IBM 87302RU Technical manual

BladeCenter T
Types 8720 and 8730
Planning and Installation Guide
GA27-4339-02
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BladeCenter T
Types 8720 and 8730
Planning and Installation Guide
GA27-4339-02
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Note
Before using this information and the product it supports, read the general information in
Appendix C, “Notices,” on page 117.
Third Edition (August 2006)
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Preface
This guide is intended for anyone who plans for the physical installation and
configuration of an IBM®BladeCenter®Tunit. This book is organized as follows and
should be used for these tasks:
vUse Chapter 1, “Introducing the BladeCenter Tunits,” on page 1to understand
the overall purpose and usage of BladeCenter Tunits and blade servers.
vUse Chapter 2, “BladeCenter Tunit components,” on page 13 to learn about the
physical components that make up aBladeCenter Tunit.
vUse Chapter 3, “Deployment considerations,” on page 39 to learn about network
topology considerations and deployment considerations.
vUse Chapter 4, “Installation considerations,” on page 51 and Appendix A,
“Planning worksheets,” on page 89 to plan for the physical environment for
installing BladeCenter Tunits. This includes space, power, cooling, and cabling
requirements. The worksheets provide the basis for selecting the features and
options for each blade server, where the blade server is installed in a
BladeCenter Tunit and arack location for each BladeCenter Tunit.
vUse Chapter 5, “Configuration considerations,” on page 75 and Appendix B,
“Configuration worksheets,” on page 101 to plan for the configuration of the:
–Management module
–I/O modules
–Fibre Channel switch modules
–Blade servers
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Summary of changes
This document contains information previously presented in GA27-4339-01.
New and changed information for GA27-4339-02
In Chapter 4, Installation considerations, the following sections were updated to
reflect changes to part numbers for the Type 8730:
vPower distribution units
vPower connections
vPower layout examples
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Contents
Preface ............................ iii
Summary of changes ......................v
New and changed information for GA27-4339-02 .............v
Figures ............................xi
Chapter 1. Introducing the BladeCenter Tunits ............1
Why choose the BladeCenter Ttechnology? ..............1
What the BladeCenter Tunit offers .................2
Reliability, availability, and serviceability ...............4
Features and specifications for the BladeCenter TType 8720 .......6
Features and specifications for the BladeCenter TType 8730 .......7
Why blade servers? .......................8
Blade server benefits ......................8
Deployment scenarios......................9
Where to go for more information ..................10
BladeCenter Tdocumentation and operating system installation instructions 10
Hardware documentation ...................10
Redbooks publications .....................11
Operating system installation instructions ..............12
Web sites ..........................12
Chapter 2. BladeCenter Tunit components .............13
Chassis ...........................14
Front view .........................14
Rear view of the BladeCenter Tunit ................15
Input/output connectors .....................16
2-way blade servers .......................18
Features and specifications for the HS20 Type 8843 for anon-NEBS/ETSI
environment ........................19
Features and specifications for the HS20 Type 8843 for aNEBS/ETSI
environments........................20
4-way blade server .......................21
BladeCenter HS40 Type 8839 features and specifications for
non-NEBSI/ETSI environment .................22
BladeCenter HS40 Type 8839 features and specifications for aNEBS/ETSI
environment ........................23
Media tray ..........................24
Management module.......................25
Keyboard, video, and mouse module .................28
LAN module indicators and input/output connectors ...........30
I/O modules ..........................32
Power modules for Type 8720 ...................35
Power modules for Type 8730 ...................36
Blowers ...........................37
Blade servers .........................38
Blade server expansion options ..................38
I/O expansion option .....................38
Expansion unit option ....................38
Storage Expansion Unit option ................38
PCI I/O-expansion Unit option ................38
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Chapter 3. Deployment considerations ...............39
Network topologies .......................39
Integrated infrastructure ....................39
Single BladeCenter Tchassis .................39
Multiple BladeCenter Tchassis .................41
Using Remote Deployment Manager Version 4.11 Update 3or later ....42
Using IBM Director ......................42
Communicating with the IBM Director software ............42
Preparing for BladeCenter Tdeployment ...............43
Deployment tools .......................43
Deployment infrastructure ....................45
Setting up the management connection ..............46
Cabling the Ethernet port .....................47
Deployment ..........................49
Preparing for blade server deployment ................49
Hardware considerations ....................49
Firmware considerations ....................49
Operating system considerations .................50
Device driver considerations ...................50
Application considerations ....................50
Chapter 4. Installation considerations ...............51
Physical planning ........................51
Dimensions .........................51
Weight considerations .....................51
Floor space .........................52
Noise considerations ......................53
Rack considerations .......................54
IBM NetBAY and non-IBM racks .................54
Moving IBM NetBAY racks safely .................55
General requirements for racks ..................56
Power considerations for Type 8720 .................56
Rack requirements for Type 8720 .................57
Power considerations for Type 8730 .................57
Rack requirements for Type 8730 .................58
Power distribution units ....................58
Wall and floor power drop requirements ...............60
Keyboard, video, and mouse ...................61
Electrical input for Type 8720 ..................62
Electrical input for Type 8730 ..................62
Cooling considerations ......................62
Air temperature and humidity for Telecom/NEBS environment.......62
Air temperature and humidity for non-NEBS environment ........62
Airflow considerations .....................63
Heat output for Types 8720 and 8730 ...............63
Prevention of air recirculation ..................64
Air filtration .........................64
Room cooling ........................64
Power connections for Type 8720 ..................64
Power connections for Type 8730 ..................65
Power layout example 1– single BladeCenter Tunits ..........67
Power layout example 2–two BladeCenter TType 8730 units in NetBAY 25
or 42U racks ........................68
Power layout example 3–three BladeCenter TType 8730 units in NetBAY
25 or 42U racks.......................69
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