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ADLINK Technology CSA-7400 User Manual

4u rackmount network appliance with dual intel xeon processor cpu sleds & intel ethernet multi-host controller switch sleds
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4U Rackmount Network Appliance
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Leading EDGE COMPUTING
CSA-7400
1.1
October 23, 2018
50-1Z240-2010

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  • Page 1 CSA-7400 4U Rackmount Network Appliance with Dual Intel® Xeon® Processor CPU Sleds & Intel® Ethernet Multi-Host Controller Switch Sleds User’s Manual Manual Revision: Revision Date: October 23, 2018 Part No.: 50-1Z240-2010 Leading EDGE COMPUTING...

  • Page 2: Preface

    CSA-7400 Preface Copyright 2018 ADLINK Technology, Inc. This document contains proprietary information protected by copyright. All rights are reserved. No part of this manual may be reproduced by any mechanical, electronic, or other means in any form without prior written permission of the manufacturer.
  • Page 3 CSA-7400 Revision History Revision Release Date Description of Change(s) 2018-03-22 Initial release 2018-10-23 Move CPU and switch sled content to separate manuals; add rackmount warnings...

  • Page 4: Table Of Contents

    Inserting and Removing the CPU Sled ................. 13 Inserting and Removing the Switch Sled ................17 Routing the VGA Cable on switch sled ................19 Connecting Power Cords to the CSA-7400 ................20 Powering Up the CSA-7400....................20 4 Maintenance........................21 Hot-Swapping the CPU Sled....................

  • Page 5: Overview

    The ADLINK CSA-7400 is a high-performance high-density computing platform supporting four dual Intel® Xeon® Processor E5 CPU sleds or dual Intel® Xeon® Scalable Processor CPU sleds, interconnected by dual redundant switch sleds. The CSA-7400 can ensure uninterrupted service delivery through hot-swappable CPU and switch sleds. It is ideally suited for building next generation high-performance firewalls and virtualized telecom elements.

  • Page 6: Csa-7400 System Architecture

    CSA-7400 1.2 System Architecture...
  • Page 7 CSA-7400 CSA-7400 includes four CPU sleds (MCN-2600T or MCN-2610T) and two switch sleds (MXN-3610 or MXN-4100). Each CPU sled has two PCIe x8 Gen3 interfaces (providing up to 2x50G Ethernet bandwidth) that are routed to two switch sleds, respectively. Each switch sled is connected to four CPU sleds via four PCIe x8 Gen3 interfaces, and they provide a maximum of 36x10G or 4x100G Ethernet ports for external communication.

  • Page 8: Csa-7400 Mechanical Overview

    CSA-7400 1.3 Mechanical Overview 1.3.1 Front Panel MXN-3610/MXN-4100 NIM-1610/NIM-0440 MCN-2600T/MCN-2610T 1.3.2 Rear Panel...

  • Page 9: Csa-7400 Mechanical Dimensions

    CSA-7400 1.4 Mechanical Dimensions 174.30 437.80 482.60 Dimensions in mm...

  • Page 10: Package Contents

    Obtain authorization before returning any product to ADLINK. Check that the following items are included in the package. If there are any missing items, contact your dealer: CSA-7400 Rackmount Network Appliance Package check list USB console cable VGA cable for switch sled...

  • Page 11: Specifications

    4 x Power Supply Units (hot-swappable) 2.2 Fan Modules There are three hot-swappable fan modules on the CSA-7400. Fan speed is intelligently controlled by the chassis management module (CMM), which adjusts the speed of the fan based on real-time thermal conditions.

  • Page 12: Environmental

    CSA-7400 2.4 Environmental Temperature Operating: 0˚C to +40˚C Storage: -40˚C to+70˚C Short term operating: -5°C to +45°C, 5%-90% RH Humidity 10%-85% RH@40°C, non-condensing Non-operating: 5%-90% RH Shock Operating: Half-sine 2G, 11ms pulse, 100 pulses in each direction Non-operating: Trapezoidal, 25G, 170 inches/sec delta V, three...

  • Page 13: Assembling And Powering Up Csa-7400

    CSA-7400 3 Assembling and Powering Up the CSA-7400 Insert the MXN-3610/4100 (switch sleds) and MCN-2600T/2610T (CPU nodes) into the chassis as follows. Switch sleds + IO cards CPU sleds 3.1 Inserting and Removing the CPU Sled Insert the CPU sleds into the 4 slots in lower 2 layers.
  • Page 14 CSA-7400 2. Push the CPU sled into the slot until the front panel is flush with the chassis. 3. When the CPU sled is fully inserted into the chassis, the locking handles will be pulled into the closed position and the front panel will be flush with the chassis.
  • Page 15 CSA-7400 4. Press inwards on the ejector handles until they lock into place. You will hear a “click”.
  • Page 16 CSA-7400 To remove a CPU sled: 1. Pull outwards to release the locking latch of each ejector handle as shown. 2. Pull outwards on the ejector handles as shown to eject the CPU sled from the chassis. 3. Pull back on the ejector handles to remove the CPU sled from the chassis.

  • Page 17: Inserting And Removing The Switch Sled

    CSA-7400 3.2 Inserting and Removing the Switch Sled Insert the Switch sleds into the 2 slots in upper 2 layers. 1. Insert the Switch sled into one of the upper 2 slots and open the ejector handles as shown. 2. Push the Switch sled into the slot by pressing on the front panel of the Switch until the front panel is flush with the chassis.
  • Page 18 CSA-7400 3. When the Switch sled is fully inserted into the chassis, the locking handles will be pulled into the closed position and the front panel will be flush with the chassis. 4. Press inwards on the ejector handles until they lock into place. You will hear a click.

  • Page 19: Routing The Vga Cable On Switch Sled

    CSA-7400 3.3 Routing the VGA Cable on Switch Sled Note: If you are using the MXN-3610/4100 with VGA cable connected, route the VGA cable as shown below. Refer to the MXN-3610/4100 user’s manual for instruction on how to connect the VGA cable to the switch board.

  • Page 20: Connecting Power Cords To The Csa-7400

    CSA-7400 3.4 Connecting Power Cords to the CSA-7400 Power cords are connected to the CSA-7400 platform as shown below. Connect all of the power cords to the AC power inputs. The CSA-7400 has a 3+1 redundant PSU design. 3.5 Powering Up the CSA-7400 When power is supplied to the CSA-7400, all components will power up automatically.

  • Page 21: Maintenance

    CSA-7400 4 Maintenance 4.1 Hot-Swapping the CPU Sled Before hot-swapping the CPU Sled, the user must first shutdown the OS by executing a command from the OS or holding down the power button more than 4 seconds. 4.2 Hot-Swapping the Switch Sled...

  • Page 22: Removing And Replacing A Fan Module

    CSA-7400 4.3 Removing and Replacing a Fan Module The CSA-7400 is equipped with three hot swappable fan modules. To replace a faulty module, follow the steps below. 1. Press the left and right fan ejector latches (blue) simultaneously in an inwards...

  • Page 23: Removing And Replacing A Psu

    CSA-7400 2. Align the new fan module so that the arrows and “TOP” markings are as shown below. Insert the fan into the fan slot and press firmly until both fan ejector latches are secured. 4.4 Removing and Replacing a PSU 1.

  • Page 24: Remote Management Via Cmm

    CSA-7400 5 Remote Management via CMM The Chassis Management Module (CMM) over switch board (MXN-3610/MXN-4100) provides a remote management interface (via network) for the CSA-7400.

  • Page 25: Ipmi Topology

    CSA-7400 5.1 IPMI Topology The following figure shows a top-level view of the Chassis Management hardware topology. Switch Switch IPMB-1 IPMB-2 CPU Board CPU Board CPU Board CPU Board...
  • Page 26 CSA-7400 5.2 Login to the CMM via Serial Console Step 1 Connect a PC and MXN-3610/MXN-4100 with USB-to-USB cable using the port labeled “SER”.
  • Page 27 CSA-7400 Step 2 Open a serial port console tool (such as PuTTY), choose the larger COM port (it may be different on different computers, please try both), then set baud rate to 38400. Step 3 Input the user name “sysadmin” and password “superuser” to login to the system.

  • Page 28: Configuring The Cmm Ip Address

    CSA-7400 5.3 Configuring the CMM IP Address The CMM can be accessed remotely via the control plane switch. The user can set the network via edit “/conf/interfaces”, by logging into the CMM serial console. An example of Network Configuration is as follows:...
  • Page 29 CSA-7400 5.4 Login to the CMM via Network Step 1 Connect the LAN port of the CMM to the DHCP server. Step 2 Open a SSH tool (such as PuTTY), input host name “172.20.2.18” (use serial port login to the CMM to check the IP address).
  • Page 30 CSA-7400 5.5 Checking the CMM Firmware Version After logging in to the CMM, you can check CMM firmware version by using the following command: ipmitool –H 172.20.2.18 –U admin –P admin mc info The shipped CMM firmware version is 3.0, as show below.

  • Page 31: Using Ipmitool

    CSA-7400 5.6 Using IPMItool The CMM provides an IPMI RMCP interface for users to manage the chassis remotely through the network. The following commands are fully compliant with IPMI v2.0. Examples of IPMI commands To get the CMM device ID: root@jean:# ipmitool -I lan -H 172.20.5.150 -U admin -P admin raw 0x06 0x01...

  • Page 32: Using The Web Ui

    CSA-7400 5.7 Using the Web UI Managing the Chassis To use the Megarac CM-X chassis management web UI, The screenshot below shows the layout of the Megarac CM-X chassis management web UI: Login To login to the CM-X application, follow the steps below: 1.
  • Page 33 CSA-7400 Logout To logout of the CM-X UI: Click “admin”->”Sign out” at the top right corner of the screen, or click “Sign out” in the bottom left corner. Dashboard The Dashboard displays the overall status of the chassis as shown in the screenshot below.
  • Page 34 CSA-7400 Chassis Components Chassis Components shows the IPMC nodes summary information. The chassis node is the CMM itself. Server nodes are the BMC nodes on the modules. Event Log An event is any significant occurrence in the system or in a program that requires the users to be notified or an entry to be added to a log.
  • Page 35 CSA-7400 FRU Information The FRU (Field Replacement Unit) Information page displays chassis FRU information. The information displayed on this page is internal, chassis, board, and product information of the selected device. To view FRU information, click FRU Information in the left pane and select the FRU device ID of the component to be checked.
  • Page 36 CSA-7400 Global User This page is used to set the web UI user properties, such as username/password.
  • Page 37 CSA-7400 Host Power This page implement the chassis control functions. Users can execute chassis power control commands on the selected module.
  • Page 38 CSA-7400 Power Zone This page shows chassis PSU information such power rating, power consumed, and fault state of PSU.

  • Page 39: Updating The Cmm Firmware

    CSA-7400 5.8 Updating the CMM Firmware The CMM module provides two upgrade methods for the user to choose from. Option 1: Upgrade FW in uboot mode Option 2: Upgrade FW over network via AMI “Yafuflash” tool Option 1: Upgrade FW in uboot Mode Upgrade Steps via uboot 1.
  • Page 40 CSA-7400 Note: Pay close attention to the highlighted lines above so that each board’s MAC address is unique. Do not set the same MAC address for different boards. 5. Load the CMM FW image from the tftp server. tftp 0x42000000 rom.ima 6.
  • Page 41 CSA-7400 Option 2: Upgrade FW over network via AMI “Yafuflash” tool SW Environment Preparation 1. Copy the CMM FW image “rom.ima” to a Linux PC 2. Copy the CMM upgrade tool “Yafuflash” to the PC Upgrade steps via AMI “Yafuflash” tool 1.

  • Page 42: Safety Instructions

    CSA-7400 Safety Instructions For user safety, please read and follow all instructions, WARNINGS, CAUTIONS, and NOTES marked in this manual and on the associated equipment before handling/operating the equipment. 1. Read these safety instructions carefully. 2. Keep this user’s manual for future reference.
  • Page 43 CSA-7400 Restricted to qualified service personnel or users familiar with restrictions applied to the location, reasons therefor, and any precautions required; Only afforded by the use of a tool or lock and key, or other means of security, and is controlled by the authority responsible for the location.

  • Page 44: Consignes De Sécurité Importantes

    CSA-7400 Consignes de Sécurité Importantes Pour assurer la sécurité de l’utilisateur, veuillez lire et suivre toutes les directives, ainsi que les AVERTISSEMENTS, MISES EN GARDE et REMARQUES de ce manuel et indiqués sur l’équipement associé avant de manipuler ou utiliser l’équipement.
  • Page 45 CSA-7400 risque d’électrocution, le personnel qualifié devrait déconnecter toutes les entrées d’alimentation avant de procéder à l’entretien. 12. Il est recommandé que l'équipement soit installé que dans une salle de serveur ou de la salle informatique où: L'accès est limité au personnel de maintenance qualifié ou utilisateurs familiers avec les restrictions appliquées à...

  • Page 46: Getting Service

    5215 Hellyer Avenue, #110, San Jose, CA 95138, USA Tel: +1-408-360-0200 Toll Free: +1-800-966-5200 (USA only) Fax: +1-408-360-0222 Email: info@adlinktech.com ADLINK Technology (China) Co., Ltd. Address: (201203) 300 Fang Chun Rd., Zhangjiang Hi-Tech Park, Pudong New Area Shanghai, 201203 China Tel: +86-21-5132-8988 Fax: +86-21-5132-3588 Email: market@adlinktech.com...

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