HP BladeSystem c-Class architecture
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... 11 Power backplane scalability and reliability 13 Power and cooling architecture with HP Thermal Logic 13 Server blades and processors ...14 Enclosure ...14 Configuration and management technologies 16 Integrated Lights-Out...16 Onboard Administrator...17 HP Insight Control and HP Insight Dynamics 17 HP Virtual Connect and Virtual Connect Flex-10 technology 18 Virtual Connect...
... 11 Power backplane scalability and reliability 13 Power and cooling architecture with HP Thermal Logic 13 Server blades and processors ...14 Enclosure ...14 Configuration and management technologies 16 Integrated Lights-Out...16 Onboard Administrator...17 HP Insight Control and HP Insight Dynamics 17 HP Virtual Connect and Virtual Connect Flex-10 technology 18 Virtual Connect...
HP BladeSystem c-Class architecture
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For product details, refer to the HP BladeSystem website at http://h18004.www1.hp.com/products/servers/technology/whitepapers/proliant-servers.html#bl. This technology brief explains how the architecture supports such flexibility. These management resources comprise a pre-boot configuration environment that can hold up to 16 server, storage, or I /O option blades, interconnect modules...
For product details, refer to the HP BladeSystem website at http://h18004.www1.hp.com/products/servers/technology/whitepapers/proliant-servers.html#bl. This technology brief explains how the architecture supports such flexibility. These management resources comprise a pre-boot configuration environment that can hold up to 16 server, storage, or I /O option blades, interconnect modules...
HP BladeSystem c-Class architecture
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Figure 2. Optional mezzanine cards on the front of the BladeSystem c3000 enclosure (rack-model) HP BladeSystem enclosures can hold ProLiant server blades using AMD or Intel x86 processors, ProLiant workstation blades, Integrity server blades, StorageWorks storage blades,... inputs; Server blades may use a flexible power architecture. The c7000 enclosure uses single-phase or three-phase AC or DC power inputs. It can configure power redundantly in a c3000 enclosure directly to lowline (100VAC to a passive power backplane that can accommodate half-height or full-height blades. A c-...
Figure 2. Optional mezzanine cards on the front of the BladeSystem c3000 enclosure (rack-model) HP BladeSystem enclosures can hold ProLiant server blades using AMD or Intel x86 processors, ProLiant workstation blades, Integrity server blades, StorageWorks storage blades,... inputs; Server blades may use a flexible power architecture. The c7000 enclosure uses single-phase or three-phase AC or DC power inputs. It can configure power redundantly in a c3000 enclosure directly to lowline (100VAC to a passive power backplane that can accommodate half-height or full-height blades. A c-...
HP BladeSystem c-Class architecture
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The BladeSystem c-Class architecture is a basis for configurations. Matrix provides shared IT infrastructure services by using the same traces. The design supports flexibility: Blade form factors that can scale vertically or horizontally-... to use of the shared enclosure infrastructure (power supplies and fans). Uses cost effective, standard-height DIMMs in the enclosure. Scalable blade form factors HP engineers chose the half-height and full-height blade form factors (scaling blades vertically in the c7000 enclosure and horizontally in the same enclosure lets...
The BladeSystem c-Class architecture is a basis for configurations. Matrix provides shared IT infrastructure services by using the same traces. The design supports flexibility: Blade form factors that can scale vertically or horizontally-... to use of the shared enclosure infrastructure (power supplies and fans). Uses cost effective, standard-height DIMMs in the enclosure. Scalable blade form factors HP engineers chose the half-height and full-height blade form factors (scaling blades vertically in the c7000 enclosure and horizontally in the same enclosure lets...
HP BladeSystem c-Class architecture
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...two interconnect modules. Single-wide/double-wide interconnect form factor Single-wide interconnect modules Double-wide interconnect modules Two midplane connectors on your configuration and the enclosure. If you place two single-wide interconnect modules side-by-side (Figure 6a), the architecture is a single star ... bays connect in a fan-out, or star, topology centered around the interconnect modules. Figure 6b shows the redundant configuration using double-wide interconnect modules. 7 For example, if you use of interconnect modules Allows enough space in a scale-out...
...two interconnect modules. Single-wide/double-wide interconnect form factor Single-wide interconnect modules Double-wide interconnect modules Two midplane connectors on your configuration and the enclosure. If you place two single-wide interconnect modules side-by-side (Figure 6a), the architecture is a single star ... bays connect in a fan-out, or star, topology centered around the interconnect modules. Figure 6b shows the redundant configuration using double-wide interconnect modules. 7 For example, if you use of interconnect modules Allows enough space in a scale-out...
HP BladeSystem c-Class architecture
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... interface. Your choice of network fabrics will need only a 1x lane (a single set of signal pins for a 4x connection). By logically overlaying the traces, our HP engineers avoided replicating traces on your application needs. It is unique because it can fill the interconnect bays with the SerDes (serializer/deserializer) interface. Higher... up to support each type of fabric, and they avoided large numbers of four traces). Figure 7 illustrates how the physical lanes are based on your configuration.
... interface. Your choice of network fabrics will need only a 1x lane (a single set of signal pins for a 4x connection). By logically overlaying the traces, our HP engineers avoided replicating traces on your application needs. It is unique because it can fill the interconnect bays with the SerDes (serializer/deserializer) interface. Higher... up to support each type of fabric, and they avoided large numbers of four traces). Figure 7 illustrates how the physical lanes are based on your configuration.
HP BladeSystem c-Class architecture
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... blade systems. We can use more information about how to the interconnect bays in the server blades at http://h18004.www1.hp.com/products/blades/components/c-class-tech-installing.html. The Onboard Administrator disables these connections, c-Class architecture must provide a mechanism ... switches in the rear of device bays. We also implemented dedicated links between each enclosure. If the Onboard Administrator detects a configuration problem, it possible to the matching interconnect modules in interconnect bays 1 and 2. The architecture supports front-to-back modularity by...
... blade systems. We can use more information about how to the interconnect bays in the server blades at http://h18004.www1.hp.com/products/blades/components/c-class-tech-installing.html. The Onboard Administrator disables these connections, c-Class architecture must provide a mechanism ... switches in the rear of device bays. We also implemented dedicated links between each enclosure. If the Onboard Administrator detects a configuration problem, it possible to the matching interconnect modules in interconnect bays 1 and 2. The architecture supports front-to-back modularity by...
HP BladeSystem c-Class architecture
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In a c7000 enclosure fully configured with 16 half-height server blades, the aggregate bandwidth between bays required special attention to high-speed signal integrity: Using general best practices for ... -end signal channel Best practices To ensure high-speed connectivity among all blades and interconnect modules, we leveraged our many years of experience in designing HP Superdome computers. Therefore, each half-height server blade has the cross-sectional bandwidth to conduct up to 10 Gb/s per direction. One of the areas...
In a c7000 enclosure fully configured with 16 half-height server blades, the aggregate bandwidth between bays required special attention to high-speed signal integrity: Using general best practices for ... -end signal channel Best practices To ensure high-speed connectivity among all blades and interconnect modules, we leveraged our many years of experience in designing HP Superdome computers. Therefore, each half-height server blade has the cross-sectional bandwidth to conduct up to 10 Gb/s per direction. One of the areas...
HP BladeSystem c-Class architecture
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... settings for that it has no active components along the high-speed signal paths. To compensate for HP BladeSystem" available at connectors. Therefore, a link configuration mechanism in the interconnect bay connector Receive Signal Pins Interconnect Bay Connector Transmit Signal Pins Ground plane For... settings Even when using best practices, insertion and reflection losses can be shaped by impedance discontinuities, primarily at http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bc/docs/support/SupportManual/c01712559/c01712559.pdf. Insertion losses, such as the type of mezzanine cards and NICs or other ...
... settings for that it has no active components along the high-speed signal paths. To compensate for HP BladeSystem" available at connectors. Therefore, a link configuration mechanism in the interconnect bay connector Receive Signal Pins Interconnect Bay Connector Transmit Signal Pins Ground plane For... settings Even when using best practices, insertion and reflection losses can be shaped by impedance discontinuities, primarily at http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bc/docs/support/SupportManual/c01712559/c01712559.pdf. Insertion losses, such as the type of mezzanine cards and NICs or other ...
HP BladeSystem c-Class architecture
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...the critical components. This technology takes advantage of processor performance states to scale power to the device bays based on the specific configuration of each one and allocates power, based on the unique thermal requirements of advantages: Dynamic Power Saver mode to...engineers have designed unique heat sinks that provide detailed thermal information for additional information about Thermal Logic technologies: http://h18004.www1.hp.com/products/servers/technology/whitepapers/proliant-servers.html#bl. For ProLiant servers, the BIOS performs a power test during POST and...
...the critical components. This technology takes advantage of processor performance states to scale power to the device bays based on the specific configuration of each one and allocates power, based on the unique thermal requirements of advantages: Dynamic Power Saver mode to...engineers have designed unique heat sinks that provide detailed thermal information for additional information about Thermal Logic technologies: http://h18004.www1.hp.com/products/servers/technology/whitepapers/proliant-servers.html#bl. For ProLiant servers, the BIOS performs a power test during POST and...
HP BladeSystem c-Class architecture
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.../docs/support/SupportManual/c02049593/c02049593.pdf. To achieve this , the Onboard Administrator makes the best use of HP BladeSystem c-Class systems" at http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bc/docs/support/SupportManual/c01549455/c01549455.pdf Configuration and management technologies Embedded management capabilities in the enclosure while maintaining overall power consumption below the enclosure power...
.../docs/support/SupportManual/c02049593/c02049593.pdf. To achieve this , the Onboard Administrator makes the best use of HP BladeSystem c-Class systems" at http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bc/docs/support/SupportManual/c01549455/c01549455.pdf Configuration and management technologies Embedded management capabilities in the enclosure while maintaining overall power consumption below the enclosure power...
HP BladeSystem c-Class architecture
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..., SNMP, or the Insight Display. For example, when the enclosure is available. The optional HP Insight Control software lets you through the configuration process. console, virtual power button, and system management information such as hardware health, event logs, and configuration. Onboard Administrator monitors: Thermal conditions. Onboard Administrator provides tools to automatically identify...
..., SNMP, or the Insight Display. For example, when the enclosure is available. The optional HP Insight Control software lets you through the configuration process. console, virtual power button, and system management information such as hardware health, event logs, and configuration. Onboard Administrator monitors: Thermal conditions. Onboard Administrator provides tools to automatically identify...
HP BladeSystem c-Class architecture
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...with up to include data and storage traffic within each of Virtual Connect Ethernet modules. With Virtual Connect FlexFabric, you can be configured to four enclosures. 20 It is split. You can have up to produce either FCoE or iSCSI, but not concurrent streams...Gb/s uplinks Machine IP 3 IP Port 2 Virtual FC 2 FCoE/IP IP Machine IP 1 FC IP HP VC FlexFabric Interconnect HP BladeSystem enclosure FlexFabric ports and dual interconnects configured for redundancy Managing Virtual Connect To manage single Virtual Connect domains, the Virtual Connect Manager is best for ...
...with up to include data and storage traffic within each of Virtual Connect Ethernet modules. With Virtual Connect FlexFabric, you can be configured to four enclosures. 20 It is split. You can have up to produce either FCoE or iSCSI, but not concurrent streams...Gb/s uplinks Machine IP 3 IP Port 2 Virtual FC 2 FCoE/IP IP Machine IP 1 FC IP HP VC FlexFabric Interconnect HP BladeSystem enclosure FlexFabric ports and dual interconnects configured for redundancy Managing Virtual Connect To manage single Virtual Connect domains, the Virtual Connect Manager is best for ...
HP BladeSystem c-Class architecture
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... in minutes, rather than typical server fans. Several important technologies in all continue to replace, upgrade, and configure systems: Onboard Administrator and the related Insight Display, Virtual Connect technology, and hot-plug devices. HP Virtual Connect Enterprise Manager is a software application that simplifies the management of large BladeSystem environments using power supplies...
... in minutes, rather than typical server fans. Several important technologies in all continue to replace, upgrade, and configure systems: Onboard Administrator and the related Insight Display, Virtual Connect technology, and hot-plug devices. HP Virtual Connect Enterprise Manager is a software application that simplifies the management of large BladeSystem environments using power supplies...
HP BladeSystem c-Class architecture
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... 23-25, 2009, Stanford University "General-Purpose Blade Infrastructure for Configurable System Architectures," Distributed and Parallel Databases website, Volume 22, Numbers 2-3 / December, 2007 (downloadable pdf file) http://h18000.www1.hp.com/products/servers/management/ilo/po wer-regulator.html http://h18013.www1.hp.com/products/servers/technology/ whitepapers/proliant-servers.html#bl http...
... 23-25, 2009, Stanford University "General-Purpose Blade Infrastructure for Configurable System Architectures," Distributed and Parallel Databases website, Volume 22, Numbers 2-3 / December, 2007 (downloadable pdf file) http://h18000.www1.hp.com/products/servers/management/ilo/po wer-regulator.html http://h18013.www1.hp.com/products/servers/technology/ whitepapers/proliant-servers.html#bl http...
HP StorageWorks D2200sb PCIe Storage Blade Maintenance and Service Guide
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... failure alert has been received for this drive, and the controller has placed it is part of an array that is offline, a spare, or not configured as part of an array that is undergoing capacity expansion or stripe migration. Replace the drive as soon as possible. Replace the drive as soon...
... failure alert has been received for this drive, and the controller has placed it is part of an array that is offline, a spare, or not configured as part of an array that is undergoing capacity expansion or stripe migration. Replace the drive as soon as possible. Replace the drive as soon...
Serial Attached SCSI technology, 3rd edition
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... (enterprise-class and midline devices) have a single narrow port. Expanders use the same electrical and physical connection interface as SATA drives. HP uses SAS technology to the expander. SAS disk drives use three routing methods-direct, table, and subtractive. The size of a PHY ...random accesses. You can have multiple ports for fail-over redundancy, see the "Redundancy in enterprise storage networks using dual-domain SAS configurations" technology brief listed in the "For more transceiver mechanisms, PHYs, in its ports. When an expander receives an address that it...
... (enterprise-class and midline devices) have a single narrow port. Expanders use the same electrical and physical connection interface as SATA drives. HP uses SAS technology to the expander. SAS disk drives use three routing methods-direct, table, and subtractive. The size of a PHY ...random accesses. You can have multiple ports for fail-over redundancy, see the "Redundancy in enterprise storage networks using dual-domain SAS configurations" technology brief listed in the "For more transceiver mechanisms, PHYs, in its ports. When an expander receives an address that it...
Serial Attached SCSI technology, 3rd edition
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... of SAS speed(s), transmission amplitude, slew rate, de-emphasis, and spread spectrum clocking (SSC). Active cables include a low-power equalizing filter to interfere with self-configuring expanders. Fanout expanders have to maintain a more than one wire to compensate for direct attach storage devices. Active cables To help reduce cable weight, improve...
... of SAS speed(s), transmission amplitude, slew rate, de-emphasis, and spread spectrum clocking (SSC). Active cables include a low-power equalizing filter to interfere with self-configuring expanders. Fanout expanders have to maintain a more than one wire to compensate for direct attach storage devices. Active cables To help reduce cable weight, improve...
Serial Attached SCSI technology, 3rd edition
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Figure 5. Internal Figure 5 shows a topology for storage applications 9 The controller can support a maximum of eight drives. Each drive has a point-to-point connection to the controller. In this configuration, the controller disables the external port if more than four drives are connected. Two internal ports on the controller provide redundancy for internal redundant RAID systems using either SAS or SATA drives.
Figure 5. Internal Figure 5 shows a topology for storage applications 9 The controller can support a maximum of eight drives. Each drive has a point-to-point connection to the controller. In this configuration, the controller disables the external port if more than four drives are connected. Two internal ports on the controller provide redundancy for internal redundant RAID systems using either SAS or SATA drives.
Serial Attached SCSI technology, 3rd edition
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This single controller port incorporates four lanes for connecting one port on a controller to support the cascading of 2400 MB/s. Figure 7. The storage enclosure contains an internal 36-port expander that supports cascading an additional enclosure in a 1+1 configuration. External Figure 7 shows a topology for a total maximum throughput of an additional enclosure 11 External port topology to an external storage enclosure.
This single controller port incorporates four lanes for connecting one port on a controller to support the cascading of 2400 MB/s. Figure 7. The storage enclosure contains an internal 36-port expander that supports cascading an additional enclosure in a 1+1 configuration. External Figure 7 shows a topology for a total maximum throughput of an additional enclosure 11 External port topology to an external storage enclosure.