HardwareSunBlades6048 < LCGTier2

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---+ Hardware Card for Sun Blades 6048

This is a description for a 12-blade case full of blades. Each blade is model X6275, and each has two computers inside.

Each computer has two E5540 Intel CPU with 4 Hyper-Threading cores each.

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---++ Specifications

What's inside the hardware, probably depending on what we're talking about.
   * Disk controller model. Linux driver needed?
   * Network card model
   * Space that takes in the rack (U's)
   * Max CPUs, Max Disks, Max Mem slots.
   * CDROM?
   * Dual power supply?
   * Front / Back picture (maybe available online?)
   * Any other?

---+++ Power consumption (measured before and during the CPU/Disk tests)
   * Minimum: *4000 W*
   * Maximum: *6250 W*

---+++ Ambiental details
   * External working temperature
   * Normal CPU/memory internal temperature
   * Air flow (cubic meters per hour)
   * Power disipation: 21000 BTU/h
   * Noise (dB)

---++++ Blade Numbering Layout

<blockquote>
<verbatim>
                             Blade Layout

|  1  |  2  |  3  |  4  |  5  |  6  |  7  |  8  |  9  |  10 |  11 |  12 |
-------------------------------------------------------------------------
|  1  |  3  |  5  |  7  |  9  |  11 |  13 |  15 |  17 |  19 |  21 |  23 |
|  2  |  4  |  6  |  8  |  10 |  12 |  14 |  16 |  18 |  20 |  22 |  24 |
-------------------------------------------------------------------------
|  25 |  27 |  29 |  31 |  33 |  35 |  37 |  39 |  41 |  43 |  45 |  47 | 
|  26 |  28 |  30 |  32 |  34 |  36 |  38 |  40 |  42 |  44 |  46 |  48 |
-------------------------------------------------------------------------
|  49 |  51 |  53 |  55 |  57 |  59 |  61 |  63 |  65 |  67 |  69 |  71 |
|  50 |  52 |  54 |  56 |  58 |  60 |  62 |  64 |  66 |  68 |  70 |  72 |
-------------------------------------------------------------------------
|  73 |  75 |  77 |  79 |  81 |  83 |  85 |  87 |  89 |  91 |  93 |  95 |
|  74 |  76 |  78 |  80 |  82 |  84 |  86 |  88 |  90 |  92 |  94 |  96 |

</verbatim>
</blockquote>

---++ Operations

Interesting information like how to handle it, anything interesting which is not trivial.
---+++ How to get into the ILOM
---+++ Power up/down procedures
---+++ Commands to issue in an internal console
---+++ Firmware updates
---+++ Replacement of internal components

---++ Installation notes

Instructions on how to set up a new machines that arrives, with things like:
---+++ BIOS settings
---+++ RAID configuration
---+++ Drivers required / kernel compatibility
---+++ Check firmware homogeneity with other machines in the cluster

---++ Benchmarks

Information about benchmarks performed in the machine.
---+++ Disk benchmarks (i.e. Bonnie++)
---+++ CPU benchmarks (i.e. HepSpec06)
---+++ Network benchmarks (i.e. Iperf)

---++ Monitoring

Instructions about monitoring the hardware
---+++ Power Consumption
---+++ Raid Sanity
---+++ Other?

---++ Manuals

External links to manuals

---++ Issues

Information about issues found with this hardware, and how to deal with them
---+++ Issue1
---+++ Issue2

HardwareCardForm
Model name	SB6048
Manufacturer	Sun
Used for	WNs
Number in production	4
You install OS inside	Yes
First purchase date	Dec 2009
CPU performance in HS06	2825
Disk performance in MB/s	N/A
Power consumption in Watts	3750-6250