Tuesday, June 18, 2024

HPE teams with NVIDIA on Private-Cloud AI 

 HPE and NVIDIA have co-developed the Private Cloud AI portfolio to enhance innovation, return on investment, and manage enterprise AI risks. This portfolio supports a range of AI workloads and offers robust enterprise controls, cloud experiences, and flexible consumption models. The curated AI and data software stack is built on NVIDIA AI Enterprise and includes HPE AI Essentials software for adaptable and compliant AI solutions. The portfolio integrates NVIDIA's advanced computing technologies and HPE's infrastructure and cloud services for optimal performance and manageability across hybrid environments.

The announcement, which occured during the HPE Discover keynote by HPE President and CEO Antonio Neri, who was joined by NVIDIA founder and CEO Jensen Huang, marks the the expansion of a long-running partnership between the firms.

HPE Private Cloud AI

  • Inference, Fine-Tuning, and RAG AI Workloads: Supports proprietary data utilization.
  • Enterprise Control: Ensures data privacy, security, transparency, and governance.
  • Cloud Experience: Provides ITOps and AIOps capabilities for increased productivity.
  • Flexible Consumption: Adapts to future AI opportunities and growth.

Curated AI and Data Software Stack

  • NVIDIA AI Enterprise: Accelerates data science pipelines and streamlines AI application development.
  • NVIDIA NIM Microservices: Optimizes AI model inferencing for smooth transitions from prototype to deployment.
  • HPE AI Essentials: Offers ready-to-run AI and data foundation tools with a unified control plane for adaptable solutions and enterprise support.

Integrated AI Infrastructure Stack

  • NVIDIA Spectrum-X Ethernet Networking
  • HPE GreenLake for File Storage
  • HPE ProLiant Servers: Supports NVIDIA L40S, H100 NVL Tensor Core GPUs, and GH200 NVL2 platform.

Global System Integrator Collaboration

  • Accelerated AI Solutions: Deloitte, HCLTech, Infosys, TCS, and WIPRO support the NVIDIA AI Computing by HPE portfolio for industry-focused AI solutions.

Support for NVIDIA’s Latest GPUs and CPUs

  • HPE Cray XD670: Supports eight NVIDIA H200 NVL Tensor Core GPUs for LLM builders.
  • HPE ProLiant DL384 Gen12: Equipped with NVIDIA GH200 NVL2 for larger models and RAG consumers.
  • HPE ProLiant DL380a Gen12: Supports up to eight NVIDIA H200 NVL Tensor Core GPUs for flexible scaling of GenAI workloads.
  • Future Support: Includes NVIDIA GB200 NVL72 / NVL2 and new NVIDIA architectures (Blackwell, Rubin, Vera).

High-Density File Storage

  • NVIDIA DGX BasePOD Certification: Provides enterprise file storage solutions for AI and GPU-intensive workloads.
  • Upcoming Certifications: HPE will partner on new NVIDIA reference architecture storage certifications.

Availability

  • HPE Private Cloud AI: Expected in the fall.
  • HPE ProLiant DL380a Gen12 and DL384 Gen12 Servers: Available in the fall.
  • HPE Cray XD670 Server: Available in the summer.
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