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HUAWEI X6800 Server White Paper Contents Contents 1 Overview......................................................................................................................................... 1 1.1 Product Positioning.........................................................................................................................................................1 1.2 Features...........................................................................................................................................................................2 2 System Design................................................................................................................................4 2.1 Architecture Design........................................................................................................................................................4 2.2 Heat Dissipation............................................................................................................................................................. 5 2.3 Management and Monitoring......................................................................................................................................... 6 2.4 Advantages..................................................................................................................................................................... 7 3 Hardware Description.................................................................................................................. 8 3.1 Appearance..................................................................................................................................................................... 8 3.2 Components.................................................................................................................................................................. 13 3.3 Server Node.................................................................................................................................................................. 14 3.4 PCIe.............................................................................................................................................................................. 16 3.5 Fan Module...................................................................................................................................................................17 3.6 PSU...............................................................................................................................................................................18 3.7 Backplane..................................................................................................................................................................... 21 3.8 System Management Board and Fan Switch Board..................................................................................................... 22 4 Security Management................................................................................................................. 25 4.1 Compute Node..............................................................................................................................................................25 4.2 MM............................................................................................................................................................................... 25 5 Management................................................................................................................................. 27 5.1 iBMC Features..............................................................................................................................................................27 5.2 HMM Features..............................................................................................................................................................29 5.3 Management Principles................................................................................................................................................ 29 5.4 Management Modes..................................................................................................................................................... 30 6 Technical Specifications.............................................................................................................33 6.1 Chassis Specifications.................................................................................................................................................. 33 6.2 Node Specifications......................................................................................................................................................35 6.3 Power Supply and Power..............................................................................................................................................36 6.4 Environment Specifications..........................................................................................................................................38 7 Warranty........................................................................................................................................41 Issue 05 (2017-12-22) Huawei Proprietary and Confidential ii Copyright © Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. HUAWEI X6800 Server White Paper Contents 8 Certifications................................................................................................................................ 44 8.1 Certifications................................................................................................................................................................ 44 8.2 Protocols....................................................................................................................................................................... 45 A Acronyms and Abbreviations.................................................................................................. 47 Issue 05 (2017-12-22) Huawei Proprietary and Confidential iii Copyright © Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. HUAWEI X6800 Server White Paper 1 Overview 1 Overview 1.1 Product Positioning 1.2 Features 1.1 Product Positioning The HUAWEI X6800 high-density server (X6800 for short) is a new-generation server designed for high-performance computing (HPC), cloud computing, Internet, and data center applications. The X6800 architecture is optimized for software-defined storage (SDS), big data, and software-defined infrastructure (SDI). It is an ideal choice for large-scale server deployments. The X6800 is oriented towards the following applications: l Internet and data center applications The X6800 provides customized server solutions that offer low power consumption, easy maintenance, and quick deployment. l HPC and cloud computing applications The X6800 provides a hardware platform that features high reliability and virtualization performance. l SDS and big data applications The X6800 provides a modular architecture that features high density and flexible configuration for the computing and storage. Figure 1-1 shows an X6800 holding four server nodes. Figure 1-2 shows an X6800 holding eight server nodes. Issue 05 (2017-12-22) Huawei Proprietary and Confidential 1 Copyright © Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. HUAWEI X6800 Server White Paper 1 Overview Figure 1-1 X6800 holding four server nodes Figure 1-2 X6800 holding eight server nodes 1.2 Features The X6800 provides the following features: Flexible Configuration Issue 05 (2017-12-22) Huawei Proprietary and Confidential 2 Copyright © Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. HUAWEI X6800 Server White Paper 1 Overview l The basic 4 U architecture incorporates blade server advantages, allowing you to configure single-slot, dual-slot, four-slot, or eight-slot server nodes. l The X6800 supports flexible configuration, including configuration of pure compute nodes, configuration of GPU acceleration