70 -- QTY 3 BEOWULF CLUSTERS WITH A MINIMUM OF 8 CPU'S

Notice Date

May 22, 2001

Contracting Office

Commercial Acquisition Department, Bldg 11, Naval Undersea Warfare Center Division, Newport, Code 59, Simonpietri Dr., Newport, RI 02841-1708

ZIP Code

02841-1708

Solicitation Number

N66604-01-Q-3915

Response Due

May 29, 2001

Point of Contact

J. M. CLERMONT at (401) 832-1460, FAX (401) 832-4820

E-Mail Address

J. M. Clermont (ClermontJM@npt.nuwc.navy.mil)

Description

This is a modification to Synopsis 013915 for Quote N66604-01-Q-3915. This is to clarify some of the requirements. (1)Question: Does switch have to be rackmounted as well? Answer: No, the switch does not have to be rackmounted but it would be nice. (2) Question: I don't see any SCSI devices listed yet the system requires SCSI, does the system need an SCSI controller? Answer. Yes, we need an SCSI controller in each PC. (3) Question: Does the system need one additional network card per system (four per cluster) or four per system? Answer: Each PC in the cluster needs 5 network ports (one for clustering and four for connecting to other networks.) (4) Question: The request for 5 NICs per machine is a bit confusing. Is this the correct configuration? Or is it supposed to be 2 NICs on each head node and 1 NIC per slave node? Using 4 port switches with 5 NICs per machine doesn' t seem to add up correctly. Answer: Yes, we want 5 NICs per machine. The 4 port switch is for connecting the ports being used for the clustering (i.e. one port on each machine is dedicated for the clustering and is connected to the 4 port switch making a 4 machine cluster. I want a port dedicated solely for the clustering so there is no other network traffic competing with the clustering. (5) Question: Within the makeup of these server systems you ask for a 30GB IDE Hard drive. Usually in a server application the motherboards which are chosen to handle the higher level of productivity are configured to either accept a SCSI interface or have a SCSI controller integrated onto the motherboard. In my case the controller is integrated and I was just inquiring about the IDE specification vs. a 36GB quality SCS12 or SCS13 hard drive being a better option for this application. Can you please clarify this specification. Answer: There is no problem with a 30 GB SCSI hard drive being used instead of the IDE drive. As a minimum a 30GB IDE hard drive is required. The time for delivery has been extended to: 7/6/01 Our department no longer issues solicitations or amendments in paper form. Instead, they may be accessed at our web site http://www.npt.nuwc.navy.mil/contract/. We also provide electronic access in our Bid Room.

Web Link

NAVAL UNDERSEA WARFARE CENTER DIVISION, NEWPORT (http://www.npt.nuwc.navy.mil/contract/)

Record

Loren Data Corp. 20010524/70SOL002.HTM (W-142 SN50M7Y3)