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TaiShan 200 Server

White Paper (Model 2180)

Issue

02

Date

2020-06-22

HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.

Summary of Contents for 2180

Page 1: ...TaiShan 200 Server White Paper Model 2180 Issue 02 Date 2020 06 22 HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO LTD ...

Page 2: ...s document may not be within the purchase scope or the usage scope Unless otherwise specified in the contract all statements information and recommendations in this document are provided AS IS without warranties guarantees or representations of any kind either express or implied The information in this document is subject to change without notice Every effort has been made in the preparation of th...

Page 3: ...ications 20 5 1 Technical Specifications 20 5 2 Environmental Specifications 22 5 3 Physical Specifications 24 6 Software and Hardware Compatibility 26 6 1 CPU 26 6 2 Memory 27 6 3 Storage 30 6 4 I O Expansion 31 6 5 PSU 31 7 System Management 33 8 Maintenance and Warranty 35 9 Certifications 36 TaiShan 200 Server White Paper Model 2180 Contents Issue 02 2020 06 22 Copyright Huawei Technologies Co...

Page 4: ...ures high performance computing large capacity storage low power consumption easy management and easy deployment and is ideal for Internet distributed storage cloud computing Big Data and enterprise services Figure 1 1 shows the appearance of the 2180 Figure 1 1 Appearance TaiShan 200 Server White Paper Model 2180 1 Overview Issue 02 2020 06 22 Copyright Huawei Technologies Co Ltd 1 ...

Page 5: ...ilability and Serviceability The 2180 provides the following features to improve availability and serviceability The 2180 uses carrier class components and follows the engineering process to dramatically improve system reliability The 2180 is equipped with SAS SATA drives SAS SATA drives support RAID 0 1 10 5 50 6 and 60 provides RAID cache uses a supercapacitor for power off data protection and a...

Page 6: ...0 supports Platinum power supply units PSUs which provide 94 power efficiency at 50 load The voltage regulator down VRD PSUs reduce the energy loss in DC DC power conversion The server supports active standby power supplies The 2180 supports Proportional Integral Derivative PID intelligent fan speed adjustment reducing power consumption The improved thermal design with energy efficient fan modules...

Page 7: ...ses one Huawei developed Kunpeng 920 processor each supporting 16 DDR4 DIMMs The Ethernet FlexIO can only be cards with four GE ports and are connected to CPU through high speed SerDes interfaces TaiShan 200 Server White Paper Model 2180 3 Logical Structure Issue 02 2020 06 22 Copyright Huawei Technologies Co Ltd 4 ...

Page 8: ...ve backplanes through SAS signal cables The iBMC is based on the Huawei Hi1710 management chip and provides a VGA port management network port and debugging serial port TaiShan 200 Server White Paper Model 2180 3 Logical Structure Issue 02 2020 06 22 Copyright Huawei Technologies Co Ltd 5 ...

Page 9: ...e 4 1 shows the components on the front panel of a server with 12 x 3 5 inch drives Figure 4 1 Components on the front panel of a server with 12 x 3 5 inch drives 1 Drive 2 VGA port 3 USB 3 0 port 4 Label plate with an SN label TaiShan 200 Server White Paper Model 2180 4 Hardware Description Issue 02 2020 06 22 Copyright Huawei Technologies Co Ltd 6 ...

Page 10: ...have cable screws The VGA cable is easy to fall off You are advised to use the VGA port on the rear panel SN The serial number SN on the label is a string that uniquely identifies a server The SN is required when you contact Huawei technical support Figure 4 2 shows the SN format Figure 4 2 SN example Table 4 2 SN description No Description 1 SN ID two characters which is 21 2 Material identificat...

Page 11: ... Digits 1 to 9 indicate January to September and letters A to C indicate October to December 5 Serial number six characters 6 RoHS compliance one character Y indicates environment friendly processing 7 Board model that is product name Rear Panel Figure 4 3 shows the components on the rear panel of the server Figure 4 3 Rear panel components 1 I O module 1 2 I O module 2 3 Power supply unit PSU 1 4...

Page 12: ... A server may operate abnormally if an abnormal USB device is connected Management network port RJ45 1 This 1000 Mbps Ethernet port is used for server management and supports 10 100 1000 Mbps auto negotiation Serial port RJ45 1 The serial port is used as the system serial port by default You can set it as the iBMC serial port by using the iBMC command This port is used for debugging GE electrical ...

Page 13: ...Power button indicator 4 Fault diagnostic LED 5 FlexIO presence indicators 1 and 2 Table 4 4 Indicators and buttons on the front panel Silkscreen Indicator Button State Description Fault diagnostic LED The server is operating normally Error code A server component is faulty For details about error code see the TaiShan Rack Server iBMC Alarm Handling TaiShan 200 Server White Paper Model 2180 4 Hard...

Page 14: ...ton to start the server UID button indicator The UID button indicator helps identify and locate a device UID indicator Off The device is not being located Blinking blue blinking 255 seconds The device has been located and is differentiated from other devices that have also been located Steady blue The device is being located UID button You can turn on turn off or blink the UID indicator by pressin...

Page 15: ...gure 4 5 shows the indicators on the rear panel of the server Figure 4 5 Rear panel indicators 1 GE electrical port data transmission status indicator 2 GE electrical port connection status indicator 3 Management network port data transmission status indicator 4 Management network port connection status indicator 5 UID indicator 6 PSU indicator Table 4 5 Indicators on the rear panel Indicator Stat...

Page 16: ...he iBMC CLI PSU indicator Steady green The power input and output are normal Steady orange The input is normal but no power output is supplied due to overheat protection overcurrent protection short circuit protection output overvoltage protection or some component failures Blinking green at 1 Hz The input is normal the server is standby The input is overvoltage or undervoltage For details see Tai...

Page 17: ... on Steady on A member drive in the RAID array is faulty FlexIO For details about FlexIOs supported by the server see the Intelligent Computing Compatibility Checker The following figure shows the indicators on the FlexIO Figure 4 7 TM210 four GE electrical ports Table 4 7 FlexIO indicators NIC Type Indicator State Description FlexIO with four GE electrical ports Data transmission status indicator...

Page 18: ... 9 supports full height full length dual width GPUs It provides PCIe slots 2 and 3 when installed in I O module 1 The card must be used together with the power cables delivered with the server Do not use the power cables of other servers Only slots 2 supports full height full length dual width GPUs Figure 4 9 Riser card 2 one x8 slot and one x16 slot TaiShan 200 Server White Paper Model 2180 4 Har...

Page 19: ...igure 4 11 shows the rear PCIe slots of the 2180 Figure 4 11 PCIe slots I O module 1 provides slots 1 to 3 When a two slot PRM is installed in I O module 1 slot 1 cannot be used When one slot PRM is installed in I O module 1 slots 1 and 2 cannot be used Table 4 8 describes specifications of the PCIe slots TaiShan 200 Server White Paper Model 2180 4 Hardware Description Issue 02 2020 06 22 Copyrigh...

Page 20: ...Full height full length Slot 2 CPU 1 PCIe 4 0 x16 2 slot PRM x16 3 slot PRM x8 Port 4 00 04 0 02 00 0 Full height full length Slot 3 CPU 1 PCIe 4 0 x16 Single slot PRM x16 2 slot PRM x8 3 slot PRM x8 Port 12 00 0C 0 04 00 0 Full height half length RAID contr oller card CPU 1 PCIe 4 0 x8 x8 Port 8 00 08 0 03 00 0 TaiShan 200 Server White Paper Model 2180 4 Hardware Description Issue 02 2020 06 22 C...

Page 21: ...or PCIe cards not listed by the Intelligent Computing Compatibility Checker contact the local Huawei sales personnel to submit the compatibility test requirements When two 2 5 inch drives are installed in I O module 1 this module also supports a PCIe x16 riser card in slot 3 B D F indicates Bus Device Function Number ROOT PORT B D F indicates the B D F of a CPU internal PCIe root port Device B D F...

Page 22: ...iBMC card I O module 1 can be configured with a rear drive module with two 2 5 inch drives or a PCIe riser module PRM I O module 2 can be configured with a rear drive module with two 2 5 or 3 5 inch drives I O module 3 cannot be used The FlexIO can be configured with a TM210 NIC CPU is integrated on the mainboard and cannot be replaced independently TaiShan 200 Server White Paper Model 2180 4 Hard...

Page 23: ...s or 32 cores at a frequency of 2 6 GHz An L3 cache of up to 64 MB Memory Up to 16 DDR4 DIMM slots supporting RDIMMs A maximum memory speed of 2933 MT s Memory protection functions of ECC SEC DED SDDC and Patrol scrubbing The capacity of a single DIMM can be 16 GB 32 GB 64 GB and 128 GB NOTE DIMMs of different specifications such as the capacity bit width rank and height cannot be installed on one...

Page 24: ...alf length PCIe 4 0 x16 slot width PCIe 4 0 x8 One standard full height full length PCIe 4 0 x16 slot and one standard full height half length PCIe 4 0 x16 slot width PCIe 4 0 x8 One full height half length PCIe 4 0 x16 slot The PCIe slots support Huawei developed Atlas 300 AI accelerator cards to implement fast and efficient processing and reasoning and image identification and processing NOTE Fo...

Page 25: ...ts are connected to monitors only the monitor connected to the front VGA port is available 5 2 Environmental Specifications Table 5 2 Environmental specifications Categor y Specifications Tempera ture Operating temperature 5 C to 40 C 41 F to 104 F ASHRAE Classes A2 and A3 compliant Storage temperature 72 hours 40 C to 65 C 40 F to 149 F Long term storage temperature 72 hours 21 C to 27 C 69 8 F t...

Page 26: ...71 04 2013 standard on gaseous corrosion Silver corrosion rate test 200 Å month Particle contami nant The equipment room environment meets the requirements of ISO 14664 1 Class 8 There is no explosive conductive magnetic or corrosive dust in the equipment room NOTE It is recommended that the particulate pollutants in the equipment room be monitored by a professional organization Acoustic noise The...

Page 27: ...5 inch drives 86 1 mm 2U x 447 mm x 790 mm 3 39 in x 17 60 in x 31 10 in Installati on space Requirements for cabinet installation cabinet compliant with the International Electrotechnical Commission IEC 297 standard Cabinet width 482 6 mm 19 in Cabinet depth 1000 mm 39 37 in Requirements for guide rail installation L shaped guide rails apply only to Huawei cabinets Adjustable guide rails apply to...

Page 28: ...tions including the ErP standard configuration of the European Union Use the Intelligent Computing Product Power Calculator to obtain the specific power consumption value TaiShan 200 Server White Paper Model 2180 5 Product Specifications Issue 02 2020 06 22 Copyright Huawei Technologies Co Ltd 25 ...

Page 29: ...s are ARM CPU chips developed by HiSilicon Its main features are as follows A maximum of 64 cores and 2 6 GHz frequency Multiple choices for the core quantity and frequency Compatible with the ARMv8 A architecture and supports ARMv8 1 and ARMv8 2 extensions Huawei developed 64 bit TaiShan cores Each core integrates 64 KB L1 instruction cache 64 KB L1 data cache and 512 KB L2 cache An L3 cache of u...

Page 30: ...g speed GB 1024 Maximum operating speed MT s One DIMM per channel 2933 Two DIMMs per channel 2666 Memory Slot Configuration Rules The 2180 supports a maximum of sixteen DDR4 ECC DIMMs Each processor integrates eight memory channels RDIMMs are supported The 2180 supports DIMMs of 16 GB 32 GB 64 GB and 128 GB When the 2180 is fully configured with DIMMs the maximum memory capacity is 2048 GB In the ...

Page 31: ...as RDIMMs and LRDIMMs cannot be installed in one server Table 6 2 Channels CPU Channel DIMM CPU TB_A DIMM060 G DIMM061 O TB_B DIMM020 C DIMM021 K TB_C DIMM040 E DIMM041 M TB_D DIMM000 A DIMM001 I TA_A DIMM030 D DIMM031 L TA_B DIMM070 H DIMM071 P TA_C DIMM010 B DIMM011 J TA_D DIMM050 F DIMM051 N TaiShan 200 Server White Paper Model 2180 6 Software and Hardware Compatibility Issue 02 2020 06 22 Copy...

Page 32: ...ation DIMMs are not evenly configured for memory channels If a processor is configured with 3 5 7 9 10 11 12 13 14 or 15 DIMMs the DIMMs are not evenly configured for memory channels Memory configuration must comply with the DIMM installation rules For details see the Huawei Server Product Memory Configuration Assistant Install dummy DIMMs in vacant DIMM slots Memory Protection The server supports...

Page 33: ...The front drives in a server with 12 x 3 5 inch drives in Expander mode can only be 3 5 inch drives 2 I O module 1 supports only 2 5 inch drives and I O module 2 supports 2 5 inch and 3 5 inch drives Table 6 4 provides the comparison between RAID levels in performance minimum number of drives and drive usage Table 6 4 RAID level comparison RAID Level Reliability Read Performance Write Performance ...

Page 34: ...eding figure shows the maximum configuration 6 4 I O Expansion The 2180 supports a wide variety of PCIe cards You can select the following PCIe cards based on the card type and rate Ethernet card Fiber Channel FC host bus adapter HBA InfiniBand IB expansion card SSD card For details about component options consult your local Huawei sales representative 6 5 PSU The PSUs are hot swappable and work i...

Page 35: ...f the same model The PSUs provide short circuit protection The PSUs that support dual input live wires provide double pole fuse If the input voltage ranges from 200 V to 220 V AC the output power of the 2000 W AC platinum PSU decreases to 1800 W TaiShan 200 Server White Paper Model 2180 6 Software and Hardware Compatibility Issue 02 2020 06 22 Copyright Huawei Technologies Co Ltd 32 ...

Page 36: ...m Specifications Management interface Integrates with any standard management system through the following interfaces IPMIV2 0 CLI HTTPS SNMPv3 Fault detection Detects faults and accurately locates faults in hardware for example a field replaceable unit FRU Alarm management Supports alarm management and reports alarms using the SNMP trap Simple Mail Transfer Protocol SMTP and syslog service to ens...

Page 37: ...ideos Allows you to view screen snapshots and videos without login which facilitates preventive maintenance inspection Domain name service DNS and directory service Supports the DNS and directory service significantly simplifying network and configuration management Dual image backup Starts software from a backup image if the software fails Asset management Provides intelligent asset management IP...

Page 38: ...8Maintenance and Warranty For details see Maintenance Warranty TaiShan 200 Server White Paper Model 2180 8 Maintenance and Warranty Issue 02 2020 06 22 Copyright Huawei Technologies Co Ltd 35 ...

Page 39: ...ion Certification Standard 1 China CCC GB4943 1 2011 GB9254 2008 Class A GB17625 1 2012 2 China CQC CQC3135 2011 TaiShan 200 Server White Paper Model 2180 9 Certifications Issue 02 2020 06 22 Copyright Huawei Technologies Co Ltd 36 ...

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