Fujitsu PRIMEQUEST 2000 Series Guide

FUJITSU Server PRIMEQUEST 2000 Series
Design Guide
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PRIMEQUEST 2000 Series Design Guide
Table of Contents
Preface P.4
n1. PRIMEQUEST Overview
1.1 Product Lineup P.8
1.2 Specifications P.9
1.3 Supported OS P.10
1.4 Component Names P.11
1.5 Basic Configuration P.12
1.6 Features P.19
n2. Basic Hardware Configuration
2.1 Operator Panel (OPL) P.27
2.2 System Board (SB) P.28
2.3 Management Board (MMB) P.40
2.4 IO Unit (IOU) P.43
2.5 Disk Unit (DU) P.46
2.6 PCI Box P.47
2.7 Power Supply Unit (PSU) P.51
2.8 FAN Unit (FANU) P.52
2.9 Peripherals Configuration P.53
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PRIMEQUEST 2000 Series Design Guide
Table of Contents (Cont'd)
n3. Hardware Configuration Design
3.1 Key Points for MMB Design P.58
3.2 Key Points for Hardware Partitioning Design P.59
3.3 Key Points for I/O Configuration Design P.83
3.4 Key Points for Cluster Configurations P.101
n4. Operation Management Design
4.1 Key Points for Console Operation P.108
4.2 Key Points for Server Operation Management P.110
4.3 Key Points for Backup and Restoration Configurations P.112
4.4 Key Points for NTP Operation P.114
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PRIMEQUEST 2000 Series Design Guide
Table of Contents (Cont'd)
n5. OS/Support
5.1 Arrangement Information P.116
nAppendices
Appendix A Bundled Software P.118
Appendix B OS Specifications P.120
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PRIMEQUEST 2000 Series Design Guide
Preface
nAbout This Manual
nContents of This Manual
This manual describes the concepts of system design and notes for users of the
PRIMEQUEST 2000 series.
•For details on the operation of the main unit and other information, refer to the manuals
for the PRIMEQUEST 2000 series main unit.
•For details on the operating environment of software, refer to the website of each
software program.
•For details on virtualization, refer to the document of each virtualization software program.
•For details on SAN boot, refer to "PRIMEQUEST 1000/2000 Series SAN Boot Environment
Configuration Manual".
nOrganization of Manuals
The following figure shows the organization of manuals for the PRIMEQUEST 2000
series.
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Design Guide Linux Design Guide Linux Installation Guide Linux Operation Guide
Operation
InstallationDesign
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PRIMEQUEST 2000 Series Design Guide
Preface
nSymbols in This Manual
The following table shows the meaning of the symbol used in this manual.
nAbbreviations in This Manual
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Name Abbreviation
PRIMEQUEST 2400E 4 socket model
PRIMEQUEST 2000 series or PRIMEQUEST
PRIMEQUEST 2800B 8 socket model
PRIMEQUEST 2800E
Microsoft® Windows Server® 2012 R2 Standard
Windows Server 2012
Windows
Microsoft® Windows Server® 2012 R2 Datacenter
Microsoft® Windows Server® 2012 Standard
Microsoft® Windows Server® 2012 Datacenter
Microsoft® Windows Server® 2008 R2 Standard
Windows Server 2008Microsoft® Windows Server® 2008 R2 Enterprise
Microsoft® Windows Server® 2008 R2 Datacenter
Red Hat® Enterprise Linux® 6 (for Intel64) RHEL6 (for Intel64) RHEL6, RHEL, or Linux
VMware vSphere® 5 VMware
Symbol Meaning
Indicates the page or document to refer to.
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PRIMEQUEST 2000 Series Design Guide
Preface
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Name Abbreviation
PRIMEQUEST 2000 Series Hardware Installation Manual Hardware Installation Manual
PRIMEQUEST 2000 Series General Description General Description
PRIMEQUEST 2000 Series Installation Manual Installation Manual
PRIMEQUEST 2000 Series Administration Manual Administration Manual
PRIMEQUEST 2000 Series Tool Reference Tool Reference
PRIMEQUEST 2000 Series Linux Design Guide -Red Hat Enterprise Linux- Linux Design Guide
PRIMEQUEST 2000 Series Linux Installation Guide -Red Hat Enterprise Linux- Linux Installation Guide
•Microsoft, Windows, and Windows Server are the registered trademarks or trademarks of Microsoft Corporation in the United States and/or other
countries.
•Linux is a registered trademark of Linus Torvalds.
•Red Hat is a registered trademark of Red Hat, Inc. in the United States and other countries.
•SUSE is a trademark or registered trademark of Novell, Inc. in the United States and other countries.
•Intel, Itanium, and Xeon are trademarks of Intel Corporation in the United States and/or other countries.
•VMware and other VMware product names are registered trademarks or trademarks of VMware, Inc. in the United States and/or other countries.
•NetVault is a registered trademark of Dell, Inc. in the U.S.A. and/or other countries.
•Oracle and Java are the registered trademarks of Oracle Corporation and its subsidiaries/related companies in the United States and other countries.
•PRIMECLUSTER is a registered trademark of Fujitsu Limited.
•Other company names and product names are the trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective owners.
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1. PRIMEQUEST Overview
This chapter describes the overview of PRIMEQUEST.
For details, refer to "General Description".
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1.1 Product Lineup
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Core servers that combine the reliability of a mainframe and
the cost efficiency of an open server to support mission critical operations
Highly-reliable servers that are based on the latest Intel architecture
Up to 1 partition
8 CPUs and 120 cores
PRIMEQUEST 2400E
Up to 4 partitions
Up to 8 CPUs and 120 cores
PRIMEQUEST 2800E
Up to 2 partitions
Up to 4 CPUs and 60 cores
PRIMEQUEST 2800B
For Enterprise
For Business
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1.2 Specifications
Item PRIMEQUEST 2000 series
Purpose Business Enterprise
Model name 2800B 2400E 2800E
CPU Type Intel® Xeon® Processor E7 v2 Family
Number of cores (*1) 6/12/15
Maximum SMP (sockets/cores) (*1) 8/120 4/60 8/120
Maximum number of partitions 1 2 4
Memory
Supported DIMMs 8GB/16GB/32GB/64GB
Maximum memory capacity (*1) 12TB (64GB DIMM x 192) 6TB (64GB DIMM x 96) 12TB (64GB DIMM x 192)
Maximum internal disk capacity 12.8TB
(DU 1.6TB x 8)
25.6TB
(SB 1.6TB x 8, DU 1.6TB x 8)
38.4TB
(SB 1.6TB x 16, DU 1.6TB x 8)
Maximum number of PCI slots (*1) Up to 16 (internal only) 16 (internal only ) / up to 56 16 (internal only ) / up to 56
Height 10U
Reliability, Availability, and Serviceability (RAS)
Memory Mirror Supported
Memory Spare Supported
Flexible I/O Not supported Supported
Reserved SB Not supported Supported
Dynamic Reconfiguration Not supported Supported (RHEL)
RAID Hardware RAID / Software RAID
Redundancy Memory, IOU, PSU, FAN, HDD, SAS-SSD, PCI Express card, MMB, and power input system
Hot plug IOU (in a redundant configuration), PSU (in a redundant configuration), FAN, HDD (in a RAID configuration),
SAS-SSD (in a RAID configuration), PCI Express card (when a PCI Box is equipped), and MMB (in a duplex configuration)
Original dump function sadump (RHEL)
Cluster Intra-cabinet Supported
Inter-cabinet Supported
Remote operation WOL, PXE, video redirection, and console redirection
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(*1) The maximum number of CPUs, the maximum number of cores, and the maximum memory capacity that can be configured in a system vary depending on
the type and version of the OS. For details, refer to “Appendix B OS Specifications”. The maximum number of PCI slots depends on the type and the number of
IO Units. For details, refer to "Chapter 1 Product Overview" in "General Description".
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