Western Digital OpenFlex F3100 User manual

User Guide
OpenFlex™ F3100 and E3000
1ET2050
Version 1.0
October 2019

User Guide Table of Contents
Table of Contents
Copyright................................................................................................................................................................................... iv
Points of Contact....................................................................................................................................................................... v
Chapter 1. Overview........................................................................................................................................................................ 1
OpenFlex™ F3100 and E3000.................................................................................................................................................. 2
Servicing Features.............................................................................................................................................................. 3
Composable Infrastructures...............................................................................................................................................3
NVMe-oF..............................................................................................................................................................................4
Supported SKUs................................................................................................................................................................. 4
List of Compatible Devices............................................................................................................................................... 4
System Architecture Overview.................................................................................................................................................5
System High Speed Data Ingest Architecture.................................................................................................................5
System Thermal and Cooling............................................................................................................................................5
OpenFlex F3100 and E3000 Specification Summary.............................................................................................................. 7
Physical Design.........................................................................................................................................................................10
LEDs....................................................................................................................................................................................12
Cables................................................................................................................................................................................ 16
Restrictions and Limitations.....................................................................................................................................................16
Site Requirements.....................................................................................................................................................................17
Power Requirements.........................................................................................................................................................17
Rack Requirements............................................................................................................................................................17
Thermal and Cooling Requirements............................................................................................................................... 18
Servicing Requirements....................................................................................................................................................18
Chapter 2. Components...............................................................................................................................................................20
Chassis.......................................................................................................................................................................................21
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
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OpenFlexF3100......................................................................................................................................................................... 26
OpenFlexF3100 Specifications.........................................................................................................................................26
OpenFlex E3000 Fabric Device Blank.................................................................................................................................... 27
OpenFlex E3000 Fabric Device Blank Specifications.................................................................................................... 27
List of Field/Customer Replaceable Units.............................................................................................................................28
Chapter 3. Management............................................................................................................................................................... 29
OCGUI.......................................................................................................................................................................................30
Login Page........................................................................................................................................................................30
Dashboard.........................................................................................................................................................................30
Storage Device Page....................................................................................................................................................... 35
Chassis Device Page........................................................................................................................................................ 42
Basic Operational Functions............................................................................................................................................ 49
Power Cycling...................................................................................................................................................................74
Firmware Upgrade............................................................................................................................................................75
Part Replacement..................................................................................................................................................................... 81
Fan Module Replacement................................................................................................................................................82
PSU Replacement............................................................................................................................................................. 84
BMC Module Replacement..............................................................................................................................................88
OpenFlexF3100 Replacement...........................................................................................................................................91
Rails Replacement............................................................................................................................................................ 95
Chassis Replacement.......................................................................................................................................................113
Chapter 4. Safety......................................................................................................................................................................... 135
Electrostatic Discharge.......................................................................................................................................................... 136
Optimizing Location............................................................................................................................................................... 136
Power Connections................................................................................................................................................................ 136
Power Cords........................................................................................................................................................................... 136
Rackmountable Systems........................................................................................................................................................ 137
Restricted Access Location................................................................................................................................................... 137
Safety and Service..................................................................................................................................................................137
Safety Warnings and Cautions.............................................................................................................................................. 138
Chapter 5. Regulatory................................................................................................................................................................. 139
Europe (CE Declaration of Conformity)................................................................................................................................140
FCC Class A Notice............................................................................................................................................................... 140
ICES-003 Class A Notice—Avis NMB-003, Classe A........................................................................................................... 140
Japanese Compliance Statement, Class A ITE.................................................................................................................... 140
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KCC Notice (Republic of Korea Only), Class A ITE............................................................................................................. 140
Taiwan Warning Label Statement, Class A ITE.....................................................................................................................141
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Overview
In This Chapter:
- OpenFlex™ F3100 and E3000.......................2
- System Architecture Overview..................... 5
- OpenFlex F3100 and E3000 Specification
Summary........................................................... 7
- Physical Design............................................. 10
- Restrictions and Limitations........................ 16
- Site Requirements.........................................17
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1.1 OpenFlex™ F3100 and E3000
1.1 OpenFlex™ F3100 and E3000
The OpenFlex™ F3100 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 F3100 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 614TB * when leveraging a full set of 10 F3100 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.
• 614TB * • 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
* Max storage capacity depends on device version and device configuration.
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1.1 OpenFlex™ F3100 and E3000
1.1.1 Servicing Features
The OpenFlex F3100 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 F3100 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.
•Volume management (create / modify / delete namespaces, format media)
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1.1 OpenFlex™ F3100 and E3000
•Monitor hardware sensors (temperatures, voltages, fan speeds, hardware state)
•Configure hardware (update firmware, reboot individual components or systems, assert LEDs)
•Monitor performance (statistics, bandwidth, IOPS, latency)
•Capture inventory data (serial number, part number, etc.)
•Capture log information
•Configure policies (user access lists, authentication, LUN masking, HTTPS/TLS encryption/security
with certificate/key settings)
•Self-discovery of other locally-available resources configurable using the Open Composable API for
OpenFlex
1.1.2.3 OCGUI
The Open Composable Graphical User Interface (OCGUI) is the graphical representation of all of the data
shared up to the fabric by the OCAPI. This GUI is presented to the user by browsing to the IP address
of any device on the fabric. The GUI has a "command-center" design layout that presents all vital health,
utilization, and performance statistics related to devices on the network at a glance.
1.1.3 NVMe-oF
Non-Volatile Memory Express over Fabric (NVMe-oF) is one of the primary enabling technologies for the
OpenFlex platform. NVMe-oF enables the high-speed, low-latency storage performance of NVMe over
a fabric switching network. OpenFlex products drive network communications across the fabric using
100Gb/s Ethernet protocol. This allows for a complex network of computing devices to all share the same
storage resources with very high performance.
1.1.4 Supported SKUs
The following table lists the versions of this Western Digital product that are supported by this document.
Table 1: List of Supported SKUs
Component Capacity SKU
OpenFlex E3000 Chassis 3U10 Enclosure N/A 1ES1778
OpenFlex F3100 Fabric Device 2x50GbE nTAA PCIe RI-2DW/D ISE 12.8TB 1EX2413
OpenFlex F3100 Fabric Device 2x50GbE nTAA PCIe RI-0.8DW/D ISE 15.36TB 1EX2416
OpenFlex F3100 Fabric Device 2x50GbE nTAA PCIe RI-2DW/D ISE 25.6TB 1EX2414
OpenFlex F3100 Fabric Device 2x50GbE nTAA PCIe RI-0.8DW/D ISE 30.72TB 1EX2417
OpenFlex F3100 Fabric Device 2x50GbE nTAA PCIe RI-2DW/D ISE 51.2TB 1EX2415
OpenFlex F3100 Fabric Device 2x50GbE nTAA PCIe RI-0.8DW/D ISE 61.44TB 1EX2418
1.1.5 List of Compatible Devices
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