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xSeries Education IBM BladeCenter HS20 (8832)
IBM BladeCenter HS20 Overview • One or two 2.0, or 2.4 GHz Xeon CPUs, 400MHz FSB 512 KB L2 (on-die) cache • 256MB, 512MB, or 1GB MB ECC DDR SDRAM DIMMs PC2100 memory, Maximum 8GB, Chipkill • Integrated ATA-100 IDE • Optional SCSI Storage Expansion Unit with embedded Raid 1 (LSI 53C1020) • Open bay:
- 2 bays for IDE HDD - 2 bays for SCSI HDD in SCSI option
• PFAs for processor, memory, power supplies, cooling fans, HDDs • Systems management through IBM Director 4.0 for BladeCenter • 3/3 Warranty
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IBM BladeCenter HS20 Processor Blade Front View CD & FDD button/LED Fault LED Information LED Location LED
NMI switch
Activity LED Power LED KVM Select Button LED
Power Button
Protective cover
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IBM BladeCenter HS20 - Overhead View Processor slot 2 (air baffle
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SCSI Expansion connector terminator IDE connector 1
IDE connector 2
Upper midplane connector Daughter Card connectors
Lower midplane connector Processor slot 1
DIMM 4 DIMM 1
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xSeries Education IBM BladeCenter HS20 Architecture and Hardware Components
IBM BladeCenter HS20 Architecture IDE Conn
4MB BIOS
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LPC
IDE Conn
SIO CSB5 PC87417 LPC
Thin IMB 4-bit 200 MHz simult-bidi 200 MB/sec PCI 2.2 32-bit
USB for MM1 (keyb/mouse) USB for MM2 (keyb/mouse)
Xeon DP
Xeon DP
ATI Rage XL 8 MB Graphics USB for FDD/CD - 1 USB for FDD/CD - 2
ServerWorks DDR-SDRAM GC LE 2 channels CMIC IMB2
IMB2 (16-bit 800 MHz, simult-bidi, 3.2 GB/sec) Optional SCSI Storage Expansion Unit PCI-X 64-bit 100 MHz CIOB-X2
CIOB-X2 PCI-X 64-bit 100 MHz PCI-X 64-bit 100 MHz
GB Ethernet BCM5703S
Ultra320 SCSI LSI 53C1020
GB Ethernet BCM5703S
SCSI Backplane (2 hot-swap)
Optional Expansion Card (Daughter card)
SMBus
USB Switch H8S2148 Sys Mgmt
RS-485
HDM Connector
HDM Connector
Midplane
IBM BladeCenter HS20 Processors
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• The BladeCenter HS20 supports: - One or two 2.8 or 3.2 GHz XEON FCPGA2 socketed processors, 604 pin Zero Insertion Force (ZIF) sockets - 400 MHz front side bus - 512 KB L2 (on-die) cache - Voltage regulation integrated on the system board
Front
• Minimum configuration - One 2.8 GHz XEON Processor • A heatsink filler must be installed in CPU 2 socket
CPU 2
• Maximum configuration - Two 3.2 GHz Xeon Processors • Both processor must be the same speed, cache and core frequency
• CPU population order is CPU 1, CPU 2
CPU 1
CPU heatsink filler
IBM BladeCenter HS20 - Memory
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• 256 MB, 521 MB,1 GB or 2GB PC2100 High-speed Double Data Rate (DDR) ECC SDRAM memory • 4 DIMM sockets
- 2-way interleaved
• Systems ships standard with 512 MB • Minimum configuration
1
• Maximum configuration
3
• Physical memory configuration:
4
2
- 512 MB - 8 GB
- Must be installed in matched pairs - Memory population order (3,4) then (1,2) - Sets of memory can be different sizes
• Chipkill memory
Front
IBM BladeCenter HS20 - IDE DASD Subsystem • The BladeCenter HS20 ships with:
- Bus-mastering dual-channel IDE ATA-100 controller integrated into CSB5 South Bridge - Two IDE connectors
• Each connector in a separate IDE bus • Each connector can drive one 2.5” IDE Drive • No cable • Drive attaches to riser and tray (included with option kit)
• IDE Drive installation order should be IDE drive 1, IDE drive 2
- Primary IDE connector is J13 - Secondary IDE connector is J62 - Each Drive should be set to master
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IBM BladeCenter HS20 - BIOS
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• The BladeCenter HS20 has an IBM BIOS
- LPC interface for POST/BIOS EEPROM - Menu-driven setup - Settings for configuration and performance - Passwords - Set, change, delete - Advanced settings for specific needs (e.g., NOS) - BIOS defaults
• 4 MB EEPROM - Two full pages
• Flash diskette • BIOS updates for host and devices CD-ROM BIOS/firmware updates and configuration for host and devices • BIOS backup page jumper – J12 - Pins 1-2 – boot from primary BIOS page - Pins 2-3 – boot from secondary BIOS page
IBM BladeCenter HS20 Diagnostics
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• Light Path Diagnostics • Press F2 at POST to invoke standalone diagnostics • Diagnostics by PC Doctor - Test results are stored in a test log - Log can be: • Viewed • Saved to diskette • Printed • Standard log is a summary of tests • Undocumented function is detailed log of tests • Press while viewing the test log
IBM BladeCenter HS20 - Service Processor
An H8 2148 service processor provides the following: • Loader and OS Watch Timer • Remote soft shutdown • POST Watchdog Timer • Light Path support • VPD support • PFA for VRM/CPU/Memory/HD • Numeric based Error log • ASM interconnect support (RS485) • Environmental querying and Alerts (TEMP/Voltages) • Automatic Server Restart
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• Remote Power On/Off • In-band support for UMS/Director • I2C interface to core logic (CSB5 chip) • Local Environmental Monitoring • Local LED control • RS-485 interface to the Management Modules
IBM BladeCenter HS20 Supported Operating Systems
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Microsoft Windows Server 2003, Enterprise Edition
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS 3.0
Microsoft Windows Server 2003, Standard Edition
Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS 2.1
Microsoft Windows Server 2003, Web Edition
Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES 2.1
Microsoft Windows 2000 Advanced Server w/ Microsoft Cluster Service (MSCS)
Red Hat Linux 8.01(8678) Red Hat Linux 9.01 (8678)
Microsoft Windows 2000 Advanced Server
SUSE LINUX Enterprise Server 82
Microsoft Windows 2000 Server
SUSE LINUX Enterprise Server 82 SUSE 8.21 SUSE LINUX Professional 8.11 SUSE LINUX Professional 8.01
NetWare 6.5 VMware ESX Server 2.0
SCO Linux Server 4.0 Powered by United Linux2 Turbolinux Enterprise Server 82
IBM BladeCenter HS20 - Warranty
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• Limited warranty - 3 year parts and labor - International Warranty Service - On site, 8 am – 5 pm, Monday – Friday coverage excluding holidays • Next business day response time
- 24x7 toll-free support for warranty issues during the warranty period
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xSeries Education IBM BladeCenter HS40 (8839)
IBM BladeCenter HS40 Overview • One, two or four 2.8 GHz Xeon CPUs, 400MHz FSB 512 KB L2 (on-die) cache • 256MB, 512MB, or 1GB MB ECC DDR SDRAM DIMMs PC2100 memory, Maximum 8GB, Chipkill • Integrated ATA-100 IDE • Optional SCSI Storage Expansion Unit with embedded Raid 1 (LSI 53C1020) • Open bay:
- 2 bays for IDE HDD - 2 bays for SCSI HDD in SCSI option
• PFAs for processor, memory, power supplies, cooling fans, HDDs • Systems management through IBM Director 4.0 for BladeCenter • 3/3 Warranty
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IBM BladeCenter HS40 Processor Blade Front View
CD & FDD button/LED Fault LED Information LED Location LED
NMI switch
Activity LED Power LED KVM Select Button LED
Power Button
Protective cover
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IBM BladeCenter HS40 - Overhead View Processor 2 SCSI Expansion
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connector terminator
Daughter Card connectors
IDE connector 1
Processor 1
IDE connector 2
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xSeries Education IBM BladeCenter HS40 Architecture and Hardware Components
IBM BladeCenter HS40 Architecture
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IBM BladeCenter HS40 – Memory Compartment
• Eight (8) Chipkill memory slots • 2 way interleaving • Up to 16GB RAM
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IBM BladeCenter HS40 - IDE DASD Subsystem • The BladeCenter HS40 ships with:
- Bus-mastering dual-channel IDE ATA-100 controller integrated into CSB5 South Bridge - Two IDE connectors
• Each connector in a separate IDE bus • Each connector can drive one 2.5” IDE Drive • No cable • Drive attaches to riser and tray (included with option kit)
• IDE Drive installation order should be IDE drive 1, IDE drive 2
- Primary IDE connector is J13 - Secondary IDE connector is J62
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IBM BladeCenter HS40 - BIOS
BladeCenter™ Technical Training
• The BladeCenter HS40 has an IBM BIOS
- LPC interface for POST/BIOS EEPROM - Menu-driven setup - Settings for configuration and performance - Passwords - Set, change, delete - Advanced settings for specific needs (e.g., NOS) - BIOS defaults
• 4 MB EEPROM - Two full pages
• Flash diskette • BIOS updates for host and devices CD-ROM BIOS/firmware updates and configuration for host and devices • BIOS backup page jumper – J12 - Pins 1-2 – boot from primary BIOS page - Pins 2-3 – boot from secondary BIOS page
IBM BladeCenter HS40 Diagnostics
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• Light Path Diagnostics • Press F2 at POST to invoke standalone diagnostics • Diagnostics by PC Doctor - Test results are stored in a test log - Log can be: • • • • • •
Viewed Saved to diskette Printed Standard log is a summary of tests Undocumented function is detailed log of tests Press while viewing the test log
IBM BladeCenter HS40 - Service Processor An H8 2148 service processor provides the following: - Loader and OS Watch Timer - Remote soft shutdown - POST Watchdog Timer - Light Path support - VPD support - PFA for VRM/CPU/Memory/HD - Numeric based Error log - ASM interconnect support (RS485)
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- Environmental querying and Alerts (TEMP/Voltages) - Automatic Server Restart - Remote Power On/Off - In-band support for UMS/Director - I2C interface to core logic (CSB5 chip) - Local Environmental Monitoring - Local LED control - RS-485 interface to the Management Modules
Server Workloads
BladeCenter™ Technical Training Enterprise Server Workloads
Edge Server Workloads • Edge of Network applications • DNS, Caching, • Load Balancing, ... • Customer Adoption: 2002
Service Providers
Web Presentation Servers
Intranets Extranets
Internet
Application Server Workloads • Collaboration • Exchange, Domino, SendMail, Bynari • Advanced Web Serving • WebSphere, MS IIS, MS Content Server, • BEA WebLogic, appliances • Workgroup Infrastructure • File/Print: Novell, MS, Samba • Terminal Serving: Citrix MetaFrame • Small Home Grown Apps • SteelEye LifeKeeper • S&TC applications • EDA: Cadence, Mentor • Digital Rendering Farm • Home Grown Apps • Customer Adoption: 2002/2003
Infrastructure Infrastructure Servers Servers
• • • • • Transaction Application Servers
Database DB2, SQL, Oracle Transaction EAS applications Customer Adoption: 2004/2005
Servers
Data Servers Storage
Application Server Workloads II • Commerce • EAS front-end application servers • SAP, PeopleSoft, JD Edwards, Siebel • Data Marts • Point Industry Apps • Customer Adoption: 2003/2004
HS40
IBM BladeCenter HS40 Supported Operating Systems
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Windows 2000 Advanced Server (requires SP 3) Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2.1 Advanced Server Windows 2000 Server (requires SP 3)
SCO Linux 4.0 - (UL1.0 Based)
Windows 2000 7-License Bundle for BladeCenter
SuSE Linux Enterprise Server 8 - (UL 1.0 Based)
Windows Server 2003, Standard Edition
Turbolinux Enterprise Server 8 - (UL 1.0 Based)
Windows Server 2003, Enterprise Edition Windows Server 2003, Web Edition
Red Hat Linux 9 SuSE Linux 9.0
Novell Netware 6.5 VmWare ESX Server V2.0
IBM BladeCenter HS40 - Warranty
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• Limited warranty - 3 year parts and labor - International Warranty Service - On site, 8 am – 5 pm, Monday – Friday coverage excluding holidays • Next business day response time
- 24x7 toll-free support for warranty issues during the warranty period
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xSeries Education IBM BladeCenter JS20 (8842)
BladeCenter JS20 Blade Server Attributes/Features • Single wide blade form factor • BladeCenter Enterprise Chassis • 7EAI x 17.5”w x 28” d Core Electronics • Power4 based, 2way SMP architecture • PPC 970 with VMX • GA1 1.6GHz • Apple North Bridge ASIC (“U3”)+ECC • 4 DIMM slots, DDR, ECC populated in pairs • 512 MB base; 4 GB Max • System Management Processor Integrated Features • Dual 1Gb Ethernet • 1 serial/console port (via serial over LAN) • IDE controller Daughter Card options (1 Slot Available) • Dual 1Gb Ethernet • Dual 2GB Qlogic Fibre channel • Myrinet Clustering Storage • 0 – 2 IDE drive •
2nd drive precludes daughtercard
Control Panel and Indicators • Similar to Intel based blades • Lightpath diagnositics with single FRU isolation and CRU enablement Chassis Shared Features • USB CD-ROM • Floppy Disk Drive • Management Module • Optional Ethernet Switch Modules • Optional Fibre Channel Switch Modules • Redundant / Hot Plug power and cooling Systems Management • Integrated into BladeCenter
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Power Blade 1 BladeCenter slot
IBM
BladeCenter 7 EAI x 17.5"W x 28"D
OS Support • SuSE Linux SLES8 • VMX Support (Linux Only) • Port existing Altive/VMX kernel enablement from PPC32 kernel to PPC64 kernel – SLES8 • 32-bit application preview – SLES8 • 32 and 64-bit glibc & tool chain • Gcc 64-bit VMX ABI support • AIX 5.2 (07/04) Application Development & Enablement • GCC 3.2 C/C++ compiler, 64-bit VMX (6/04) • VisualAge C/C++ & Fortran compilers • C/C++: PPC 970/VMX optimization for Linux (7/04) • Cluster Software • Mixed Power/Intel blades & mixed OSs in a chassis • IBM Director (2/04) • CSM, HPC (ESSL/PESSL, GPFS, Myrinet) • RAS • BladeCenter redundant / hot plug power & cooling • Blade hot plug • Dual AC power supply • Internal and ambient temperature monitors • PCI bus parity and ECC memory • First failure data capture • System mgmt alerts (Fault, Environmental, PFA) • Auto reboot on power loss • Customer setup and expansion • Warranty • 3 year, on site NBD
JS20 Position
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• A member of the BladeCenter family - Provides additional choice for the operating environment • 64-bit Linux • AIX
- Shares infrastructure • Network switches • Storage switches • Management software
JS20 Position Relative to HS20 (Intel based blades)
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JS20
HS20
Operating Environments
UNIX 64-bit Linux
Windows 32-bit Linux
Primary Linux Targets
HPC Transactional Web Serving
Business critical applications
UNIX/Windows Targets
SP Replacement Application servers
Business critical applications
Superior Floating Point Exceptional FP with VMX
Superior Integer
Equivalent
Equivalent
Relative Performance Configurability
JS20 Position Relative to p615
Primary Targets
Relative Performance Configurability
JS20
p615
HPC Transactional Web Serving SP Replacement Application servers
Transactional Web Serving Application servers Distributed servers
Superior Floating Point with VMX
Superior except where VMX applies
Limited
Lots of slots & bays
Entry Price (2-way) $5,500 for 2-way, 512MB including chassis Price / Performance
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Superior
$8,995 for 2-way, 2GB
IBM BladeCenter JS20 Overview
• Two PPC970 1.6GHz • 512 Kbytes L2 Cache per Processor • 800 MHz FSB • 4 DIMM slots, populated in pairs • Minimum Memory - 512 Maximum Memory - 8 MB • Integrated ATA-100 IDE • Open bay: - 2 bays for IDE HDD
• Dual Broadcom NetXtreme 10/100/1000 IntegratedEthernet • 3/3 Warranty
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IBM BladeCenter JS20 Processor Blade Front View
CD & FDD button/LED Fault LED Information LED Location LED
NMI switch
Activity LED Power LED KVM Select Button LED
Power Button
Protective cover
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IBM BladeCenter JS20 Overhead View Processor 2
Processor 1
Memory Slots
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Daughter Card Connector
IDE Drive Position 1
IDE Drive Position 2
IBM BladeCenter JS20 - IDE DASD Subsystem • The BladeCenter JS20 ships with:
- Bus-mastering dualchannel IDE ATA-100 controller integrated into CSB5 South Bridge - Two IDE connectors • Each connector in a separate IDE bus • Each connector can drive one 2.5” IDE Drive • No cable • Drive attaches to riser and tray (included with option kit)
• IDE Drive installation order should be IDE drive 1, IDE drive 2
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IBM BladeCenter JS20 Supported Operating Systems
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SUSE LINUX Enterprise Server 8 Comming Soon: AIX 5.2 Red Hat Linux SCO Linux Server 4.0 Powered by United Linux Turbolinux Enterprise Server 8
IBM BladeCenter JS20 - Warranty
BladeCenter™ Technical Training
• Limited warranty - 3 year parts and labor - International Warranty Service - On site, 8 am – 5 pm, Monday – Friday coverage excluding holidays • Next business day response time
- 24x7 toll-free support for warranty issues during the warranty period
Blades for Sun Migration
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• Many customers are considering moving from Sun to Linux • Linux on the JS20 is an ideal solution - They are used to 64-bit - They are used to the (perceived) robustness of RISC - They can mix and match HS20’s if some of their applications are better suited to 32-bit - They can go back to UNIX (AIX) if they don’t like Linux
Answers to common positioning questions
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• Why Linux on Power instead of Linux on Intel? - 64-bit capability - Superior price/performance in floating point
• Why Power based blades instead of Opteron based blades (available from Rack Saver) - Superior price /performance with VMX - UNIX capability - IBM BladeCenter value (multiple Operating Systems with common management, etc)
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xSeries Education Support References
Documentation
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• Hardware Maintenance Manual - Available electronically (Adobe Acrobat .PDF format) from the IBM support Web site or on the service update CD-ROM - Primary support document for diagnostics and troubleshooting
• System documentation (User’s Guide, Installation Guide, etc.) - Useful for confirming shipping group contents (missing parts, etc.) and initial customer setup
IBM ^ Support Web Site
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New central Web site for all products • www.ibm.com/server/support
Navigation bar
Hyperlink to xSeries products
IBM Server Proven Web Site
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Reference site for confirmation of compatibility between xSeries servers and third party devices and software www.pc.ibm.com/us/compat/index.html
Topic Summary
BladeCenter™ Technical Training
This topic was designed to illustrate the BladeCenter™ HS20 and JS20 blade servers and their mechanical and architecture characteristics.
