BladeCenter T Types 8720 and 8730 Planning and Installation Guide GA27-4339-02 BladeCenter T Types 8720 and 8730 Planning and Installation Guide GA27-4339-02 Note Before using this information and the product it supports, read the general information in Appendix C, “Notices,” on page 117. Third Edition (August 2006) © Copyright International Business Machines Corporation 2004, 2006. All rights reserved. US Government Users Restricted Rights – Use, duplication or disclosure restricted by GSA ADP Schedule Contract with IBM Corp. Preface This guide is intended for anyone who plans for the physical installation and ® ® configuration of an IBM BladeCenter T unit. This book is organized as follows and should be used for these tasks: v Use Chapter 1, “Introducing the BladeCenter T units,” on page 1 to understand the overall purpose and usage of BladeCenter T units and blade servers. v Use Chapter 2, “BladeCenter T unit components,” on page 13 to learn about the physical components that make up a BladeCenter T unit. v Use Chapter 3, “Deployment considerations,” on page 39 to learn about network topology considerations and deployment considerations. v Use Chapter 4, “Installation considerations,” on page 51 and Appendix A, “Planning worksheets,” on page 89 to plan for the physical environment for installing BladeCenter T units. This includes space, power, cooling, and cabling requirements. The worksheets provide the basis for selecting the features and options for each blade server, where the blade server is installed in a BladeCenter T unit and a rack location for each BladeCenter T unit. v Use Chapter 5, “Configuration considerations,” on page 75 and Appendix B, “Configuration worksheets,” on page 101 to plan for the configuration of the: – Management module – I/O modules – Fibre Channel switch modules – Blade servers © Copyright IBM Corp. 2004, 2006 iii iv BladeCenter T Types 8720 and 8730: Planning and Installation Guide Summary of changes This document contains information previously presented in GA27-4339-01. New and changed information for GA27-4339-02 In Chapter 4, Installation considerations, the following sections were updated to reflect changes to part numbers for the Type 8730: v Power distribution units v Power connections v Power layout examples © Copyright IBM Corp. 2004, 2006 v vi BladeCenter T Types 8720 and 8730: Planning and Installation Guide Contents Preface . iii Summary of changes . .v New and changed information for GA27-4339-02 . .v Figures . .xi Chapter 1. Introducing the BladeCenter T units . .1 Why choose the BladeCenter T technology? . .1 What the BladeCenter T unit offers . .2 Reliability, availability, and serviceability . .4 Features and specifications for the BladeCenter T Type 8720 . .6 Features and specifications for the BladeCenter T Type 8730 . .7 Why blade servers? . .8 Blade server benefits . .8 Deployment scenarios . .9 Where to go for more information . .10 BladeCenter T documentation and operating system installation instructions 10 Hardware documentation . .10 Redbooks publications . .11 Operating system installation instructions . .12 Web sites . .12 Chapter 2. BladeCenter T unit components . .13 Chassis . .14 Front view . .14 Rear view of the BladeCenter T unit . .15 Input/output connectors . .16 2-way blade servers . .18 Features and specifications for the HS20 Type 8843 for a non-NEBS/ETSI environment . .19 Features and specifications for the HS20 Type 8843 for a NEBS/ETSI environments . .20 4-way blade server . .21 BladeCenter HS40 Type 8839 features and specifications for non-NEBSI/ETSI environment . .22 BladeCenter HS40 Type 8839 features and specifications for a NEBS/ETSI environment . .23 Media tray . .24 Management module . .25 Keyboard, video, and mouse module . .28 LAN module indicators and input/output connectors . .30 I/O modules . .32 Power modules for Type 8720 . .35 Power modules for Type 8730 . .36 Blowers . .37 Blade servers . .38 Blade server expansion options . .38 I/O expansion option . .38 Expansion unit option . .38 Storage Expansion Unit option . .38 PCI I/O-expansion Unit option . .38 © Copyright IBM Corp. 2004, 2006 vii Chapter 3. Deployment considerations . .39 Network topologies . .39 Integrated infrastructure . .39 Single BladeCenter T chassis . .39 Multiple BladeCenter T chassis . .41 Using Remote Deployment Manager Version 4.11 Update 3 or later . .42 Using IBM Director . .42 Communicating with the IBM Director software . .42 Preparing for BladeCenter T deployment . .43 Deployment tools . .43 Deployment infrastructure . .45 Setting up the management connection . .46 Cabling the Ethernet port . .47 Deployment . .49 Preparing for blade server deployment . .49 Hardware considerations . .49 Firmware considerations . .49 Operating system considerations . .50 Device driver considerations . .50 Application considerations . .50 Chapter 4. Installation considerations . .51 Physical planning . .51 Dimensions . .51 Weight considerations . .51 Floor space . .52 Noise considerations . .53 Rack considerations . .54 IBM NetBAY and non-IBM racks . .54 Moving IBM NetBAY racks safely . .55 General requirements for racks . .56 Power considerations for Type 8720 . .56 Rack requirements for Type 8720 . .57 Power considerations for Type 8730 . .57 Rack requirements for Type 8730 . .58 Power distribution units . .58 Wall and floor power drop requirements . .60 Keyboard, video, and mouse . .61 Electrical input for Type 8720 . .62 Electrical input for Type 8730 . .62 Cooling considerations . .62 Air temperature and humidity for Telecom/NEBS environment . .62 Air temperature and humidity for non-NEBS environment . .62 Airflow considerations . .63 Heat output for Types 8720 and 8730 . .63 Prevention of air recirculation . .64 Air filtration . .64 Room cooling . .64 Power connections for Type 8720 . .64 Power connections for Type 8730 . .65 Power layout example 1– single BladeCenter T units . .67 Power layout example 2 – two BladeCenter T Type 8730 units in NetBAY 25 or 42U racks . .68 Power layout example 3 – three BladeCenter T Type 8730 units in NetBAY 25 or 42U racks . .69 viii BladeCenter T Types 8720 and 8730: Planning and Installation Guide Power layout example 4 – four BladeCenter T Type 8730 units in NetBAY 42U racks . .70 Power layout example 5 – five BladeCenter T Type 8730 units in NetBAY 42U racks . .72 Physical installation time . .74 Chapter 5. Configuration considerations . .75 Management module configuration planning . .75 General settings . .76 Login profiles . .76 Alerts . .76 Port assignments . .76 Network interfaces . .76 Network protocols . .77 Security . .77 Configuration file . .77 Firmware update . .77 Restore defaults . .77 Restart MM . .77 Ethernet switch module configuration planning . .77 Switch settings . .78 Port settings . .79 SNMP . .79 User accounts . .79 TFTP . .80 Virtual LANs . .80 VLAN example . .80 Multicasting . .82 Port mirroring . .82 Spanning tree . .83 Class of service . .83 Link aggregation . .83 Link aggregation group recommendations . .84 Link aggregation example . .85 Link Aggregation Control Protocol recommendations . .85 Fibre-channel switch module configuration planning . .86 Blade server configuration planning . .86 Appendix A. Planning worksheets . .89 Blade server worksheet . .90 BladeCenter T Types 8720 and 8730 worksheet . .93 Rack worksheet . .95 Cabling worksheet . .97 Power worksheet for Type.