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Hitachi Compute Blade 500 Series System Overview Guide Document Organization Product Version Getting Help Contents MK-91CB500001-12...
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HDD slot and order of installation ..............1-21 Indicators ....................1-23 PCI slots ..................... 1-24 Management Module ..................1-24 Overview ....................1-24 Switches, Indicators and Connectors ............. 1-24 Switch Module ....................1-25 Hitachi Compute Blade 500 Series System Overview Guide...
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LAN Connector ................... 2-24 A Service Life Limited Parts ..............A-1 About service life limited parts for CB 500 ............A-2 B Expiration of RoHS exemption ............B-1 About expiration of RoHS exemption ..............B-2 Hitachi Compute Blade 500 Series System Overview Guide...
This document describes how to use the Compute Blade 500 series. This preface includes the following information: Notice: The use of Compute Blade 500 series and all other Hitachi Data Systems products is governed by the terms of your agreement(s) with Hitachi Data Systems.
• Hitachi Compute Blade 500 Series System Service Manual, FE-91CB500004 Document conventions The term “Compute Blade” refers to all the models of the Compute Blade, unless otherwise noted. This document uses the following typographic conventions: Convention Description Regular text bold In text: keyboard key, parameter name, property name, hardware labels, hardware button, hardware switch.
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□ Server Chassis (enclosure) □ Server Blade □ HDD slot, order of installation, and indicator □ Management Module □ Switch Module □ Power Supply Module □ Fan Module □ User Maintenance System Overview Hitachi Compute Blade 500 Series System Overview Guide...
High density laminated substrate backplane for future IO interfaces • 80 PLUS Platinum power supply and Power Capping with Energy reduction technologies • High levels of reliability/availability/maintainability (RAS) including multiple redundant configurations and customer serviceability System Overview Hitachi Compute Blade 500 Series System Overview Guide...
Chassis size Height 262 mm (Excluding protrusions) Width 447 mm (Excluding protrusions) Depth 791 mm (Excluding protrusions) Front panel Mass Maximum: 130 kg (with all modules installed; including rack rails) System Overview Hitachi Compute Blade 500 Series System Overview Guide...
Configuration Items Minimum Maximum Base unit Front panel Fan module Server blade Switch module Management module Power supply module Modules This subsection provides locations of modules in the server chassis. System Overview Hitachi Compute Blade 500 Series System Overview Guide...
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Server blade #4 Power supply module #2 Server blade #5 Power supply module #3 Server blade #6 Fan module #0 Server blade #7 Fan module #1 Switch module #0 Fan module #2 System Overview Hitachi Compute Blade 500 Series System Overview Guide...
LCD touch console Web Console The Web console is a general application to control or manage the Hitachi Compute Blade system. By connecting between the management module installed in the system and the user system console on the network, you can display the system status and failed parts, and set up the configuration.
Hitachi recommends that the LCD touch console be available for secondary maintenance application. The LCD touch console is directly connected to the USB port #0 or 1 on front panel module. The USB ports are standard USB connectors. Figure 1-5 Connecting the LCD touch console Hot-swappable Modules All modules are designed to be hot-swappable.
(IEC309 Plug) (IEC309 Socket) Power Cable A power cable connects a power supply module to a distribution box. • Power supply module side: IEC60320-C19 • Distribution box side: IEC60320-C20 System Overview Hitachi Compute Blade 500 Series System Overview Guide...
The ID tag enables identification of the model name, serial number, and revision of the target before maintenance is performed, allowing errors in maintenance to be avoided. Figure 1-9 ID Tag Figure 1-10 Location ID System Overview Hitachi Compute Blade 500 Series System Overview Guide...
Warning LED (WRN) Amber-On Warning, a failure was detected in one or more modules. Identify LED (LID) Blue-On The server chassis is identified. Buzzer stop switch Stops the buzzer (BZSTP) 1-10 System Overview Hitachi Compute Blade 500 Series System Overview Guide...
435.3 x 492.7 x 55.5 PCI expansion blade 435.3 x 492.7 x 55.5 Full-wide blade CB 540A A1/B1 435.3 x 492.7 x 55.5 CB 520X B1/B2 Figure 1-13 Half-wide Blade 1-11 System Overview Hitachi Compute Blade 500 Series System Overview Guide...
4-blade SMP connection board to create SMP configuration with eight CPUs shown in the following figure. SMP function stands for Symmetric Multi Processing (SMP) between server blades. 1-12 System Overview Hitachi Compute Blade 500 Series System Overview Guide...
Table 1-7 Server Blade Switches, Indicators and Connectors (Half-wide blade CB 520A A1/CB 520H A1/CB 520H B1/B2) Location Name State Description USB port USB port in the server blade. 1-13 System Overview Hitachi Compute Blade 500 Series System Overview Guide...
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Diagnostic Panel LP Green-On The LED panel on the diagnostic panel is active. S BRD Amber-On The motherboard needs to be replaced. Amber-On Unsupported combination of the DIMM, CPU, and HDD. 1-14 System Overview Hitachi Compute Blade 500 Series System Overview Guide...
USB port in the server blade. NMI reset switch Press this switch to issue a Non-Maskable Interrupt (NMI) of the server blade. KVM port Provides VGA, serial port and 2 USB port outputs. 1-15 System Overview Hitachi Compute Blade 500 Series System Overview Guide...
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Diagnostic LED Green-On The LED panel is active. SYS BRD Amber-On The motherboard needs to be replaced. Amber-On A Non-Maskable Interrupt (NMI) was generated. SEE EXP Amber-On Not supported 1-16 System Overview Hitachi Compute Blade 500 Series System Overview Guide...
Error cannot be displayed while from pressing the power button until turning on the main power. Switches, Indicators and Connectors (Full-wide blade) Figure 1-20 Server Blade 1-17 System Overview Hitachi Compute Blade 500 Series System Overview Guide...
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HDD to be exchanged was detected in the server blade. Diagnostic Panel LP Green-On The LED panel is active. S BRD Amber-On The motherboard needs to be replaced. 1-18 System Overview Hitachi Compute Blade 500 Series System Overview Guide...
Error cannot be displayed while from pressing the power button until turning on the main power. Switches, Indicators and Connectors (Full-wide blade CB 520X B1/B2) Figure 1-21 Server Blade (CB 520X B1/B2) 1-19 System Overview Hitachi Compute Blade 500 Series System Overview Guide...
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Primary LED White-On Indicates this is the primary server blade. QPI Link Fault LED (ERR) Amber-On An error occurred in QPI link in SMP configuration. 1-20 System Overview Hitachi Compute Blade 500 Series System Overview Guide...
Error cannot be displayed while from pressing the power button until turning on the main power. HDD slot, order of installation, and indicator HDD slot and order of installation Figure 1-22 Half-wide Blade 1-21 System Overview Hitachi Compute Blade 500 Series System Overview Guide...
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Full-wide blade LSI SAS 2008 HDD slot 0 HDD slot 1 LSI SAS 2004 HDD slot 0 HDD slot 2 SMP configuration HDD slot 0 HDD slot 1 HDD slot 0 1-22 System Overview Hitachi Compute Blade 500 Series System Overview Guide...
Table 1-13 Indicators for SATA HDD Location Name State Description Active LED Green-Blink SATA drive is accessed; the source drive is used for rebuilding. Fault LED Amber-On An error occurs in the drive. 1-23 System Overview Hitachi Compute Blade 500 Series System Overview Guide...
One is the primary module and the other is the secondary module. To set up the management module configuration, see: • Hitachi Compute Blade 500 Series Management Module Setup Guide Switches, Indicators and Connectors Figure 1-27 Management Module 1-24...
The backplane within the server chassis interconnects the switch module to the server blades. Each server blade connects to the backplane and thus to the switch modules through an onboard CNA or Mezzanine cards on the server blade. 1-25 System Overview Hitachi Compute Blade 500 Series System Overview Guide...
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Mezzanine cards installed in mezzanine slot 2 and slot 4 of CB 540A A1 or B1 connect to switch modules installed in switch module slot 2 and slot 3. 1-26 System Overview Hitachi Compute Blade 500 Series System Overview Guide...
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B1/B2 connect to switch modules installed in switch module slot 2 and slot 3. • Onboard CNA 1 in the CB 520X B1/B2 connects to the switch modules installed in switch slots 0 and 1. 1-27 System Overview Hitachi Compute Blade 500 Series System Overview Guide...
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The following is the number of useful user ports. Table 1-16 Number of usable User Ports Number of installed switch modules Switch module type Three Four 1 Gb/sec LAN switch module 20 ports 40 ports 1-28 System Overview Hitachi Compute Blade 500 Series System Overview Guide...
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Press and hold for five seconds to reset the LAN switch module. Power LED (PWR) Green-On Powered-on, normal operation. Status1 LED (ST1) Green-On Normal operation. Green-Blink Power-on diagnosis or software activation. 1-29 System Overview Hitachi Compute Blade 500 Series System Overview Guide...
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Green-On Normal operation. Green-Blink Power-on diagnosis or software activation. Red-Blink Fault. Max. temperature limit exceeded or other warning. Red-On Alarm. Identify LED (LOCID) Blue-On The switch module is identified. 1-30 System Overview Hitachi Compute Blade 500 Series System Overview Guide...
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Green-On Normal operation. Green-Blink Power-on diagnostics or firmware activation. Red-Blink Fault. Max temperature limit exceeded or other warning. Red-On Alarm. Identify LED (LOCID) Blue-On The switch module is identified. 1-31 System Overview Hitachi Compute Blade 500 Series System Overview Guide...
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Power LED (PWR) Green-On Powered on normally. Status 1 LED (ST1) Green-On Powered on. Green-Blink In initial diagnostics or in initial setting. Red-On An error is detected. 1-32 System Overview Hitachi Compute Blade 500 Series System Overview Guide...
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Amber-Blink Warning. Uplink port status LED1 Amber-On Signal or communication received, but not on line. Amber-Blink Slow blink: Port disabled. Rapid blink: Port failed. Uplink port status LED2 Green-On Online. 1-33 System Overview Hitachi Compute Blade 500 Series System Overview Guide...
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Signal or communication received, but not online. Amber-Blink Slow blink: The port is disabled. Rapid blink: The port has failed. Uplink port status LED2 Green-On FC port is online. 1-34 System Overview Hitachi Compute Blade 500 Series System Overview Guide...
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Power LED (PWR) Green-On Powered-on, normal operation. Status LED Green-On Normal operation. Green-Blink Power-on diagnostics or firmware activation. Amber-On Fault. Amber-Blink Alarm. Uplink port status LED1 Green-On FC port is online. 1-35 System Overview Hitachi Compute Blade 500 Series System Overview Guide...
Green-Blink 12 V main power off, but AC power is present. Amber-On Fail or system shutdown. Amber-Blink No AC power to this power supply, but others are supplied with AC power. Inlet IEC60320-C20 power inlet. 1-36 System Overview Hitachi Compute Blade 500 Series System Overview Guide...
Table 1-27 Customer replaceable units (CRU) Location Replaceable units Server chassis Server blade Shelf Management module Lithium battery Switch module SFP+ Fan module Power supply module LCD touch console Front panel KVM/USB cable 1-37 System Overview Hitachi Compute Blade 500 Series System Overview Guide...
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Lithium battery USB memory (LPAR manager) For more information, see; • Hitachi Compute Blade 500 Series System Service Manual Note: Only install or replace units that are specifically allowed for customer replacement. All maintenance must be performed according to; •...
Specification This chapter describes the specifications of the system interface. □ System Unit Specifications □ Interface Port Pin-outs Specification Hitachi Compute Blade 500 Series System Overview Guide...
Power source Input voltage (Frequency) Single Phase AC 100-120 V / 200-240 V (50-60 Hz) 4678 W Power consumption (Maximum) Environmental Temperature 5 to 40°C [Non-operating: requirements -10 to 43 °C] Specification Hitachi Compute Blade 500 Series System Overview Guide...
Table 2-3 Xeon Server Blade other specification (CB 540A A1/B1) Items Specifications Main memory DIMM type (per slot) DDR3 RDIMM, 2 / 4 / 8 / 16 / 32 GB; LR-DIMM 32 GB Specification Hitachi Compute Blade 500 Series System Overview Guide...
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A1 model does not come with the onboard LAN. Table 2-4 Xeon Server Blade CPU specification (CB 520H A1/B1) - 1 Items Specifications Supported CPU E5-2680 E5-2670 E5-2640 Number of Cores Specification Hitachi Compute Blade 500 Series System Overview Guide...
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LSI SAS 2004 / LSI SAS 2008 Number of I/F Maximum: 2 (2.5 inch SAS HDD, SSD) RAID function RAID 0.1 Resolution 640x400 - 1680x1050 Refresh rate 60 - 85 Hz Bit per pixel 8, 16, 32 Specification Hitachi Compute Blade 500 Series System Overview Guide...
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3.5 GHz 2.5 GHz QPI frequency 7.2 GT/s 6.4 GT/s 8.0 GT/s 8.0 GT/s L3 cache 15 M 10 M 15 M 25 M 80 W 80 W 130 W 115 W Specification Hitachi Compute Blade 500 Series System Overview Guide...
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1 (VGA / COM / USB2.0 / 2 port) DCMI (Data Center Management Interface) Not supported Power consumption 613 W External dimension (W x D x H: mm) 215.4 x 492.7 x 51.1 Mass Maximum: 7.1 kg Specification Hitachi Compute Blade 500 Series System Overview Guide...
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Table 2-12 Xeon Server Blade other specification (CB 520H B3) Items Specifications Main Memory DIMM type (per slot) DDR4 RDIMM 8, 16 GB LRDIMM 32 GB Operating mode Independent Channel Mode, Rank Sparing Mode, Mirrored Channel Mode Number of slots Specification Hitachi Compute Blade 500 Series System Overview Guide...
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E5-2440 E5-2420 E5-2403 E5-2430L Number of Cores CPU frequency 2.3 GHz 2.4 GHz 1.9 GHz 1.8 GHz 2 GHz QPI frequency 8.0 GT/s 7.2 GT/s 7.2 GT/s 6.4 GT/s 7.2 GT/s Specification Hitachi Compute Blade 500 Series System Overview Guide...
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External dimension (W x D x H: mm) 215.4 x 492.7 x 51.1 Mass Maximum: 6.2 kg Notes: Hard disk drive capacity is calculated assuming that 1 GB is equal to 10 bytes. 2-10 Specification Hitachi Compute Blade 500 Series System Overview Guide...
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2-blade SMP / 4-blade SMP HDD/SSD Number of HDDs Maximum: 2 Maximum: 2.4 TB Capacity Internal disk Controller LSI SAS 3004 Number of I/F Maximum: 2 RAID function RAID 0.1 2-11 Specification Hitachi Compute Blade 500 Series System Overview Guide...
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Number of CPUs Maximum: 2 Table 2-19 Xeon Server Blade other specification (CB 520X B2) Items Specifications Main memory DIMM type (per slot) DDR4 RDIMM: 8 GB, 16 GB, 32 GB 2-12 Specification Hitachi Compute Blade 500 Series System Overview Guide...
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In SMP configuration between blades, VGA and COM are not available and only USB port is available on non-primary server blades. The Mass of a server blade includes that of SMP connection board. 2-13 Specification Hitachi Compute Blade 500 Series System Overview Guide...
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PCI expansion slot 4/slot 5 Electrical x4/Physical x8; Maximum: 25 W DC input supply voltage DC + 12 V Power consumption 294 W External dimensions (W x D x H: mm) 215.4 x 492.7 x 51.1 2-14 Specification Hitachi Compute Blade 500 Series System Overview Guide...
Firmware update Available External dimensions (W x D x H: mm) 146 x 252 x 25 Mass 0.6 kg Switch Module Specifications The following table provides specifications for switch modules. 2-15 Specification Hitachi Compute Blade 500 Series System Overview Guide...
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Flow control (802.3x), Jumbo frame Layer 2 Function port VLAN, Tag-VLAN (IEEE 802.1Q), Protocol VLAN, MAC-VLANSTP (IEEE 802.1D), RSTP (IEEE 802.1w), PVST+, MSTP (IEEE 802.1s) link aggregation (static, IEEE 802.3ad), uplink-failover 2-17 Specification Hitachi Compute Blade 500 Series System Overview Guide...
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500 m at 1 Gb/sec; 300 m at 2 Gb/sec; 150 m at 4 Gb/sec; 50 m at 8 Gb/sec Scalability Full fabric architecture with up to 239 switches Console / management ports 10/100 Ethernet (RJ-45) Serial port (RS-232C) 2-18 Specification Hitachi Compute Blade 500 Series System Overview Guide...
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16 Gb SFP+, LC connector, short-wave laser Maximum distance: • Multi-mode 62.5 μm cable (OM1) 70 m at 4 Gb/sec; 21 m at 8 Gb/sec; 15 m at 16 Gb/sec 2-19 Specification Hitachi Compute Blade 500 Series System Overview Guide...
12 A (Nominal), 13.5 A (500 ms maximum) Efficiency 84 % at 10 % load 90 % at 20 % load 94 % at 50 % load 91 % at 100 % load 2-20 Specification Hitachi Compute Blade 500 Series System Overview Guide...
5 to 30°C [Non-operating: -10 to 43°C] for CB 520H B2 with CPU E5-2637v2 installed. 5 to 35°C [Non-operating: -10 to 43°C] for CB 520H B3 with CPU E5-2699v3, E5-2697v3, E5-2667v3, and E5-2637v3 installed. 2-21 Specification Hitachi Compute Blade 500 Series System Overview Guide...
2 m to 26 m 2 m to 33 m 100 m distance Table 2-33 10 G direct attach cable specifications Items Specifications Form factor SFP+ (integrated with the cable) Power consumption 0.25 to 0.27 W 2-22 Specification Hitachi Compute Blade 500 Series System Overview Guide...
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Table 2-37 Specifications of LAN Interface Connector for 100BASE-TX/10BASE-T connection Signal Name Description Direction Transmit Data + Output Transmit Data - Output Received Data + Input Not connected Not connected Received Data - Input Not connected Not connected 2-25 Specification Hitachi Compute Blade 500 Series System Overview Guide...
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Service Life Limited Parts This Appendix-A describes service life limited parts. □ About service life limited parts for CB 500 Service Life Limited Parts Hitachi Compute Blade 500 Series System Overview Guide...
It is recommended that you replace it with a new one before the service life expires. Tip: Product life expectancy is just an estimated limit. It is not guaranteed that no failure occurs within the period. Service Life Limited Parts Hitachi Compute Blade 500 Series System Overview Guide...
Expiration of RoHS exemption This Appendix-B describes expiration of RoHS exemption. □ About expiration of RoHS exemption Expiration of RoHS exemption Hitachi Compute Blade 500 Series System Overview Guide...
RoHS-compliant chassis, the whole unit does not comply with RoHS. There is no functional difference between non-RoHS- compliant products and their RoHS-compliant successors. Expiration of RoHS exemption Hitachi Compute Blade 500 Series System Overview Guide...
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