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Benefits of Validated Node Solutions for Azure Stack HCI

Azure Stack HCI is Microsoft’s premier hyperconverged infrastructure (HCI) cluster solution for running virtualized workloads in a hybrid environment that combines on-premises hardware with Azure cloud services. The latest Azure Stack HCI version 22H2 brings new security capabilities and numerous improvements, including Network ATC v2, storage replication compression, Hyper-V live migration, and more. Together with the next generation Supermicro hardware platforms, Azure Stack HCI takes the hybrid cloud operation to the next level.

Benefits of the Supermicro Validated Node Solutions for Azure Stack HCI

  • Microsoft-certified hardware solution from Supermicro
    • New: Now supporting the latest generation Supermicro X13 and H13 hardware platforms
    • New: Now supporting 1-node cluster
    • Industry-leading performance
    • Quality delivered by pre-validation and optimization
    • High availability and easy to scale out from 2 nodes up to 16 nodes in a cluster
    • Flexibility options of Intel and AMD platforms, All-flash and Hybrid, with multiple form factors, drive combinations, and network bandwidths to choose from
  • Native Azure Hybrid capabilities
    • Delivered as an Azure Service, always up to date with latest security and features
    • Manage your on-premise HCI cluster from Azure Portal
    • Natively integrated with Azure services such as Azure Monitor, Azure Backup, and Azure Security Center
  • Price-performance of HCI
    • Flexible per core subscription model for cost optimization
    • No upfront license cost for Azure Stack HCI OS
      • Note: Customers running Windows Server VMs on Azure Stack HCI need to procure an appropriate license. Windows Server 2022/2019 license, or Windows Server subscription will be required. Please refer to the following link for more details about the license options:
        License Windows Server VMs on Azure Stack HCI
  • Easy to manage with no learning curve
    • Easy to deploy and manage using both GUI and scripts
    • Integrate into your existing IT environment
    • Familiarity with existing virtualization and storage concepts and skills

When to use the new Azure Stack HCI*

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Datacenter Modernization
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Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI)
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High-Performance MS SQL Server
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Branch Office and Edge
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Trusted Enterprise Virtualization
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Azure Kubernetes Service

* Refer to technical use case briefs for more details

Intel®-based Solution

New: Supermicro Intel-based Hardware solutions for Azure Stack HCI now support the latest generation X13 systems with 4th Gen Intel® Xeon® Scalable processors (Sapphire Rapids), DDR5 memory, PCIe 5.0, and NVIDIA ConnectX-6 Network adapters.

Supermicro solutions are pre-validated, designed to deliver the highest performance, flexibility, scalability and serviceability to demanding IT environments, and optimized for mission-critical enterprise workloads.

The solution covers Supermicro broad product lines, and starts from 1 server nodes (for All-flash NVMe and All-flash SSD only) and support up to 16 nodes in a cluster. Each server node in the cluster is equipped with latest Intel® Xeon® Scalable processors, DDR4/5 memory, NVMe as caching devices, with flexible options of different drive combinations including All-NVMe, NVMe+HDD, NVMe+SSD, NVMe+SSD+HDD, and RDMA enabled high-speed networks.

New: Supermicro X13 2U GrandTwin All-Flash NVMe Solution:
  • SYS-211GT-HNC8R
  • 2U
SYS-211GT-HNC8R
Best ForMost Demanding Workloads
Server SKUSYS-211GT-HNC8R
ProfileAll-flash
Form Factor2U
Nodes in a cluster4-16
Processors4th Gen Intel® Xeon® Scalable processors
Memory256GB up to 4TB DDR5
Storage TypeNVMe
NetworksUp to 100GbE RoCE RDMA
New: Supermicro X13 2U Hyper All-Flash NVMe Solution:
  • SYS-621H-TN12R
  • 2U
SYS-621H-TN12R
Best ForMost Demanding Workloads
Server SKUSYS-621H-TN12R
ProfileAll Flash NVMe
Form Factor2U
Nodes in a cluster1-16
ProcessorsDual 4th Gen Intel® Xeon® Scalable processors
Memory128GB to 4TB DDR5
Storage TypeNVMe
Networks25GbE (Up to 100GbE) RoCE RDMA
New: Supermicro X13 2U Hyper Hybrid NVMe + HDD Solution:
  • SYS-621H-TN12R
  • 2U
SYS-621H-TN12R
Best ForMost Demanding Workloads
Server SKUSYS-621H-TN12R
ProfileHybrid
Form Factor2U
Nodes in a cluster1-16
ProcessorsDual 4th Gen Intel® Xeon® Scalable processors
Memory128GB to 4TB DDR5
Storage TypeHDD + NVMe
Networks25GbE (Up to 100GbE) RoCE RDMA
New: Supermicro X13 1U CloudDC All-flash NVMe Solution:
  • SYS-111C-NR
  • 1U
SYS-111C-NR
Best ForMost Demanding Workloads
Server SKUSYS-111C-NR
ProfileAll-flash NVMe
Form Factor1U
Nodes in a cluster1-16
ProcessorsSingle 4th Gen Intel® Xeon® Scalable processor
Memory64GB to 2TB DDR5
Storage TypeNVMe
Networks25GbE (Up to 100GbE) RoCE RDMA
Supermicro X13 UP WIO 1U All-Flash SATA SSD Solution:
  • SYS-111E-WR
  • 1U
Best ForEdge deployment scenarios with 10 drive bays for balanced workloads
Server SKUSYS-111E-WR
ProfileAll-flash
Form Factor1U
Nodes in a cluster1-4
ProcessorsSingle 4th Gen Intel® Xeon® Scalable processor
Memory64GB to 1024GB DDR5
Storage TypeSSD
Networks25GbE RoCE RDMA
  • SYS-511E-WR
  • 1U
Best ForEdge deployment scenarios with minimum footprint for balanced workloads
Server SKUSYS-511E-WR
ProfileAll-flash
Form Factor1U
Nodes in a cluster1-4
ProcessorsSingle 4th Gen Intel® Xeon® Scalable processor
Memory64GB to 1024GB DDR5
Storage TypeSSD
Networks25GbE RoCE RDMA
Supermicro X12 2U Mainstream Solution:
  • SYS-620P-TR
  • 2U
SYS-620P-TR
Best ForMost Demanding Workloads
Server SKUSYS-620P-TR
ProfileHDD
Form Factor2U
Nodes in a cluster2-16
ProcessorsDual 3rd Gen Intel® Xeon® Scalable processors
Memory128GB to 1024GB DDR4
Storage TypeHDD + Cache NVMe
Networks25GbE (Up to 100GbE) RoCE RDMA
Supermicro X12 BigTwin® 2U4N All-flash/Hybrid Solution:
  • SYS-220BT-HNC8R
Best ForHigh-density 4-node HCI deployment scenario for balanced workloads
Server SKUSYS-220BT-HNC8R
ProfileAll-flash, Hybrid
Form Factor2U
Nodes in a cluster4-16 (1-4 systems)
ProcessorsDual 3rd Gen Intel® Xeon® Scalable Processors
Memory128GB to 4TB DDR4
Storage TypeNVMe, SSD + HDD
NetworksUp to 100GbE RoCE RDMA
Supermicro X12 UP Mainstream 1U All NVMe/SATA SSD Solution:
  • SYS-510P-MR
Best ForWorkloads for small footprint HCI deployment in limited spaces
Server SKUSYS-510P-MR
ProfileAll-flash
Form Factor1U
Nodes in a cluster2-4
ProcessorsSingle 3rd Gen Intel® Xeon® Scalable Processor
Memory64GB to 256GB DDR4
Storage TypeNVMe, SSD SATA
Networks25GbE RoCE RDMA
Supermicro X12 Ultra 1U All-flash Solution:
  • SYS-120U-TNR
Best ForFlexible and scalable HCI for high-performance or balanced workloads
Server SKUSYS-120U-TNR
ProfileAll-flash
Form Factor1U
Nodes in a cluster2-16
ProcessorsDual 3rd Gen Intel® Xeon® Scalable Processors
Memory128GB to 4TB DDR4
Storage TypeNVMe + SSD
Networks25GbE (Up to 100GbE) RoCE RDMA
Supermicro Ultra 1U All-flash NVMe Solution:
  • SYS-1029U-TN10RT
Best ForHigh-performance compute and high-speed storage
ProfileAll-flash NVMe
Form Factor1U
Nodes in a cluster2-16
ProcessorsDual Intel® Xeon® Scalable Processors
Memory128GB to 6TB DDR4
Storage TypeNVMe
NetworksUp to 100GbE RoCE DRMA
Supermicro Ultra 1U All-flash/Hybrid Solution:
  • SYS-1029U-TRT
Best ForWork loads with balanced performance in a cost-optimized two-node cluster
ProfileAll-flash, Hybrid
Form Factor1U
Nodes in a cluster2-4
ProcessorsDual Intel® Xeon® Scalable Processors
Memory128GB to 6TB DDR4
Storage TypeNVMe +SSD, NVMe + SSD + HDD
NetworksUp to 40GbE RoCE RDMA
Supermicro 2U 2 node BigTwin All-flash/Hybrid Solution:
  • SYS-2029BT-DNC0R
Best ForTwo nodes optimized in a 2U form factor for balanced work loads
ProfileAll-flash, Hybrid
Form Factor2U
Nodes in a cluster2-4 (1-2 systems)
ProcessorsDual Intel® Xeon® Scalable Processors
Memory128GB to 6TB DDR4
Storage TypeNVMe +SSD, NVMe + SSD + HDD
NetworksUp to 100GbE RoCE RDMA
Supermicro 1U 12 Bay Drawer Hybrid Solution:
  • SSG-6119P-ACR12N4L
Best ForBalanced performance work loads and high storage density
ProfileHybrid
Form Factor1U
Nodes in a cluster2-4
ProcessorsDual Intel® Xeon® Scalable Processors
Memory128GB to 3TB DDR4
Storage TypeNVMe + HDD
NetworksUp to 100GbE RoCE RDMA

AMD EPYC™-based Solution

Supermicro A+ servers based Azure Stack HCI solutions are optimized for AMD EPYC 9004/7003/7002 series processors and deliver excellent core density, memory bandwidth and I/O capacity.

New: Supermicro H13 2U 24-bay Hyper-U All-Flash NVMe Solution:
  • AS -2115HS-TNR
  • 2U
AS -2115HS-TNR
Best ForMost Demanding Workloads
Server SKUAS -2115HS-TNR
ProfileAll-flash
Form Factor2U
Nodes in a cluster1-16
ProcessorsSingle AMD EPYC™ 9004 series processor
Memory384GB to 3TB DDR5
Storage TypeNVMe
Networks25GbE (Up to 100GbE) RoCE RDMA
New: Supermicro H13 2U 24-bay Hyper All-Flash NVMe Solution:
  • AS -2125HS-TNR
  • 2U
AS -2125HS-TNR
Best ForMost Demanding Workloads
Server SKUAS -2125HS-TNR
ProfileAll-flash
Form Factor2U
Nodes in a cluster1-16
ProcessorsDual AMD EPYC™ 9004 series processors
Memory384GB to 3TB DDR5
Storage TypeNVMe
Networks25GbE (Up to 100GbE) RoCE RDMA
New: Supermicro H13 1U CloudDC Solutions:
  • AS -1115CS-TNR
  • 1U
AS -1115CS-TNR
Best ForMost Demanding Workloads
Server SKUAS -1115CS-TNR
ProfileNVMe
Form Factor1U
Nodes in a cluster1-16
ProcessorsAMD EPYC™ 9004 series processor
Memory192GB to 3072GB DDR5
Storage TypeNVMe
Networks25GbE (Up to 100GbE) RoCE RDMA
  • AS -1015CS-TNR
  • 1U
AS -1015CS-TNR
Best ForMost Demanding Workloads
Server SKUAS -1015CS-TNR
ProfileNVMe
Form Factor1U
Nodes in a cluster1-16
ProcessorsAMD EPYC™ 9004 series processor
Memory192GB to 3072GB DDR5
Storage TypeNVMe
Networks25GbE (Up to 100GbE) RoCE RDMA
New: Supermicro H13 2U CloudDC Solution:
  • AS -2015CS-TNR
  • 2U
AS -2015CS-TNR
Best ForMost Demanding Workloads
Server SKUAS -2015CS-TNR
ProfileNVMe
Form Factor2U
Nodes in a cluster1-16
ProcessorsAMD EPYC™ 9004 series processor
Memory192GB to 3072GB DDR5
Storage TypeNVMe
Networks25GbE (Up to 100GbE) RoCE RDMA
New: Supermicro A+ H13 2U Hyper All-flash Solution:
  • AS -2025HS-TNR
  • 2U
Best ForMost demanding workloads
Server SKUAS -2025HS-TNR
ProfileAll-flash
Form Factor2U
Nodes in a cluster1-4
ProcessorsDual AMD EPYC™ 9004 Series processors
Memory384GB to 3TB DDR5
Storage TypeNVMe
NetworksUp to 100GbE RoCE RDMA
New: Supermicro A+ H13 1U Hyper All-flash Solution:
  • AS -1125HS-TNR
  • 1U
Best ForMost demanding workloads
Server SKUAS -1125HS-TNR
ProfileAll-flash
Form Factor1U
Nodes in a cluster1-4
ProcessorsDual AMD EPYC™ 9004 Series processors
Memory384GB to 3TB DDR5
Storage TypeNVMe
NetworksUp to 100GbE RoCE RDMA
New: Supermicro A+ H13 2U 4 node GrandTwin All-flash Solution:
  • AS -2115GT-HNTR
  • 2U
Best ForHigh-density 4-node HCI deployment scenarios for balanced workloads
Server SKUAS -2115GT-HNTR
ProfileAll-flash
Form Factor2U
Nodes in a cluster4-16 (4-node system)
ProcessorsSingle AMD EPYC™ 9004 Series processor
Memory192GB to 768GB DDR5
Storage TypeNVMe
NetworksUp to 100GbE RoCE RDMA
Supermicro A+ H12 1U Ultra All-Flash Solution:
  • AS -1124US-TNRP
  • 1U
Best ForBoth high-performance and balanced workloads
Server SKUAS -1124US-TNRP
ProfileAll-flash
Form Factor1U
Nodes in a cluster2-16
ProcessorsDual AMD EPYC™ 7003 Series Processors
Memory128GB to 8TB DDR4
Storage TypeNVMe
NetworksUp to 100GbE RoCE RDMA
Supermicro A+ H12 1U WIO All NVMe/SATA SSD Solution:
  • AS -1114S-WN10RT
  • 1U
Best ForCost-effective and flexible HCI solution for both balanced and high-performance workloads
Server SKUAS -1114S-WN10RT
ProfileAll-flash
Form Factor1U
Nodes in a cluster2-16
ProcessorsSingle AMD EPYC™ 7003 Series Processor
Memory128GB to 4TB DDR4
Storage TypeNVMe, SSD
NetworksUp to 100GbE RoCE RDMA