IBM 88861TU, Planning Manual

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Page 4: ...e 113 and read the IBM Safety Information and the IBM Systems Environmental Notices and User Guide on the IBM Documentation CD Seventh Edition December 2010 Copyright IBM Corporation 2007 2010 US Gove...

Page 5: ...for advanced management module configuration 49 Advanced management module general settings 49 Advanced management module user profile settings 49 Advanced management module alert settings 51 Advance...

Page 6: ...d Kingdom telecommunications safety requirement 116 European Union EMC Directive conformance statement 116 Taiwanese Class A warning statement 116 Chinese Class A warning statement 117 Japanese Volunt...

Page 7: ...rds to add network interfaces or storage through I O modules SAS expansion cards provide access through SAS connectivity modules or SAS RAID controller modules that are installed in I O bays 3 and 4 t...

Page 8: ...nt access to the storage modules in the BladeCenter S chassis if both storage modules are installed v Systems management The advanced management module is used to communicate with the service processo...

Page 9: ...ladeCenter Documentation CD contains documentation for your BladeCenter S chassis in Portable Document Format PDF and includes the IBM Documentation Browser to help you find information quickly Hardwa...

Page 10: ...press Alt F to use the xpdf search function within the document Click Help for detailed information about using the Documentation Browser Notices and statements in this document The caution and danger...

Page 11: ...firmware v Blade server firmware v Storage module firmware Security features v Login password for remote connection v Secure Sockets Layer SSL security for remote management access v Lightweight Direc...

Page 12: ...f two storage modules in the BladeCenter S chassis and each storage module contains hot swap hard disk drives A storage module and the hard disk drives installed in that storage module are commonly re...

Page 13: ...the BladeCenter S chassis If two SAS connectivity modules are installed the module in I O module bay 3 controls access to storage module 1 and the module in I O module bay 4 controls access to storag...

Page 14: ...se the blade servers are attempting to power on before all of the storage modules and SAS connectivity modules are powered up and available The mirrored array is accessible during resynchronization al...

Page 15: ...lue It has been turned on by the system administrator to aid in visually locating the BladeCenter S chassis You can turn off the location LED throught the Web interface or the IBM Director console Ove...

Page 16: ...p unit bays located in the media tray when you install SAS RAID controller modules The battery backup unit in battery backup bay 1 provides backup support for the SAS RAID controller module in I O mod...

Page 17: ...mation Center which is at http publib boulder ibm com infocenter systems index jsp To access the blade server documentation from this site click Systems hardware BladeCenter information Blade servers...

Page 18: ...lit when the ownership of the media tray has been transferred to the blade server It can take approximately 20 seconds for the operating system in the blade server to recognize the media tray If ther...

Page 19: ...he advanced management module bay The advanced management module provides systems management functions and keyboard video mouse KVM multiplexing for all blade servers in the BladeCenter S chassis that...

Page 20: ...vanced management module indicators and controls The advanced management module has several LEDs that you can use to obtain status about the advanced management module and the Ethernet connection Rele...

Page 21: ...fan modules operate at full speed while the advanced management module is initializing Attention If you push the paper clip in all the way and hold it for approximately 10 seconds the advanced manage...

Page 22: ...onnectors to connect a mouse and keyboard or other USB devices Unlike the USB connectors on the media tray these connectors are shared by the blade servers through the BladeCenter Keyboard Video Mouse...

Page 23: ...Release handle Serial pass thru module 1 8 Contact pin number Signal name Signal direction 1 RTS Request to send Output from blade server 2 Not used n a 3 RXD Receive data Input to blade server 4 GND...

Page 24: ...com infocenter systems index jsp To access the I O module documentation from this site click Systems hardware BladeCenter information I O modules To determine which I O modules are compatible with th...

Page 25: ...ler modules require a SAS expansion card option in each blade server that will access the integrated shared storage v If you are using only one SAS connectivity module install the module in I O module...

Page 26: ...tem Power module with C14 connector C14 connector Power module with C20 connector C20 connector Within the BladeCenter S chassis all power supplies are combined into a single power domain which distri...

Page 27: ...ents in the BladeCenter S chassis You can view power status and requirements through the advanced management module For information on accessing and using the advanced management module see the Advanc...

Page 28: ...systems or network administrator can perform the following tasks v View and modify the hardware configuration of remote systems v Monitor the usage health and performance of critical components such...

Page 29: ...and alone application or as an extension to IBM Director 5 20 2 You can connect to the Storage Configuration Manager Manager component of the application from any computer on the network that it is in...

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Page 31: ...bs The empty chassis without modules or blade servers weighs approximately 40 82 kg 90 lbs Floor space The required floor space must allow enough clearance in the front and rear of the rack so that th...

Page 32: ...nd rear doors or in a rack equipped with the IBM Rear Door Heat eXchanger v Do not extend more than one device out of the rack at the same time v Remove the rack doors and side panels to provide easie...

Page 33: ...ack on leveling pads or bolted to the floor On site relocation rack on casters maximum number of BladeCenter S units Office Enablement Kit 40 8 kg 90 lb 223 kg 491 lb 1 1 NetBAY 11 37 kg 75 lb 216 kg...

Page 34: ...tall either 2 or 4 and whether they are going to be connected to 110 V ac or 220 V ac power sources In addition you need to determine the type of power management policy that you intend to implement T...

Page 35: ...re shown in the following table Table 4 ac input current requirements Nominal Voltage Nominal Amps Maximum Continuous Amps 100 V ac 11 2 13 9 200 V ac 8 0 9 0 Power consumption guidelines The BladeCen...

Page 36: ...olicy the total allowable power draw is limited to the capacity of two power modules If you use dual ac power sources one ac power source can fail without affecting the operation of the blade servers...

Page 37: ...oration of power redundancy the blade processors will return to their normal performance levels This policy is intended when you have two to four power modules installed and a single 110 volt or 220 v...

Page 38: ...chment diagrams show examples of how to attach to power based on whether you are using 110 V ac or 220 V ac power sources Power attachment diagrams 110 V ac These power attachment diagrams show exampl...

Page 39: ...rate power sources The power sources could each be different dedicated branch circuits from your circuit breaker panel v Power source A could be your utility provider v Power source B could be your UP...

Page 40: ...mple there are two power supplies that are attached to separate power sources v Power source A could be your utility provider v Power source B could be your UPS service Power module 1 Power module 2 P...

Page 41: ...62 watts v AC power source redundancy power policy 2900 watts Cooling considerations The operating environment for BladeCenter S systems must provide sufficient temperature and humidity control to pre...

Page 42: ...from a BladeCenter S system in British thermal units BTUs per hour is based on the configuration v Minimum configuration 1365 Btu hour or 400 watts v Maximum configuration 11942 Btu hour or 3500 watts...

Page 43: ...d cooling capacity This may cause equipment at the top of the rack to run hot resulting in reduced reliability component failure data loss or server shutdown Chapter 2 Planning for the physical enviro...

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Page 45: ...failed blade server increasing capacity to handle peak workloads within seconds Network topology The typical network topology for an BladeCenter S system is a single chassis with one or more blade se...

Page 46: ...rvers storage modules and the serial pass thru module are all configurable at the time of your order You can also order any of these hardware features to upgrade an existing BladeCenter S system I O m...

Page 47: ...BladeCenter S chassis The two bays also support Ethernet switch modules Fibre channel switch modules or pass thru modules optical and copper if the storage modules are not being used Important I O mod...

Page 48: ...rnet port To establish connectivity the advanced management module attempts to use DHCP to acquire its initial IP address for the Ethernet port If the DHCP request fails the advanced management module...

Page 49: ...g blade servers ServerGuide assists with the installation of the operating system system device drivers and other system components It performs the following functions v Sets system date and time v De...

Page 50: ...module or the SAS connectivity module and the integrated shared storage v Up to four microprocessors With two microprocessors your blade server can operate as a symmetric multiprocessing SMP server T...

Page 51: ...SUSE LINUX Enterprise Server 10 for IBM POWER v Novell SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 9 for POWER v Red Hat Enterprise Linux for POWER v IBM Virtual I O Server JS12 JS22 POWER6 architecture that support...

Page 52: ...age Management of a Citrix Hosted Client Environment May 2005 Tuning IBM System x Servers for Performance March 2007 v Microsoft Exchange Deploying Microsoft Exchange on IBM BladeCenter November 2003...

Page 53: ...DVD ROM and is run from your local computer You can also download it from the BladeCenter Start Now Advisor downloads Web site at http www ibm com systems support supportsite wss docdisplay lndocid M...

Page 54: ...is installed Storage Configuration Manager features a web based console that can communicate to remote SAS connectivity modules or SAS RAID controller modules in the BladeCenter S chassis Use the Sto...

Page 55: ...and any error conditions and sending alerts when required Use the information provided in this section along with the Advanced management module configuration worksheet on page 93 to plan for the con...

Page 56: ...has the following settings No password is required No password expiration No restrictions on reusing passwords No password change frequency restrictions User accounts are locked for two minutes after...

Page 57: ...alert notification and the delay between retries v Whether to include the event log with notifications Advanced management module serial port settings You can configure the communications settings for...

Page 58: ...t module network protocols settings Determine the information to be used for each of the protocols supported by the BladeCenter S system You can choose to configure the following network protocols v S...

Page 59: ...rtant The default VLAN ID 4095 is used for internal communications between the advanced management module and the blade servers Do not remove this VLAN v Multicasting v Mirroring v Spanning tree v Cla...

Page 60: ...re the zoning for the BladeCenter S system you determine which disks are accessible by each of the blade servers In addition you determine which external ports on the SAS connectivity module are acces...

Page 61: ...blade servers v Determine which external ports on the SAS connectivity module in I O module bay 4 if installed will be accessible by each of the blade servers Planning considerations Consider the fol...

Page 62: ...ation that matches the BladeCenter S system setup Tip You can use Storage Configuration Manager to edit a predefined configuration However you must save any changes that you make as one of the four us...

Page 63: ...the blade servers to the external ports on the SAS connectivity module You will need to use the LSI Configuration Utility MegaRAID Storage Manager or ServerGuide to set up mirroring 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 3 3...

Page 64: ...rive locations in each storage module The location of the hard disk drives in each storage module is important For example if you install a blade server in blade server bay 3 it can access only the ha...

Page 65: ...disk drives if you are implementing both storage modules v The SAS connectivity module in I O module bay 3 controls access to the hard disk drives in storage module 1 v The SAS connectivity module in...

Page 66: ...orage modules for a maximum of 12 hard disk drives if you are implementing both storage modules v The SAS connectivity module must be installed in I O module bay 3 and controls access to the hard disk...

Page 67: ...it can access only the hard drives located in hard drive bay 3 and hard drive bay 5 of each storage module v The SAS connectivity module in I O module bay 3 controls access to the hard disk drives in...

Page 68: ...erver bays are mapped to hard disk drive locations in each storage module The location of the hard disk drives in each storage module is important For example if you install a blade server in blade se...

Page 69: ...ty modules This configuration has the following characteristics v Each blade server can access up to three hard disk drives in each storage modules for a maximum of six hard disk drives if you are imp...

Page 70: ...n the BladeCenter S system is important Blade servers must be installed in blade server bays 1 and 4 Blade servers installed in any other blade server bay will not be able to access the integrated sha...

Page 71: ...ule must be installed in I O module bay 3 and controls access to the hard disk drives in both storage modules v All blade servers have access to all external ports on the SAS connectivity module Note...

Page 72: ...econdary volumes so that the storage pool will remain viable if one of the storage modules goes offline Battery backup units provide backup of the SAS RAID controller module cache so that data is not...

Page 73: ...disk drives of different sizes However the storage space added to the storage pool be each disk is limited to the size of the smallest disk For example if you implement RAID 0 with a hard disk drive t...

Page 74: ...with SAS RAID controller modules make sure that you back up your existing data before you install the SAS RAID controller modules Note If you are going to implement SAS RAID controller modules make su...

Page 75: ...9 Copy all data from the backup location to the new volumes using appropriate backup and restore tools Chapter 4 Planning for configuration 69...

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Page 77: ...adeCenter S chassis BladeCenter S system level a mirror image BladeCenter S system that resides in the same rack or in a different rack Rack level a set of BladeCenter S systems in a rack that mirrors...

Page 78: ...Gateway address ______ ______ ___ ______ Connects to I O module I O bay 1 _____________ I O bay 2 ______________ I O bay 3 ______________ I O bay 4 ______________ Boot sequence ___ Internal hard disk...

Page 79: ...3 ______________ I O bay 4 ______________ Boot sequence ___ Internal hard disk drive ___ Integrated storage drive ___ CD ROM ___ Network Applications 1 ___________________________ 2 _________________...

Page 80: ...ive ___ Integrated storage drive ___ CD ROM ___ Network Applications 1 ___________________________ 2 ___________________________ 3 ___________________________ BladeCenter S chassis blade bay location...

Page 81: ...___ ______ Gateway address ______ ______ ___ ______ Connects to I O module I O bay 1 _____________ I O bay 2 ______________ I O bay 3 ______________ I O bay 4 ______________ Boot sequence ___ Interna...

Page 82: ...__ ______ ___ ______ IP address ______ ______ ___ ______ Gateway address ______ ______ ___ ______ Connects to I O module I O bay 1 _____________ I O bay 2 ______________ I O bay 3 ______________ I O b...

Page 83: ...n h Automatic through DHCP server h Static Host name _______________________ Subnet mask ______ ______ ___ ______ IP address ______ ______ ___ ______ Gateway address ______ ______ ___ ______ Connects...

Page 84: ...ernet CFFh InfiniBand LFF PCIX SFF PCIE high speed 1 h Ethernet h Fibre Channel h InfiniBand Optional 1 GB Ethernet Dual Port Expansion Card CFF PCIX Combo 4 GB Fibre Channel 1GB E Net Expansion Card...

Page 85: ...________ 3 ___________________________ BladeCenter S chassis blade bay location 1 2 3 4 5 6 Component Quantity Details Base or optional feature 8844 blade server 1 Two single core 64 bit IBM PowerPC 9...

Page 86: ...on Card SFF PCIX Emulex Table 16 BladeCenter JS22 blade server worksheet Blade server model ________________ Workstation blade name ________________ Note Blade name has a maximum of 20 characters Blad...

Page 87: ...Serial Attached SCSI SAS hard disk drive 1 or 2 73 4 GB SAS 10 K RPM Optional Support for two internal small form factor SAS drives Optional 146 GB SFF SAS drive available Networking expansion card o...

Page 88: ...______ Connects to I O module I O bay 1 _____________ I O bay 2 ______________ I O bay 3 ______________ I O bay 4 ______________ Boot sequence ___ Internal hard disk drive ___ Integrated storage drive...

Page 89: ...equence ___ Internal hard disk drive ___ Integrated storage drive ___ CD ROM ___ Network Applications 1 ___________________________ 2 ___________________________ 3 ___________________________ BladeCen...

Page 90: ...___ Gateway address ______ ______ ___ ______ Connects to I O module I O bay 1 _____________ I O bay 2 ______________ I O bay 3 ______________ I O bay 4 ______________ Boot sequence ___ Internal hard d...

Page 91: ...worksheet for each blade server 1 to 6 that you plan to install in this chassis See Blade server and workstation blade installation worksheet on page 71 2 Circle the 8886 BladeCenter S number and the...

Page 92: ...g 3 3 lb ______ Optional I O bay fillers 3 maximum Quantity x 33 kg 72 lb ______ Optional Fan modules 4 4 09 kg 9 02 lb Base includes all four fan modules Media tray 1 4 12 kg 9 07 lb Base Serial Pass...

Page 93: ...bles and record them on the worksheet 6 Record Subtotal 2 on the worksheet 7 Add Subtotal 1 and 2 to obtain the total rack load and record it on the worksheet 8 Select a rack and circle the matching r...

Page 94: ...rack h NetBAY 42 enterprise expansion rack h NetBAY 42 standard rack h NetBAY 42 standard expansion rack h NetBAY 25 standard rack h NetBAY 11 standard rack 41 kg 90 lb 261 kg 575 lb 234 kg 511 lb 119...

Page 95: ...ing U 3 The rack number and location 4 The From port and To connections Table 22 Cabling worksheet BladeCenter S chassis number ___ Location in rack 1 through 5 starts at U ___ and ends at U ___ Rack...

Page 96: ...__ Rack number and location ______________________________ Component From port To Ethernet switch module I O module bay 2 Fill in the appropriate number of ports based on whether you are using an Ethe...

Page 97: ...edundancy with blade throttling allowed Non redundant See Power management policies on page 30 for a description of these policies Power consumption of BladeCenter S chassis components Table 24 Power...

Page 98: ...l wattage See Power allocation guidelines on page 31 to ensure that the total wattage meets the power allocation guidelines for the power policy that you are using Use the IBM System x and BladeCenter...

Page 99: ...vanced Management Module Installation Guide for more information about configuring the advanced management module General settings Setting Value Advanced management module name Contact name Date and T...

Page 100: ...ssword __________ ___ Get ___ Set ___ Trap Trap hostname IP _________________ ___ None ___ MDA ___ SHA ___ None ___ DES ___ AES Privacy password __________ ___ Get ___ Set ___ Trap Trap hostname IP __...

Page 101: ..._ None ___ MDA ___ SHA ___ None ___ DES ___ AES Privacy password __________ ___ Get ___ Set ___ Trap Trap hostname IP _________________ ___ None ___ MDA ___ SHA ___ None ___ DES ___ AES Privacy passwo...

Page 102: ..._____________________________ ___ E mail address _______________________________ ___ IBM Director hostname __________________________ Global remote alert settings Remote alerts retry limit Delay betwe...

Page 103: ...r the management module TFTP server SLP 427 Port used for the UDP Service Location Protocol SLP connection Remote Disk 1044 Port used for the advanced management module remote disk server Remote Disk...

Page 104: ..._____ _____ _____ I O module bay 3 IP address default is 192 168 70 129 _____ _____ _____ _____ Subnet mask _____ _____ _____ _____ Gateway IP address _____ _____ _____ _____ I O module bay 4 IP addr...

Page 105: ...ame or IP address and port ________________________ Host name or IP address and port ________________________ Host name or IP address and port ________________________ Parameters Root DN _____________...

Page 106: ...le Remote video KVM __ Enable ___ Disable SMASH CLP SMASH CLP __ Enable ___ Disable Secure SMASH CLP __ Enable ___ Disable Syslog Protocol Filtering level ___ Information ___ Error ___Warning Collecto...

Page 107: ...______ Firmware ______ NTP Server IP address Zone the SAS storage by assigning hard disk drives to blade servers and blade servers to external ports on the SAS connectivity modules If you are going to...

Page 108: ...2 Bay 3 Bay 4 Bay 5 Bay 6 External port 4 SAS connectivity module I O Bay 4 External port 1 External port 2 External port 3 External port 4 Predefined configuration _____ User defined configuration _...

Page 109: ...odules I O Bay 3 I O Bay 4 Nickname IP address SAS switch component RAID controller component h Use defaults _____________________ _____________________ h Use defaults _____________________ __________...

Page 110: ...Volume name Size in GB Hosts blade servers Applications 104 BladeCenter S Type 7779 8886 Planning Guide...

Page 111: ...the installation v Tier 2 customer replaceable unit You can install a Tier 2 CRU yourself or request IBM to install it at no additional charge under the type of warranty service that is designed for...

Page 112: ...Filler storage module 44E8060 8 Storage module 44E8057 Filler DVD drive SATA 46C5496 IBM consumable parts Consumable parts parts that are purchased separately are not covered by the IBM Statement of L...

Page 113: ...power cord CRU part numbers Table 30 PDU power cords CRU part number Description 39M5508 2 0m 13A 125 10A 250V C13 to IEC 320 C14 Rack Power Cable 39M5509 2 8m 13A 125 10A 250V C13 to IEC 320 C14 Rack...

Page 114: ...3m 10A 230V C13 to CEI 23 16 Japan 39M5185 1 8m 12A 200V C13 to JIS C 8303 39M5186 2 8m 12A 200V C13 to JIS C 8303 39M5187 4 3m 12A 200V C13 to JIS C 8303 39M5198 1 8m 12A 100V C13 to JIS C 8303 39M5...

Page 115: ...CRU part number Description 39M5388 2 0m 16A 100 250V C19 to IEC 320 C20 Rack Power Cable 39M5389 2 5m 16A 100 240V C19 to IEC 320 C20 Rack Power Cable The following table lists the power cord CRU pa...

Page 116: ...9M5335 4 3m 15A 200V C19 to JIS C 8303 39M5337 1 8m 15A 100V C19 to JIS C 8303 39M5338 2 5m 15A 100V C19 to JIS C 8303 39M5339 4 3m 15A 100V C19 to JIS C 8303 Korea 39M5345 1 8m 15A 250V C19 to KSC 83...

Page 117: ...15P 39M5259 4 3m 15A 120V C19 to NEMA 5 15P 39M5261 1 8m 15A 208V C19 to NEMA 6 15P 39M5262 2 5m 15A 208V C19 to NEMA 6 15P 39M5263 4 3m 15A 208V C19 to NEMA 6 15P 39M5270 2 5m 16A 120V C19 to NEMA L5...

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Page 121: ...mits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference when the equipment is operated in a commercial environment This equipment generates uses and can radiate radio frequency...

Page 122: ...electromagnetic compatibility IBM cannot accept responsibility for any failure to satisfy the protection requirements resulting from a nonrecommended modification of the product including the fitting...

Page 123: ...Chinese Class A warning statement Japanese Voluntary Control Council for Interference FCS statement Notices 117...

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Page 125: ...ons for management module network protocols 52 configuration planning Ethernet switch module 53 configuring planning for 47 connectors keyboard 48 mouse 48 video 48 connectors hot pluggable 1 controls...

Page 126: ...03 58 predefined configuration 04 59 predefined configuration 05 60 predefined configuration 06 61 predefined configuration 07 62 predefined configuration 08 63 predefined configuration 09 64 predefi...

Page 127: ...Center S chassis 25 worksheets advanced management module configuration 93 blade server 71 BladeCenter S Types 7779 and 8886 85 cabling 89 configuration 93 installation 71 power 91 rack 87 SAS connect...

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