Huawei FusionServer Pro XH628 V5 Server Node Quick reference guide

Huawei FusionServer Pro XH628 V5 Server Node
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Date 2020-09-03
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About This Document
Overview
This document describes the XH628 V5 server node in terms of features, structure,
specications, and component compatibility.
Intended Audience
This document is intended for:
● Huawei presales engineers
● Channel partner presales engineers
● Enterprise presales engineers
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Change History
Issue Date Description
05 2020-09-03 ● This issue is the fth ocial release.
04 2020-07-31 ● This issue is the fourth ocial release.
03 2020-06-05 ● This issue is the third ocial release.
02 2020-04-20 ● This issue is the second ocial release.
01 2018-08-10 ● This issue is the rst ocial release.
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Contents
About This Document................................................................................................................ ii
1 Overview....................................................................................................................................1
2 Features..................................................................................................................................... 2
3 Physical Structure....................................................................................................................5
4 Logical Structure .................................................................................................................... 8
5 Hardware Description.......................................................................................................... 10
5.1 Front Panel.............................................................................................................................................................................. 10
5.1.1 Appearance.......................................................................................................................................................................... 10
5.1.2 Indicators and Buttons.....................................................................................................................................................12
5.1.3 Ports....................................................................................................................................................................................... 17
5.1.4 Installation Positions........................................................................................................................................................ 21
5.2 Processor.................................................................................................................................................................................. 22
5.3 Memory.................................................................................................................................................................................... 22
5.3.1 Memory Identier............................................................................................................................................................. 22
5.3.2 Memory Subsystem Architecture................................................................................................................................. 23
5.3.3 Memory Compatibility..................................................................................................................................................... 24
5.3.4 Memory Installation Guidelines................................................................................................................................... 26
5.3.5 Memory Installation Positions...................................................................................................................................... 26
5.3.6 Memory Protection Technologies................................................................................................................................ 27
5.4 Storage..................................................................................................................................................................................... 28
5.4.1 Drive Congurations.........................................................................................................................................................28
5.4.2 Drive Numbering............................................................................................................................................................... 28
5.4.3 Drive Indicators.................................................................................................................................................................. 31
5.4.4 RAID Controller Card........................................................................................................................................................33
5.5 I/O Expansion......................................................................................................................................................................... 33
5.5.1 PCIe Cards............................................................................................................................................................................ 33
5.5.2 PCIe Slots..............................................................................................................................................................................33
5.5.3 PCIe Slot Description........................................................................................................................................................ 35
5.6 Boards....................................................................................................................................................................................... 35
5.6.1 Mainboard............................................................................................................................................................................35
6 Product Specications.......................................................................................................... 37
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6.1 Technical Specications...................................................................................................................................................... 37
6.2 Environmental Specications............................................................................................................................................41
6.3 Physical Specications.........................................................................................................................................................42
7 Software and Hardware Compatibility............................................................................ 44
8 Safety Instructions................................................................................................................ 45
8.1 Safety Instructions................................................................................................................................................................ 45
8.2 Maintenance and Warranty.............................................................................................................................................. 48
9 System Management............................................................................................................49
10 Certications........................................................................................................................ 51
A Appendix................................................................................................................................. 53
A.1 Product SN.............................................................................................................................................................................. 53
A.2 RAS Features.......................................................................................................................................................................... 54
B Glossary................................................................................................................................... 57
B.1 A-E............................................................................................................................................................................................. 57
B.2 F-J............................................................................................................................................................................................... 58
B.3 K-O.............................................................................................................................................................................................58
B.4 P-T.............................................................................................................................................................................................. 58
B.5 U-Z............................................................................................................................................................................................. 59
C Acronyms and Abbreviations..............................................................................................60
C.1 A-E............................................................................................................................................................................................. 60
C.2 F-J............................................................................................................................................................................................... 61
C.3 K-O.............................................................................................................................................................................................62
C.4 P-T.............................................................................................................................................................................................. 63
C.5 U-Z............................................................................................................................................................................................. 65
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1 Overview
The XH628 V5 is a server node designed for Huawei X6800 servers. An X6800 can
house up to four XH628 V5 server nodes in a 4U chassis.
The XH628 V5 delivers supreme performance and high storage density in limited
space through innovative design. It is easy to manage and maintain.
The XH628 V5 supports twelve 3.5- or 2.5-inch drives in a drive drawer, up to 16
DDR4 memory modules, and four PCIe cards.
The XH628 V5 is ideal for data center, cloud computing, Big Data, and Internet
applications.
Figure 1-1 XH628 V5
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2 Features
Performance and Scalability
● Powered by two Intel® Xeon® Scalable Skylake or Cascade Lake processors, the
server provides up to 28 cores, 3.8 GHz frequency, a 38.5 MB L3 cache, and
two 10.4 GT/s UPI links between the processors, which deliver supreme
processing performance.
– It supports two processors with 56 cores and 88 threads to maximize the
concurrent execution of multithreaded applications.
– An L2 cache is added. Each core can exclusively use 1 MB of L2 cache and
at least 1.375 MB of L3 cache.
– Intel Turbo Boost Technology 2.0 allows processor cores to run faster
than the frequency specied in the Thermal Design Power (TDP)
conguration if they are operating below power, current, and
temperature specication limits.
– Intel Hyper-Threading Technology enables each processor core to run up
to two threads, improving parallel computation capability.
– The hardware-assisted Intel® Virtualization Technology (Intel® VT) allows
operating system (OS) vendors to better use hardware to address
virtualization workloads.
– Intel® Advanced Vector Extensions (Intel AVX 2.0 and Intel AVX-512)
signicantly accelerate oating-point performance for computing-
intensive applications.
– The Cascade Lake processors support Intel® Deep Learning Boost vector
neural network instructions (VNNI) to improve the performance of deep
learning applications.
● The 1.2 V DDR4 memory modules consume 20% less power than 1.35 V
DDR3L memory modules used by the previous-generation platform.
● The server node supports double data rate 4 (DDR4) registered dual in-line
memory modules (RDIMMs) and load-reduced DIMMs (LRDIMMs) with error
checking and correcting (ECC). A server node fully congured with sixteen
2933 MT/s memory modules (only available with Cascade Lake processors)
provides 2 TB memory space and the maximum theoretical memory
bandwidth of 274.97 GB/s.
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● With Intel integrated I/O, the Intel® Xeon® Scalable processors integrate the
PCIe 3.0 controller to shortens I/O latency and improve overall system
performance.
● It supports 12 SATA/SAS HDDs or SSDs. The SSDs deliver higher I/O
performance than HDDs. An SSD supports approximately 100 times more I/O
operations per second (IOPS) than a typical HDD.
● Four ES3000 half-height half-length (HHHL) PCIe SSD cards can be
congured to support high-bandwidth low-delay data access.
Availability and Serviceability
● Carrier-class components with process expertise ensure high system reliability
and availability.
● The server node supports twelve 2.5-inch or 3.5-inch hot-swappable drives. It
supports RAID 0, 1, 1E, 5, 6, 10, 50, and 60, depending on the RAID controller
card used. It also uses a supercapacitor to protect the RAID cache data
against power failures.
● The server provides simplied O&M and ecient troubleshooting through the
UID/HLY indicators on the front panel, fault diagnosis LED, and iBMC web
interface.
● The SSDs oer better reliability than HDDs, ensuring continued system
performance.
● The built-in iBMC monitors system parameters in real time, triggers alarms,
and performs recovery actions to minimize the system downtime.
● Huawei provides a three-year warranty for parts replacement and onsite
repair for the servers used in China. Huawei provides a 10-hour-a-day, 7-day-
a-week support program. Service requests will be handled the next business
day. Optional service upgrades are available.
● Huawei provides a three-year warranty for parts replacement and repair for
the servers used outside China. Huawei provides a 9-hour-a-day, 5-day-a-
week support program. Service requests will be handled the next business day.
Huawei delivers the repaired or new parts within 45 calendar days after
receiving the defective parts.
Manageability and Security
● The built-in iBMC monitors server operating status and provides remote
management.
● The integrated Unied Extensible Firmware Interface (UEFI) improves setup,
conguration, and update eciency and simplies fault handling.
● The Advanced Encryption Standard–New Instruction (AES NI) algorithm
allows faster and stronger encryption.
● Intel Execute Disable Bit (EDB) function prevents certain types of malicious
buer overow attacks when working with a supported OS.
● The Network Controller Sideband Interface (NC-SI) allows a network port to
serve as a management port and a service port for maximized return on
investment (ROI) for customers. The NC-SI feature is disabled by default and
can be enabled through the iBMC or BIOS.
● The trusted platform module (TPM) 2.0 provides advanced encryption
functions, such as digital signatures and remote authentication.
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The service port with NC-SI enabled supports the following conguration:
●Conguring the LOM port (NIC Mezz) of the server as the service port with NC-SI
enabled. LOM port 1 is congured by default.
● Enabling, disabling, and setting a virtual local area network (VLAN) ID for this port. The
VLAN ID is 0 and disabled by default.
●Conguring IPv4 addresses (IPv4 address, subnet mask, and gateway) and IPv6
addresses (IPv6 address, prex length, and gateway) for this port.
Energy Eciency
● The Intel® Xeon® Scalable processors outperform the previous-generation
processors while tting into the same TDP.
●Ecient voltage regulator-down (VRD) power supplies for boards minimize
the energy loss from DC/DC power conversion.
● Intel® Intelligent Power Capability allows a processor to be powered on or o
based on requirements.
● Low-voltage Intel® Xeon® Scalable processors consume less energy, ideally
suited for data centers and telecommunications environments constrained by
power and thermal limitations.
● Staggered spin-up for drives reduces the server boot power consumption.
● The 1.2 V DDR4 RDIMMs consume 20% less energy than 1.5 V DDR3
RDIMMs.
● SSDs consume 80% less power than HDDs.
● The server supports intelligent frequency scaling of processors for energy
conservation and consumption reduction.
● The quadrilateral ventilation holes on the node panel provide higher
ventilation density than round holes, increasing the system cooling eciency.
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3 Physical Structure
● XH628 V5 with 2 x 2.5" drives
Figure 3-1 XH628 V5 physical structure
1 Front drives 2 Front-drive backplane
3 Server node case 4 DIMMs
5 Screw-in RAID controller
card
6 Mainboard
7 Processors 8 Heat sinks
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9 Vertical adapter 10 Horizontal adapter
11 TPM 12 Drives in a drawer
13 10-drive backplane for
the drive drawer
14 2-drive backplane for
the drive drawer
15 Drive drawer enclosure - -
● XH628 V5 with two HHHL PCIe cards
Figure 3-2 XH628 V5 physical structure
1 Front PCIe card bracket 2 Riser card
3 Front HHHL PCIe card 4 Server node case
5 Memory modules 6 RAID controller card
7 Mainboard 8 Processors
9 Heat sinks 10 Vertical adapter
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11 Horizontal adapter 12 TPM
13 Drives in a drawer 14 10-drive backplane for
the drive drawer
15 2-drive backplane for
the drive drawer
16 Drive drawer enclosure
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4 Logical Structure
Figure 4-1 XH628 V5 logical structure
●The server supports two Intel® Xeon® Scalable processors.
● The server supports up to 16 memory modules.
● The CPUs (processors) interconnect with each other through two UPI links at a speed of up to
10.4 GT/s.
● The PCIe cards connected to the processors provide service ports.
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● The storage module, consisting of a RAID controller card and 12 drives, connects to the
processors through PCIe bus.
● The BMC chipset interconnects with the PCH through PCIe and LPC buses to provide a
management interface.
● The BMC integrates the graphics card, video compression, and virtual media component to
provide device management functions, such as power control, slot ID acquisition, power supply
detection, and KVM over IP.
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5 Hardware Description
5.1 Front Panel
5.2 Processor
5.3 Memory
5.4 Storage
5.5 I/O Expansion
5.6 Boards
5.1 Front Panel
5.1.1 Appearance
● 2 x 2.5" drive conguration
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Figure 5-1 Front view
1 Drives 2 Ejector lever
3 Ejector release latch 4 Slide-out label plate
(with an SN label)
5 Drive drawer 6 Drive drawer latch
7 Drive drawer handle - -
● 2 x HHHL PCIe card conguration
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Figure 5-2 Front view
1 Standard PCIe card 2 Ejector lever
3 Ejector release latch 4 Slide-out label plate
(with an SN label)
5 Drive drawer 6 Drive drawer latch
7 Drive drawer handle - -
5.1.2 Indicators and Buttons
Positions
● 2 x 2.5" drive conguration
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Figure 5-3 Indicators and buttons on the front panel
1 Data transmission rate
indicator for a 10GE
optical port
2 Connection status
indicator/Data
transmission status
indicator for a 10GE
optical port
3 Power button/indicator 4 Health status indicator
5 UID button/indicator 6 Data transmission status
indicator for a GE
electrical port
7 Connection status
indicator for a GE
electrical port
8 Data transmission status
indicator for the
management network
port
9 Connection status
indicator for the
management network
port
- -
● 2 x HHHL PCIe card conguration
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Figure 5-4 Indicators and buttons on the front panel
1 Data transmission rate
indicator for a 10GE
optical port
2 Connection status
indicator/Data
transmission status
indicator for a 10GE
optical port
3 Power button/indicator 4 Health status indicator
5 UID button/indicator 6 Data transmission status
indicator for a GE
electrical port
7 Connection status
indicator for a GE
electrical port
8 Data transmission status
indicator for the
management network
port
9 Connection status
indicator for the
management network
port
10 Network port activity
indicator
11 Network port link
indicator
- -
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