Lenovo Flex System X6 Compute Node, Product Manual

Page 1: ... 4800 v2 processors and supports joining two x480 compute nodes together to form a single 4 socket server with 96 DIMM slots The x280 has two E7 2800 v2 processors and 48 DIMM slots but does not offer scaling Suggested use Mission critical scalable databases business analytics virtualization enterprise applications and cloud applications Figure 1 shows the Flex System X6 Compute Node Figure 1 Flex...

Page 2: ...cation performance Each compute node offers numerous features to boost performance Based on the Intel Xeon processor E7 v2 product family which improves productivity by offering superior system performance Two processors in each compute node which are scalable up to eight processors in four compute o nodes Each processor has up to 15 cores and 37 5 MB of L3 cache depending on the processor that is...

Page 3: ...n the same way The usage of compute nodes as modular building blocks also allows clients to create the configuration that fits their application and environment needs which reduces acquisition costs while giving them the flexibility to grow and modify their configuration later Using 64 GB LRDIMMs each compute node supports up to 3 TB of memory and up to 6 TB in a scaled complex Offers 4 PCIe 3 0 I...

Page 4: ...s triggers alerts and performs recovery actions in case of failures to minimize downtime Integrated industry standard Unified Extensible Firmware Interface UEFI enables improved setup configuration and updates and simplifies error handling Integrated Trusted Platform Module TPM 1 2 support enables advanced cryptographic functions such as digital signatures and remote attestation Industry standard ...

Page 5: ...Locations of key components and connectors Figure 2 shows the front of the server and Figure 3 shows the inside of the server Figure 2 Front view of the Flex System X6 Compute Node Figure 3 Inside view of the Flex System X6 Compute Node ...

Page 6: ...e connected together to form a single 8 socket complex Note this is for illustrative purposes only in a production environment you first install the compute nodes in the chassis and then attach the scalability connector to all four nodes Figure 4 Four x880 X6 Compute Nodes in an 8 socket complex ...

Page 7: ...mily processors each with 15 cores up to 2 8 GHz 12 cores up to 2 6 GHz 10 cores up to 2 2 GHz 8 cores up to 2 0 GHz or 6 cores up to 1 9 GHz Three QPI links up to 8 0 GTps each Up to 1600 MHz memory speed Up to 37 5 MB L3 cache per processor x280 X6 Two Intel Xeon processor E7 2800 v2 product family processors each with 15 cores up to 2 8 GHz or 12 cores up to 2 3 GHz Three QPI links up to 8 0 GT...

Page 8: ... Management Module 2 IMM2 with Renesas SH7757 controller Predictive Failure Analysis light path diagnostics panel automatic server restart and remote presence Support for Lenovo XClarity Administrator IBM Flex System Manager IBM Systems Director and ServerGuide Security features Power on password administrator s password and Trusted Platform Module V1 2 Video Matrox G200eR2 video core with 16 MB v...

Page 9: ...7903 G2x 2x E7 4830 v2 10C 2 2GHz 20MB 1600MHz 105W 2 x 16GB 1600 MHz LSI 3004 2 5 HS 0 2 Open bay No 0 4 7903 H2x 2x E7 4850 v2 12C 2 3GHz 24MB 1600MHz 105W 2 x 16GB 1600 MHz LSI 3004 2 5 HS 0 2 Open bay No 0 4 7903 J2x 2x E7 4870 v2 15C 2 3GHz 30MB 1600MHz 130W 2 x 16GB 1600 MHz LSI 3004 2 5 HS 0 2 Open bay No 0 4 7903 L2x 2x E7 4880 v2 15C 2 5GHz 37 5MB 1600MHz 130W 2 x 16GB 1600 MHz LSI 3004 2...

Page 10: ...ystems in an Enterprise Chassis Eight socket systems One system in an Enterprise Chassis It might also be possible to populate the remaining bays within the chassis with other standard or double wide nodes The actual number of servers that can be installed in a chassis also depends on these factors The TDP power rating for the processors that are installed in the server The number of power supplie...

Page 11: ...5 W 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 130 W 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 155 W 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 Scalability The X6 compute nodes can scale to a 4 socket or 8 socket complex depending on the processor that is installed into the node An x880 X6 node with Intel Xeon E7 8800 v2 family processors can scale up to an 8 socket configuration and supports 2 socket 4 socket and 8 socket configurations All the processors in these 2 socket 4...

Page 12: ...Flex System x880 X6 4 Socket Scalability Connector used to connect two x480 or x880 Compute Nodes together 00Y3874 A4D9 Flex System x880 X6 8 Socket Scalability Connector used to connect four x880 Compute Nodes together The following figure shows the Flex System x880 X6 4 Socket Scalability Connector and how it is used to connect two X6 servers together x880 or x480 Figure 5 Flex System x880 X6 4 ...

Page 13: ...C 2 0GHz 16MB 1600MHz 105W 1600 1066 MHz F2x A4E6 A4DL Xeon E7 4830 v2 10C 2 2GHz 20MB 1600MHz 105W 1600 1066 MHz G2x A4E7 A4DM XeonE7 4850 v2 12C 2 3GHz 24MB 1600MHz 105W 1600 1066 MHz H2x A4E8 A4DN Xeon E7 4860 v2 12C 2 6GHz 30MB 1600MHz 130W 1600 1333 MHz A4E9 A4DP Xeon E7 4870 v2 15C 2 3GHz 30MB 1600MHz 130W 1600 1333 MHz J2x A4EA A4DQ Xeon E7 4880 v2 15C 2 5GHz 37 5MB 1600MHz 130W 1600 1333 M...

Page 14: ...er CPU 46W0672 A3QM 16GB 1x16GB 2Rx4 1 35V PC3L 12800 CL11 ECC DDR3 1600MHz LP RDIMM 48 24 per CPU All models LRDIMMs 46W0676 A3SR 32GB 1x32GB 4Rx4 1 35V PC3L 12800 CL11 ECC DDR3 1600MHz LP LRDIMM 48 24 per CPU 46W0741 A451 64GB 1x64GB 8Rx4 1 35V PC3 10600 DDR3 1333MHz LP LRDIMM 48 24 per CPU Each processor has four memory channels to memory buffers that are implemented using Scalable Memory Inter...

Page 15: ...le rank Dual rank Quad rank 8 rank Part numbers 00D5024 4GB 00D5036 8GB 46W0672 16GB 46W0676 32GB 46W0741 64GB Rated speed 1600 MHz 1600 MHz 1600 MHz 1333 MHz Rated voltage 1 35 V 1 35 V 1 35 V 1 35 V Operating voltage 1 35 V 1 5 V 1 35 V 1 5 V 1 35 V 1 5 V 1 35 V 1 5 V Max qty supported 96 96 96 96 96 96 96 96 Max DIMM capacity 8 GB 8 GB 16 GB 16 GB 32 GB 32 GB 64 GB 64 GB Max memory capacity 0 7...

Page 16: ...d Internal storage The X6 compute node has two 2 5 inch front accessible hot swap drive bays that are accessible from the front of the server These bays are connected to the integrated ServeRAID M1210e controller The ServeRAID M1210e controller includes the following features Based on the LSI SAS 3004 12 Gbps SAS SATA RAID on Chip ROC controller Four port controller with 12 Gbps throughput per por...

Page 17: ... self encrypting drives SEDs 00AJ151 A4U1 1 2TB 10K 6Gbps SAS 2 5 G3HS SED 2 00AJ076 A4U0 900GB 10K 6Gbps SAS 2 5 SFF G3HS SED 2 00AJ101 A4TZ 600GB 10K 6Gbps SAS 2 5 SFF G3HS SED 2 00AJ106 A4TY 300GB 10K 6Gbps SAS 2 5 SFF G3HS SED 2 00AJ116 A4U2 146GB 15K 6Gbps SAS 2 5 G3HS SED 2 2 5 inch 6Gb 15K SAS hard disk drives 00AJ126 A4TS 600GB 15K 6Gbps SAS 2 5 G3HS HDD 2 00AJ081 A4TR 300GB 15K 6Gbps SAS ...

Page 18: ... ASBK 1 2TB 10K 12Gbps SAS 2 5 G3HS 512e HDD 2 00NA271 ASBM 1 8TB 10K 12Gbps SAS 2 5 G3HS 512e HDD 2 2 5 inch 12Gb SAS 15K hot swap SEDs 00NA281 ASBP 300GB 15K 12Gbps SAS 2 5 G3HS 512e SED 2 00NA286 ASBQ 600GB 15K 12Gbps SAS 2 5 G3HS 512e SED 2 2 5 inch 12Gb SAS 10K hot swap SEDs 00NA291 ASBR 600GB 10K 12Gbps SAS 2 5 G3HS 512e SED 2 00NA296 ASBS 900GB 10K 12Gbps SAS 2 5 G3HS 512e SED 2 00NA301 ASB...

Page 19: ...e SSDs 00AJ395 A577 120GB SATA 2 5 MLC G3HS Enterprise Value SSD 2 00AJ400 A578 240GB SATA 2 5 MLC G3HS Enterprise Value SSD 2 00AJ405 A579 480GB SATA 2 5 MLC G3HS Enterprise Value SSD 2 00AJ410 A57A 800GB SATA 2 5 MLC G3HS Enterprise Value SSD 2 00FN278 A5U6 S3500 1 6TB SATA 2 5 MLC G3HS Enterprise Value SSD 1 2 5 inch 12Gb SAS Enterprise SSDs 00FN379 AS7C 200GB 12G SAS 2 5 MLC G3HS Enterprise SS...

Page 20: ...ower an additional power source is required I O expansion options The X6 compute node has four I O expansion connectors for attaching I O adapters as shown in the following figure Installing I O adapters allows the server to connect to switch modules in the Flex System Enterprise Chassis The following figure shows the location of the four I O expansion slots Note Slots 3 and 4 support only a subse...

Page 21: ...8 port cards Module bay 2 Port 5 for 8 port cards Module bay 1 Port 6 for 8 port cards Module bay 2 Port 7 for 8 port cards Module bay 1 Slot 1 Port 8 for 8 port cards Module bay 2 Port 1 Module bay 3 Port 2 Module bay 4 Port 3 for 4 8 port cards Module bay 3 Port 4 for 4 8 port cards Module bay 4 Port 5 for 8 port cards Module bay 3 Port 6 for 8 port cards Module bay 4 Port 7 for 8 port cards Mod...

Page 22: ... the Flex System Enterprise Chassis Figure 7 Location of the switch bays in the Flex System Enterprise Chassis The following figure shows how 2 port adapters are connected to switches that are installed in the chassis Figure 8 Logical layout of the interconnects between I O adapters and I O modules ...

Page 23: ...upported 40 Gb Ethernet 90Y3482 A3HK EN6132 2 port 40Gb Ethernet Adapter 2 4 1 2 3 4 10 Gb Ethernet 00Y3306 A4K2 CN4054R 10Gb Virtual Fabric Adapter 4 2 1 2 90Y3558 A1R0 CN4054 Virtual Fabric Adapter SW Upgrade FCoE iSCSI upgrade for 00Y3306 1 per adapter License 2 Not applicable 88Y5920 A4K3 CN4022 2 port 10Gb Converged Adapter 2 4 1 2 3 4 90Y3466 A1QY EN4132 2 port 10Gb Ethernet Adapter 4 4 1 2 ...

Page 24: ... Flex System FC5022 2 port 16Gb FC Adapter 2 2 2 4 69Y1938 A1BM Flex System FC3172 2 port 8Gb FC Adapter 2 2 2 4 95Y2375 A2N5 Flex System FC3052 2 port 8Gb FC Adapter 2 2 2 4 95Y2386 A45R Flex System FC5052 2 port 16Gb FC Adapter 2 2 2 4 95Y2391 A45S Flex System FC5054 4 port 16Gb FC Adapter 4 1 2 69Y1942 A1BQ Flex System FC5172 2 port 16Gb FC Adapter 2 2 2 4 Adapters with two ASICs are not suppor...

Page 25: ...installed keys Installing two preinstalled keys prevents ESXi from booting as described at http kb vmware com kb 1035107 Having two keys that are installed provides a backup boot device Both devices are listed in the boot menu which allows you to boot from either device or to set one as a backup in case the first one becomes corrupted The supported USB memory keys are listed in the following table...

Page 26: ...LEDs power off the compute node slide it out of the chassis and press the power button The power button doubles as the light path diagnostics remind button when the server is removed from the chassis The meanings of the LEDs are listed in the following table Table 15 Light path diagnostic panel LEDs LED Meaning LP The light path diagnostics panel is operational S BRD A system board error is detect...

Page 27: ...ping ISO and diskette image files as virtual drives that are available for use by the server Uploading a diskette image to the IMM2 memory and mapping it to the server as a virtual drive Capturing blue screen errors Supported operating systems The server supports the following operating systems Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 Datacenter SP1 Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 Enterprise SP1 Microsof...

Page 28: ...to 40 C 41 to 104 F Humidity non condensing 12 C dew point 10 4 F and 8 85 relative humidity Maximum dew point 24 C 75 F Maximum altitude 3048 m 10 000 ft Maximum rate of temperature change 5 C hr 41 F hr Power off Temperature 5 to 45 C 41 to 113 F Relative humidity 8 85 Maximum dew point 27 C 80 6 F Storage non operating Temperature 1 to 60 C 33 8 to 140 F Altitude 3050 m 10 006 ft Relative humid...

Page 29: ...o arrive at the client s location within four hours after remote problem determination is completed Lenovo provides service around the clock every day including Lenovo holidays 9x5x4 hour A service technician is scheduled to arrive at the client s location within four business hours after remote problem determination is completed Lenovo provides service 8 00 am 5 00 pm in the client s local time z...

Page 30: ...novo server In the unlikely event of a hard drive failure you retain possession of your hard drive while Lenovo replaces the failed drive part Your data stays safely on your premises in your hands The Hard Drive Retention service can be purchased in convenient bundles with our warranty upgrades and extensions Microcode Support Keeping microcode current helps prevent hardware failures and security ...

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