Contents
1 System overview ............................................................................................................ 6
Introduction........................................................................................................................................................................6
New technologies............................................................................................................................................................... 7
2 System features.............................................................................................................. 8
Product comparison........................................................................................................................................................... 8
Specications.....................................................................................................................................................................9
3 Chassis view and features..............................................................................................10
Front view of the enclosure.............................................................................................................................................. 10
Left control panel.........................................................................................................................................................11
Right control panel...................................................................................................................................................... 13
Back view of the enclosure............................................................................................................................................... 14
4 Internal Architecture......................................................................................................15
Infrastructure boards.........................................................................................................................................................15
Main distribution board............................................................................................................................................... 15
Vertical power distribution board.................................................................................................................................15
Rear fan board............................................................................................................................................................ 15
System interconnection.....................................................................................................................................................16
Power supply AC connection...................................................................................................................................... 16
Internal fabrics............................................................................................................................................................ 16
USB............................................................................................................................................................................ 16
Front control panel and power control interfaces........................................................................................................16
5 Input output fabrics....................................................................................................... 17
Input output fabrics...........................................................................................................................................................17
Standalone pass through modules...............................................................................................................................17
Front sled to rear port mappings................................................................................................................................. 17
Other I/O modules......................................................................................................................................................18
6 Storage fabrics.............................................................................................................. 19
Storage fabric................................................................................................................................................................... 19
Power distribution.......................................................................................................................................................19
Fabric-C IOM interconnect......................................................................................................................................... 19
7 System Modules............................................................................................................20
Management Module (MM).............................................................................................................................................20
External Network RJ-45 Ports .................................................................................................................................. 20
External Micro USB Serial Port ..................................................................................................................................20
System ID Button ......................................................................................................................................................20
Compute Sled.................................................................................................................................................................. 20
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