Hitachi 1000 manual Chassis, Power, and Cooling, Chassis specifications

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Chapter 7

Chassis, Power, and Cooling

The BladeSymphony 1000 chassis houses all of the modules previously discussed, as well as a passive backplane, Power Supply Modules, Cooling Fan Modules, and the Switch & Management Modules.

The chassis and backplane provide a number of redundancy features including a one-to-one relationship between server blades and I/O modules, as well as duplicate paths to I/O and switches. In addition, although the backplane is the only single point of failure in the BladeSymphony 1000, it intentionally uses a passive design that eliminates active components that might fail. The backplane provides connections between server blades, SCSI HDD Modules, PCI slots, FC HBAs, and LAN switch, thus eliminating a large number of cables, which reduces costs and complexity.

Two types of chassis are available, chassis A and chassis B. Chassis A provides connections between each server blade slot and two slots in a PCI module or Embedded Fibre Channel Switch Module. Chassis B provides four connections from server blade slots #1 to #4 to two slots in a PCI module or Embedded Fibre Channel Switch Module. The connections for both chassis types are illustrated in Figure 26. The specifications for each chassis type are listed in Table 10.

Chassis Model A

Chassis Model B

Server blade #1

Server blade #2

Server blade #3

Server blade #4

Server blade #5

Server blade #6

Server blade #7

Server blade #8

LAN0	Switch Module
LAN1	#1
LAN1	Switch Module
	#2

Server blade #1

Server blade #2

Server blade #3

Server blade #4

Server blade #5

Server blade #6

Server blade #7

Server blade #8

LAN0	Switch Module
LAN1	#1
LAN1	Switch Module
	#2

Figure 26. Chassis backplane connections

Table 10: Chassis specifications

Module	Type A	Type B

Server Blade	• Intel Xeon Server Blades: 8	• Intel Xeon Server Blades:
	max.	8 max. (4 exclusive
	• Intel Itanium Server Blades:	against storage modules)
	• Intel Itanium Server Blades:
	8 max.	• Intel Itanium Server
		Blades: 8 maximum with
		network boot

Storage Modules: HDD x 3	N/A	4 maximum

Storage Modules: HDD x 6	N/A	2 maximum

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Contents BladeSymphony 1000 Architecture Table of Contents Introduction Executive SummaryIntroducing BladeSymphony Enterprise-Class Capabilities BladeSymphony 1000 front viewData Center Applications System Architecture Overview Front Intel Itanium Server Blade features Intel Itanium Server BladeSpecifications Backplane Node link for Three interconnect ports InterfaceTwo ports per partition Fast Ethernet Two100Base/10Base ports LAN manage MentIntel Itanium Processor 9100 Series FW ROM AtmelCache Hyper-Threading TechnologyDemand Based Switching Hitachi Node ControllerIntel VT Virtualization Technology Bus throughput from the Hitachi Node ControllerBaseboard Management Controller Memory SystemSMP Capabilities Hitachi Node Controller connects multiple server blades SMP Configuration Options Numa ArchitectureFull interleave mode and non-interleave mode Intel Itanium I/O Expansion Module L3 Cache Copy TagEBS Chassis Intel Xeon Server Blade Intel Xeon Server Blade componentsIntel Xeon 5200 Dual Core Processors Microsoft Windows Server 2003 SP2, Enterprise x64 EditionIntel Xeon 5400 Quad Core Processors FB-DIMM AdvantagesOnline spare memory supported configurations Advanced ECCOnline Spare Memory Memory Mirroring Memory mirroringOn-Module Storage Sub System ModulesPCI-X I/O Module Embedded Fibre Channel Switch Module PCI-X I/O Module connector typesPCIe I/O Module PCIe I/O Module Combo CardFiber channel switch close-up Total 8 modules mountable Embedded Fibre Channel Switch Module components FCSW, Ipfc RFC, FCAL2, FcphFC-HBA + Gigabit Ethernet Combo Card LANManagement Software Hitachi FC Controller FC-HBA functionsEmbedded Gigabit Ethernet Switch Scsi Hard Drive Modules Connection configuration for HDD Modules Chassis, Power, and Cooling Chassis specificationsRedundant Power Modules Module ConnectionsRedundant Cooling Fan Modules Top view and cooling fan modules numbersReliability and Serviceability Features Reliability FeaturesReliability features Serviceability Features Switch & Management ModuleSwitch & Management Module components NV SramBase Management Controller BMC Console Functions OS ConsoleSVP Console Remote ConsoleManagement Software BladeSymphony Management SuiteOperating System Support Operations Management Deployment Manager+1 or N+M Cold Standby Fail-over Remote Management Network ManagementRack Management Asset ManagementHigh CPU Performance and Features VirtageDedicated Mode Shared ModeHigh I/O Performance Fiber Channel Virtualization Shared/Virtual NIC FunctionsIntegrated System Management for Virtual Machines Summary For More InformationSierra Point Parkway