IBM 87302RU Technisches Handbuch

BladeCenter T

Types 8720 and 8730

Planning and Installation Guide

GA27-4339-02

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BladeCenter T

Types 8720 and 8730

Planning and Installation Guide

GA27-4339-02

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Note

Before using this information and the product it supports, read the general information in

Appendix C, “Notices,” on page 117.

Third Edition (August 2006)

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Preface

This guide is intended for anyone who plans for the physical installation and

configuration of an IBM®BladeCenter®Tunit. This book is organized as follows and

should be used for these tasks:

vUse Chapter 1, “Introducing the BladeCenter Tunits,” on page 1to understand

the overall purpose and usage of BladeCenter Tunits and blade servers.

vUse Chapter 2, “BladeCenter Tunit components,” on page 13 to learn about the

physical components that make up aBladeCenter Tunit.

vUse Chapter 3, “Deployment considerations,” on page 39 to learn about network

topology considerations and deployment considerations.

vUse Chapter 4, “Installation considerations,” on page 51 and Appendix A,

“Planning worksheets,” on page 89 to plan for the physical environment for

installing BladeCenter Tunits. This includes space, power, cooling, and cabling

requirements. The worksheets provide the basis for selecting the features and

options for each blade server, where the blade server is installed in a

BladeCenter Tunit and arack location for each BladeCenter Tunit.

vUse Chapter 5, “Configuration considerations,” on page 75 and Appendix B,

“Configuration worksheets,” on page 101 to plan for the configuration of the:

–Management module

–I/O modules

–Fibre Channel switch modules

–Blade servers

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iv BladeCenter TTypes 8720 and 8730: Planning and Installation Guide

Summary of changes

This document contains information previously presented in GA27-4339-01.

New and changed information for GA27-4339-02

In Chapter 4, Installation considerations, the following sections were updated to

reflect changes to part numbers for the Type 8730:

vPower distribution units

vPower connections

vPower layout examples

©Copyright IBM Corp. 2004, 2006 v

vi BladeCenter TTypes 8720 and 8730: Planning and Installation Guide

Contents

Preface ............................ iii

Summary of changes ......................v

New and changed information for GA27-4339-02 .............v

Figures ............................xi

Chapter 1. Introducing the BladeCenter Tunits ............1

Why choose the BladeCenter Ttechnology? ..............1

What the BladeCenter Tunit offers .................2

Reliability, availability, and serviceability ...............4

Features and specifications for the BladeCenter TType 8720 .......6

Features and specifications for the BladeCenter TType 8730 .......7

Why blade servers? .......................8

Blade server benefits ......................8

Deployment scenarios......................9

Where to go for more information ..................10

BladeCenter Tdocumentation and operating system installation instructions 10

Hardware documentation ...................10

Redbooks publications .....................11

Operating system installation instructions ..............12

Web sites ..........................12

Chapter 2. BladeCenter Tunit components .............13

Chassis ...........................14

Front view .........................14

Rear view of the BladeCenter Tunit ................15

Input/output connectors .....................16

2-way blade servers .......................18

Features and specifications for the HS20 Type 8843 for anon-NEBS/ETSI

environment ........................19

Features and specifications for the HS20 Type 8843 for aNEBS/ETSI

environments........................20

4-way blade server .......................21

BladeCenter HS40 Type 8839 features and specifications for

non-NEBSI/ETSI environment .................22

BladeCenter HS40 Type 8839 features and specifications for aNEBS/ETSI

environment ........................23

Media tray ..........................24

Management module.......................25

Keyboard, video, and mouse module .................28

LAN module indicators and input/output connectors ...........30

I/O modules ..........................32

Power modules for Type 8720 ...................35

Power modules for Type 8730 ...................36

Blowers ...........................37

Blade servers .........................38

Blade server expansion options ..................38

I/O expansion option .....................38

Expansion unit option ....................38

Storage Expansion Unit option ................38

PCI I/O-expansion Unit option ................38

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Chapter 3. Deployment considerations ...............39

Network topologies .......................39

Integrated infrastructure ....................39

Single BladeCenter Tchassis .................39

Multiple BladeCenter Tchassis .................41

Using Remote Deployment Manager Version 4.11 Update 3or later ....42

Using IBM Director ......................42

Communicating with the IBM Director software ............42

Preparing for BladeCenter Tdeployment ...............43

Deployment tools .......................43

Deployment infrastructure ....................45

Setting up the management connection ..............46

Cabling the Ethernet port .....................47

Deployment ..........................49

Preparing for blade server deployment ................49

Hardware considerations ....................49

Firmware considerations ....................49

Operating system considerations .................50

Device driver considerations ...................50

Application considerations ....................50

Chapter 4. Installation considerations ...............51

Physical planning ........................51

Dimensions .........................51

Weight considerations .....................51

Floor space .........................52

Noise considerations ......................53

Rack considerations .......................54

IBM NetBAY and non-IBM racks .................54

Moving IBM NetBAY racks safely .................55

General requirements for racks ..................56

Power considerations for Type 8720 .................56

Rack requirements for Type 8720 .................57

Power considerations for Type 8730 .................57

Rack requirements for Type 8730 .................58

Power distribution units ....................58

Wall and floor power drop requirements ...............60

Keyboard, video, and mouse ...................61

Electrical input for Type 8720 ..................62

Electrical input for Type 8730 ..................62

Cooling considerations ......................62

Air temperature and humidity for Telecom/NEBS environment.......62

Air temperature and humidity for non-NEBS environment ........62

Airflow considerations .....................63

Heat output for Types 8720 and 8730 ...............63

Prevention of air recirculation ..................64

Air filtration .........................64

Room cooling ........................64

Power connections for Type 8720 ..................64

Power connections for Type 8730 ..................65

Power layout example 1– single BladeCenter Tunits ..........67

Power layout example 2–two BladeCenter TType 8730 units in NetBAY 25

or 42U racks ........................68

Power layout example 3–three BladeCenter TType 8730 units in NetBAY

25 or 42U racks.......................69

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