Preface ................................................................................................................................................................................................................ i

CHAPTER 1

Product Overview ................................................................................................................................................................. 1

1.1

Introduction of the PRIMEQUEST 2000 series............................................................................................................................ 1

1.1.1

PRIMEQUEST 2400E3/2800E3/2800B3 Features ............................................................................................................... 1

1.1.2

PRIMEQUEST 2400E2/2800E2/2800B2 Features ............................................................................................................... 2

1.1.3

PRIMEQUEST 2400E/2800E/2800B Features ...................................................................................................................... 3

1.2

Product Lineup ............................................................................................................................................................................... 5

1.3

PRIMEQUEST 2000 series configuration .................................................................................................................................... 7

1.3.1

Hardware configuration ............................................................................................................................................................ 8

1.3.2

Hardware specifications ........................................................................................................................................................ 11

1.3.3

Partition management ........................................................................................................................................................... 15

1.3.4

Hardware management ........................................................................................................................................................ 15

1.4

Hardware technologies ............................................................................................................................................................... 15

1.4.1

CPU ........................................................................................................................................................................................ 18

1.4.2

QuickPath Interconnect (QPI) ............................................................................................................................................... 19

1.4.3

Hyper Threading Technology Function ................................................................................................................................ 19

1.4.4

Memory Mirror Functions ...................................................................................................................................................... 19

1.4.5

Memory Sparing Function ..................................................................................................................................................... 20

1.4.6

Reserved SB Function .......................................................................................................................................................... 20

1.4.7

Hardware RAID ...................................................................................................................................................................... 21

1.4.8

PCI Hot Plug Function ........................................................................................................................................................... 21

1.4.9

Security and Encryption Function ......................................................................................................................................... 21

1.4.10

Trusted Platform Module (TPM) ....................................................................................................................................... 21

1.4.11

Secure Boot ....................................................................................................................................................................... 22

1.4.12

Physical Partitioning (PPAR) ............................................................................................................................................ 22

1.4.13

Extended Partitioning ........................................................................................................................................................ 22

1.4.14

Extended Socket ............................................................................................................................................................... 22

1.4.15

Dynamic Reconfiguration (DR) function .......................................................................................................................... 22

1.4.16

Flexible I/O ......................................................................................................................................................................... 23

1.4.17

Memory Scale-up Board ................................................................................................................................................... 23

1.4.18

Virtual Support Virtualization Technology (VT) Function ................................................................................................ 23

1.4.19

Management Board (MMB) ............................................................................................................................................. 23

1.4.20

Network (LAN) ................................................................................................................................................................... 24

1.4.21

Preboot eXecution Environment (PXE) ........................................................................................................................... 25

1.4.22

iSCSI boot and iSCSI connection .................................................................................................................................... 26

1.4.23

FCoE boot and FCoE connection .................................................................................................................................... 27

1.4.24

Virtualization function of FC card ...................................................................................................................................... 28

1.4.25

Wake on LAN (WOL) ........................................................................................................................................................ 28

1.4.26

sadump .............................................................................................................................................................................. 28

1.4.27

Green Support and Power Saving Technology .............................................................................................................. 28

1.4.28

Active Processor Cores Function ..................................................................................................................................... 29

1.4.29

Optimal Fan Control Cooling (Optimization of rotation per minute of fans) .................................................................... 29

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