Cisco Systems UCSEZINFRACHSS manual Non-redundant Mode

Overview

Power Supplies

◦The total "Maximum Draw" required to power all the components configured within that chassis—such as I/O modules, fans, blade servers (CPU and memory configuration of the blade servers).

◦The Desired Power Redundancy for the chassis. The supported power configurations are non-redundant, N+1 redundancy (or any requirement greater than N+1), and grid redundancy.

To configure redundancy, see the Configuration Guide for the version of Cisco UCS Central that you are using. The configuration guides are available at the following URL: http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/ ps12502/products_installation_and_configuration_guides_list.html.

Non-redundant Mode

In a non-redundant or combined mode, all installed power supplies are turned on and balance the load evenly. Smaller configurations (requiring less than 2500 W) can be powered by a single power supply when the system is using Cisco UCS Release 1.3(1) or earlier releases. However, a single power supply cannot provide redundancy and if either the power input or power supply fail, the system immediately shuts down. More common configurations require two or more power supplies (if requirements are between 2500 and 5000 W peak) in non-redundant mode.

When using Cisco UCS Release 1.4(1) and later releases, the chassis requires a minimum of 2 power supplies.

Note In a non-redundant system, power supplies can be in any slot. Installing less than the required number of power supplies results in undesired behavior such as server blade shutdown. Installing more than the required amount of power supplies may result in lower power supply efficiency. At most, this mode will require two power supplies.

N+1 Redundancy

The N+1 redundancy configuration implies that the chassis contains a total number of power supplies to satisfy non-redundancy, plus one additional power supply for redundancy. All the power supplies that are participating in N+1 redundancy are turned on and equally share the power load for the chassis. If any additional power supplies are installed, Cisco UCS Manager recognizes these “unnecessary” power supplies and places them on standby.

If a power supply should fail, the surviving supplies can provide power to the chassis. In addition, UCS Manager turns on any "turned-off" power supplies to bring the system back to N+1 status.

To provide N+1 protection, the following number of power supplies is recommended:

•Three power supplies are recommended if the power configuration for that chassis requires greater than 2500 W or if using UCS Release 1.4(1) and later releases

•Two power supplies are sufficient if the power configuration for that chassis requires less than 2500 W or the system is using UCS Release 1.3(1) or earlier releases

Adding an additional power supply to either of these configurations will provide an extra level of protection. Cisco UCS Manager turns on the extra power supply in the event of a failure and restores N+1 protection.

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