Western Digital OpenFlex F3 Series User manual

User Guide
OpenFlex™ F3x00 and E3000
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Version 1.1
December 2020

User Guide Table of Contents
Table of Contents
Revision History.................................................................................................................................... iv
Notices....................................................................................................................................................v
Points of Contact..................................................................................................................................vi
Chapter 1. Overview.........................................................................................................1
OpenFlex F3x00 and E3000................................................................................................................2
Servicing Features.........................................................................................................................3
Composable Infrastructures......................................................................................................... 3
NVMe-oF........................................................................................................................................ 4
Supported SKUs............................................................................................................................4
System Architecture Overview........................................................................................................... 5
System High Speed Data Ingest Architecture........................................................................... 5
System Thermal and Cooling...................................................................................................... 5
Electrical Specifications....................................................................................................................... 7
Environmental Specifications.............................................................................................................. 8
Mechanical Specifications................................................................................................................... 8
Performance Specifications................................................................................................................. 9
Physical Design.................................................................................................................................... 11
LEDs.............................................................................................................................................. 13
Cables...........................................................................................................................................16
Restrictions and Limitations............................................................................................................... 16
Site Requirements............................................................................................................................... 17
Power Requirements................................................................................................................... 17
Rack Requirements...................................................................................................................... 17
Thermal and Cooling Requirements..........................................................................................18
Installation and Servicing Requirements................................................................................... 18
Chapter 2. Components............................................................................................... 20
Chassis................................................................................................................................................. 21
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Chassis Specifications................................................................................................................. 21
PSU...................................................................................................................................................... 22
PSU Specifications...................................................................................................................... 22
Fan Module......................................................................................................................................... 23
Fan Module Specifications......................................................................................................... 23
BMC Module....................................................................................................................................... 24
BMC Module Specifications....................................................................................................... 24
Rails......................................................................................................................................................25
Rails Specifications..................................................................................................................... 25
OpenFlexF3x00................................................................................................................................... 26
OpenFlexF3x00 Specifications...................................................................................................26
OpenFlex E3000 Fabric Device Blank...............................................................................................27
E3000 Fabric Device Blank Specifications...............................................................................27
List of Field/Customer Replaceable Units....................................................................................... 28
Chapter 3. Management............................................................................................... 29
OCGUI................................................................................................................................................. 30
Compatible Browsers.................................................................................................................30
Login Page.................................................................................................................................. 30
Dashboard.................................................................................................................................... 31
Storage Device Page..................................................................................................................36
Chassis Device Page.................................................................................................................. 43
Basic Operational Functions...................................................................................................... 50
Maintenance................................................................................................................................ 96
Firmware Upgrade.................................................................................................................... 106
Part Replacement.............................................................................................................................. 113
Fan Module Replacement..........................................................................................................113
PSU Replacement.......................................................................................................................116
BMC Module Replacement.......................................................................................................120
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OpenFlexF3x00 Replacement...................................................................................................123
Rails Replacement..................................................................................................................... 127
Chassis Replacement................................................................................................................ 145
Chapter 4. Safety......................................................................................................... 166
Electrostatic Discharge.....................................................................................................................167
Optimizing Location..........................................................................................................................167
Power Connections...........................................................................................................................167
Power Cords......................................................................................................................................167
Rackmountable Systems.................................................................................................................. 168
Restricted Access Location............................................................................................................. 168
Safety and Service............................................................................................................................168
Safety Warnings and Cautions........................................................................................................ 169
Chapter 5. Regulatory................................................................................................. 170
Europe (CE Declaration of Conformity)........................................................................................... 171
FCC Class A Notice...........................................................................................................................171
ICES-003 Class A Notice—Avis NMB-003, Classe A....................................................................... 171
Japanese Compliance Statement, Class A ITE................................................................................ 171
KCC Notice (Republic of Korea Only), Class A ITE........................................................................ 172
Taiwan Warning Label Statement, Class A ITE...............................................................................172
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User Guide Revision History
Revision History
Date Revision Comment
July 2020 1.0 Initial Release
December 2020 1.1 Added UK Import Representation Contact
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User Guide Notices
Notices
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User Guide Points of Contact
Points of Contact
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Overview
In This Chapter:
- OpenFlex F3x00 and E3000..........................2
- System Architecture Overview..................... 5
- Electrical Specifications.................................7
- Environmental Specifications........................8
- Mechanical Specifications............................. 8
- Performance Specifications...........................9
- Physical Design.............................................. 11
- Restrictions and Limitations........................ 16
- Site Requirements.........................................17
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User Guide 1. Overview
1.1 OpenFlex F3x00 and E3000
1.1 OpenFlex F3x00 and E3000
The OpenFlex F3x00 and E3000 is a 3U rack
mounted data storage enclosure built on the
OpenFlex platform. OpenFlex is Western Digital’s
architecture that supports Open Composable
Infrastructure (OCI). The OpenFlex F3x00 and E3000
are fabric devices that leverage this OCI approach
in the form of disagreggated data storage using
NVMe-over-Fabrics (NVMe-oF™). NVMe-oF is a
networked storage protocol that allows storage
to be disaggregated from compute to make that
storage widely available to multiple applications and
servers. By enabling applications to share a common
pool of storage capacity, data can be easily shared
between applications, or needed capacity can be
allocated to an application regardless of location. Exploiting NVMe™ device-level performance, NVMe-
oF promises to deliver the lowest end-to-end latency from application to shared storage. NVMe-oF
enables composable infrastructures to deliver the data locality benefits of NVMe DAS (low latency, high
performance) while providing the agility and flexibility of sharing storage and compute.
The maximum data storage capacity is 614TB1 when leveraging a full set of 10 F3x00 fabric devices.
The enclosure runs on an input voltage of 200V - 240V and consumes ~1400W of power under typical
conditions. It requires a maximum of 1600W at full load.
Composable Infrastructure
An emerging category of
datacenter infrastructure that
seeks to disaggregate compute,
storage, and networking fabric
resources into shared resource
pools that can be available
for on-demand allocation (i.e.,
“composable”). Composability
occurs at the software level,
disaggregation occurs at the
hardware level using NVMe™-
over-Fabric—will vastly improve
compute and storage utilization,
performance, and agility in the
data center.
OpenFlex
OpenFlex is Western Digital’s
architecture that supports Open
Composable Infrastructure
through storage disaggregation
– both disk and flash natively
attached to a scalable fabric.
OpenFlex does not rule out
multiple fabrics, but whenever
possible, Ethernet will be used as
a unifying connect for both flash
and disk because of its broad
applicability and availability.
Open Composable API
Western Digital's new Open
Composable API is designed
for data center composability.
It builds upon existing industry
standards utilizing the best
features of those standards as
well as practices from proprietary
management protocols.
• 614TB2 • 200V - 240V Input Voltages • Dual 1600W PSUs
• 12GBps NVMe-oF over QSFP28
Cables
• 3U Form Factor • Operational Temperature: 5°C to
35°C
• 68.5 kg (151.1 lbs.) • Hot-swappable PSUs and Fans • Dynamic Provisioning Supported
1. Max storage capacity depends on device version and device configuration.
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1.1 OpenFlex F3x00 and E3000
1.1.1 Servicing Features
The OpenFlex F3x00 and E3000 are equipped with several features that make servicing simpler and safer.
•Every CRU component has been designed with toolless removal features.
•The BMC Module, Fan Module, PSU, and F3x00 devices are all hotswappable components.
This document provides full instructions on how these features operate in the Management (page 29)
section.
1.1.2 Composable Infrastructures
An emerging category of datacenter infrastructure that seeks to disaggregate compute, storage, and
networking fabric resources into shared resource pools that can be available for on-demand allocation (i.e.,
“composable”). Composable occurs at the software level, disaggregation occurs at the hardware level.
Western Digital’s vision for Open Composable Infrastructures is based on four key pillars:
•Open
◦Open in both API and form factor
◦Designed for robust interoperability of multi-vendor solutions
•Scalable
◦Ability to compose solutions at the width of the network
◦Enable self-organizing systems of composable elements that communicate horizontally
•Disaggregated
◦Pools of resources available for any use case that is defined at run time
◦Independent scaling of compute & storage elements to maximize efficiency & agility
•Extensible
◦Inclusive of both disk and flash
◦Entire ecosystem of composable elements managed & orchestrated using a common API
framework
◦Prepared for yet-to-come composable elements – e.g., memory, accelerators
1.1.2.1 Open Composable
The Western Digital Open Composable Infrastructure (OCI) uses a common API to manage and
coordinate with all fabric-attached storage including pools of flash and disk. The infrastructure also
supports the management of networking and compute resources. The API is used for all managed
elements to accelerate the ability to use disaggregated resources where components are no longer sub-
components, but core elements connected to the network.
1.1.2.2 Open Composable API (OCAPI)
Western Digital’s Open Composable API is a RESTful interface for OpenFlex that enables a Unified Fabric
Control Plane for Storage Fabric Devices. This allows for composing disaggregated storage resources—
with compute, networking, and memory—into virtual systems in the future. These virtual systems will be
dynamically provided to the right application at the right time, ensuring SLAs can be met automatically.
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