Summary
This guide presents the Lenovo Weather and Climate Platform, focusing on the design and architecture of supercomputing systems used for weather forecasting and climate modeling. It outlines the importance of accurate weather predictions and climate modeling for societal preparedness and response to environmental changes. The document details the supercomputer design at Environment & Climate Change Canada (ECCC), emphasizing the role of high-performance computing systems in running complex numerical simulations for weather and climate phenomena. The guide describes the Lenovo EveryScale Weather & Climate reference architecture, which includes scalable units and compute infrastructure optimized for both capacity and capability computing. It also discusses the Lenovo ThinkSystem N1380 and SC750 V4 Neptune servers, highlighting their features such as energy-efficient cooling systems and advanced processing capabilities. The document further explains the operational frameworks, including the Global Environmental Multi-Scale Model (GEM) utilized in Canada for weather forecasting, and the significance of both capacity and capability computing in high-performance computing environments.
