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Reviewing IBM Elastic Storage System 3200 location guidelines
Consult these guidelines when you plan the location of IBM Elastic Storage System 3200 and any existing
Elastic Storage System in your environment, including any IBM Spectrum Scale client or protocol node.
IBM Elastic Storage System 3200 contains two I/O server canisters. Each IBM Elastic Storage System
3200 cluster consists of the following components:
• One or more IBM Elastic Storage System 3200 systems – each system requires 2U (standard rack units)
in a rack.
• One EMS node - requires 2U space in a rack.
• 1 GbE Network switch for management network - requires 1U in rack.
• High-Speed InfiniBand or Ethernet network for internode communication – requires 1U space in rack.
IBM Elastic Storage System 3200 model
The model contains two removable server canisters that have one CPU each.
• 5141-FN1 IBM Elastic Storage System 3200 that comes with a 3-year warranty.
Memory options for a new IBM Elastic Storage System 3200
Each server canister has eight DIMM slots, for a total of 16 DIMM slots per enclosure (8 per canister).
Initially, every IBM Elastic Storage System 3200 ships with the AJP9 feature:
Feature
AJP9
Server canister orientation for inserting or removing DIMMs
Attention: The canister top lid must be removed carefully to check the CPU and DIMM slots within
the server. Improper removal of the top lid might cause damage to the equipment. For more
information about removing and installing the canister top cover, see Removing and replacing a
canister top lid topic in IBM Elastic Storage System 3200: Service guide.
The following figure shows the CPU and the location of the DIMM slots. It shows one of the two server
canisters for an IBM Elastic Storage System 3200 (5141-FN1), which is open and oriented for DIMM
removal and replacement.
Figure 10. Location of CPU and DIMM slots within the server canister
In the above figure,
server canister.
The following figure shows a proper orientation of the server canister that an IBM SSR would use to
remove or replace a DIMM.
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Memory per enclosure
1 TB of memory (16 quantities of 64 GB DIMMs - 8 per canister)
1
indicates the DIMM slots of the server canister and
1
2
2
indicates the CPU of the
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