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Flex System Enterprise Chassis

Product Guide

Flex System is the next generation of blade technology with more performance and bandwidth and far

more capability to consolidate and virtualize than previous systems. Flex System is anchored by the Flex

System Enterprise Chassis which enables high-speed performance with integrated servers and

networking. Furthermore, its flexible design can meet the needs of varying workloads with independently

scalable IT resource pools for higher utilization and lower cost per workload.

The Flex System Enterprise Chassis is shown in Figure 1.

Figure 1. The Flex System Enterprise Chassis

Did you know?

In addition to the Flex System Enterprise Chassis, Lenovo also offers the Carrier-Grade Chassis for

installations requiring tolerance to higher temperatures or for use in environments without filtered air. For

information about the Carrier-Grade Chassis, see 

https://lenovopress.com/tips1285

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Flex System Enterprise Chassis

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Page 1: ...design can meet the needs of varying workloads with independently scalable IT resource pools for higher utilization and lower cost per workload The Flex System Enterprise Chassis is shown in Figure 1 Figure 1 The Flex System Enterprise Chassis Did you know In addition to the Flex System Enterprise Chassis Lenovo also offers the Carrier Grade Chassis for installations requiring tolerance to higher ...

Page 2: ...sis So the system can increase the speed of certain fan modules to cool potential hot spots and use lower speeds for other fan modules where appropriate Easily scalable with simple administration Because the Flex System Enterprise Chassis is an all in one solution it is designed for growth from a single chassis to many Adding compute or networking capability is as simple as adding additional nodes...

Page 3: ...wing figure shows the front of the Enterprise Chassis Figure 2 Front of the Flex System Enterprise Chassis The following figure shows the rear of the Enterprise Chassis Figure 3 Rear of the Flex System Enterprise Chassis Flex System Enterprise Chassis 3 ...

Page 4: ... mixed I O architecture Up to eight lanes of I O to an I O adapter card with each lane capable of up to 25 Gbps bandwidth Up to 16 lanes of I O to a half wide node with two adapters A wide variety of networking solutions including Ethernet Fibre Channel Fibre Channel over Ethernet FCoE and InfiniBand Power supplies Up to six power supplies that can provide N N or N 1 redundant power AC power suppl...

Page 5: ...x CN4093 6x 2500W 2 8 1 8721 E5U 14 1x CMM2 0 4 None 2x 2500W 2 4 1 TopSeller models Latin America Brazil 8721 E3U 14 2x CMM2 2 4 2x SI4093 6x 2500W 2 8 1 8721 E4U 14 2x CMM2 2 4 2x CN4093 6x 2500W 2 8 1 CMM1 first generation Chassis Management Module 68Y7030 CMM2 Chassis Management Module 2 00FJ669 Model B1x includes two Flex System EN4023 10Gb Scalable Switches 94Y5212 and two Flex System EN4023...

Page 6: ...x System x280 X6 7196 Lenovo signed No Supported 7 Flex System x480 X6 7196 Lenovo signed Supported Supported 7 Flex System x880 X6 7196 Lenovo signed Supported Supported 7 Flex System x280 X6 7903 IBM signed Supported Supported 7 Flex System x480 X6 7903 IBM signed Supported Supported 7 Flex System x880 X6 7903 IBM signed Supported Supported 7 Flex System Manager 8731 A1x IBM signed Supported Sup...

Page 7: ...rted servers http www lenovo com us en serverproven flexsystem shtml Supported I O modules The Flex System Enterprise Chassis has four high speed switch bays that are capable of supporting a variety of I O architectures The switches are installed in switch bays in the rear of the Flex System Enterprise Chassis as shown in the following figure Switches are normally installed in pairs bays 1 2 and b...

Page 8: ...4093 10Gb Converged Scalable Switch 00D5823 IBM Supported Supported SI4093 System Interconnect Module 95Y3313 IBM Supported Supported Cisco Nexus B22 Fabric Extender 94Y5350 Vendor Supported Supported EN4023 10Gb Scalable Switch 94Y5212 Vendor Supported Supported 1 Gb Ethernet switch EN2092 1Gb Ethernet Scalable Switch 49Y4294 IBM Supported Supported Fibre Channel switches FC5022 16Gb SAN Scalable...

Page 9: ...following figure shows how two port adapters are connected to switches installed in the chassis Figure 5 Logical layout of the interconnects between two port I O adapters and I O modules A four port adapter doubles the connections between each adapter and switch pair for example a four port adapter in A1 in each compute node routes two connections to switch 1 and two connections to switch 2 The fo...

Page 10: ... the switch must have 28 internal ports enabled and two switches must be installed in the bays as indicated To make use of six ports of a eight port adapter across all blade servers the switch must have 42 internal ports enabled and two switches must be installed in the bays as indicated Ports 7 and 8 of an eight port adapter are reserved for future use The chassis supports all eight ports but the...

Page 11: ... and alerts and to manage the chassis its devices and the compute nodes The chassis has one CMM installed standard but supports two CMMs for redundancy If one CMM fails the second CMM can detect its inactivity and activate itself to take control of the system without any disruption The CMM is central to the management of the chassis and is required in the Enterprise Chassis There are two versions ...

Page 12: ...ncy The following figure shows the Chassis Management Module See Figure 3 for the location of the CMM in the chassis Figure 7 Chassis Management Module The CMM provides these functions Power control Fan management Chassis and compute node initialization Switch management Diagnostics chassis I O options and compute nodes Resource discovery and inventory management Resource alerts and monitoring man...

Page 13: ...nector on the CMM or from any other system that is connected to the same management network The CMM has the following default static IPv4 address By default the CMM is configured to respond to Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol DHCP first before using its static IPv4 address IP address 192 168 70 100 Subnet 255 255 255 0 User ID USERID all capital letters Password PASSW0RD all capital letters wit...

Page 14: ...h Lenovo server systems and solutions Lenovo XClarity Administrator provides agent free hardware management for System x rack servers and Flex System compute nodes and components including the Chassis Management Module and Flex System I O modules The following figure shows the Lenovo XClarity Administrator interface where both Flex System components and rack servers are being managed and can be se...

Page 15: ...5 30P 3P Gnd to 3X IEC 320 C19 00D7192 A2Y3 4 3m EMEA AP IEC 309 32A 3P N Gnd to 3X IEC 320 C19 00D7193 A2Y4 4 3m A NZ PDL Clipsal 32A 3P N Gnd to 3X IEC 320 C19 00D7194 A2Y5 The 48V DC power supply operates at 48V to 60 V dc nominal and has a Molex 1060 Power Connector The power supply ships with one 2 0m DC power cord FRU part number 69Y1652 The following figure shows the power supply and highli...

Page 16: ... Each power supply is designed to provide fault isolation and is hot swappable In the case of the 2500W supplies power monitoring of both the DC and AC signals allows the Chassis Management Module to accurately monitor the power supplies The following figure shows the compute node bay numbering left and power supply bay numbering right Figure 10 Power supply bay numbering The following table shows...

Page 17: ...50 85 W 7 7 5 5 7 7 7 7 105 W 7 7 5 5 7 7 7 7 125 W 7 7 5 5 7 7 6 7 130 W 7 6 5 5 7 7 6 6 140 W 7 6 5 5 7 7 6 6 150 W 7 6 5 5 7 7 6 6 165 W 7 6 5 5 7 7 5 6 Flex System x220 50 W 14 14 14 14 14 14 14 14 60 W 14 14 14 14 14 14 14 14 70 W 14 14 14 14 14 14 14 14 80 W 14 14 14 14 14 14 14 14 95 W 14 14 14 14 14 14 14 14 Flex System x222 50 W 14 14 13 14 14 14 14 14 60 W 14 14 12 12 14 14 14 14 70 W 14...

Page 18: ...System x880 X6 x480 X6 and x280 X6 105 W 7 7 5 5 7 7 7 7 130 W 7 7 5 5 7 7 7 7 155 W 7 7 5 5 7 7 7 7 Flex System V7000 Storage Node N A 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 Flex System p24L All 14 12 9 10 14 14 12 13 Flex System p260 All 14 12 9 10 14 14 12 13 Flex System p270 All 14 12 9 9 14 14 12 12 Flex System p460 All 7 6 4 5 7 7 6 6 CPU TDP 2100W power supplies 2500W power supplies N 1 N 5 6 total N 1 N 4 5 tota...

Page 19: ...ules that can be installed is eight Ordering information is shown in the following table When the modules are ordered as a part number they are supplied as a pair The feature codes is comprised of one fan Table 10 Fan module ordering information Description Part number Feature code Flex System Enterprise Chassis 80mm Fan Module 43W9078 2 fan modules A0UA 1 fan module The 80 mm fan modules are popu...

Page 20: ...8 6 fan modules fan bays 1 2 3 and 6 7 8 All 14 compute node bays node bays 1 14 8 fan modules fan bays 1 2 3 4 and 6 7 8 9 Physical specifications Dimensions Height 440 mm 17 3 inches Width 447 mm 17 6 in Depth measured from front bezel to rear of chassis 800 mm 31 5 in Depth measured from node latch handle to the power supply handle 840 mm 33 1 in Weight Minimum configuration 96 62 kg 213 lb Max...

Page 21: ...nd reported in conformance with ISO 9296 Warranty options The system has a three year warranty with 24x7 standard call center support and 9x5 Next Business Day onsite coverage Also available are Lenovo Services warranty maintenance upgrades and post warranty maintenance agreements with a well defined scope of services including service hours response time term of service and service agreement term...

Page 22: ...owing Lenovo warranty service upgrades are available Warranty and maintenance service upgrades Three four or five years of 9x5 or 24x7 service coverage Onsite response from next business day to 2 or 4 hours Committed repair service Warranty extension of up to 5 years Post warranty extensions Committed Repair Service Committed Repair Services enhances the level of Warranty Service Upgrade or Post W...

Page 23: ...nce The server conforms to the following standards ASHRAE Class A3 FCC Verified to comply with Part 15 of the FCC Rules Class A Canada ICES 004 issue 3 Class A UL IEC 60950 1 CSA C22 2 No 60950 1 NOM 019 Argentina IEC 60950 1 Japan VCCI Class A IEC 60950 1 CB Certificate and CB Test Report China CCC GB4943 GB9254 Class A GB17625 1 Taiwan BSMI CNS13438 Class A CNS14336 Australia New Zealand AS NZS ...

Page 24: ... to Front 7159BR6 Lenovo RackSwitch G8124E Rear to Front 7159G64 Lenovo RackSwitch G8264 Rear to Front 7159DRX Lenovo RackSwitch G8264CS Rear to Front 7159CRW Lenovo RackSwitch G8272 Rear to Front 7159GR6 Lenovo RackSwitch G8296 Rear to Front 25 Gb Ethernet switches 7159E1X Lenovo ThinkSystem NE2572 RackSwitch Rear to Front 40 Gb Ethernet switches 7159BRX Lenovo RackSwitch G8332 Rear to Front 100 ...

Page 25: ...Enterprise SW 1 PS Rail Kit 3873AR5 Lenovo B6505 12 ports activated w 16Gb SWL SFPs 1 PS Rail Kit 3873BR3 Lenovo B6510 24 ports activated w 16Gb SWL SFPs 2 PS Rail Kit 32 Gb FC 6559D3Y Lenovo ThinkSystem DB610S 8 ports activated 1 PS Rail Kit 6415G11 Lenovo ThinkSystem DB620S 24 Ports Activated 24x 32Gb SWL SFPs 2 PS Rail Kit 6415G2A Lenovo ThinkSystem DB620S 48 Ports Activated 48x 32Gb SWL SFPs 2...

Page 26: ... https support lenovo com documents LNVO POWINF Table 15 Power distribution units Part number Description Switched and monitored AC PDUs 46M4002 1U 9 C19 3 C13 Active Energy Manager DPI PDU 46M4003 1U 9 C19 3 C13 Active Energy Manager 60A 3 Phase PDU 46M4167 1U 9 C19 3 C13 Switched and Monitored 30A 3 Phase PDU 46M4134 0U 12 C19 12 C13 Switched and Monitored 50A 3 Phase PDU 46M4140 0U 12 C19 12 C1...

Page 27: ... 55946KX RT6kVA 3U Rack or Tower UPS 200 240VAC 55948KX RT8kVA 6U Rack or Tower UPS 200 240VAC 55949KX RT11kVA 6U Rack or Tower UPS 200 240VAC 55948PX RT8kVA 6U 3 1 Phase Rack or Tower UPS 380 415VAC 55949PX RT11kVA 6U 3 1 Phase Rack or Tower UPS 380 415VAC For more information see the related Lenovo Press Product Guides in the UPS category https lenovopress com servers options ups Rack cabinets F...

Page 28: ...ack Yes 99564XX 5631 S2 42U Dynamic Standard Expansion Rack Yes 93084PX 5621 42U Enterprise Rack Yes 93084EX 5622 42U Enterprise Expansion Rack Yes 93604PX 7649 42U 1200 mm Deep Dynamic Rack Yes 93604EX 7650 42U 1200 mm Deep Dynamic Expansion Rack Yes 93614PX 7651 42U 1200 mm Deep Static Rack Yes 93614EX 7652 42U 1200 mm Deep Static Expansion Rack Yes 93624PX 7653 47U 1200 mm Deep Static Rack Yes ...

Page 29: ...exible policies support our goal of providing customers with a positive experience We finance your entire solution Unlike others we allow you to bundle everything you need from hardware and software to service contracts installation costs training fees and sales tax If you decide weeks or months later to add to your solution we can consolidate everything into a single invoice Our Premier Client se...

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Page 31: ...ment are not intended for use in implantation or other life support applications where malfunction may result in injury or death to persons The information contained in this document does not affect or change Lenovo product specifications or warranties Nothing in this document shall operate as an express or implied license or indemnity under the intellectual property rights of Lenovo or third part...

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