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IBM BladeCenter HS20 (8832)

BladeCenter™ Technical TrainingIBM 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

BladeCenter™ Technical TrainingIBM BladeCenter HS20 Processor Blade Front View

Fault LED

Information LED

Location LED

Activity LED

Power LED

Power Button

NMI switch

Protective cover

CD & FDD button/LED

KVM Select Button LED

BladeCenter™ Technical TrainingIBM BladeCenter HS20 - Overhead View

Processor slot 2 (air baffle

SCSI Expansion connector terminator IDE connector 1 IDE connector 2

Upper midplane connector

Lower midplane connector

Daughter Card connectors

DIMM 4 DIMM 1Processor slot 1

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IBM BladeCenter HS20 Architecture and Hardware Components

BladeCenter™ Technical TrainingIBM BladeCenter HS20 -Architecture

Xeon DP Xeon DP

IDE Conn

DDR-SDRAM2 channelsLPC CSB5

ServerWorksGC LE CMIC

Thin IMB 4-bit 200 MHzsimult-bidi 200 MB/sec

SIO PC87417

CIOB-X2

Ultra320 SCSI LSI 53C1020

Graphics

Midplane

SCSI Backplane (2 hot-swap)

Optional SCSI Storage Expansion Unit

GB Ethernet BCM5703S

USB for MM1 (keyb/mouse)

USB for FDD/CD - 1USB for MM2

(keyb/mouse)

PCI-X 64-bit 100 MHz

HDM Connector HDM Connector

SMBus

RS-485

USB for FDD/CD - 2

H8S2148 Sys Mgmt

IDE Conn 4MB BIOS

LPC

IMB2 IMB2 (16-bit 800 MHz, simult-bidi, 3.2 GB/sec)PCI 2.2 32-bitATI Rage XL 8 MB

CIOB-X2

PCI-X64-bit100 MHz

PCI-X64-bit

100 MHz OptionalExpansion Card(Daughter card)GB Ethernet

BCM5703S

USB Switch

BladeCenter™ Technical TrainingIBM BladeCenter HS20 -Processors

• The BladeCenter HS20 supports:- One or two 2.8 or 3.2 GHz XEON FC-

PGA2 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• Minimum configuration

- One 2.8 GHz XEON Processor• A heatsink filler must be installed in

CPU 2 socket• 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

Front

CPU 2

CPU 1

CPU heatsink

filler

BladeCenter™ Technical TrainingIBM BladeCenter HS20 - Memory

• 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- 512 MB

• Maximum configuration - 8 GB

• 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

1

2

3

4

Front

BladeCenter™ Technical TrainingIBM 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

BladeCenter™ Technical TrainingIBM BladeCenter HS20 - BIOS

• 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

BladeCenter™ Technical TrainingIBM BladeCenter HS20 -Diagnostics

• 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

BladeCenter™ Technical TrainingIBM 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

• 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

BladeCenter™ Technical TrainingIBM BladeCenter HS20 -Supported Operating Systems

Microsoft Windows Server 2003, Enterprise Edition

Microsoft Windows Server 2003, Standard Edition

Microsoft Windows Server 2003, Web Edition

Microsoft Windows 2000 Advanced Server w/ Microsoft Cluster Service (MSCS)

Microsoft Windows 2000 Advanced Server

Microsoft Windows 2000 Server

Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS 3.0

Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS 2.1

Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES 2.1

Red Hat Linux 8.01(8678)

Red Hat Linux 9.01 (8678)

SUSE LINUX Enterprise Server 82

SUSE LINUX Enterprise Server 82

SUSE 8.21

SUSE LINUX Professional 8.11

SUSE LINUX Professional 8.01

SCO Linux Server 4.0 Powered by United Linux2

Turbolinux Enterprise Server 82

NetWare 6.5

VMware ESX Server 2.0

BladeCenter™ Technical TrainingIBM BladeCenter HS20 - Warranty

• 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)

BladeCenter™ Technical TrainingIBM 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

BladeCenter™ Technical TrainingIBM BladeCenter HS40 Processor Blade Front View

Fault LED

Information LED

Location LED

Activity LED

Power LED

Power Button

KVM Select Button LED

NMI switch

CD & FDD button/LED

Protective cover

BladeCenter™ Technical TrainingIBM BladeCenter HS40 - Overhead View Processor 2 SCSI Expansion

connector terminator

Daughter Card connectors

IDE connector 1 IDE connector 2

Processor 1

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IBM BladeCenter HS40 Architecture and Hardware Components

BladeCenter™ Technical TrainingIBM BladeCenter HS40 Architecture

BladeCenter™ Technical TrainingIBM BladeCenter HS40 – Memory Compartment

• Eight (8) Chipkill memory slots

• 2 way interleaving• Up to 16GB RAM

BladeCenter™ Technical TrainingIBM 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

BladeCenter™ Technical TrainingIBM BladeCenter HS40 - BIOS• 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

BladeCenter™ Technical TrainingIBM BladeCenter HS40 -Diagnostics

• 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

BladeCenter™ Technical TrainingIBM 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)

- 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

BladeCenter™ Technical TrainingServer Workloads

StorageInternet

Infrastructure Infrastructure ServersServers

Application Servers

Transaction Servers

Data Servers

WebPresentation

ServersIntranets Extranets

ServiceProviders

Edge Server Workloads• Edge of Network applications• DNS, Caching, • Load Balancing, ...• Customer Adoption: 2002

Enterprise Server Workloads• Database• DB2, SQL, Oracle • Transaction• EAS applications• Customer Adoption: 2004/2005

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

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

BladeCenter™ Technical TrainingIBM BladeCenter HS40 -Supported Operating Systems

Windows 2000 Advanced Server (requires SP 3)

Windows 2000 Server (requires SP 3)

Windows 2000 7-License Bundle for BladeCenter

Windows Server 2003, Standard Edition

Windows Server 2003, Enterprise Edition

Windows Server 2003, Web Edition

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2.1 Advanced Server

SCO Linux 4.0 - (UL1.0 Based)

SuSE Linux Enterprise Server 8 - (UL 1.0 Based)

Turbolinux Enterprise Server 8 - (UL 1.0 Based)

Red Hat Linux 9

SuSE Linux 9.0

Novell Netware 6.5

VmWare ESX Server V2.0

BladeCenter™ Technical TrainingIBM BladeCenter HS40 - Warranty

• 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™ Technical TrainingBladeCenter 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 daughtercardControl Panel and Indicators

• Similar to Intel based blades• Lightpath diagnositics with single FRU isolation and

CRU enablementChassis 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

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

BladeCenter 7 EAI x 17.5"W x 28"D

IBM

Power Blade 1 BladeCenter slot

BladeCenter™ Technical TrainingJS20 Position

• 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

BladeCenter™ Technical TrainingJS20 Position Relative to HS20 (Intel based blades)

Configurability

Relative Performance

UNIX/Windows Targets

Primary Linux Targets

Operating Environments

EquivalentEquivalent

Superior IntegerSuperior Floating PointExceptional FP with VMX

Business critical applicationsSP ReplacementApplication servers

Business critical applicationsHPCTransactional Web Serving

Windows32-bit Linux

UNIX 64-bit Linux

HS20JS20

BladeCenter™ Technical TrainingJS20 Position Relative to p615

$8,995 for 2-way, 2GB$5,500 for 2-way, 512MB including chassis

Entry Price (2-way)

Lots of slots & baysLimitedConfigurability

SuperiorPrice / Performance

Relative Performance

Primary Targets

Superior except where VMX appliesSuperior Floating Pointwith VMX

Transactional Web ServingApplication serversDistributed servers

HPCTransactional Web Serving

SP ReplacementApplication servers

p615JS20

BladeCenter™ Technical TrainingIBM 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 Integrated-Ethernet

• 3/3 Warranty

BladeCenter™ Technical TrainingIBM BladeCenter JS20 Processor Blade Front View

Fault LED

Information LED

Location LED

Activity LED

Power LED

Power Button

NMI switch

Protective cover

CD & FDD button/LED

KVM Select Button LED

BladeCenter™ Technical TrainingIBM BladeCenter JS20 Overhead View

Processor 2 Memory Slots Daughter Card Connector

IDE Drive Position 1Processor 1 IDE Drive Position 2

BladeCenter™ Technical TrainingIBM BladeCenter JS20 - IDE DASD Subsystem• The BladeCenter JS20 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

BladeCenter™ Technical TrainingIBM BladeCenter JS20 -Supported Operating Systems

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

BladeCenter™ Technical TrainingIBM BladeCenter JS20 - Warranty

• 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

BladeCenter™ Technical TrainingBlades for Sun Migration

• 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

BladeCenter™ Technical TrainingAnswers to common positioning questions

• 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

BladeCenter™ Technical TrainingDocumentation

• 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

BladeCenter™ Technical TrainingIBM ^ Support Web Site

New central Web site for all products• www.ibm.com/server/support

Navigationbar

Hyperlink to xSeries products

BladeCenter™ Technical TrainingIBM Server Proven Web Site

Reference site for confirmation of compatibility between xSeries servers and third party devices and software www.pc.ibm.com/us/compat/index.html

BladeCenter™ Technical TrainingTopic Summary

This topic was designed to illustrate the BladeCenter™ HS20 and JS20 blade servers and their mechanical and architecture characteristics.