What's New

Updated on 2023/01/17 GMT+08:00

The tables below describe the functions released in each Bare Metal Server version and corresponding documentation updates. New features will be successively launched in each region.

March 2022

No.

Feature

Description

Phase

Document

1

Extreme SSD

Extreme SSD EVS disks feature high I/O, low latency, and high availability. They are ideal for database services that require high read/write performance and high data availability.

Commercial use

EVS Disk

December 2021

No.

Feature

Description

Phase

Document

1

C7 BMS launched

C7 BMSs deliver improved performance, security, and stability based on the QingTian architecture and 3rd Gen Intel® Xeon® Scalable processors.

Commercial use

Instance

June 2020

No.

Feature

Description

Phase

Document

1

Kunpeng 920+Ascend BMS training cluster launched

An AI training cluster with Kunpeng 920+Ascend BMSs features ultra-high compute density, energy efficiency, and bandwidth. Each BMS has 192 CPU cores and eight Ascend AI chips. The chips communicate with each other in a 100GE RDMA network with low latency. This cluster is widely used in model development and training for deep learning.

Application scenarios: scenarios that require high computing performance, such as smart city, smart healthcare, astronomical exploration, and petroleum exploration

Commercial use

Kunpeng BMSs

2

QingTian disk-intensive BMS with the Intel Cascade Lake V6 CPU launched

Hardware and software synergy, Intel Cascade CPU 4214R, 24 cores, single-core frequency 2.4 GHz, DDR4 2933 MHz memory (192 GB), 12 x 10 TB SATA HDD, 40 Gbit/s bandwidth, and tens of millions of packets per second

Application scenarios: big data with local storage

Commercial use

x86 V6 BMS with Intel Cascade Lake CPU

3

QingTian high-performance computing BMS with the Intel Cascade Lake V6 CPU launched

Hardware and software synergy, Intel Cascade CPU 6266, 44 cores, single-core frequency 3.0 GHz, DDR4 2933 MHz memory (192 GB), 40 Gbit/s bandwidth, tens of millions of packets per second, and 100 Gbit/s IB network

Application scenarios: HPC services such as industrial simulation and scientific computing

Commercial use

x86 V6 BMS with Intel Cascade Lake CPU

4

QingTian general-purpose BMS with the Intel Cascade Lake V6 CPU launched

Hardware and software synergy, Intel Cascade CPU 6278, 52 cores, single-core frequency 2.6 GHz, DDR4 2933 MHz memory (192 GB or 384 GB), 40 Gbit/s bandwidth, and tens of millions of packets per second

Application scenarios: databases, big data, and containers

Commercial use

x86 V6 BMS with Intel Cascade Lake CPU

March 2020

No.

Feature

Description

Phase

Document

1

Kunpeng-powered, QingTian high-performance computing BMS launched

Hardware and software synergy, Kunpeng 920 CPU, 128 cores, DDR4 2933 MHz memory (256 GB), eight memory channels, 40 Gbit/s bandwidth, tens of millions of packets per second, 100 Gbit/s IB network, provisioning within minutes

Application scenarios: High Performance Computing (HPC)

Commercial use

Kunpeng BMSs

2

Kunpeng-powered, QingTian disk-intensive BMS launched

Hardware and software synergy, Kunpeng 920 CPU, 128 cores, DDR4 2933 MHz memory (256 GB or 512 GB), eight memory channels, 12 x 10 SATA HDD, 40 Gbit/s bandwidth, and tens of millions of packets per second

Application scenarios: big data with local storage

Commercial use

Kunpeng BMSs

3

Kunpeng-powered, QingTian general-purpose BMS launched

Hardware and software synergy, Kunpeng 920 CPU, 128 cores, DDR4 2933 MHz memory (256 GB, 512 GB, or 1 TB), 40 Gbit/s bandwidth, and tens of millions of packets per second

Application scenarios: compute-storage-separated big data

Commercial use

Kunpeng BMSs

October 2019

No.

Feature

Description

Phase

Document

1

Tagging

You can tag your BMSs for easy management and search.

Commercial use

Tag

September 2019

No.

Feature

Description

Phase

Document

1

Kunpeng-powered BMS launched

Kunpeng BMSs use Kunpeng 920 processors to offer powerful computing and high-performance networks, meeting the requirements of governments and Internet enterprises for cost-effective, secure, reliable cloud services.

Commercial use

Kunpeng BMSs

March 2019

No.

Feature

Description

Phase

Document

1

BMS documentation updated

Major improvements include:

  • What Is BMS: The differences between BMSs, physical servers, and ECSs are described.
  • Supported Features and Restrictions: Features supported by BMSs and restrictions on using BMSs are described.
  • Quick Start: A guide is provided for you to quickly get started with BMS.
  • Common Operations: Common operations are categorized and links are provided to redirect you to the operation details.
  • Other concepts such as regions and AZs, images, disks, and security are described more explicitly.

Commercial use

What Is BMS?

Features and Constraints

Quick Start

Common Operations

2

API-based BMS access

BMS APIs and native OpenStack APIs are provided for you to access the BMS service. If you are familiar with network service protocols and more than one programming language, you are advised to use BMS APIs.

Target users: BMS experts, enterprise management and development personnel, and individual developers

Commercial use

API Reference

August 2018

No.

Feature

Description

Phase

Document

1

OS reinstalling and BMS rebuilding

You can quickly recover a BMS that is faulty due to system damage, virus attacks, or hardware damage by reinstalling its OS or rebuilding it.

Commercial use

Reinstalling the OS

2

Password resetting

After you install the one-click password reset plug-in on your BMS, you can reset the BMS password with just a few clicks if you lose your password or it expires.

Commercial use

Resetting the BMS Password

July 2018

No.

Feature

Description

Phase

Document

1

BMS private image

You can create an image from an existing BMS and use the image to create identical BMSs. This frees you from repeatedly configuring the same settings for each BMS in a cluster.

Commercial use

Image

2

Remote login

You can remotely log in to a BMS by clicking Remote Login on the management console.

Commercial use

Remotely Logging In to a BMS

3

Server monitoring

You can install Agent on a BMS to interconnect the BMS with Cloud Eye. This enables Cloud Eye to collect CPU, memory, disk, and network metrics of the BMS and display the monitoring metrics on the management console.

Commercial use

Server Monitoring

June 2018

No.

Feature

Description

Phase

Document

1

VPC and user-defined VLAN

BMSs and ECSs in the same VPC can communicate with each other. User-defined VLANs enable high-speed communication between BMSs.

User-defined VLANs use QinQ to isolate user networks and provide additional physical planes and network bandwidth. You can allocate VLANs to isolate traffic for scenarios involving SAP HANA and VMware.

Commercial use

Network

2

EVS disk

On the management console, you can easily attach EVS disks to or detach EVS disks from a BMS. To expand the storage space of a BMS, you can expand the capacities of EVS disks attached to the BMS or attach more EVS disks to the BMS. You can attach a maximum of 60 EVS disks to a BMS.

Commercial use

Attaching Data Disks

3

Automatic BMS provisioning

After you submit an order for a BMS, the system automatically installs an OS, configures the network, and attaches disks for the BMS and provisions it. You can purchase multiple BMSs at a time to quickly expand the cluster to the required scale during peak hours.

Commercial use

Creating a BMS

4

BMS provisioning within five minutes

With networking and storage functions offloaded to SDI cards, a BMS can be provisioned quickly. After you select a flavor that supports SDI, you can obtain your BMS within 5 minutes.

Commercial use

Creating a BMS Supporting Quick Provisioning

May 2018

No.

Feature

Description

Phase

Document

1

Bare Metal Server (BMS) launched

A Bare Metal Server (BMS) features both the scalability of VMs and high performance of physical servers. It provides dedicated servers on the cloud, delivering the performance and security required by core databases, critical applications, high-performance computing (HPC), and Big Data.

BMS is perfect for applications that require high computing performance and a secure running environment.

Commercial use

What Is BMS?