NEC SIGMABLADE AD106a User manual

SIGMABLADE AD106a
BLADE SERVER
Overview
The SIGMABLADE AD106a storage blade with NEC’s new Intel
blade servers can provide signicantly more local storage for the
attached blade.
The SIGMABLADE AD106a is optimized to work with NEC’s Intel
Xeon’s 5500 series blades, which are designed for virtualization
solutions. In addition to adding storage, NEC had the foresight
to include expansion I/O slots and ports in the NEC Express5800
SIGMABLADES AD106a storage blade to directly address greater
I/O and expansion function needs for the host server blade
The SIGMABLADE AD106a is a high quality servers companion
coming from a company with a reputation to deliver the latest Intel-
based technology. This ensures that your servers will run at their
maximum designed performance over the life of its service.
Key Benets:
• Blade storage expansion
• Fully supports NEC’s latest SIGMABLADE servers to
expand storage without a performance compromise.
• Expanded storage capacity.
• Expanded I/O gigabit & bre channel bandwidth
mezzanine slots.
• Compatible with high availability software.
• Integrated system management.
• High Quality and Value
• Modular design for simpler maintenance.
• Standard warranty is 3 years.
• Competitively priced.
SIGMABLADE AD106a
The NEC SIGMABLADE AD106a is an innovative storage blade for NEC’s blade systems. The AD106a is designed to operate either as a
storage extension to the server blades in NEC blade system, or as primary storage for NEC’s blades. The NEC storage blade is designed
for application compatibility and high availability in a choice of congurations.
Powered by Intel®Xeon®

SIGMABLADE-AD106a
Server Blade Compatibility The B120a-d may use the AD106a as a boot operating system storage. The B120a, B120a-d, and the
B140a-T may use the AD106a for additional storage.
Hard Disk Storage
Type
Bays
RAID
Diskless
6 (2.5” HDD, Hot-Swap), 1.8TB maximum
SAS RAID 0/1/5/6/10/50 (Optional)
Expansion Slots & Cards • Mezzanine Type-1 slot x1/Mezzanine Type-2 slot x1
• 2ch 10Gb Ethernet card (Optional)
• 4ch 1Gb Ethernet card (Optional)
• 2ch Fibre Channel card (Optional)
• Disk Array Controller
Interface SUV Connector (Serial x1, VGA x1, USB x2) x1
(when SUV cable is connected)
Network 2x 1000BASE-T + 1x 100BASE-TX (Management Port)
Power Consumption (Maximum) 240W (DC)
Dimensions 52 x 516 x 180 (mm)
Operating Environment /
Compliance
Environmental Specications
Operating Temperature: 10°to 35°C (50°to 95°F)
Compliance FCC, ICES-3/CSA C108.8, C-Tick, Taiwan BSMI, UL, CE Mark, CB Report, CCC
Specifications
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