SUPER MICRO Computer SBI-7426T-S3 user manual Storage, Density

Chapter 1: Introduction

Storage

The SBI-7426T-S3 blade module can have three 2.5" SAS2 or SATA (Serial ATA) hard disk drives in front-mounted easy removable carriers. See Chapter 3: "Setup and Installation" on page 3-1for storage installation details.

Density

A maximum of fourteen blade modules may be installed into a single blade enclosure. Each blade enclosure is a 7U form factor, so a standard 42U rack may accommodate up to six enclosures with sixty blade modules, or the equivalent of sixty 1U servers. With the inclusion of six CMM modules, twelve Gigabit Ethernet switches and six InfiniBand switches, this would occupy up to 108U space in a conventional 1U server configuration.

Figure 1-1displays a view of a full rack with six blade enclosures in it, each with fourteen blades to an enclosure.

Figure 1-1. Full Rack of Blade Enclosures and Blade Servers

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