IBM BladeCenter PS700, BladeCenter PS701, BladeCenter PS702 Technical Overview And Introduction

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IBM BladeCenter PS700,
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Technical Overview and Introduction

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David Watts

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Berjis Patel

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IBM BladeCenter PS700, PS701, and PS702 Technical
Overview and Introduction

May 2010

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Chapter 1. Introduction and general description. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1

1.1 Overview of PS700, PS701, and PS702 blade servers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2

1.2 IBM BladeCenter support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

1.2.1 Supported BladeCenter chassis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

1.2.2 Number of PS700, PS701, and PS702 blades in a chassis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

1.3 Operating environment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

1.4 Physical package . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

1.5 System features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

1.5.1 PS700 system features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

1.5.2 PS701 system features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

1.5.3 PS702 system features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20

1.5.4 Minimum features for the POWER7 processor-based blade servers . . . . . . . . . . 21

1.5.5 Power supply features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22

1.5.6 Processor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22

1.5.7 Memory features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

1.5.8 I/O features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24

1.5.9 Disk features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28

1.5.10 Standard onboard features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28

1.6 Supported BladeCenter I/O modules . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29

1.6.1 Ethernet switch and intelligent pass through modules . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30

1.6.2 SAS I/O modules . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31

1.6.3 Fibre Channel switch and pass-thru modules . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31

1.6.4 Converged networking I/O modules . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32

1.6.5 InfiniBand switch module . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33

1.6.6 Multi-switch Interconnect Module . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33

1.6.7 Multi-switch Interconnect Module for BladeCenter HT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34

1.7 Comparison between PS700, PS701, PS702, and 750 models . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35

1.8 Building to order . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36

1.9 Model upgrades . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36

Chapter 2. Architecture and technical overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37

2.1 Architecture . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38

2.2 The IBM POWER7 processor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38

2.2.1 POWER7 processor overview. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39

2.2.2 POWER7 processor core . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40

2.2.3 Simultaneous multithreading. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41

2.2.4 Memory access . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42

2.2.5 Flexible POWER7 processor packaging and offerings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42

2.2.6 On-chip L3 cache innovation and intelligent cache. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43

2.2.7 POWER7 processor and intelligent energy. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45

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2.2.8 Comparison of the POWER7 and POWER6 processors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45

2.3 POWER7 processor-based blades . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46

2.4 Memory subsystem . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46

2.4.1 Memory placement rules. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46

2.5 Technical comparison . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51

2.6 Internal I/O subsystem . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52

2.6.1 Peripheral Component Interconnect Express (PCIe) bus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52

2.6.2 PCIe slots . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52

2.6.3 I/O expansion cards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58

2.6.4 Embedded SAS Controller . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60

2.6.5 HEA ports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60

2.6.6 Embedded USB controller . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60

2.7 Integrated Virtual Ethernet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61

2.7.1 IVE subsystem . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62

2.8 Service processor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63

2.8.1 Server console access by SOL. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63

2.9 Internal storage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65

2.9.1 Hardware RAID function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68

2.9.2 External SAS connections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68

2.10 External disk subsystems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68

2.10.1 IBM BladeCenter S Disk Storage Modules . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69

2.10.2 IBM System Storage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69

2.11 IVM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71

2.12 Operating system support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72

2.13 IBM EnergyScale . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74

2.13.1 IBM EnergyScale technology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74

2.13.2 EnergyScale device . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76

Chapter 3. Virtualization. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77

3.1 POWER Hypervisor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78

3.2 POWER processor modes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82

3.3 PowerVM. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83

3.3.1 PowerVM Editions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83

3.3.2 Logical partitions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85

3.3.3 VIOS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88

3.3.4 PowerVM Lx86 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92

3.3.5 PowerVM Live Partition Mobility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93

3.3.6 Active Memory Sharing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95

3.3.7 N_Port ID Virtualization (NPIV). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96

3.3.8 Supported PowerVM features by operating system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98

Chapter 4. Continuous availability and manageability . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99

4.1 Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100

4.2 Reliability. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100

4.2.1 Designed for reliability. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101

4.2.2 Placement of components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101

4.2.3 Redundant components and concurrent repair. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101

4.3 Availability . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101

4.3.1 Partition availability priority . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102

4.3.2 General detection and deallocation of failing components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103

4.3.3 Memory protection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104

4.3.4 Cache protection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107

4.3.5 Special uncorrectable error handling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108

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4.3.6 PCI extended error handling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108

4.4 Serviceability . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109

4.4.1 Detecting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110

4.4.2 Diagnosing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112

4.4.3 Reporting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113

4.4.4 Notifying the client. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116

4.4.5 Locating and servicing parts requiring service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117

4.5 Manageability . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120

4.5.1 Service user interfaces . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120

4.5.2 IBM Power Systems firmware maintenance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122

4.5.3 Electronic Service Agent tool . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124

4.5.4 BladeCenter Service Advisor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125

Abbreviations and acronyms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129

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Preface

The IBM® BladeCenter® PS700, PS701, and PS702 are premier blades for 64-bit
applications. They are designed to minimize complexity, improve efficiency, automate
processes, reduce energy consumption, and scale easily. These blade servers are based on
the IBM POWER7™ processor and support AIX®, IBM i, and Linux® operating systems.
Their ability to coexist in the same chassis with other IBM BladeCenter blades servers
enhances the ability to deliver rapid return of investment demanded by clients and
businesses.

This IBM Redpaper™ is a comprehensive guide covering the IBM BladeCenter PS700,
PS701, and PS702 servers. The goal of this paper is to introduce the offerings and their
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migration, high-availability, and systems management solutions on IBM Power Systems. He
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Chapter 1. Introduction and general

1

description

This chapter provides an introduction and general description to the new IBM BladeCenter
POWER7 processor-based blade servers. These new blades offer processor scalability from
four cores to 16 cores:

򐂰 IBM BladeCenter PS700: Single-wide blade with a single-socket 4-core processor
򐂰 IBM BladeCenter PS701: Single-wide blade with a single-socket 8-core processor
򐂰 IBM BladeCenter PS702: Double-wide blade with two single-socket 8-core processors

The new PS700, PS701, and PS702 blades are premier blades for 64-bit applications. They
are designed to minimize complexity, improve efficiency, automate processes, reduce energy
consumption, and scale easily.

The POWER7 processor-based PS700, PS701, and PS702 blades support AIX, IBM i, and
Linux operating systems. Their ability to coexist in the same chassis with other IBM
BladeCenter blades servers enhances the ability to deliver rapid return of investment
demanded by clients and businesses.

This chapter covers the following topics:

򐂰 1.1, “Overview of PS700, PS701, and PS702 blade servers” on page 2
򐂰 1.2, “IBM BladeCenter support” on page 4
򐂰 1.3, “Operating environment” on page 14
򐂰 1.4, “Physical package” on page 15
򐂰 1.5, “System features” on page 16
򐂰 1.6, “Supported BladeCenter I/O modules” on page 29
򐂰 1.7, “Comparison between PS700, PS701, PS702, and 750 models” on page 35
򐂰 1.8, “Building to order” on page 36
򐂰 1.9, “Model upgrades” on page 36

© Copyright IBM Corp. 2010. All rights reserved. 1

1.1 Overview of PS700, PS701, and PS702 blade servers

Figure 1-1 shows the IBM BladeCenter PS700, PS701, and PS702 blade servers.

Figure 1-1 The IBM BladeCenter PS702, BladeCenter PS701, and BladeCenter PS700

The PS700 blade server

The PS700 Blade Server (8406-70Y) is a single socket, single wide 4-core 3.0 GHz POWER7
processor-based server. The POWER7 processor is a 64-bit, 4-core with 256 KB L2 cache
per core and 4 MB L3 cache per core.

The PS700 blade server has eight DDR3 memory DIMM slots. The industry standard VLP
DDR3 Memory DIMMs are either 4 GB or 8 GB running at 1066 MHz. The memory is
supported in pairs, thus the minimum memory required for PS700 blade server is 8 GB (two 4
GB DIMMs). The maximum memory that can be supported is 64 GB (eight 8 GB DIMMs).

It has two Host Ethernet Adapters (HEA) 1 GB integrated Ethernet ports that are connected to
the BladeCenter chassis fabric (midplane). The PS700 has an integrated SAS controller that
supports local (on-board) storage, integrated USB controller and Serial over LAN console
access through the service processor, and the BladeCenter Advance Management Module.

It supports two on-board disk drive bays. The on-board storage can be one or two 2.5-inch
SAS HDD. The integrated SAS controller supports RAID 0, RAID 1, and RAID 10 hardware
when two HDDs are used.

The PS700 also supports one PCIe CIOv expansion card slot and one PCIe CFFh expansion
card slot. See 1.5.8, “I/O features” on page 24 for supported I/O expansion cards.

2 IBM BladeCenter PS700, PS701, and PS702 Technical Overview and Introduction

The PS701 blade server

The PS701 blade server (8406-71Y) is a single socket, single-wide 8-core 3.0 GHz POWER7
processor-based server. The POWER7 processor is a 64-bit, 8-core with 256 KB L2 cache
per core and 4 MB L3 cache per core.

The PS701 blade server has 16 DDR3 memory DIMM slots. The industry standard VLP
DDR3 memory DIMMs are either 4 GB or 8 GB running at 1066 MHz. The memory is
supported in pairs, thus the minimum memory required for PS701 blade server is 8 GB (two 4
GB DIMMs). The maximum memory that can be supported is 128 GB (16x 8 GB DIMMs).

The PS701 blade server has two Host Ethernet Adapters (HEA) 1 GB integrated Ethernet
ports that are connected to the BladeCenter chassis fabric (midplane). The PS701 also has
an integrated SAS controller that supports local (on-board) storage, integrated USB controller
and Serial over LAN console access through the service processor, and the BladeCenter
Advance Management Module.

The PS701 has one on-board disk drive bay. The on-board storage can be one 2.5-inch SAS
HDD. The PS701 also supports one PCIe CIOv expansion card slot and one PCIe CFFh
expansion card slot. See 1.5.8, “I/O features” on page 24 for supported I/O expansion cards.

The PS702 blade server

The PS702 blade server (8406-71Y +FC 8358) is a two socket, double-wide 16-core 3.0 GHz
POWER7 processor-based server. The POWER7 processor is a 64-bit, 8-core with 256 KB
L2 cache per core and 4 MB L3 cache per core. The PS702 combines a single-wide base
blade (PS701) and an expansion unit (feature 8358), referred to as double-wide blade, which
occupies two adjacent slots in the IBM BladeCenter chassis.

The PS702 blade server has 32 DDR3 memory DIMM slots. The industry standard VLP
DDR3 memory DIMMs are either 4 GB or 8 GB running at 1066 MHz. The memory is
supported in pairs, thus the minimum memory required for PS702 blade server is 8 GB (two 4
GB DIMMs). The maximum memory that can be supported is 256 GB (32x 8 GB DIMMs).

Note: The PS702 blade server can have a minimum of 8 GB memory based as per
architecture, but we recommend a reasonable ratio between cores and memory.

The PS702 blade server has four Host Ethernet Adapter 1 GB integrated Ethernet ports that
are connected to the BladeCenter chassis fabric (midplane). The PS702 also has an
integrated SAS controller that supports local (on-board) storage, integrated USB controller
and Serial over LAN console access through the service processor, and the BladeCenter
Advance Management Module.

The PS702 blade server has two disk drive bays, one on the base blade and one on the
expansion unit. The on-board storage can be one or two 2.5-inch SAS disk drives. The
integrated SAS controller supports RAID 0, RAID 1 and RAID 10 hardware when two HDDs
are used.

The PS702 supports two PCIe CIOv expansion card slot and two PCIe CFFh expansion card
slots. See 1.5.8, “I/O features” on page 24 for supported I/O expansion cards.

Note: For the PS702 blade server, the service processor (FSP or just SP) in the expansion
blade is set to IO mode, which provides control busses from IOs, but does not provide
redundancy and backup operational support to the SP in the base blade.

Chapter 1. Introduction and general description 3

1.2 IBM BladeCenter support

Blade servers are thin servers that insert into a single rack-mounted chassis that supplies
shared power, cooling, and networking infrastructure. Each server is an independent server
with its own processors, memory, storage, network controllers, operating system, and
applications. The IBM BladeCenter chassis is the container for the blade servers and shared
infrastructure devices.

The IBM BladeCenter chassis can contain a mix of POWER®, Intel®, Cell and AMD
processor-based blades. Depending on the IBM BladeCenter chassis selected, combinations
of Ethernet, SAS, Fibre Channel, and FCoE I/O fabrics can also be shared within the same
chassis.

All chassis can offer full redundancy for all shared infrastructure, network, and I/O fabrics.
Having multiple power supplies, network switches, and I/O switches contained within a
BladeCenter chassis eliminates single points of failure in these areas.

The following sections describe the BladeCenter chassis that support the PS700, PS701, and
PS702 blades. For a comprehensive look at all aspects of BladeCenter products see the IBM
Redbooks publication, IBM BladeCenter Products and Technology, SG24-7523, available
from the following Web page:

http://www.redbooks.ibm.com/abstracts/sg247523.html

1.2.1 Supported BladeCenter chassis

The PS700, PS701, and PS702 blades are supported in the IBM BladeCenter chassis as
listed in Table 1-1.

Table 1-1 The blade servers supported in each BladeCenter chassis

Blade Machine

type-model

PS700 8406-70Y 1 slot

PS701 8406-71Y 1 slot

PS702 8406-71Y 2 slot

a. BladeCenter E requires an Advanced Management Module and a minimum of two 2000 watt power supplies.
b. Only specific models of the BladeCenter E support the PS700. See Table 1-2.

Blade width BC S

8886

Ye s Ye s

Ye s No No No Ye s Ye s Ye s

Ye s No No No Ye s Ye s Ye s

BC E
8677

BC T

a

8720

b

No No Ye s Ye s Ye s

BC T
8730

BC H
8852

BC HT
8740

A detailed description of each supported BladeCenter for the PS700, PS701, and PS702
blades is contained in the following sections.

򐂰 IBM BladeCenter E (PS700 only support) provides the greatest density and common

fabric support. It is the lowest entry cost option. See “BladeCenter E” on page 5 for details
on the chassis.

Only specific models of the BladeCenter E models listed are supported as shown in
Ta bl e 1 - 2 .

BC HT
8750

4 IBM BladeCenter PS700, PS701, and PS702 Technical Overview and Introduction

Table 1-2 BladeCenter E models that support the PS700

BladeCenter E models

8677-3Xx No

8677-3Rx No

8677-E2x No

8677-3Sx

a

Supports the PS700

b

Ye s

8677-4Sx

8677-3Tx

8677-4Tx Ye s

a. x = country-specific letter (for example, EMEA MTM is 8677-4SG,

and the US MTM is 8677-4SU).

b. The 3Sx and 3Tx models are supported but only with upgraded

(2320W) power supplies

Ye s

Ye s

b

򐂰 IBM BladeCenter H delivers high performance, extreme reliability, and ultimate flexibility

for the most demanding IT environments. See “BladeCenter H” on page 7.

򐂰 IBM BladeCenter HT models are designed for high-performance flexible

telecommunications environments by supporting high-speed internet working
technologies (such as 10G Ethernet). They provide a robust platform for NGNs. See
“BladeCenter HT” on page 9.

򐂰 IBM BladeCenter S combines the power of blade servers with integrated storage, all in an

easy-to-use package designed specifically for the office and distributed enterprise
environments. See “BladeCenter S” on page 12.

Note: The number of blade servers that can be installed into chassis is dependent on the
power supply configuration, power supply input (110V/208V BladeCenter S only) and
power domain configuration options. See 1.2.2, “Number of PS700, PS701, and PS702
blades in a chassis” on page 14 for more information.

BladeCenter E

IBM designed the IBM BladeCenter E (machine type 8677) to be a highly modular chassis to
accommodate a range of diverse business requirements. BladeCenter supports not only
blade servers, but also a wide range of networking modules, including Gigabit Ethernet, Fibre
Channel, and SAS for connectivity to the client’s existing network environment. BladeCenter
E also supports a redundant pair of Management Modules for comprehensive systems
management.

Providing a wide selection of integrated switching options, BladeCenter systems lower the
total cost of ownership (TCO) by eliminating the need to purchase additional keyboards,
videos, and mice (KVM), Ethernet and Fibre Channel switches, or the cumbersome and
expensive cabling required by the switches. BladeCenter is a leader in the industry in
providing flexibility and a variety of integration choices with components that fit your
infrastructure and deliver a comprehensive blade solution.

BladeCenter E’s superior density and feature set are made possible by the BladeCenter E
innovative chassis architecture. Because BladeCenter E uses super energy-efficient
components and shared infrastructure architecture, clients realize lower power consumption
when compared to their most likely alternative (that is, non-blade server designs).

Chapter 1. Introduction and general description 5

BladeCenter E’s lower power consumption and Calibrated Vectored Cooling™ allow more
servers to fit in a tight power or cooling environment.

Figure 1-2 displays the front view of an IBM BladeCenter E.

Figure 1-2 BladeCenter E front view

Figure 1-3 displays the rear view of an IBM BladeCenter E.

Figure 1-3 BladeCenter E rear view

The key features of IBM BladeCenter E chassis are as follows:

򐂰 A rack-optimized, 7 U modular design enclosure for up to 14 hot-swap blades
򐂰 A high-availability mid-plane that supports hot-swap of individual blades
򐂰 For 8677-3Sx, two 2,000-watt, hot-swap power modules and support for two optional

2,000-watt power modules, offering redundancy and power for robust configurations

6 IBM BladeCenter PS700, PS701, and PS702 Technical Overview and Introduction

򐂰 For 8677-4Sx, two 2,320-watt, hot-swap power modules and support for two optional

2,320-watt power modules, offering higher power and performance than previous models,
extending support to a wider range of blades

򐂰 Two hot-swap blowers
򐂰 An Advanced Management Module that provides chassis-level solutions, simplifying

deployment and management of your installation

򐂰 Support for up to four network or storage switches or pass-through modules
򐂰 A light path diagnostic panel, and USB 2.0 port
򐂰 Support for UltraSlim enhanced SATA DVD-ROM and multi-burner drives
򐂰 IBM Systems Director and Tivoli® Provisioning Manager for OS Deployments for easy

installation and management

򐂰 Energy-efficient design and innovative features to maximize productivity and reduce

power usage

򐂰 Extreme density and integration to ease data center space constraints
򐂰 Help in protecting your IT investment through IBM BladeCenter family longevity,

compatibility, and innovation leadership in blades

򐂰 Support for the latest generation of IBM BladeCenter blades, providing investment

protection

BladeCenter H

IBM BladeCenter H delivers high performance, extreme reliability, and ultimate flexibility to
even the most demanding IT environments. In 9 U of rack space, the BladeCenter H chassis
can contain up to 14 blade servers, 10 switch modules, and four power supplies to provide
the necessary I/O network switching, power, cooling, and control panel information to support
the individual servers.

The chassis supports up to four traditional fabrics using networking switches, storage
switches, or pass through devices. The chassis also supports up to four high-speed fabrics
for support of protocols such as 4X InfiniBand or 10 Gigabit Ethernet. The built-in media tray
includes light path diagnostics, two front USB inputs, and a optical drive.

Figure 1-4 displays the front view of an IBM BladeCenter H.

Chapter 1. Introduction and general description 7

Figure 1-4 BladeCenter H front view

Figure 1-5 displays the rear view of an IBM BladeCenter H.

Figure 1-5 BladeCenter H rear view

The key features of IBM BladeCenter H chassis are as follows:
򐂰 A rack-optimized, 9 U modular design enclosure for up to 14 hot-swap blades

8 IBM BladeCenter PS700, PS701, and PS702 Technical Overview and Introduction

򐂰 A high-availability mid-plane that supports hot-swap of individual blades
򐂰 Two 2,900-watt, hot-swap power modules and support for two optional 2,900-watt power

modules, offering redundancy and power for robust configurations

򐂰 Two hot-swap redundant blowers, and six or 12 supplemental fans with power supplies
򐂰 An Advanced Management Module that provides chassis-level solutions, simplifying

deployment and management of your installation

򐂰 Support for up to four network or storage switches or pass-through modules
򐂰 Support for up to four bridge modules
򐂰 A light path diagnostic panel, and two USB 2.0 ports
򐂰 Serial port breakout connector
򐂰 Support for UltraSlim Enhanced SATA DVD-ROM and Multi-Burner Drives
򐂰 IBM Systems Director and Tivoli Provisioning Manager for OS Deployments for easy

installation and management

򐂰 Energy-efficient design and innovative features to maximize productivity and reduce

power usage

򐂰 Density and integration to ease data center space constraints
򐂰 Help in protecting your IT investment through IBM BladeCenter family longevity,

compatibility, and innovation leadership in blades

򐂰 Support for the latest generation of IBM BladeCenter blades, helping provide investment

protection

BladeCenter HT

The IBM BladeCenter HT is a 12-server blade chassis designed for high-density server
installations, typically for telecommunications use. It offers high performance with the support
of 10 G Ethernet installations. This 12 U high chassis with DC or AC power supplies provides
a cost-effective, high-performance, high-availability solution for telecommunication networks
and other rugged non-telecommunications environments. IBM BladeCenter HT chassis is
positioned for expansion, capacity, redundancy, and carrier-grade NEBS level 3/ETSI
compliance in DC models.

BladeCenter HT provides a solid foundation for next-generation networks (NGN) enabling
service providers to become on demand providers. Coupled with technological expertise
within the enterprise data center, IBM makes use of the industry know-how of key business
partners to deliver added value within service provider networks.

Figure 1-6 shows the front view of the BladeCenter HT.

Chapter 1. Introduction and general description 9

Figure 1-6 BladeCenter HT front view

10 IBM BladeCenter PS700, PS701, and PS702 Technical Overview and Introduction

Figure 1-7 shows the rear view of the BladeCenter HT.

Figure 1-7 BladeCenter HT rear view

BladeCenter HT delivers rich telecommunications features and functionality, including
integrated servers, storage and networking, fault-tolerant features, optional hot swappable
redundant DC or AC power supplies and cooling, and built-in system management resources.
The result is a Network Equipment Building Systems (NEBS-3) and ETSI-compliant server
platform optimized for next-generation networks.

The following BladeCenter HT applications are suited for these servers:
򐂰 Network management and security

– Network management engine
– Internet cache engine
– RSA encryption
–Gateways
– Intrusion detection

򐂰 Network infrastructure

– Softswitch
– Unified messaging
– Gateway/Gatekeeper/SS7 solutions
– VOIP services and processing
– Voice portals
– IP translation database

Chapter 1. Introduction and general description 11

The key features of the BladeCenter HT are as follows:
򐂰 Support for up to 12 blade servers, compatible with the other chassis in the BladeCenter

family

򐂰 Four standard and four high-speed I/O module bays, compatible with the other chassis in

the BladeCenter family

򐂰 A media tray at the front with light path diagnostics, two USB 2.0 ports, and optional

compact flash memory module support

򐂰 Two hot-swap management-module bays (one management module standard)
򐂰 Four hot-swap power-module bays (two power modules standard)
򐂰 New serial port for direct serial connection to installed blades
򐂰 Compliance with the NEBS 3 and ETSI core network specifications

BladeCenter S

The BladeCenter S chassis can hold up to six blade servers, and up to 12 hot-swap 3.5-inch
SAS or SATA disk drives in just 7 U of rack space. It can also include up to four C14
950-watt / 1450-watt power supplies. The BladeCenter S offers the necessary I/O network
switching, power, cooling, and control panel information to support the individual servers.

The IBM BladeCenter S is one of five chassis in the BladeCenter family. The BladeCenter S
provides an easy IT solution to the small and medium office and to the distributed enterprise.
Figure 1-8 shows the front view of IBM BladeCenter S.

Figure 1-8 The front of the BladeCenter S chassis

12 IBM BladeCenter PS700, PS701, and PS702 Technical Overview and Introduction

Figure 1-9 shows the rear view of the chassis.

Figure 1-9 The rear of the BladeCenter S chassis

The key features of IBM BladeCenter S chassis are as follows:

򐂰 A rack-optimized, 7 U modular design enclosure for up to six hot-swap blades
򐂰 Two optional Disk Storage Modules for HDDs, six 3.5-inch SAS/SATA drives each
򐂰 High-availability mid-plane that supports hot-swap of individual blades
򐂰 Two 950/1450-watt, hot-swap power modules and support for two optional 950/1450-watt

power modules, offering redundancy and power for robust configurations

򐂰 Four hot-swap redundant blowers, plus one fan in each power supply
򐂰 An Advanced Management Module that provides chassis-level solutions, simplifying

deployment and management of your installation

򐂰 Support for up to four network or storage switches or pass-through modules
򐂰 A light path diagnostic panel, and two USB 2.0 ports
򐂰 Support for optional UltraSlim Enhanced SATA DVD-ROM and Multi-Burner Drives
򐂰 Support for SAS RAID Controller Module makes it easy for clients to buy the all-in-one

BladeCenter S solution

򐂰 IBM Systems Director, Storage Configuration Manager (SCM), Start Now Advisor, and

Tivoli Provisioning Manager for OS Deployments support for easy installation and
management

򐂰 Energy-efficient design and innovative features to maximize productivity and reduce

power usage

򐂰 Help in protecting your IT investment through IBM BladeCenter family longevity,

compatibility, and innovation leadership in blades

򐂰 Support for the latest generation of IBM BladeCenter blades, helping provide investment

protection

Chapter 1. Introduction and general description 13

1.2.2 Number of PS700, PS701, and PS702 blades in a chassis

The number of POWER7 processor based blades that can be installed in a BladeCenter
chassis depends on several factors:

򐂰 BladeCenter chassis type
򐂰 Number of power supplies installed
򐂰 Power supply voltage option (BladeCenter S only)
򐂰 BladeCenter power domain configuration

Table 1-3 shows the maximum number of PS700, PS701, and PS702 blades running in a
maximum configuration (memory, disk, expansion cards) for each supported BladeCenter
chassis that can be installed with fully redundant power and without performance reduction.
IBM blades that are based on processor types other than POWER7 might reduce these
numbers.

Table 1-3 PS700, PS701, and PS702 blades per chassis type

BladeCenter E

14 Slots Total 14 Slots Total 12 Slots Total 6 Slots Total

2 PS 4 PS 2 PS 4 PS 2 PS 4 PS 2 PS 4 PS 2 PS 4 PS

PS7006147146122626

a

BladeCenter H BladeCenter HT BladeCenter S

110VAC 208VAC

PS701 None None 7 14 6 12 2 6 2 6

PS702NoneNone37361313

a. BladeCenter E requires 2000 or 2300 watt power supplies

When mixing blades of different processor types in the same BladeCenter, the BladeCenter
Power Configurator tool helps determine if the combination desired is valid. It is expected that
this tool will be updated to include the PS700, PS701, and PS702 blade configurations. For
more information about this update, see the following Web page:

http://www.ibm.com/systems/bladecenter/powerconfig

1.3 Operating environment

In this section, we list the operating environment specifications for the PS700, PS701, and
PS702 blade servers and BladeCenter H and S.

IBM Blade Server PS700, PS701, and PS702

򐂰 Operating temperature

– 10 to 35 °C (50 to 95 °F) at 0 to 914 meters altitude (0 to 3000 feet)
– 10 to 32 °C (50 to 90 °F) at 914 to 2133 meters altitude (3000 to 7000 feet)

򐂰 Relative Humidity 8% to 80%
򐂰 Maximum Altitude 2133 meters (7000 ft.)

14 IBM BladeCenter PS700, PS701, and PS702 Technical Overview and Introduction

IBM BladeCenter H

򐂰 Operating temperature

– 10.0 to 35 °C (50 to 95 °F) at 0 to 914 m (0 to 3000 ft.)
– 10.0 to 32 °C (50 to 90 °F) at 914 to 2,133 m (3000 to 7000 ft.)

򐂰 Relative humidity 8% to 80%
򐂰 Maximum altitude: 2,133 meters (7000 ft.)

IBM BladeCenter S

򐂰 – Operating Temperature:

– 10 to 35 °C (50° to 95°F) at 0 to 914 m (0 to 3000 ft.)
– 10 to 32°C (50° to 90°F) at 914 to 2,133 m (3000 to 7000 ft.)

򐂰 Relative humidity: 8% to 80%
򐂰 Maximum altitude: 2,133 meters (7000 ft.)

IBM BladeCenter E

򐂰 Operating temperature

– 10.0 to 35.0 °C (50 to 95 °F) at 0 to 914 m (0 to 3000 ft.)
– 10.0 to 32.0 °C (50 to 90 °F) at 914 to 2133 m (3000 to 7000 ft.)

򐂰 Relative humidity: 8% to 80%
򐂰 Maximum altitude: 2133 meters (7000 ft.)

BladeCenter HT

򐂰 Operating temperature

– 5 to 40 °C (41 to 104 °F) at -60 to 1800 m (-197 to 6000 ft.)
– 5 to 30 °C (41 to 86 °F) at 1800m to 4000m (6000 to 13000 ft.)

򐂰 Relative humidity 5% to 85%
򐂰 Maximum altitude: 4000 meters (13000 ft.)

1.4 Physical package

The PS700, PS701 and the PS702 Blade Servers are supported in BladeCenter H, HT and S.
Bladecenter E supports PS700 Blade Servers only.

This section describes the physical dimension of the POWER7 Blade Servers and the
supported BladeCenter chassis only. Table 1-4 shows the physical dimensions of the PS700,
PS701, and PS702 blade servers.

Table 1-4 Physical dimensions of PS700, PS701, and PS702 Blade Servers

Dimension PS700 blade server PS701 blade server PS702 blade server

Height 9.65 inch (245 mm) 9.65 inch (245 mm) 9.65 inch (245 mm)

Width 1.14 inch (29 mm)

Single-wide blade

1.14 inch (29 mm)
Single-wide blade

2.32 inch (59 mm)
Double-wide blade

Depth 17.55 inch (445 mm) 17.55 inch (445 mm) 17.55 inch (445 mm)

Weight 9.6 lbs (4.35 kg) 9.6 lbs (4.35 kg) 19.2 lbs (8.7 kg)

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Table 1-5 shows the physical dimension of the BladeCenter chassis that supports the
POWER7 processor based Blade Servers.

Table 1-5 Physical dimension of Supported BladeCenter chassis

Dimension BladeCenter H BladeCenter S BladeCenter E

Height 15.75“ (400 mm) 12” (305 mm) 12” (305 mm) 21“ (528 mm)

Width 17.4” (442 mm) 17.5” (445 mm) 17.5” (445 mm) 17.4” (442 mm)

Depth 28” (711 mm) 28.9” (734 mm) 28” (711 mm) 27.8” (706 mm)

a. PS700 only. The PS701 and PS702 are not supported in BladeCenter E chassis

1.5 System features

The PS700, PS701, and PS702 blade servers are 4-core, 8-core and 16-core POWER7
processor-based blade servers.This section describes the features on each of the POWER7
blade server. The following topics are covered:

򐂰 1.5.1, “PS700 system features” on page 16
򐂰 1.5.2, “PS701 system features” on page 18
򐂰 1.5.3, “PS702 system features” on page 20
򐂰 1.5.4, “Minimum features for the POWER7 processor-based blade servers” on page 21
򐂰 1.5.5, “Power supply features” on page 22
򐂰 1.5.6, “Processor” on page 22
򐂰 1.5.7, “Memory features” on page 23
򐂰 1.5.8, “I/O features” on page 24
򐂰 1.5.9, “Disk features” on page 28
򐂰 1.5.10, “Standard onboard features” on page 28

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BladeCenter HT

1.5.1 PS700 system features

The BladeCenter PS700, model 8406-70Y, is shown in Figure 1-10 on page 17. The features
of the server are as follows:

򐂰 Machine type and model number

8406-70Y

򐂰 Form factor

Single-wide (30 mm) blade

򐂰 Processors:

– Single-socket 4-core 64-bit POWER7 processor operating at a 3.0 GHz clock speed.
– Based on CMOS 12S 45 nm SOI (silicon-on-insulator) technology,
– Power consumption is 150w/socket
– Single-wide (SW) Blade package

򐂰 Memory

–8 DIMM Slots
– Minimum capacity 8 GB, maximum capacity 64 GB
– Industry standard VLP DDR3 DIMMs

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