Dell ECS EX Series, Hardware Manual

Page 1: ...ECS EXSeries Hardware Guide 3 5 June 2021 Rev 1 2 ...

Page 2: ...ives 25 EX500 power cabling 26 EX500 iDRAC cabling 34 EX500 network cabling 35 Network connections between multiple ECS appliances in a single site 43 Chapter 4 EX300 Platform 47 EX300 hardware components 47 EX300 configurations 48 EX300 Upgrade Paths 51 EX300 server 51 Server front view 52 Server rear view 53 EX300 disk drives 54 EX300 power cabling 55 EX300 iDRAC cabling 64 EX300 network cabling...

Page 3: ... 82 Server rear view 86 EX3000 disk drives 87 EX3000 power cabling 88 EX3000 iDRAC cabling 98 EX3000 network cabling 102 Chapter 6 Third Party Rack Requirements 111 Third party rack requirements 111 Index 112 Contents 3 ...

Page 4: ...C cabling 35 20 Front end and back end switch connections to an EX500 node 37 21 Node ports on front end switches 38 22 Network cable and labeling 38 23 Node ports on back end switches 39 24 EX500 node network port cabling connections 40 25 EX500 node network cable labeling 41 26 EX500 network cabling 42 27 Linear or Daisy Chain topology 43 28 Split brain topology 43 29 Inter rack switch connectiv...

Page 5: ...inear topology daisy chain between EX Series racks 73 61 Inter rack switch connectivity linear topology daisy chain between an EX Series rack and a Gen2 U Series D Series or C Series rack 73 62 Ring topology 74 63 Inter rack switch connectivity ring topology 74 64 Star topology 75 65 Inter rack switch connectivity star topology 75 66 EX3000S minimum and maximum configurations for single node chass...

Page 6: ...witch connections to an EX3000S node 103 88 Front end and back end switch connections to an EX3000D node 104 89 Node ports on front end switches 104 90 Back end switch front end switch and iDRAC ports on an EX3000S node 105 91 Node ports on back end switches 105 92 EX3000 node network port cabling connections 106 93 EX3000 node network cable labeling 107 94 EX3000S network cabling 108 95 EX3000D n...

Page 7: ...16 EX300 configurations 49 17 Standard features of EX300 servers 51 18 Decoding of LEDs in light bar 53 19 Server Panel Ports and Slots 54 20 EX300 0U PDU cabling 56 21 EX300 2U PDU cabling 56 22 EX300 node iDRAC port to BE1 port mapping 64 23 EX3000 hardware components 76 24 EX3000S single node chassis configurations 79 25 EX3000D dual node chassis configurations 80 26 EX3000 physical dimensions ...

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Page 9: ...edium to large sized ECS deployments This platform starts at a 2 16 PB RAW minimum configuration and scales to 11 52 PB RAW per rack Note In this document the term node is used interchangeably with server and the term appliance references a cluster of nodes running ECS software Hardware generations ECS appliances are characterized by hardware generation Gen3 EX500 Gen3 models featuring 8 TB or 12 ...

Page 10: ...y 32 aquamarine 49 avocado 16 beige 33 baby 50 bubblegum 17 silver 34 eggplant Nodes are assigned node names based on their order within the server chassis and within the rack itself The following table lists the default node names Table 2 Default node names Node Node name Node Node name 1 provo 9 boston 2 sandy 10 chicago 3 orem 11 houston 4 ogden 12 phoenix 5 layton 13 dallas 6 logan 14 detroit ...

Page 11: ... GbE for EX300 and 25 GbE for EX500 and EX3000 using the Dell EMC Request for Product Qualification RPQ process In this case the customer must provide the appropriate VLT cables SFPs or external connection cables CAUTION It is required to have connections from the customer s network to both front end switches rabbit and hare in order to maintain the high availability architecture of the ECS applia...

Page 12: ...here is Gen2 hardware series integration with EX Series hardware in the VDC When Gen2 hardware is mixed with EX Series hardware ports 39 and 40 are the only ports used for connectivity All iDRAC cables from nodes and all front end switch management cable connections route to the Fox BE1 switch Fox Switch BE1 Hound Switch BE2 1 48 46 44 42 40 38 36 34 32 30 28 26 24 22 20 18 16 14 12 10 8 4 6 2 3 5...

Page 13: ...has more than one rack 10 25 GbE 49 50 VLT ports 100 GbE 51 54 Not designated 100 GbE Front end and back end switch connections The front end switch management ports connect to back end switch ports via two CAT6 cable and two 1GBaseT SFP These two cables and two SFP are used for Dell EMC switches If you are deploying in a third party rack with customer switches or using customer switches in a Dell...

Page 14: ... on the back end switches is used for the inbound connection and port 45 is used for the outbound connection These ports are used for linear and ring topology rack to rack connectivity For more information see Network connections between multiple ECS appliances in a single site Figure 5 Back end switch connections between EX Series racks 14 Switches ...

Page 15: ...Figure 6 Front end switch connections to customer switches example Switches 15 ...

Page 16: ...r Front end FE switches for customer public network connection Two optional Dell EMC S5148F 25 GbE 1U Ethernet switches can be obtained for network connection or the customer can provide their own 10 GbE or 25 GbE HA pair for the front end If the customer provides their own front end switches they must supply all VLT cables SFPs or external connection cables If Dell EMC S5148F 25 GbE front end swi...

Page 17: ...tion Two 10 core Xeon Silver 85 W processors per node 8x 8 GB RDIMM 2666MT s Single Rank x8 Data Width Dual 1100 W Platinum power supply Each node has 4 x 25 GbE networking EX500 configurations Learn about the EX500 ECS appliance configurations EX500 Platform 17 ...

Page 18: ...ovided rack EX500 supports 5 nodes in the same configuration You can combine 8 TB 12 TB and 16 TB disks with a minimum of 5 nodes containing the same disk configuration size and quantity 16 TB requires ECS 3 5 and later releases Table 6 EX500 configurations Nodes Disks in each node Disk Size RAW Storage capacity 5 minimum configuration 12 8 TB 12 TB 16 TB 480 TB 1 44 PB 1 92 PB 24 8 TB 12 TB 16 TB...

Page 19: ...B 16 TB 960 TB 1 44 PB 1 92 TB 24 8 TB 12 TB 16 TB 1 92 PB 2 88 PB 3 84 PB 11 12 8 TB 12 TB 16 TB 1 06 PB 1 58 PB 2 11 PB 24 8 TB 12 TB 16 TB 2 11 PB 3 17 PB 4 22 PB 12 12 8 TB 12 TB 16 TB 1 15 PB 1 73 PB 2 30 PB 24 8 TB 12 TB 16 TB 2 30 PB 3 46 PB 4 61 PB 13 12 8 TB 12 TB 16 TB 1 25 PB 1 87 PB 2 50 PB 24 8 TB 12 TB 16 TB 2 50 PB 3 74 PB 4 99 PB 14 12 8 TB 12 TB 16 TB 1 34 PB 2 02 PB 2 69 PB 24 8 ...

Page 20: ...es If you want to add nodes of different drive size 12TB or 16TB you must add five or more nodes at a time NOTE All drives within a node must be of the same drive size but there can be nodes of differing drive sizes within a rack Disk upgrade kits are available in 12 disk increments EX500 upgrades 12 to 24 disks To add disk capacity to an EX500 disk upgrade kits per node must be ordered based on t...

Page 21: ... card risers Config 1 1B 2B Four x8 slots and rear storage Processors 2x Xeon Silver 10 core 20 thread 85W Memory 8 x 8GB RDIMM 2666MT s Single Rank x8 Data Width Disk Controller HBA330 mini IOC JBOD PCIe Slot 1 Broadcom 57414 2x25GbE QSFP28 PCIe Slot 2 BOSS controller card with 1 M 2 stick 480 GB LP PCIe Slot 3 Broadcom 57414 2x25GbE QSFP28 Management iDRAC9 Enterprise Power 2 x 1100W Platinum EX...

Page 22: ...Figure 8 EX500 server physical dimensions Server front view Learn about the EX500 front view The following figure shows the EX500 2U server chassis front with 12 x 3 5 SATA HDDs 22 EX500 Platform ...

Page 23: ...ss the system health and system ID button to switch to system ID mode Solid Blue Indicates that the system is in fail safe mode If the problem persists see the Getting help section Solid Amber Indicates that the system is experiencing a fault Check the System Event Log for specific error messages For information about the event and error messages generated by the system firmware and agents that mo...

Page 24: ...ght control panel 1 Power button 2 USB 2 0 compliant port 3 Micro USB for iDRAC Direct 4 iDRAC LED indicator Server back view Learn about the EX500 back view The EX500 server chassis provides dual hot swappable power supplies with 1 1 redundancy auto sensing and auto switching capability 24 EX500 Platform ...

Page 25: ...C PS2 EX500 disk drives Learn about the disk drives that are integrated into the server chassis of the EX500 appliance EX500 nodes contain 24 3 5 inch SATA front accessible hot swappable drives in disk bay 1 slots 0 11 and disk bay 2 slots 12 23 Disk size can be 8 TB 12 TB or 16 TB All drives within a node must be of the same drive size but there can be nodes of differing drive sizes and quantitie...

Page 26: ...grams for single phase AC power and three phase delta and wye AC power Use the power and weight calculator to refine the power and heat values to more closely match the hardware configuration for your system The calculator contains the latest information for power and weight planning 26 EX500 Platform ...

Page 27: ...2 11 Node 15 3 31 11 Node 14 3 30 10 Empty 2 29 10 Empty 2 28 10 Empty 2 27 9 Empty 2 26 9 Empty 2 25 9 Node 13 2 24 8 Node 12 2 23 8 Node 11 2 22 8 Node 10 2 21 7 Node 9 2 20 7 Node 8 2 19 7 Node 7 2 18 6 Empty 1 17 6 Empty 1 16 6 Empty 1 15 5 Empty 1 14 5 Empty 1 13 5 Empty 1 12 4 FE Switch 2 1 11 4 FE Switch 1 1 10 4 Tray Light Bar 1 9 3 BE Switch 2 1 8 3 BE Switch 1 1 7 3 Empty 1 6 2 Node 6 1 ...

Page 28: ... 34 12 Empty 1 33 11 Empty 1 32 11 Empty 1 31 11 Empty 1 30 10 Empty 1 29 10 Empty 1 28 10 Empty 1 27 9 Empty 1 26 9 Empty 1 25 9 Empty 1 24 8 Empty 1 23 8 Empty 1 22 8 Empty 1 21 7 Node 16 1 20 7 Node 15 1 19 7 Node 14 1 18 6 Node 13 1 17 6 Node 12 1 16 6 Node 11 1 15 5 Node 10 1 14 5 Node 9 1 13 5 Node 8 1 12 4 FE Switch2 1 11 4 FE Swtich 1 1 10 4 Tray Light Bar 1 9 3 BE Switch 2 1 8 3 BE Switch...

Page 29: ... 5 Node 11 2 19 5 Node 10 2 18 5 Node 9 2 17 5 Node 8 2 16 4 Node 4 1 15 4 Node 3 1 14 4 FE Switch2 1 13 4 FE Swtich 1 1 12 3 Node 15 3 11 3 Node 14 3 10 3 Node 13 3 9 3 Node 12 3 8 2 Tray Light Bar 2 7 2 Node 7 2 6 2 Node 6 2 5 2 Node 5 2 4 1 Node 2 1 3 1 Node 1 1 2 1 BE Switch 2 1 1 1 BE Switch 1 1 Table 13 EX500 2U PDU three phase Delta and Wye zone A B mapping PDU outlet Branch Component Line ...

Page 30: ... Switch2 1 13 4 FE Swtich 1 1 12 3 Node 15 1 11 3 Node 14 1 10 3 Node 13 1 9 3 Node 12 1 8 2 Tray Light Bar 1 7 2 Node 7 1 6 2 Node 6 1 5 2 Node 5 1 4 1 Node 2 1 3 1 Node 1 1 2 1 BE Switch 2 1 1 1 BE Switch 1 1 In the following diagrams the switches plug into the front of the rack and route through the rails to the rear Figure 15 EX500 Single Phase AC Cabling Diagram 30 EX500 Platform ...

Page 31: ...EX500 Platform 31 ...

Page 32: ...Figure 16 EX500 Three Phase Delta AC Cabling Diagram 32 EX500 Platform ...

Page 33: ...Figure 17 EX500 Three Phase Wye AC Cabling Diagram EX500 Platform 33 ...

Page 34: ...C ports Table 14 EX500 node iDRAC port to BE1 port mapping Node 1 iDRAC port BE1 Port 17 Node 2 iDRAC port BE1 Port 18 Node 3 iDRAC port BE1 Port 19 Node 4 iDRAC port BE1 Port 20 Node 5 iDRAC port BE1 Port 21 Node 6 iDRAC port BE1 Port 22 Node 7 iDRAC port BE1 Port 23 Node 8 iDRAC port BE1 Port 24 Node 9 iDRAC port BE1 Port 25 Node 10 iDRAC port BE1 Port 26 Node 11 iDRAC port BE1 Port 27 Node 12 i...

Page 35: ...00 appliance by way of 25GbE ports on the front end switches For an EX500 appliance the 25GbE ports run at 25GbE Customer configurations can include 25GbE front end switches provided by Dell EMC or customers may provide their own front end switches To distinguish between the two front end switches and the two back end switches each switch has a nickname EX500 Platform 35 ...

Page 36: ... switch runs 25GbE SFP28 ports to EX500 nodes It is located below the Hare switch in U20 of the EX500 rack Hound The top S5148F 1U 25GbE back end switch running 25GbE SFP28 ports to the nodes It is located above the Fox switch in U18 of the EX500 rack Fox The bottom S5148F 1U 25GbE back end switch running 25GbE SFP28 ports to the nodes It is located below the Hound switch in U16 of the EX500 rack ...

Page 37: ...The front end switch and back end switch connections to an EX500 node are shown in the following diagram Figure 20 Front end and back end switch connections to an EX500 node EX500 Platform 37 ...

Page 38: ...30 28 26 24 22 20 18 16 14 12 10 8 4 6 2 3 5 7 9 11 13 15 17 19 21 23 25 27 29 35 31 33 37 39 41 43 45 47 VLT1 VLT2 customer ports 51 52 52 51 53 53 54 54 Figure 21 Node ports on front end switches Figure 22 Network cable and labeling In the table below x is the server number Network Cable Description Labeling 1 iDRAC management port back end switch 1 Server x iDRAC 2 Back end switch 1 Server x BE...

Page 39: ...3 5 7 9 11 13 15 17 19 21 23 25 27 29 35 31 33 37 39 41 43 45 47 VLT1 VLT2 1 48 46 44 42 40 38 36 34 32 30 28 26 24 22 20 18 16 14 12 10 8 4 6 2 3 5 7 9 11 13 15 17 19 21 23 25 27 29 35 31 33 37 39 41 43 45 47 VLT1 VLT2 51 52 53 54 51 52 53 54 Figure 23 Node ports on back end switches EX500 Platform 39 ...

Page 40: ...The EX500 node port to the iDRAC back end switch and front end switch port connections are listed in the following table Figure 24 EX500 node network port cabling connections 40 EX500 Platform ...

Page 41: ...The EX500 node network cable labeling is listed in the following table Figure 25 EX500 node network cable labeling EX500 Platform 41 ...

Page 42: ...Figure 26 EX500 network cabling 42 EX500 Platform ...

Page 43: ... network the inter rack network is created Through these connections nodes from any intra rack network can communicate to any other node on the inter rack network There are three types of topologies you can use to connect the intra rack LANs into an inter rack network Daisy chain or line topology Ring topology Star topology Linear or daisy chain topology The simplest topology to connect the intra ...

Page 44: ... is a requirement for mixing Gen2 and Gen3 racks in the same VDC Ports 39 and 40 are not used in an all Gen3 environment with EX Series racks Figure 30 Inter rack switch connectivity linear topology daisy chain between an EX Series rack and a Gen2 U Series D Series or C Series rack Ring topology For a more reliable network the ends of the daisy chain topology can be connected together to create a ...

Page 45: ...bility the recommended topology is to use two aggregation switches with port channel VLT vPC MLAG connectivity between them If you use a single aggregation switch both the Fox switch BE1 and the Hound switch BE2 are connected to the single switch The impact of using only one aggregation switch is the loss of high availability for the aggregation switch For connectivity to aggregation switches use ...

Page 46: ... rack networks must be set up as a trunk and allow VLAN traffic to flow between all ports in the inter rack network The inter rack star topology between EX Series racks are shown in the following figure Figure 34 Inter rack switch connectivity star topology 46 EX500 Platform ...

Page 47: ... 100 GbE VLT cables per HA pair Front end FE switches for customer public network connection Two optional Dell EMC S5148F 25 GbE 1U ethernet switches can be obtained for network connection or the customer can provide their own 10 GbE or 25 GbE HA pair for the front end If the customer provides their own front end switches they must supply all VLT cables SFPs or external connection cables If Dell E...

Page 48: ...ued Component Description 4x 16GB RDIMM 2667MT s Dual Rank x4 Data Width Dual 750W Platinum power supply hot swappable Each node has 4 x 10 GbE networking EX300 configurations Describes the EX300 ECS appliance configurations 48 EX300 Platform ...

Page 49: ...35 EX300 minimum and maximum configurations The EX300 appliance is available in the following configurations within a Dell EMC rack or a customer provided rack Table 16 EX300 configurations Nodes Disks in each node Disk Size RAW Storage capacity 5 minimum configuration 12 1 TB 2 TB 4 TB 8 TB 16 TB 60 TB 120 TB 240 TB 480 TB 960 TB 6 12 1 TB 2 TB 4 TB 8 TB 16 TB 72 TB 144 TB 288 TB 576 TB 1 15 PB 7...

Page 50: ... 120 TB 240 TB 480 TB 960 TB 1 92 PB 11 12 1 TB 2 TB 4 TB 8 TB 16 TB 132 TB 264 TB 528 TB 1 06 PB 2 11 PB 12 12 1 TB 2 TB 4 TB 8 TB 16 TB 144 TB 288 TB 576 TB 1 15 PB 2 3 PB 13 12 1 TB 2 TB 4 TB 8 TB 16 TB 156 TB 312 TB 624 TB 1 25 PB 2 5 PB 14 12 1 TB 2 TB 4 TB 8 TB 16 TB 168 TB 336 TB 672 TB 1 34 PB 2 68 PB 15 12 1 TB 2 TB 4 TB 8 TB 16 TB 180 TB 360 TB 720 TB 1 44 PB 2 88 PB 16 maximum configura...

Page 51: ... rack There are no drive upgrades EX300 server EX300 servers have the following standard features Table 17 Standard features of EX300 servers Features 1 TB 2 TB 4 TB 8 TB 16 TB HDDs in front slots 1 TB 7 2k RPM 512n SATA HDD 2 TB 7 2k RPM 512n SATA HDD 4 TB 7 2k RPM 512n SATA HDD 8 TB 7 2k RPM 512e SATA HDD 16 TB 7 2k RPM 512e SATA HDD SSD in rear slots Optional 960GB SATA MU SSD read cache This f...

Page 52: ...nt view The following figure shows the EX300 2U server chassis front with 12 x 3 5 SATA HDDs Figure 37 EX300 server chassis front view LED indicators are on the left and right side of the server front panels Figure 38 Left control panel 52 EX300 Platform ...

Page 53: ...id Blue Fault Blink Amber System ID Blink Blue There are five status LEDs to indicate and identify any failed hardware components Figure 39 Status LEDs decoded view Figure 40 Right control panel 1 Power button with integrated power LED 2 Two USB 3 0 ports 3 Micro USB for iDRAC Direct 4 Status LED for iDRAC Direct 5 VGA port Server rear view The EX300 server chassis provides dual hot swappable powe...

Page 54: ...f the data ports on the front end switches 7 USB port 2 The USB ports are 9 pin and 3 0 compliant These ports enable you to connect USB devices to the system 8 VGA port Enables you to connect a display device to the system 9 Serial port Enables you to connect a serial device to the system 10 iDRAC9 dedicated port Enables you to remotely access iDRAC For more information see the Integrated Dell Rem...

Page 55: ...rams for single phase AC power and three phase delta and wye AC power Use the power and weight calculator to refine the power and heat values to more closely match the hardware configuration for your system The calculator contains the latest information for power and weight planning EX300 Platform 55 ...

Page 56: ...6 16 1 Node 10 15 15 1 Node 9 14 14 1 Node 8 13 13 1 FE 2 12 12 1 FE 1 11 11 1 Service Tray and Light Bar 10 10 1 BE 2 9 9 1 BE 1 8 8 1 Node 7 7 7 1 Node 6 6 6 1 Node 5 5 5 1 Node 4 4 4 1 Node 3 3 3 1 Node 2 2 2 1 Node 1 1 1 1 Table 21 EX300 2U PDU cabling 2U PDU cabling PS1 outlet numbers PS2 outlet numbers Line cord per zone Single phase Zone B Zone A Black cables Gray cables Node 16 21 21 3 Nod...

Page 57: ...one A Black cables Gray cables FE 2 13 13 1 FE 1 1 1 1 Service Tray and Light Bar 8 8 2 BE 2 14 14 1 BE 1 2 2 1 Node 7 7 7 2 Node 6 6 6 2 Node 5 5 5 2 Node 4 16 16 1 Node 3 15 15 1 Node 2 4 4 1 Node 1 3 3 1 In the following diagrams the switches plug into the front of the rack and route through the rails to the rear EX300 Platform 57 ...

Page 58: ...Figure 43 EX300 single phase AC power cabling 58 EX300 Platform ...

Page 59: ...Figure 44 ECSv3 740xd Single Phase AC Cabling Diagram EX300 Platform 59 ...

Page 60: ...Figure 45 Three phase Delta AC power cabling 60 EX300 Platform ...

Page 61: ...Figure 46 ECSv3 740xd Three Phase Delta AC Cabling Diagram EX300 Platform 61 ...

Page 62: ...Figure 47 Three phase WYE AC power cabling 62 EX300 Platform ...

Page 63: ...Figure 48 ECSv3 740xd Three Phase Wye AC Cabling Diagram EX300 Platform 63 ...

Page 64: ...h BE1 port connections are listed in the following table Table 22 EX300 node iDRAC port to BE1 port mapping Node 1 iDRAC port BE1 Port 17 Node 2 iDRAC port BE1 Port 18 Node 3 iDRAC port BE1 Port 19 Node 4 iDRAC port BE1 Port 20 Node 5 iDRAC port BE1 Port 21 Node 6 iDRAC port BE1 Port 22 Node 7 iDRAC port BE1 Port 23 Node 8 iDRAC port BE1 Port 24 Node 9 iDRAC port BE1 Port 25 Node 10 iDRAC port BE1...

Page 65: ...Figure 50 iDRAC cabling EX300 Platform 65 ...

Page 66: ...witches each switch has a nickname Hare The top S5148F 1U 25 GbE front end switch This switch runs 10 GbE SFP28 ports to EX300 nodes It is located above the Rabbit switch in U22 of the EX300 rack Rabbit The bottom S5148F 1U 25 GbE front end switch This switch runs 10 GbE SFP28 ports to EX300 nodes It is located below the Hare switch in U20 of the EX300 rack Hound The top S5148F 1U 25 GbE back end ...

Page 67: ...The front end switch and back end switch connections to an EX300 node are shown in the following diagram Figure 51 Front end and back end switch connections to an EX300 node EX300 Platform 67 ...

Page 68: ...1 52 52 51 53 53 54 54 Figure 52 Node ports on front end switches Figure 53 Back end switch front end switch and iDRAC ports on an EX300 node The numbered back end switch ports used for connecting to the ports on the EX300 nodes are shown in the following diagram Port 1 on the Hound switch BE2 connects to port 2 on Node 1 Port 2 on the Hound switch BE2 connects to port 2 on Node 2 and so on Simila...

Page 69: ...The EX300 node port to the iDRAC back end switch and front end switch port connections are listed in the following table Figure 55 EX300 node network port cabling connections EX300 Platform 69 ...

Page 70: ...The EX300 node network cable labeling is listed in the following table Figure 56 EX300 node network cable labeling 70 EX300 Platform ...

Page 71: ...Figure 57 EX300 network cabling EX300 Platform 71 ...

Page 72: ... network the inter rack network is created Through these connections nodes from any intra rack network can communicate to any other node on the inter rack network There are three types of topologies you can use to connect the intra rack LANs into an inter rack network Daisy chain or line topology Ring topology Star topology Linear or daisy chain topology The simplest topology to connect the intra ...

Page 73: ... is a requirement for mixing Gen2 and Gen3 racks in the same VDC Ports 39 and 40 are not used in an all Gen3 environment with EX Series racks Figure 61 Inter rack switch connectivity linear topology daisy chain between an EX Series rack and a Gen2 U Series D Series or C Series rack Ring topology For a more reliable network the ends of the daisy chain topology can be connected together to create a ...

Page 74: ...bility the recommended topology is to use two aggregation switches with port channel VLT vPC MLAG connectivity between them If you use a single aggregation switch both the Fox switch BE1 and the Hound switch BE2 are connected to the single switch The impact of using only one aggregation switch is the loss of high availability for the aggregation switch For connectivity to aggregation switches use ...

Page 75: ... rack networks must be set up as a trunk and allow VLAN traffic to flow between all ports in the inter rack network The inter rack star topology between EX Series racks are shown in the following figure Figure 65 Inter rack switch connectivity star topology EX300 Platform 75 ...

Page 76: ... switches are used 25 GbE ports connect to the EX3000 nodes and 2 x 100 GbE VLT cables are provided Nodes Up to eight server chassis in a rack Chassis are in one and two node configurations Each server chassis contains either one or two nodes One node chassis configuration is referred to as EX3000S and dual node chassis configuration is referred to as EX3000D Chassis have the following disk config...

Page 77: ...er supplies hot swappable EX3000D has 4 x 1100W power supplies hot swappable LSI 9361 8i SAS Controller Each node has 4 x 25 GbE networking EX3000 configurations Describes the EX3000 ECS appliance configurations The front views of an EX3000S appliance and an EX3000D appliance in both DellEMC and customer provided racks with the minimum and maximum node configurations are shown in the following dia...

Page 78: ...Figure 66 EX3000S minimum and maximum configurations for single node chassis 78 EX3000 Platform ...

Page 79: ...Ds EX3000D dual nodes with 60 or 90 12 TB or 16 TB HDDs total EX3000S and EX3000D chassis cannot be mixed within a customer provided rack The EX3000 appliance is available in the following configurations in both DellEMC and customer provided rack Table 24 EX3000S single node chassis configurations Nodes Disks in each node Disk size RAW storage capacity 5 minimum configuration 45 60 90 12 TB 2 7 PB...

Page 80: ...PB 8 64 PB 8 45 60 90 16 TB 5 76 PB 7 68 PB 11 52 PB Table 25 EX3000D dual node chassis configurations Nodes Disks in each node Disk Size RAW Storage capacity 6 minimum configuration 30 45 12 TB 2 16 PB 3 24 PB 6 30 45 16 TB 2 88 PB 4 32 PB 8 30 45 12 TB 2 88 PB 4 32 PB 8 30 45 16 TB 3 84 PB 5 76 PB 10 30 45 12 TB 3 60 PB 5 40 PB 10 30 45 16 TB 4 8 PB 7 2 PB 12 30 45 12 TB 4 32 PB 6 48 PB 12 30 45...

Page 81: ...figurations at a time NOTE All drives within a node must be of the same drive size but there can be nodes of differing drive sizes within a rack You can add drives to partially populated EX3000 nodes The following drive upgrades are supported Convert EX3000S 45 to EX3000S 60 Convert EX3000S 60 to EX3000S 90 Convert EX3000D 30 to EX3000D 45 EX3000 server The EX3000 4U server contains the EX3000 cha...

Page 82: ...Server front view Figure 68 EX3000 server front view in rack 82 EX3000 Platform ...

Page 83: ...nternal chassis view 1 Server sled one or two depending on whether the EX3000 system is single or dual node chassis configuration 2 Fan module 6 3 3 5 inch HDDs up to 90 4 PSU unit 2 for an EX3000S single node and 4 for an EX3000D dual node EX3000 Platform 83 ...

Page 84: ...dicator The indicator blinks amber if an HDD experiences an issue 4 System board status indicator If the system is on and in good health the indicator glows solid blue The indicator blinks amber if the system is in standby and if any issue exists for example a failed fan or HDD 5 Power button The power button controls the PSU output to the system NOTE On ACPI compliant operating systems OSs turnin...

Page 85: ... and in good health the indicator glows solid blue The indicator blinks amber if the system is in standby and if any issue exists for example a failed fan or HDD 11 Power button The power button controls the PSU output to the system NOTE On ACPI compliant operating systems OSs turning off the system using the power button causes the system to perform a graceful shutdown before power to the system ...

Page 86: ...Server rear view Figure 73 EX3000D server rear view in rack Figure 74 Back panel features and indicators 86 EX3000 Platform ...

Page 87: ...n five seconds to enter BIOS progress mode To reset iDRAC if not disabled in F2 iDRAC setup press and hold the button for more than 15 seconds 11 Ethernet connector 3 Integrated 10 100 1000 Mbps NIC connector 12 Ethernet connector 4 Integrated 10 100 1000 Mbps NIC connector 13 Power button The power button controls the PSU output to the system NOTE On ACPI compliant operating systems OSs turning o...

Page 88: ...EX3000 disk drive in carrier 1 release button 2 3 5 inch HDD 3 HDD carrier handle 4 HDD carrier EX3000 power cabling Provides EX3000S and EX3000D ECS appliance cabling diagrams for single phase AC power and three phase delta and wye AC power Use the power and weight calculator to refine the power and heat values to more closely match the hardware configuration for your system The calculator contai...

Page 89: ...15 15 1 Chassis 1 3 3 1 Table 30 EX3000D PDU cabling PDU cabling Node B PS1 outlet numbers Node B PS2 outlet numbers Node A PS1 outlet numbers Node A PS2 outlet numbers Switch PS2 outlet numbers Switch PS1 outlet numbers Line cord number per zone single phase Zone B Zone A Zone B Zone A Zone B Zone A Black cables Gray cables Black cables Gray cables Black cables Gray cables FE 2 13 13 1 FE 1 1 1 1...

Page 90: ...C cables You should only use the appropriate length cable per the cabinet position being installed as shown in the following diagrams EX3000 systems shipped for a third party rack require the extra 118 cables while Dell EMC racks only need the 93 cables After you complete the power cabling for the EX3000 appliance you will always have an extra pair of unused power cords In the following diagram th...

Page 91: ...Figure 78 EX3000S single phase AC power cabling EX3000 Platform 91 ...

Page 92: ...Figure 79 EX3000D single phase AC power cabling 92 EX3000 Platform ...

Page 93: ...Three phase AC power cabling Figure 80 PDU three phase diagram The legends in the following diagrams map colored cables to part numbers and cable lengths EX3000 Platform 93 ...

Page 94: ...Figure 81 EX3000S three phase delta AC power cabling 94 EX3000 Platform ...

Page 95: ...Figure 82 EX3000D three phase delta AC power cabling EX3000 Platform 95 ...

Page 96: ...Figure 83 EX3000S three phase WYE AC power cabling 96 EX3000 Platform ...

Page 97: ...Figure 84 EX3000D three phase WYE AC power cabling EX3000 Platform 97 ...

Page 98: ...sis configuration The EX3000S node iDRAC port to the Fox switch BE1 port connections are listed in the following table Table 31 EX3000S node iDRAC port to BE1 port mapping Node 1 iDRAC port BE1 Port 17 Node 2 iDRAC port BE1 Port 18 Node 3 iDRAC port BE1 Port 19 Node 4 iDRAC port BE1 Port 20 Node 5 iDRAC port BE1 Port 21 Node 6 iDRAC port BE1 Port 22 Node 7 iDRAC port BE1 Port 23 Node 8 iDRAC port ...

Page 99: ...Figure 85 EX3000S iDRAC cabling The EX3000D node iDRAC port to the Fox switch BE1 port connections are listed in the following table EX3000 Platform 99 ...

Page 100: ... iDRAC port chassis 3 BE1 Port 22 Node 7 iDRAC port chassis 4 BE1 Port 23 Node 8 iDRAC port chassis 4 BE1 Port 24 Node 9 iDRAC port chassis 5 BE1 Port 25 Node 10 iDRAC port chassis 5 BE1 Port 26 Node 11 iDRAC port chassis 6 BE1 Port 27 Node 12 iDRAC port chassis 6 BE1 Port 28 Node 13 iDRAC port chassis 7 BE1 Port 29 Node 14 iDRAC port chassis 7 BE1 Port 30 Node 15 iDRAC port chassis 8 BE1 Port 31 ...

Page 101: ...Figure 86 EX3000D iDRAC cabling EX3000 Platform 101 ...

Page 102: ...ers may provide their own front end switches To distinguish between the two front end switches and the two back end switches each switch has a nickname Hare The top S5148F 1U 25 GbE front end switch This switch runs 25 GbE SFP28 ports to EX3000 nodes Rabbit The bottom S5148F 1U 25 GbE front end switch This switch runs 25 GbE SFP28 ports to EX3000 nodes Hound The top S5148F 1U 25 GbE back end switc...

Page 103: ...The front end switch and back end switch connections to an EX3000S node are shown in the following diagram Figure 87 Front end and back end switch connections to an EX3000S node EX3000 Platform 103 ...

Page 104: ...s to port 4 on Node 2 and so on Similarly Port 1 on the Rabbit switch FE1 connects to port 3 on Node 1 Port 2 on the Rabbit switch FE1 connects to port 3 on Node 2 and so on Rabbit Switch FE1 Hare Switch FE2 1 48 46 44 42 40 38 36 34 32 30 28 26 24 22 20 18 16 14 12 10 8 4 6 2 3 5 7 9 11 13 15 17 19 21 23 25 27 29 35 31 33 37 39 41 43 45 47 VLT1 VLT2 1 48 46 44 42 40 38 36 34 32 30 28 26 24 22 20 ...

Page 105: ...2 connects to port 2 on Node 1 Port 2 on the Hound switch BE2 connects to port 2 on Node 2 and so on Similarly Port 1 on the Fox switch BE1 connects to port 1 on Node 1 Port 2 on the Fox switch BE1 connects to port 1 on Node 2 and so on Fox Switch BE1 Hound Switch BE2 1 48 46 44 42 40 38 36 34 32 30 28 26 24 22 20 18 16 14 12 10 8 4 6 2 3 5 7 9 11 13 15 17 19 21 23 25 27 29 35 31 33 37 39 41 43 45...

Page 106: ...The EX3000 node port to the iDRAC back end switch and front end switch port connections are listed in the following table Figure 92 EX3000 node network port cabling connections 106 EX3000 Platform ...

Page 107: ...The EX3000 node network cable labeling is listed in the following table Figure 93 EX3000 node network cable labeling EX3000 Platform 107 ...

Page 108: ...Figure 94 EX3000S network cabling 108 EX3000 Platform ...

Page 109: ...Figure 95 EX3000D network cabling EX3000 Platform 109 ...

Page 110: ...For information on connecting multiple ECS appliances see Network connections between multiple ECS appliances in a single site 110 EX3000 Platform ...

Page 111: ...semble an ECS EX300 appliance using their own racks must ensure that the racks meet the requirements that are described in the ECS EX300 Third Party Rack Installation Guide A Request for Product Qualification RPQ is required for transfers of Dell EMC racked EX300 systems to customer provided rack Customers who want to assemble an ECS EX3000 appliance using their own racks must ensure that the rack...

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