductors, to satellite systems and life-saving medicaldevices, the next great leaps in human advancement will be
powered by Ansys.

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