ibm bladecenter fundamentals introduction
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5.3
IBM BladeCenter FundamentalsIntroduction
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Unit objectives
After completing this unit, you should be able to:
• List the major elements common to the IBM BladeCenter
• Describe the key aspects of compatibility between BladeCenter models
• Identify the components providing redundancy in the BladeCenter chassis
• Match the power components necessary to support varying BladeCenter resource configurations
• List the power input requirements for the BladeCenter models
• Describe the common cooling components used in the BladeCenter chassis
• Describe the supported disk configurations for the BladeCenter S
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Dynamic infrastructure: Key points
• Enables visibility, control, and automation across all business and IT assets
• Transforms assets into higher value services
• Highly optimized to achieve more with less
• Addresses the information challenges
• Leverages flexible sourcing like clouds
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Dynamic infrastructure: IBM BladeCenter
• Reduce cost– x86 industry-leading performance, virtualization, energy efficiency,
and scalability
• Manage risk– Resilient architectures and management tools for security and high
availability
• Improve service– Performance to drive new demanding application workloads
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BladeCenter chassis components
• BladeCenter chassis
• BladeCenter chassis midplane
• Power
• Cooling
• Unit summary
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IBM BladeCenter family
Common blades, common switches, common management
IBM BladeCenter E
Highest density, super power efficient
IBM BladeCenter H
Ultra high performance, and I/O
flexibility
BladeCenter chassis by model and type
IBM BladeCenter HT
Highly rugged, Telco, AC/DC, NEBS, air
filtration
IBM BladeCenter T
Highly rugged, Telco, AC/DC, NEBS, air
filtration
7U design Up to 14 blade bays Up to 4 switch fabrics Low cost Low power Support 10 GB
Uplinks Support 8 Gb FC
9U design Up to 14 blade bays Up to 10 GB midplane I/O flexibility up to 8
switch bays Support 3 0mm blades
w/ up to 8 ports Support 10 GB
Ethernet Support 8 Gb FC Support 4x InfiniBand
8U design Up to 8 blade bays Up to 4 switch fabrics AC or DC models NEBS compliant Rugged Support 10 GB uplinks Support 8 Gb FC Telco, military, dirty
floor
12U design Up to 12 blade bays AC or DC models I/O flexibility up to 8
switch bays NEBS compliant Rugged Up to 10 GB midplane Support 10 GB Ethernet Support 8 Gb FC Support 4x InfiniBand Telco, military, dirty floor
IBM BladeCenter S
Extending the benefits of BladeCenter outside
the datacenter
7U design Up to 6 blade bays Integrated storage Up to 3 switch fabrics Lowest cost Lowest power (100 -
240v) 950w/1450 AC auto-
sensing Support 10 GB Uplinks Support 4 GB FC
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Chassis: IBM BladeCenter E
• 7U rack based mechanical• One Midplane board
– Interface for major system components– Divided into top and bottom halves– Each half of the midplane is part of a redundant pair
• Front of chassis– 14 hot-swap blade server bays – One front control panel/media tray
• LED panel• Media tray
– One USB port – One DVD-RW
• Rear of chassis– Four switch module bays– Two management module bays– Four hot-swap power supply module bays– Two hot swap blowers
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IBM BladeCenter E: Front view
CD-ROM drive Diskette drive
Blade server
Location
Over-Temp Information System error
USB portPower DVD-RW drive
Recess for chassis service label
Front panel LEDs and USB
port
7U
Blade server filler
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IBM Calibrated Vectored CoolingHot-Swap Redundant Blowers with PFA
Hot-Swap Management
Module
(Optional) Hot-Swap
Redundant Management
Module
Power Module Bay 2 with
PFA
Power Module Bay 4 with PFA
Switch Module Bay 3
Switch Module Bay 4
Switch Module Bay 2
LEDPanel
Power Module Bay 1 with PFA
Power Module Bay 3 with PFA
Switch Module Bay 1
IBM BladeCenter E: Rear view
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IBM BladeCenter E: Rear view (new chassis)
IBM BladeCenter E with 2320W Power Supply Modules
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Chassis: IBM BladeCenter T
• 8U and 28 inches deep• Supports up to eight blade servers
– Up to four double slot blade servers• Hot swappable media tray
– 24X DVD/CD drive– Telco alarm panel– Two USB front inputs
• Supports up to two management modules• Four front load balancing and failover
1300W AC or DC power supplies– Each power supply contains two fans and
a LED panel• Four rear I/O modules• Four rear blower modules• KVM module• LAN module
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IBM BladeCenter T: Front view
Power Module 2
Power Module 4
Power Module 3
Power Module 1
Management Module 1 Management Module bay 2
Front panel Media tray ESD connector
From top to bottom Blade servers 1-8
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IBM BladeCenter T: Rear view
Blower Module 2
Blower Module 4
Blower Module 1
Blower Module 3
I/O Module 2 I/O Module 1
I/O Module 4 I/O Module 3
AC-power connectors (8730) or DC-power connectors (8720)
ESD connector
KVM Module LAN Module
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Chassis: IBM BladeCenter H
• 9U and 28 inches deep• Supports up to 14 30 mm blades • Customer serviceable, hot swappable
media tray • 9.5 mm combo drive (CD/DVD)
– Two USB front inputs– Full light path diagnostics panel
• Rack mounted on rails • Four front load 2900W power supplies
– Each power supply includes a replaceable fan pack with three fans
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Hot-Swap Media Tray with DVD, 2 USB,
and LightPath Diagnostics Panel
Two bays for optional Hot-Swap Redundant
2900 Watt Power Supplies with PFA
and three replaceable fans each
Two bays for Hot-Swap Redundant
2900 Watt Power Supply with PFA and
three replaceable fans each
Support for up to 14 Blades
9U
IBM BladeCenter H: Front view
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Redundant Power Input Redundant Power InputHigh Speed Switch Module Bays
Switch Module Bay 1 (dedicated Ethernet)
High Speed Switch Module Bays
Dedicated Bridge Module Slot
IBM Calibrated Vectored CoolingHot-Swap Redundant Blowers with PFA
Hot-Swap Advanced
Management Module (AMM)
Switch Module Bay 4 (or Bridge Slot)
Switch Module Bay 3 (or Bridge Slot)
(Optional) Hot-Swap Redundant
Advanced Management
Module (AMM)
Switch Module Bay 2 (dedicated Ethernet)
Dedicated Bridge Module Slot
LightPath Diagnostics Panel
Aggregated Serial Connector
IBM BladeCenter H: Rear view
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Chassis: IBM BladeCenter HT
• 12U and 27.8 inches deep• Supports up to 12 blade servers
– Up to six double slot blade servers• Support up to two media trays
– Full Light Path Diagnostic panel– Two USB front inputs
• Support up to four front 3160W AC or DC power supplies with load balancing and failover – Each power supply contains a replaceable fan
pack with three fans • Four I/O module bays• Four high-speed I/O module bays • Four rear blower modules• Supports up to two multiplexer expansion
module
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IBM BladeCenter HT: Front view
Power Module 2 Power Module bay 4
Power Module bay 3 Power Module 1
Management Module 1
Management Module 2
Media tray bay 1
Media tray bay 2
ESD connector
I/O Module bay 2
I/O Module bay 1
I/O Module bay 4
I/O Module bay 3
High-speed I/O Module bay 7
High-speed I/O Module bay 8
High-speed I/O Module bay 9
High-speed I/O Module bay 10
From left to right Blade servers 1-12
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IBM BladeCenter HT: Rear view
Power connector 3
Fan Module 3
Power connector 2 Power connector 4
Power connector 1
Fan Module 4
Fan Module 1
Fan Module 2
Multiplexer expansion module 2
Multiplexer expansion module 1
Network-clock bay 1
Serial connector
Alarm panel module
Alarm panel interface connector
Network-clock bay 2
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Chassis: IBM BladeCenter S
• Supports up to six 30 mm blades • Hot swappable media tray
– Light Path Diagnostics panel – Combo drive (CD/DVD)– Two optional battery backup units – Two USB 2.0 ports
• Two 950-watt/1450 auto-sensing power supplies– Express model comes with four 950-
watt/1450 power supplies
• Four hot-swap fan packs • Two optional integrated Disk Storage
Modules (DSM)– Up to twelve 3.5-inch HS HDDs per
shuttle
• One Advanced Management Module
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Ideal for business-in-a-box configurations, legacy & future servers supported
Ideal for tiered workloads; SAS and SATA disks can be mixed in BladeCenter S using RAID 0, 1, and 10
Easy access to shared USB portsand UltraBay
Battery Backup Units for use with IBM BladeCenter SAS Connectivity Module
7U
IBM BladeCenter S: Front view
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IBM BladeCenter S: Rear view
Power Supplies 3 and 4 are optional, Auto-sensing b/w950W 100/110V or 1450W 220/240v
Four hot-swap fan pack standard
Power Supplies 3 and 4 are included in Express, Auto-sensing b/w 950W 100/110V or 1450W 220/240v
Top and bottom right: I/O modules Bottom left: For future use
BladeCenter S Express Model
AMM standard
Serial module option
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IBM BladeCenter chassis: ComparisonBladeCenter E(M/T 8677)
BladeCenter T(M/T 8720 -DC)(M/T 8730 -AC)
BladeCenter H(M/T 8852)
BladeCenter HT(M/T 8740 -DC)(M/T 8750 -AC)
BladeCenter S(M/T 8886)
Chassis height 7U / 12.0” (305mm) 8U / 13.75” (349mm)9U / 15.75” (400mm)
12U / 21.0” (/528mm)
7U / 12.0” (306.3mm)
Chassis depth 28 “ (711mm) 20.0” (508mm) 28.0” (711mm) 27.8” (706.0 mm) 28.9” (733.4mm)
Max number of blade servers
14 8 14 12 6
Max number of I/O Modules (Switch, and bridge)
4 410 (4 x high speed, 4 x standard, 2 x bridge)
8 (4 x high speed, 4 x standard or 2 x bridge)
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Power supply size (standard)
2000 Watts AC(2320 Watts optional)
1300W DC, -38V to -75V (-48V nominal);1300W AC
2900 Watts AC2535W DC (60A)3160W DC (75A)2800 Watts AC
950W/1450W AC auto-sensing
Number of Power Supplies (standard/ maximum)
2/ 4 2/ 4 2/ 4 2/ 4 2/ 4
Number of Blowers (standard/ maximum) 2/ 2 4/ 4 2/ 2 4/ 4 4/ 4
Diskette Drives (standard)
None (early models contain 1.44 MB drive)
None None None None
DVD/CD drives standard
1x DVD-ROM (in Media Tray)
1x DVD-ROM (in Media Tray)
1x DVD-ROM (in Media Tray)
None 1x DVD-ROM (in Media Tray)
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BladeCenter chassis components
• BladeCenter chassis
• BladeCenter chassis midplane
• Power
• Cooling
• Unit summary
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BladeCenter: Interior view
Lower midplane half
Upper midplane half
Upper
Processor blade
connectors
Lower
BladeCenter H example
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Media tray connector4X fabrics
Power module
connector
Blade power connector
Power module
connector
Power module
connector
Power module
connector
1X fabric and controlsBlade power
connector
1X fabric and controls
Rear LED and serial connector
Media tray alignment pin
BladeCenter H example
BladeCenter: Midplane
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BladeCenter chassis components
• BladeCenter chassis
• BladeCenter chassis midplane
• Power
• Cooling
• Unit summary
BC-E Power Module
BC-H Power Module
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Right Redundant Pair
Standard with chassis Operate as redundant pair Provides redundant power for
chassis modules and blades 1-6 Load balancing power supplies
Left Redundant Pair
Optional Operate as redundant pair Provides redundant power for
blades 7-14 Load balancing power supplies
Power supply:
• 2000 W or 2320 W AC/DC hot-swap redundant power modules– Maximum of four power
modules supported– AC and DC LEDS on each
power module
• 200-240 V AC (range: 180-265 V AC)– Load balancing across all
power supplies– Built-in overload and surge
protection– Cooling is provided by the host
system
Power Supplies 1 and 2
Optional Power Supplies3 and 4
IBM BladeCenter E: Power components
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IBM BladeCenter E: Specifics and considerations
• Two power supplies in bays 1 and 2 standard• Two 9ft IEC 320-C13 to C14 or two IEC 320-C19 to C20 cables for intra-rack power distribution)• Max: four hot-swap power supplies • Rear access• 2000 or 2320 watts at 220v• Both redundant (N+N redundancy) / two std modules supply power to all modules and blade bays 1 through 6 • Power for bays 7 through 14 requires two additional power modules in bays 3 and 4 (redundant to each other)• Voltage-sensing• Auto-restart• No fans power in module(s)
IBM BladeCenter E Power Supply C19 to C20 Power Cord
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BladeCenter H: Power components
PowerConnector 2
PowerConnector 1
BladeCenter H power supplies• Each vertical pair is N+N
redundant
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• Power module bays– Maximum of four per chassis– Two ship standard with the chassis
BladeCenter H: Power modules
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IBM BladeCenter T: Power components• Two power supplies in bays 1 and 2 standard• Max: Four hot-swap power supplies• Front access • Two IEC320 for the M/T 8720 (DC power)
– Input voltage range -48V - 60V (Min/Max) at 50/60Hz – IBM BladeCenter T 8720 should be attached to the
appropriate DC wiring• Two IEC320 for the M/T for the 8730 (AC power)
– Input voltage range 180VAC - 264VAC (Min/Max) at 50/60Hz – IBM BladeCenter T 8730 should be attached to high-voltage
PDUs• C14 male appliance connector• 1300 watts • Two standard modules (in slots 1 and 2) supply
power to switch bays 1 and 2, both management modules, blade bays 1 - 4 and media tray
• Two additional power modules provide full system redundant power and power to switch bays 3 and 4, and blade bays 5 - 8 All: Load balancing / voltage-sensing / auto-restart
IBM BladeCenter T AC power supply
IBM BladeCenter T DC power supply
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IBM BladeCenter HT: Power components• Two standard power supplies ships with the BladeCenter• Max: four hot-swap power supplies• Front access • IBM BladeCenter HT 8740 (DC Power Input voltage range -48VDC to -60VDC
(Min/Max)• IBM BladeCenter HT 8750 (AC Power input voltage range -48VDC to -60VDC
(Min/Max) at 50/60Hz • Redundant within pair (N+N redundancy) / power modules 1 and 2 support blade
bays 1- 6, all legacy switch and bridge modules, upper and lower media trays, both advanced management modules, multiplexer expansion modules and alarm panel module
• Power modules 3 and 4 support blade bays 7-12 and all high speed switch modules • Auto-restart • Three fans per power module
IBM BladeCenter HT Power Supply
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IBM BladeCenter S: Power components
• Two standard power supplies ships with the BladeCenter
• Maximum four hot-swap• Rear access• 1450 watts at 220V• 950 watts at 110V • Redundant within pair (N+N
redundancy)• Voltage-sensing• Auto-restart• Two fans per power module • Modules 1 and 2 standard • Modules 3 and 4 required with 2nd
Storage module installed
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BladeCenter chassis components: Cooling
• BladeCenter chassis
• BladeCenter chassis midplane
• Power
• Cooling
• Unit summary
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BladeCenter E: Cooling subsystem
• Two blowers– Capable of 325 cubic feet per minute
(CFM) each– 150 CFM each in standard operation
• Hot swap, redundant
• Air flow is from the front to rear
• Fan speed control
• Predictive blower failure by monitoring the blower RPM
• Back flow dampers shall be incorporated to prevent air short circuiting if one blower fails
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IBM BladeCenter H: Cooling subsystem
Hot-swap customer serviceablefan packs
Hot-swap customer serviceableAC blower units
BladeCenter H front chassis BladeCenter H rear chassis
IBM BladeCenter H blowerHot-swap customer serviceable fan pack
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IBM BladeCenter T: Cooling subsystem
• Four blowers comes standard• Maximum four• 3+1 redundancy configuration• Calibrated vectored cooling• Hot-swap • Redundant• Variable speed• Rear access• 330 cubic ft per min (CFM)• Front to back airflow; filtered air intake
BC T Blower Unit (1) of (4)
BC T Rear Chassis
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IBM BladeCenter HT: Cooling subsystem
• Four hot-swap blowers standard/Maximum• N+1 cooling redundancy• Speed controlled according to ambient air temperature• Rear access • Front to back airflow
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IBM BladeCenter S: Cooling subsystem
• Four hot-swap fans standard• N+1 redundant cooling airflow• Throttled according to incoming air temperature • Rear access• Front to back airflow
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Key words
• Advanced Management Module (AMM)• Concurrent Keyboard, Video and Mouse (cKVM)• Disk Storage Module (DSM)• Dynamic Infrastructure (DI)• Keyboard, Video, Mouse (KVM)• IBM BladeCenter E (Enterprise)• IBM BladeCenter H (High Performance)• IBM BladeCenter HT (High Performance Telco)• IBM BladeCenter S (Simplification)• IBM BladeCenter T (Telco)• Local Area Network (LAN)• Network Equipment Building System (NEBS)
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Checkpoint (1 of 3)
1. The IBM BladeCenter contains a redundant circuit path to connect all blades servers to the AMM and switching fabric through which of the following:
a. Blade servers are interconnected by a system of shielded cabling
b. A Midplane, with redundant upper and lower halves, connects all blade servers and provides a path to the switching modules
c. Each blades server is independently connected to the AMM and switching modules
2. True/False: The Midplane for the BladeCenter H contains only the new high-speed 4x signaling fabric connectors.
3. The IBM BladeCenter E Chassis supports up to 14 Blade Servers. With Power Supplies 1 and 2 installed, which blade servers, switch modules and management modules will receive power?
a. All fourteen Blade Server slots, all four switch module slots, the two blowers, the two management module slots and the media tray.
b. Blade Server slots 1 through 6, all four switch module slots, the two blowers, the two management module slots and the media tray.
c. Blade Server slots 1 through 6, switch module slots one and two, one management module slot and the media tray.
d. All fourteen Blade Server slots and the management module slots, the two blowers, and the media tray.
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Checkpoint solutions (1 of 3)
1. The IBM BladeCenter contains a redundant circuit path to connect all blades servers to the AMM and switching fabric through which of the following:
a. Blade servers are interconnected by a system of shielded cabling b. A Midplane, with redundant upper and lower halves, connects all blade servers and
provides a path to the switching modules c. Each blades server is independently connected to the AMM and switching modules
Answer: b
2. True/False: The Midplane for the BladeCenter H contains only the new high-speed 4x signaling fabric connectors. Answer: False
3. The IBM BladeCenter E Chassis supports up to 14 Blade Servers. With Power Supplies 1 and 2 installed, which blade servers, switch modules and management modules will receive power?
a. All fourteen Blade Server slots, all four switch module slots, the two blowers, the two management module slots and the media tray.
b. Blade Server slots 1 through 6, all four switch module slots, the two blowers, the two management module slots and the media tray.
c. Blade Server slots 1 through 6, switch module slots one and two, one management module slot and the media tray.
d. All fourteen Blade Server slots and the management module slots, the two blowers, and the media tray.
Answer: b
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Checkpoint (2 of 3)4. True/False: All models of the BladeCenter implement common power, cooling and
signaling paths for multiple Blade Servers.5. True/False: In addition to component cooling, each BladeCenter provides general
chassis cooling through blowers.6. Select the correct statement regarding power input to the BladeCenter S chassis.
a. The BladeCenter S chassis requires 220/240V power b. The BladeCenter S can be ordered with 110V input as an option c. The BladeCenter S supports (2) power supplies maximum at 100/110V d. The BladeCenter S supports either 100/110V or 220/240V input
7. Operator information indicating warnings for over temperature and system error is viewed on the BladeCenter E chassis through which of the following methods?a. The front panel of each blade serverb. On the Light Path panel on the media trayc. On the Light Path display on the lower rear of the chassisd. On the AMM modulee. Both b and c
8. Which statement is correct regarding BladeCenter S power modules? a. Standard power supplies 1 and 2 support 3 blade servers b. Four power modules are shipped with the base BladeCenter S chassis c. Optional power supplies 3 and 4 are required for the second Disk Storage Module d. Optional power supplies 3 and 4 are required for I/O bays 1 and 3
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Checkpoint solutions (2 of 3)4. True/False: All models of the BladeCenter implement common power, cooling and signaling paths
for multiple Blade Servers.Answer: True
5. True/False: In addition to component cooling, each BladeCenter provides general chassis cooling through blowers.
Answer: True6. Select the correct statement regarding power input to the BladeCenter S chassis.
a. The BladeCenter S chassis requires 220/240V power b. The BladeCenter S can be ordered with 110V input as an option c. The BladeCenter S supports (2) power supplies maximum at 100/110V d. The BladeCenter S supports either 100/110V or 220/240V input
Answer: d
7. Operator information indicating warnings for over temperature and system error is viewed on the BladeCenter E chassis through which of the following methods?
a. The front panel of each blade serverb. On the Light Path panel on the media trayc. On the Light Path display on the lower rear of the chassisd. On the AMM modulee. Both b and c
Answer: e
8. Which statement is correct regarding BladeCenter S power modules? a. Standard power supplies 1 and 2 support 3 blade servers b. Four power modules are shipped with the base BladeCenter S chassis c. Optional power supplies 3 and 4 are required for the second Disk Storage Module d. Optional power supplies 3 and 4 are required for I/O bays 1 and 3
Answer: c
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Checkpoint (3 of 3)
9. True/False: The BladeCenter S Disk Subsystem supports a combination of SAS and SATA drives.
10. True/False: IBM BladeCenter E contains 10 I/O module bays and supports I/O network switching for storage switches, pass through devices, traditional fabrics, and high-speed fabrics.
11. True/False: For Telco maintenance, the BladeCenter HT chassis supports up to 4 hot-swap and redundant DC or AC power supply modules with load-balancing and failover capabilities located in the rear of the chassis
12. Which chassis was designed specifically for telecommunications network infrastructures to support a highly rugged environments using air filtration?
a. BladeCenter S and BladeCenter E
b. BladeCenter T and BladeCenter HT
c. BladeCenter E and BladeCenter H
d. BladeCenter H and BladeCenter HT
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Checkpoint solutions (3 of 3)
9. True/False: The BladeCenter S Disk Subsystem supports a combination of SAS and SATA drives.
Answer: True
10. True/False: IBM BladeCenter E contains 10 I/O module bays and supports I/O network switching for storage switches, pass through devices, traditional fabrics, and high-speed fabrics.
Answer: False
11. True/False: For Telco maintenance, the BladeCenter HT chassis supports up to 4 hot-swap and redundant DC or AC power supply modules with load-balancing and failover capabilities located in the rear of the chassis
Answer: False
12. Which chassis was designed specifically for telecommunications network infrastructures to support a highly rugged environments using air filtration?
a. BladeCenter S and BladeCenter E
b. BladeCenter T and BladeCenter HT
c. BladeCenter E and BladeCenter H
d. BladeCenter H and BladeCenter HTAnswer: b
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Unit summary
Having completing this unit, you should be able to:
• List the major elements common to the IBM BladeCenter
• Describe the key aspects of compatibility between BladeCenter models
• Identify the components providing redundancy in the BladeCenter chassis
• Match the power components necessary to support varying BladeCenter resource configurations
• List the power input requirements for the BladeCenter models
• Describe the common cooling components used in the BladeCenter chassis
• Describe the supported disk configurations for the BladeCenter S
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