Features And Specifications - IBM BladeCenter PN41 Problem Determination And Service Manual

Features and specifications

The following table is a summary of the features and specifications of the DPI
blade.
Notes:
v Power, cooling, removable-media drives, external ports, and advanced system
v An additional host blade server is necessary to interface with the DPI blade,
Processor:
®
Contains an Intel IXP2805 network
processor for use in handling packets.
Note: This is a dedicated processor
and is not available for general
applications.
Memory: Contains multiple types of
memory such as TCAM, QDR and
RDRAM.
Note: Memory is dedicated to packet
processing and is not expandable.
Drives:
The DPI blade contains no drives or
flash drives.
Regex engine:
The DPI blade contains a regular
expression accelerator to speed up
searches.
Front 10 Gb connector:
XFP connection to 10 Gb Ethernet
(optical).
SFP-module port:
Front 1 Gb SFP port, which can be
used for data capture.
Electrical input:
12 V dc
management are provided by the BladeCenter unit.
because the DPI blade does not have a direct user interface. The additional
blade server must support VMware ESX Server 3.0 or later and have dual 1 Gb
controllers.
Integrated functions:
v Quad Internal 1 Gb Ethernet
controller used for the
management interface
v Quad Internal 10 Gb Ethernet
ports used for the data plane
v Single External 10 Gb Ethernet
port used for the data plane
v Local service processor:
Baseboard management controller
(BMC) with Intelligent Platform
Management Interface (IPMI)
firmware
v RS-485 interface for
communication with the
management module
Environment:
v Air temperature:
– DPI blade on: 10°C to 35°C
(50°F to 95°F). Altitude: 0 to
914 m (0 to 3000 ft)
– DPI blade on: 10°C to 32°C
(50°F to 90°F). Altitude: 914 to
2134 m (3000 to 7000 ft)
– DPI blade off: -40°C to 60°C
(-40°F to 140°F)
v Humidity:
– DPI blade on: 8% to 80%
– DPI blade off: 5% to 80%
Size:
v Height: 24.5 cm (9.7 inches)
v Depth: 44.6 cm (17.6 inches)
v Width: 2.9 cm (1.14 inches)
v Maximum weight: 5.4 kg (12 lb)
Chapter 1. Introduction
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