H3C Unveils New Server Products Powered by Intel Xeon 6 Processor

The booming development of AI technology is transforming how businesses operate and model their enterprises. Currently, adopting AI strategies is a crucial factor for companies aiming to boost their market competitiveness. On June 4^th, Intel released the new Intel® Xeon® 6 processor, which provides strong computing power support for AI deployment and expansion with excellent product performance, thereby enabling enterprises to unleash the potential of AI.

As an important partner of Intel, H3C was the first to adapt and upgrade the new servers H3C UniServer R4900 G7 and R4700 G7, and together with Intel to jointly promote industrial innovation and digital transformation.

The newly released Intel® Xeon® 6 processor is designed for demanding cloud environments, using the latest I/O and memory technology, supporting up to 8 DDR5 memory channels and 64 CXL 2.0 channels, achieving comprehensive improvements in performance, efficiency, security, and quality. Compared to the previous generation Intel® Xeon® processors, the performance per watt has increased by 2.4 times, and the rack density has increased by 2.5 times. Based on a shared hardware platform and common software stack across high-performance and energy-efficient cores, the new Intel® Xeon® 6 processors provide the flexibility to meet customers' varying needs for energy efficiency and performance, enable easy development, deployment and management, and help customers dramatically improve energy efficiency and achieve energy savings.

H3C launched two new products based on Intel® Xeon® 6 processor, the flagship of general computing H3C UniServer R4900 G7 and Density Optimised Server R4700 G7, which help enterprises accelerate digital transformation with more diversified, efficient, and intelligent computing power.

01 Flagship Standard Compute -- H3C UniServer R4900 G7

The H3C UniServer R4900 G7 is balanced in computing performance, expansion capability, and reliability, making it widely applicable to general computing scenarios, including cloud computing, virtualization, distributed storage, and enterprise resource planning, suitable for typical applications in various industries such as Internet, carriers, and enterprises.

■ Highly Efficient Computing Power

· 2 Intel® Xeon® 6 processors, maximum 288 cores in a 1U, with a 125% increase compared to the previous generation

· 40% better performance per watt than the previous generation, providing more computing power at the same power consumption

· 32 DDR5 6400 MT/s memory, with a 14% increase in memory speed compared to the previous generation

■ Agile Deployment

· 40 E3.S/E1.S/U.2 or 45 SATA/SAS drive slots, empowering data analysis

· 21 PCIe5.0 slots, meeting customers' extreme resource needs

· Support PCIe standard/Dedicated Mezzanine/OCP3.0 slots, allowing flexible expansion according to business needs

■ Multiple Protection

· Fault diagnosis system for the entire life cycle, fault accuracy can reach 96%

· Memory intelligent repair technology, reducing 40% unexpected down time

· Secure storage of password certificates and secure transmission of sensitive information

02 Density Optimized Forerunner -- H3C UniServer R4700 G7

H3C UniServer R4700 G7 is optimized for high-density computing, providing powerful performance per unit space to meet the stringent requirements for balancing performance, energy efficiency, and density for a variety of workloads, and can be widely used in general computing scenarios such as database, virtualization, and VDI.

■ High-density computing

· 2 Intel® Xeon® 6 processors, maximum 288 cores in IU, with a 125% increase compared to the previous generation, with computing performance comparable to 2U products

· 20% higher general computing performance than the previous generation, providing customers with higher unit spatial performance benefits

· 4 single-width GPUs in 1U space, providing powerful heterogeneous computing power in extreme space

■ Ultimate expansion

· Dense storage, 32 E1.S or 12 SATA/SAS/U.2 drive slots, supporting a capacity of up to 96TB

· Multiple slots, 3 types of slots (standard PCIe slots, dedicated Mezzanine slots, OCP3.0 slots), meeting flexible business deployment

· Front and rear deployment, providing 6 PCIe5.0 slots at the rear and 1 PCIe 4.0 slot at the front.

■ Multiple Protection

· Fault diagnosis system for the entire life cycle, fault accuracy can reach 96%

· Memory intelligent repair technology, reducing 40% unexpected down time

· Secure storage of password certificates and secure transmission of sensitive information

As a core production factor in the new era, computing power provides a key driving force for the explosion of new productivity. In the future, H3C, embracing the “Cloud & AI Native” strategy, will continue to innovate with a commitment to the concept of “Dedication, For A Smarter Future” through the synergy of “Computing Power x Connectivity”. In partnership with Intel and others, H3C is dedicated to developing advanced, efficient products and solutions that propel industry customers into the new era of AI.