IBM SAN Volume Controller User Manual

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Microprocessor orientation indicator
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Microprocessor
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Microprocessor orientation indicator
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Microprocessor connector
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Microprocessor release lever
6. Install a heat sink. If this is an original version of the SAN Volume Controller 2145-8G4 node, you
will install the other heat sink in step 7 on page 263.
a. Apply thermal grease to the top of the microprocessor. Apply nine dots of thermal grease in three
rows of three dots each with the outer rows approximately 5 mm from the edge of the
microprocessor. The diameter of the cap from the thermal grease syringe is 5 mm, so you can use
it to judge the required position of the dots of thermal grease, as shown in Figure 287 on page
263.
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Figure 286. Installing the microprocessor
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IBM SAN Volume Controller Specifications

General

Product Name	IBM SAN Volume Controller
Category	Storage
Storage Virtualization	Yes
RAID Support	Yes
Compression Support	Yes
Encryption Support	Yes
Host Interface	Fibre Channel, iSCSI, FCoE, SAS
RAID Levels	RAID 0, 1, 5, 6, 10
Maximum Cache Per System	2TB
Supported Drive Types	SSD
High Availability	Yes