Features And Specifications For The Bladecenter T Type 8730 - IBM 87302RU Planning And Installation Manual

Features and specifications for the BladeCenter T Type 8730

Table 2 provides a summary of the features and specifications for the
BladeCenter T Type 8730 that is an ac-powered system.
Table 2. BladeCenter T Type 8730 features and specifications
Media tray (on front):
v DVD/CD-RW drive: slim IDE
v Two USB V2.0 Full Speed ports
v System-status panel
Module bays (on front):
v Eight hot-swap blade bays
v Four hot-swap power-module bays
v Two hot-swap management-module
bays
Module bays (on rear):
v Four hot-swap I/O module bays
v Four hot-swap blower bays
v One hot-swap KVM module
v One hot-swap LAN module
Power modules:
v Standard: Two 1300-watt or greater
220-volt (200-240 V ac) hot-swap
power modules
– Power modules 1 and 2 supply
power to:
- Blade bays through 1 and 4
- Management modules 1 and 2
- I/O modules 1 and 2
- Media tray
- All KVM, LAN, and alarm
interfaces
- All four blower modules
– Power modules 1 and 2 provide
redundancy to each other
v Maximum: Four 1300-watt or greater
220-volt (200-240 V ac) hot-swap
power modules
– Power modules 3 and 4 supply
power to
- Blade bays 5 through 8
- I/O modules 3 and 4
– Power modules 3 and 4 provide
redundancy to each other
– Blowers are powered by all four
power modules
LAN module:
v Two 10/100-Mbps Ethernet remote
management connections
v One DSUB 15P alarm connector
KVM module:
v Video port (analog)
v PS/2 keyboard port
v PS/2 mouse port
v System-status panel
I/O modules:
v Standard: None
v Maximum: Four
– Two hot-swap 1-GB Ethernet
four-port switch modules
– Two hot-swap switch modules of
another network-communication
standard, such as Fibre Channel
Management module:
v Standard: One hot-swap management
module providing system-management
functions for the BladeCenter T unit
v Maximum: Two hot-swap management
modules: one active, one redundant
Redundant cooling:
Four variable-speed hot-swap blowers
Front bezel with changeable filter
Upgradeable microcode:
v Management-module firmware
v I/O module firmware (not all I/O module
types)
v Blade server service processor firmware
(BIOS, service processor)
Size (8U):
v Height: 349.25 mm (13.75 in. or 8 U)
v Depth: 508 mm (20 in.) from front of
chassis to rear I/O connector plane.
Maximum depth: 600 mm (23.62 in.)
including bezel, handles, and cable
bend radius.
v Width: 442 mm (17.4 in.)
v Weight:
– Fully configured with modules and
blades: approximately 86.64 kg (191
lb)
– Fully configured without blades:
approximately 44.45 kg (98 lb)
Security features:
v Login password for remote connection
v Secure shell (SSH) for command line
interface
v Secure socket layer (SSL) security for
remote Web management access
Predictive Failure Analysis (PFA) alerts:
v Blowers
v Blade-dependent features
v Power supplies
Declared acoustical noise emission levels
for normal operations:
v Sound-power levels (upper-limit): 6.7 bels
v Sound-pressure levels (average) for four
one-meter bystander positions: 57 dBA
The noise emission levels stated are the
declared upper limit sound-power level, in
bels, for a random sample of machines. All
measurements made in accordance with ISO
7779 and reported in conformance with ISO
9296.
Environment:
v Air temperature:
– Altitude: -60 to 1800 m (-197 ft to 6000
ft)
- BladeCenter T on: 5° to 40° C (41° to
104° F)
- BladeCenter T on (short term): -5° to
55° C (23° to 131° F)
– Altitude: 1800 m to 4000 (6000 ft to
13000 ft)
- BladeCenter T on: 5° to 30° C (41° to
86° F)
- BladeCenter T on (short term): -5° to
45° C (23° to 113° F)
– System unit off: uncontrolled
v Rate of temperature change: 30° C/hour
(54° F/hour)
v Humidity:
– BladeCenter T unit on: 5% to 85%
– BladeCenter T on (short term): 5% to
90% not to exceed 0.024 water/kg of dry
air
– BladeCenter T unit off: uncontrolled
Electrical input:
v Sine-wave input (50 or 60 Hz single-phase)
required
v Input voltage:
– Minimum: 200 V ac
– Maximum: 240 V ac
v Input current:
– Chassis: 18 amp maximum
– Single power-supply feed: 9 amp
Heat output:
v Input kilovolt-amperes (kVA) approximately
– Minimum configuration: 0.2 kVA
– Maximum configuration: 3.1 kVA
v BTU output
– Ship configuration: 673 BTU/hour (197
watts)
– Full configuration: 10440 BTU/hour
(3060 watts)
Chapter 1. Introducing the BladeCenter T units
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