Fujitsu primequest 2400E2 Guide

FUJITSU Server PRIMEQUEST 2000 Series
Design Guide
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PRIMEQUEST 2000 Series Design Guide
Table of Contents
Preface
1. PRIMEQUEST Overview
2. Basic Hardware Configuration
3. Hardware Configuration Design
4. Operation Management Design
5. OS/Support
Appendices
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PRIMEQUEST 2000 Series Design Guide
Preface
About This Manual
Contents 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 the software, refer to the website of each
software.
•For details on virtualization, refer to the document of each virtualization software.
Organization of Manuals
The following figure shows the organization of manuals for the PRIMEQUEST 2000
series.
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Operation
InstallationDesign
Linux (RHEL) Installation Guide Linux (RHEL) Operation GuideDesign Guide Linux (RHEL) Design Guide
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Symbols in This Manual
The following table shows the meaning of the symbol used in this manual.
Abbreviations in This Manual
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Name Abbreviation
PRIMEQUEST 2400E2
4 socket model
PRIMEQUEST 2000 series
PRIMEQUEST
PRIMEQUEST 2400E3
PRIMEQUEST 2800B2
8 socket model
PRIMEQUEST 2800B3
PRIMEQUEST 2800E2
PRIMEQUEST 2800E3
Microsoft® Windows Server® 2012 R2 Standard Windows Server 2012 R2
Windows
Microsoft® Windows Server® 2012 R2 Datacenter
Microsoft® Windows Server® 2012 Standard Windows Server 2012
Microsoft® Windows Server® 2012 Datacenter
Red Hat® Enterprise Linux® 6 (for Intel64) RHEL 6 (for Intel64)
RHEL 6 RHEL
Linux
Red Hat® Enterprise Linux® 7 (for Intel64) RHEL 7 (for Intel64)
RHEL 7
SUSE® Linux® Enterprise Server 11 SLES 11 SLES
Linux
SUSE® Linux® Enterprise Server 12 SLES 12
Symbol Meaning
Indicates the page or document to refer to.
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Name Abbreviation
Oracle® Linux 7 Update 2 Oracle Linux Linux
Oracle® VM Server for x86 Release 3.4 Oracle VM
VMware vSphere® 5.5 VMware 5.5
VMwareVMware vSphere® 6
VMware vSphere® 6.5 VMware 6
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 (RHEL) Design Guide
PRIMEQUEST 2000 Series Linux Installation Guide -Red Hat Enterprise Linux- Linux (RHEL) Installation Guide
PRIMEQUEST 2000 Series Linux Operation Guide -Red Hat Enterprise Linux- Linux (RHEL) Operation Guide
•Microsoft, Windows, Windows Server, Active Directory, and other Microsoft product names are either registered trademarks or trademarks of Microsoft
Corporation in the United States and/or other countries.
•Linux® is the registered trademark of Linus Torvalds in the U.S. and other countries.
•Red Hat and Red Hat Enterprise Linux are trademarks of Red Hat, Inc., registered in the U.S. and other countries.
•Intel 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 trademark or registered trademark of Dell, Inc. in the United States 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.
•Arcserve is a trademark or registered trademark of Arcserve (USA), LLC.
•SUSE is a trademark or registered trademark of SUSE LLC. 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
2800B2:Up to 8 CPUs and 144 cores
2800B3:Up to 8 CPUs and 192 cores
Up to 16 PCIe slots
Up to 4 partitions
2800E2:Up to 8 CPUs and 144 cores
2800E3:Up to 8 CPUs and 192 cores
Up to 56 PCIe slots
Up to 2 partitions
2400E2:Up to 4 CPUs and 72 cores
2400E3:Up to 4 CPUs and 96 cores
Up to 56 PCIe slots
For Enterprise
For Business
PRIMEQUEST
2800B2
PRIMEQUEST
2800B3
PRIMEQUEST
2400E2
PRIMEQUEST
2400E3
PRIMEQUEST
2800E2
PRIMEQUEST
2800E3
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1.2 Specifications (1/2)
Item PRIMEQUEST 2000 series
Purpose Business Enterprise
Model name 2800B2 2400E2 2800E2
CPU Type Intel® Xeon® Processor E7 v3 Family
Number of cores (*1) 4/10/16/18
Maximum SMP (sockets/cores) (*1) 8/144 4/72 8/144
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)
With Memory Scale-up Boards:
12TB (64GB DIMM x 192)
12TB (64GB DIMM x 192)
Maximum internal disk capacity 14.4TB (DU 1.8TB x 8) 28.8TB (SB 1.8TB x 8, DU 1.8TB x 8) 43.2TB (SB 1.8TB x 16, DU 1.8TB 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 Supported
Reserved SB Not supported Supported
Extended Partitioning (including Extended Socket) Not supported Supported (RHEL)
Memory Scale-up Board Not supported Supported (RHEL) Not 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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1.2 Specifications (2/2)
Item PRIMEQUEST 2000 series
Purpose Business Enterprise
Model name 2800B3 2400E3 2800E3
CPU Type Intel® Xeon® Processor E7 v4 Family
Number of cores (*1) 4/10/14/18/22/24
Maximum SMP (sockets/cores) (*1) 8/192 4/96 8/192
Maximum number of partitions 1 2 4
Memory
Supported DIMMs 8GB/16GB/32GB/64GB/128GB
Maximum memory capacity (*1) 12TB (64GB DIMM x 192) 12TB (128GB DIMM x 96)
With Memory Scale-up Boards: 15TB 24TB (128GB DIMM x 192)
Maximum internal disk capacity 14.4TB
(DU 1.8TB x 8)
28.8TB
(SB 1.8TB x 8, DU 1.8TB x 8)
43.2TB
(SB 1.8TB x 16, DU 1.8TB x 8)
Maximum number of PCI slots (*1) 16 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 Supported
Reserved SB Not supported Supported
Extended Partitioning (including Extended Socket) Not supported Supported (RHEL)
Memory Scale-up Board Not supported Supported (RHEL) Not supported
Dynamic Reconfiguration Not supported Supported (RHEL, SLES 12 SP1)
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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1.3 Supported OS
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For the latest information on the supported OSs, refer to the following URL:
http://sp.ts.fujitsu.com/dmsp/Publications/public/osrel-py.pdf
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1.4 Component Names
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Front Rear
IO unit (IOU)
System board (SB)
Memory Scale-up Board (*1)
Disk unit (DU) Management board
(MMB)
Power supply unit
(PSU)/FAN
(View without the front panel)
(*1) Memory Scale-up Boards are only available for the 2400E2/2400E3.
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1.5 Basic Configuration
Layout and Internal Connection Configuration for the 2800B2/2800B3
"1.5.1 Basic Configuration (2800B2/2800B3)"
Layout and Internal Connection Configuration for the 2400E2/2400E3
"1.5.2 Basic Configuration (2400E2/2400E3)"
Layout and Internal Connection Configuration for the 2400E2/2400E3
with Memory Scale-up Board
"1.5.3 Basic Configuration (2400E2/2400E3) with Memory Scale-up Board"
Layout and Internal Connection Configuration for the 2800E2/2800E3
"1.5.4 Basic Configuration (2800E2/2800E3)"
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1.5.1 Basic Configuration (2800B2/2800B3) (1/2)
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2800B2/2800B3 Layout
Component Max.
installable
number
Installed as
standard
SB 4
No
(must be
ordered)
IOU 4
No
(must be
ordered)
MMB 1 1
PSU 6
No
(must be
ordered)
FAN 3 No
DU 2 No
AC cable 6
No
(must be
ordered)
Basic components
Front Rear
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1.5.1 Basic Configuration (2800B2/2800B3) (2/2)
Internal Connection Configuration for 2800B2/2800B3
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For details on the configuration, refer to "General Description".
Component
Maximum
number of
ports and
cards
IOU onboard LAN ports 8 ports
PCI Express slots on IOUs 16 cards (*1)
Maximum number of ports and cards for
network connection
(*1) Three cards per 10GbE IO unit and
four cards per 1GbE IO unit
QPI: QuickPath Interconnect
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1.5.2 Basic Configuration (2400E2/2400E3) (1/2)
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2400E2/2400E3 Layout
Component Max.
installable
number
Installed as
standard
SB 2
No
(must be
ordered)
IOU 4
No
(must be
ordered)
MMB 2 1
PSU 6
No
(must be
ordered)
FAN 4 No
DU 2 No
AC cable 6
No
(must be
ordered)
Basic components
Front Rear
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1.5.2 Basic Configuration (2400E2/2400E3) (2/2)
Internal Connection Configuration for 2400E2/2400E3
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For details on the configuration, refer to "General Description".
Component
Maximum
number of ports
and cards
IOU onboard LAN ports 8 ports
PCI Express slots on IOUs 16 cards (*1)
PCI Express slots on PCI Boxes 48 cards
Maximum number of ports and cards
for network connection
(*1) Three cards per 10GbE IO unit and
four cards per 1GbE IO unit
* The number of available PCI Box slots
depends on which type of IO unit is
selected.
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1.5.3 Basic Configuration (2400E2/2400E3) with Memory Scale-up Board (1/2)
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2400E2/2400E3 with Memory Scale-up
Board Layout Component Max.
installable
number
Installed as
standard
SB 2
4
No
(SBs must be
ordered)
Memory Scale-up
Board 3
IOU 4
No
(must be
ordered)
MMB 2 1
PSU 6
No
(must be
ordered)
FAN 3 No
DU 2 No
AC cable 6
No
(must be
ordered)
Basic components
Front Rear
MSB: Memory Scale-up Board
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1.5.3 Basic Configuration (2400E2/2400E3) with Memory Scale-up Board (2/2)
Internal Connection Configuration for the 2400E2/2400E3
with Memory Scale-up Board
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For details on the configuration, refer to "General Description".
Component
Maximum
number of ports
and cards
IOU onboard LAN ports 8 ports
PCI Express slots on IOUs 16 cards (*1)
PCI Express slots on PCI Boxes 48 cards
Maximum number of ports and cards
for network connection
(*1) Three cards per 10GbE IO unit and
four cards per 1GbE IO unit
* The number of available PCI Box slots
depends on which type of IO unit is
selected.
MSB: Memory Scale-up Board
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1.5.4 Basic Configuration (2800E2/2800E3) (1/2)
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2800E2/2800E3 Layout
Component Max.
installable
number
Installed as
standard
SB 4
No
(must be
ordered)
IOU 4
No
(must be
ordered)
MMB 2 1
PSU 6
No
(must be
ordered)
FAN 3 No
DU 2 No
AC cable 6
No
(must be
ordered)
Basic components
Front Rear
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1.5.4 Basic Configuration (2800E2/2800E3) (2/2)
Internal Connection Configuration for 2800E2/2800E3
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For details on the configuration, refer to "General Description".
Component
Maximum
number of
ports and
cards
IOU onboard LAN ports 8 ports
PCI Express slots on IOUs 16 cards (*1)
PCI Express slots on PCI Boxes 48 cards
Maximum number of ports and cards
for network connection
(*1) Three cards per 10GbE IO unit and
four cards per 1GbE IO unit
* The number of available PCI Box slots
depends on which type of IO unit is
selected.
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