Hitachi 1000 Reliability and Serviceability Features, Reliability Features, Reliability features

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Reliability and Serviceability Features

Reliability, availability, and serviceability are key requirements for platforms running business-critical application services. In today’s globally competitive environment, where users access applications round-the-clock, downtime is unacceptable and can result in lost customers, revenue, and reputation. The BladeSymphony 1000 is designed with a number of features intended to increase the uptime of the system.

Reliability Features

Intended to execute core business operations, the BladeSymphony 1000’s modular design increases reliability through the high availability of redundant components. Rather than focus on creating individual highly available components, the BladeSymphony 1000 utilizes multiple industry-standard components to cost-effectively increase reliability. Redundant components also increase the serviceability of the system by allowing the system to continue operating while new components are added or failed components are replaced.

The BladeSymphony 1000 is designed with features to help ensure the system does not crash due to a failure and to minimize the effects from a failure. These features are listed in Table 11.

 

Table 11: Reliability features

 

 

 

Function

 

Feature

 

 

 

Quickly detect/diagnose failed part

 

BIOS self-diagnostic function

 

 

Memory scrubbing function (Intel Itanium Server Blade)

 

 

Failure recovery by retry and correc-

ECC function (memory, CPU bus, SMP link (Intel Itanium

tion

 

Server Blade), CRC retry function (PCIe, SCSI)

 

 

 

Dynamic isolation of failed part

 

Advanced ECC, online spare memory

 

 

 

Redundant configurations

 

HDD Modules, redundant Switch & Management Modules,

 

 

Power Modules, and Cooling Fan Modules

 

 

Memory mirroring (Intel Xeon Server Blades)

 

 

 

Redundant system configurations

 

Redundant LAN/FC modules

 

 

Cluster system configuration, N+1/N+M configurations

 

 

 

Obtain failure information

 

Isolation of failed part using System Event Log, BladeSym-

 

 

phony Management Suite, and Storage Manager

 

 

Automatic notification of failure by ASSIST via email

 

 

 

Block failed part

 

Isolation of failed part upon system boot

 

 

 

Repair failed part during operation

 

Repair CPI adapter, Switch & Management Module, Power

 

 

Module, Cooling Fan Module while system is operating

 

 

 

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Contents BladeSymphony 1000 Architecture Table of Contents Introduction Executive SummaryIntroducing BladeSymphony BladeSymphony 1000 front view Enterprise-Class CapabilitiesData Center Applications System Architecture Overview Front Intel Itanium Server Blade Intel Itanium Server Blade featuresFast Ethernet Two100Base/10Base ports LAN manage Ment SpecificationsBackplane Node link for Three interconnect ports Interface Two ports per partitionFW ROM Atmel Intel Itanium Processor 9100 SeriesHyper-Threading Technology CacheBus throughput from the Hitachi Node Controller Demand Based SwitchingHitachi Node Controller Intel VT Virtualization TechnologyMemory System Baseboard Management ControllerSMP Capabilities Hitachi Node Controller connects multiple server blades Numa Architecture SMP Configuration OptionsFull interleave mode and non-interleave mode L3 Cache Copy Tag Intel Itanium I/O Expansion ModuleEBS Chassis Intel Xeon Server Blade components Intel Xeon Server BladeMicrosoft Windows Server 2003 SP2, Enterprise x64 Edition Intel Xeon 5200 Dual Core ProcessorsFB-DIMM Advantages Intel Xeon 5400 Quad Core ProcessorsOnline spare memory supported configurations Advanced ECCOnline Spare Memory Memory mirroring Memory MirroringOn-Module Storage Sub System ModulesPCI-X I/O Module PCIe I/O Module Combo Card Embedded Fibre Channel Switch ModulePCI-X I/O Module connector types PCIe I/O ModuleFiber channel switch close-up Total 8 modules mountable FCSW, Ipfc RFC, FCAL2, Fcph Embedded Fibre Channel Switch Module componentsLAN FC-HBA + Gigabit Ethernet Combo CardHitachi FC Controller FC-HBA functions Management SoftwareEmbedded Gigabit Ethernet Switch Scsi Hard Drive Modules Connection configuration for HDD Modules Chassis specifications Chassis, Power, and CoolingModule Connections Redundant Power ModulesTop view and cooling fan modules numbers Redundant Cooling Fan ModulesReliability and Serviceability Features Reliability FeaturesReliability features Switch & Management Module Serviceability FeaturesNV Sram Switch & Management Module componentsBase Management Controller BMC OS Console Console FunctionsRemote Console SVP ConsoleManagement Software BladeSymphony Management SuiteOperating System Support Operations Management Deployment Manager+1 or N+M Cold Standby Fail-over Asset Management Remote ManagementNetwork Management Rack ManagementVirtage High CPU Performance and FeaturesDedicated Mode Shared ModeHigh I/O Performance Fiber Channel Virtualization Shared/Virtual NIC FunctionsIntegrated System Management for Virtual Machines For More Information SummarySierra Point Parkway
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