IBM Type 8720 manual BladeCenter T Type 8730 features and specifications

Features and specifications for the BladeCenter T Type 8730 unit

The following table provides a summary of the features and specifications of the BladeCenter T Type 8730 unit.

Table 2. BladeCenter T Type 8730 features and specifications

Media tray (on front):

vDVD/CD-RW drive: slim IDE

vTwo Universal Serial Bus (USB) v2.0 full speed ports

vSystem-status panel

Module bays (on front):

vEight hot-swap blade bays

vFour hot-swap power-module bays

vTwo hot-swap management module bays

Module bays (on rear):

vFour hot-swap I/O module bays

vFour hot-swap blower bays

vOne hot-swap KVM (keyboard, video, mouse) module

vOne hot-swap LAN module

Power modules:

vStandard: Two 1300-watt or greater 220-volt (200-240 V ac) hot-swap power modules

–Power modules 1 and 2 supply power to:

-Blade bays 1 through 4

-Management modules 1 and 2

-I/O modules 1 and 2

-Media tray

-All KVM, LAN, and alarm interfaces

-All four blower modules

–Power modules 1 and 2 provide redundancy to each other

vMaximum: Four 1300-watt or greater 220-volt (200-240 V ac) hot-swap power modules

–Power modules 3 and 4 supply power to:

-Blade bays 5 through 8

-I/O modules 3 and 4

–Power modules 3 and 4 provide redundancy to each other

–Blowers are powered by all four power modules

LAN module:

vTwo 10/100 Mb Ethernet remote management connections

vOne DSUB 15P alarm connector

KVM module:

vVideo port (analog)

vPS/2 keyboard port

vPS/2 mouse port

vSystem-status panel

I/O modules:

vStandard: None

vMaximum: Four

–Two hot-swap 1 Gb Ethernet four-port switch modules

–Two hot-swap switch modules of another network-communication standard, such as Fibre Channel

Management module:

vStandard: One hot-swap management module providing system-management functions for the BladeCenter T unit

vMaximum: Two hot-swap management modules (one active, one redundant)

Redundant cooling:

Four variable-speed hot-swap blowers

Front bezel with changeable filter

Upgradeable microcode:

vmanagement module firmware

vI/O-module firmware (not all I/O module types)

vBlade server service processor firmware (BIOS, service processor)

Size (8 U):

vHeight: 349.25 mm (13.75 in. or 8 U)

vDepth: 508 mm (20 in.) from front of chassis to rear I/O connector plane Maximum depth: 600 mm (23.62 in.) including bezel, handles, and cable bend radius.

vWidth: 442 mm (17.4 in.)

vWeight:

–Fully configured with modules and blade servers: Approx. 100.2 kg (221 lb)

–Fully configured without blade servers: Approx. 61.7 kg (136 lb)

Security features:

vLogin password for remote connection

vSecure Shell (SSH) for command-line interface

vSecure socket layer (SSL) security for remote Web management access

Predictive Failure Analysis (PFA) alerts:

vBlowers

vBlade-dependent features

vPower supplies

Declared acoustical noise emission levels for normal operations:

vSound-power levels (upper-limit):7.8 bels

vSound-pressure levels (average), for four one-meter bystander positions: 63 dBA

The noise emission levels stated are the declared upper limit sound-power levels, in bels, for a random sample of machines. All measurements made in accordance with ISO 7779 and reported in conformance with ISO 9296.

Environment:

vAir temperature:

–BladeCenter T on: 10° to 35°C (50° to

95°F). Altitude: 0 to 914 m (2998.69 ft).

–BladeCenter T on: 10° to 32°C (50° to

89.6°F). Altitude: 914 m to 2134 m (2998.69 ft to 7000 ft).

–BladeCenter T off: -40° to 60° C (-40° to 140°).

vHumidity:

–Server on: 8% to 80%

–Server off: 8% to 80%

Electrical input:

vSine-wave input (50 or 60 Hz single-phase) required

vInput voltage:

–Minimum: 200 V ac

–Maximum: 240 V ac

vInput current:

–Chassis: 18 amp maximum @ 208 V ac

–Single power-supply feed: 9 amp maximum

vInput connector type: Four (4) C13 inputs, rated at 8 amps each

Heat output:

vInput kilovolt-amperes (kVA) approx.

–Minimum configuration: 0.2 kVA

–Maximum configuration: 3.5 kVA

vBTU output

–Ship configuration:

673 Btu/hour (197 watts)

–Full configuration:

11900 Btu/hour (3490 watts)

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