SGI offers a range of methods for helping customers become more productive sooner, including:

Complete Factory Integration SGI Rackable Cluster:

• Nodes labeled per customer requirements
• Delivered fully cabled to switches
• Cables labeled per customer requirements
• Mounted in rack, if ordered
• Static IP address range applied
• Fully integrated and tested software on head node
• Provisioned compute nodes per customer requirements
• Test GigE and IB fabric using MPI

Custom Integration:

• Customer drawings and questionnaire reviews
• Standard cluster integration items listed above apply
• Examples of when Custom Integration should be ordered
  • Chooses a different rack quantity than standard
  • Order multiple head nodes and want nodes configured in a special way
  • Would like SGI to follow a specific rack placement
  • Order includes third party hardware integration
  • Order includes third party software integration
  • Multi-platform solution - combination of storage and server platforms rolled into a single solution

Stand Alone:

• System level test
• Cabling labeled if requested
• Rack mounted, if requested