Huawei Intelligent Computing releases FusionServer Pro intelligent server to help data centers evolve towards intelligence

[51CTO.com original article] Recently, Huawei's Intelligent Computing Business Department, which was established just four months ago, held a press conference in Beijing with the theme of "+ Intelligence, Computing Evolution", and officially released the FusionServer Pro intelligent server. Huawei's industry partners and customers such as Intel, Microsoft, SAP, and Forrester were also invited to attend, and together with Huawei's Intelligent Computing Business Department, witnessed the historical moment of breaking through the boundaries of computing power and opening a new era of intelligent servers.

During the meeting, Ma Haixu, President of Huawei Intelligent Technology Business Unit, Zheng Dianhai, President of Huawei Intelligent Computing Global Marketing Sales and Service Department, and Zhang Xiaohua, President of Huawei Intelligent Computing Business Unit FusionServer Field, accepted interviews from the media and shared the R&D ideas and strategic planning behind the launch of FusionServer Pro intelligent servers.

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Ma Haixu told reporters that there were two main reasons for establishing the Intelligent Computing Business Department. First, the scope of intelligent computing has expanded, not only servers, but also computing from data centers to edge computing, and then to future in-vehicle computing. Second, there are more and more full AI application scenarios. On the edge side, from board modules, edge computing to data center servers, the full scenario has changed. "In the computing field, more efficient and short-chain operations are now needed. The Intelligent Computing Business Department is not only a research and development organization, but also includes front-end sales services, research and development teams, and end-to-end business units, which are conducive to more rapid and flexible resource concentration, better customer service, and response to market changes and needs."

Then, Zhang Xiaohua explained the views of Huawei's Intelligent Computing Business Department on artificial intelligence. According to him, Huawei's public cloud and some large customers' self-built data centers have reached the level of intelligent data centers. However, most traditional data centers on the market cannot reach the level of intelligent data centers due to factors such as infrastructure and operation and maintenance capabilities. He said that as long as customers are willing to upgrade to intelligence, they can deploy it in different granularity and characteristics.

He gave an example, saying that Atlas300 has no threshold for using existing servers in the data center, and is plug-and-play; adding FusionDirector software to traditional data centers, or loading Huawei intelligent components in newly purchased servers, can also enjoy the convenience and benefits brought by AI-enabled applications without changing existing equipment. "In the field of data centers, the purpose of artificial intelligence applications is to release more work tasks from traditional manual operations and complex human actions, and replace them with machines and software. In other words, in all aspects of future data center operation, maintenance, execution and deployment, the role of people will become weaker and weaker, and their proportion will become smaller and smaller."

When asked about the positioning of the new products, Zheng Dianhai preferred to use the word "evolution" to describe these FusionServer Pro intelligent servers. "Intelligent servers are not replacements for traditional servers, but evolution. In the past few decades, although the scale of data center construction has been large, the degree of intelligence is not high. From deployment and application to operation and maintenance management, there is still a lot of room for improvement." He also talked about the deeper meaning. Huawei has not stopped at server intelligence, but has emphasized how to use intelligent means to release greater potential of data centers in customers' data centers. "Huawei's intelligent servers have released the potential of chips. Next, Huawei is considering how to vertically integrate L1, L2, and L3 to lower the TC throughout the entire life cycle, minimize human intervention in the operation and maintenance process, and reduce cost investment through more automated means. Huawei is working hard in this direction."

Ma Haixu added that it was precisely because of the new trend of intelligent data center upgrades that Huawei deeply explored the pain points of customer applications and operations, and carried out research and development at the three levels of "intelligent acceleration, intelligent management, and intelligent data center", upgrading traditional servers to intelligent servers. It also provides comprehensive intelligent solutions for single-machine scenarios, cluster scenarios, and ultra-large-scale deployment scenarios, forming a "point-line-surface" three-in-one intelligent data center.

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