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COMMERCE BUSINESS DAILY ISSUE OF JULY 29,1999 PSA#2398

Dahlgren Division, Naval Surface Warfare Center, 17320 Dahlgren Road, Dahlgren, VA 22448-5100

70 -- PARALLEL DISTRIBUTED COMPUTER WITH 8-COMPUTER NODE CLUSTER SOL N00178-99-R-2046 POC James McCaffery, SD12D, (540) 653-7942 WEB: NSWCDD Procurement Homepage, http://wwww.nswc.navy.mil/supply. E-MAIL: questions concerning synopsis, sd12@nswc.navy.mil. The Dahlgren Division, Naval Surface Warfare Center (NSWCDD) intends to competitively procure a parallel distributed computer with 8-Computer node cluster by using commercial acquisition procedures. The required parallel distributed computer must as a minimum meet or exceed the following requirements: Every computer node shall have a Dual Pentium III motherboard. Every computer node shall have two Pentium III 500MHz Processors installed with 512K or ECC cache. Every computer node shall have two Pentium III Cooling Fans with Ball Bearings. Every computer node shall have a 400W Power Supply. Every computer node shall have two DIMM SDRAM PC100 (128MB) 16 X 72 chips (256MB total). Every computer node shall be enclosed in a 4U 19in. Rack-mountable chassis with at least four front-mounted cooling fans. Every Rack-mountable chassis shall be mounted on a slide. Every computer node shall have a 1.44MB 3.5" Floppy Drive. Every computer node shall have at least a 9.1GB Ultra2/Wide SCSI 7200RPM Hard drive. Every computer node shall have at least 4MB video card. Every computer node shall have a 10/100 PCI Ethernet Adapter. Every computer node shall have a SCSI 40X CDROM drive. Every computer node shall be configured as real-time simulation processors and shall contain the following additional hardware and software: Four (5) of the real-time computer nodes shall have Systran PCI SCRAMNet+ Fiber Media cards w/ 512K of memory (Model #H-AS-DPCIN512-20; Two (2) of the real-time computer nodes shall have SBS Bit3 PCI-to-VME bus fiber adapters (Model #618) and 25m fiber-optic interconnect cables (Model #15-102); All six (6) of the real-time computer node shall be configured with Microsoft Windows NT Workstation v4.0. Two (2) of the computer nodes shall be configured as general purpose simulation development and data analysis platforms and shall contain the following additional hardware and software: Windows NT Terminal Server v4.0 (10 Users), Microsoft Visual C++ v6.0 Professional Edition (Intel), Microsoft Visual Source Safev6.0 (Intel), DEC Visual Fortran v6.0 Standard Edition (Intel). The communications from computer node shall be implemented with a fast-switched Ethernet network (10/100 switches). The system shall have two additional 12-port fast-switched Ethernet switches to facilitate integration into an existing network. Every switch shall be Rack-mountable and on a slide. The system shall include a Rack-mountable Network-Appliance NetAPP F720 with 85GB of disk storage and shall be configured with NetApp Networking Software 3.0 for Windows and NetApp NFS connectivity software and a 10/100 Ethernet connection. The system shall have a 2U Rack-mountable 13.8" TFT color monitor with a full-size keyboard and pointing device. The monitor and keyboard shall be able to access any computer node in the cluster without the modification of any cables. The system shall have UPS's and UPS software that allow for proper shutdown of the complete system upon a power outage. All hardware for the system, except for the UPS's shall be contained within two separate Racks. The height of each rack shall not exceed 70 inches usable space. The depth of each rack shall not exceed 30 inches. Each Rack shall have a usable clear front door. Each Rack shall have a back door. Each Rack shall be ventilated with fans. Every computer node shall be required to maintain an operating temperature in the hard drive bay below 90 degrees Fahrenheit when enclosed in a rack. This temperature shall be maintained in a regular air-conditioned office space. The SIC Code for this procurement is 3571 and the FSC Code is 7010. Solicitations and amendments will only be available via the World Wide Web at http://www.nswc.navy.mil/supply. No hard copies will be provided. The solicitation will be open for approximately 15 days. Vendors should access the NSWCDD web site to ensure they have downloaded all amendments. For solicitations issued after 31 May 1998, DOD will no longer award contracts to contractors that are not registered in the Center Contractor Registration (CCR) database. Registration may be done by accessing the CCR Web Site at http://www.acq.osd.mil/ec or via dial up modem at (614) 692-6788, (USER ID: ccrpub; PASSWORD pub2ccri). Any certified value added network (VAN) can be used for registration. A paper registration form may be obtained from the DoD Electronic Commerce Information Center at 1-800-334-3414. Posted 07/27/99 (W-SN359487). (0208)

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