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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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IBM BladeCenter HS20 Architecture and
Hardware Components
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IBM BladeCenter HS20 Architecture
IDE Conn
4MB BIOS
LPC
IDE Conn
SIO
CSB5
PC87417 LPC
Thin IMB
4-bit 200 MHz
simult-bidi
200 MB/sec
PCI 2.2 32-bit
ATI Rage
XL 8 MB
USB for MM1
(keyb/mouse)
USB for MM2
(keyb/mouse)
Xeon DP
Xeon DP
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
CPU
heatsink
filler
- 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
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
2
- 512 MB
3
- 8 GB
4
• Maximum configuration
• Physical memory configuration:
- 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 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
- Primary IDE connector is
J13
- Secondary IDE connector
is J62
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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 <Tab> 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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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
Protective
cover
Power
Button
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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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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 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
- Primary IDE connector is
J13
- Secondary IDE connector
is J62
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IBM BladeCenter HS40 - BIOS
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• 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 <Tab> 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
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Server Workloads
Enterprise Server Workloads
Edge Server Workloads
• Edge of Network applications
• DNS, Caching,
• Load Balancing, ...
• Customer Adoption: 2002
Service
Providers
Web
Presentation
Servers
Application
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
•
•
•
•
•
Transaction
Infrastructure
Infrastructure
Servers
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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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
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•
•
•
•
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
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•
•
•
•
USB CD-ROM
Floppy Disk Drive
Management Module
Optional Ethernet Switch Modules
Optional Fibre Channel Switch Modules
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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
Entry Price (2-way)
Price /
Performance
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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
$5,500 for 2-way, 512MB including
chassis
$8,995 for 2-way, 2GB
Superior
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
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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
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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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
BladeCenter™ Technical Training
New central Web site for all products
• www.ibm.com/server/support
Navigation
bar
Hyperlink to xSeries products
IBM Server Proven Web Site
BladeCenter™ Technical Training
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.