Supermicro 8U SuperBlade, User Manual

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8U SuperBlade User’s Manual
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1-5 Blade Enclosure Features
Supermicro's blade enclosures are designed to house from 10 to 20 blade units. Each
accommodates up to eight power supplies. The enclosure mid-plane allows the blade
units to share power, cooling and networking.
Table 1-2 below describes the various
enclosures, their components and modules. Table 1-3 shows the number of each
module that may be installed in the various enclosure models.
Please check the Supermicro website for the latest module and enclosure installation
information at
http://www.supermicro.com/servers/blade/networking/matrix.cfm for
further details.
The following sections provide a general outline of the main features for all blade server
enclosures.
Table 1-2. 8U SuperBlade Enclosures
Enclosure
Model
Blade Module
Capacity
Power
Supply
Options
Intel Blade
Options
AMD Blade
Options
Module
Options
SBE-820C-822
20-node/
2-socket blades
(half-height)
or
10-node/
4-socket blades
(full-height)
2200W (x8)
SBI-4129P-T3N/
C2N
NA
SBM-IBS-E3616
SBM-OPA-C4020
MBM-XEM-001
MBM-XEM-002
MBM-GEM-001
MBM-GEM-004
MBM-CMM-FIO
MBM-CMM-001
SBE-820C-622 2200W (x6)
SBE-820C-422 2200W (x4)
Table 1-3. Number of Network Modules that May Be Installed in each Enclosure
Name (SKU) SBE-820C
Max. CMM Modules supported 1
1G Ethernet Switch(MBM-GEM-001) 2
100G InfiniBand Switch (SBM-IBS-E3616) 1
100G Omni-Path Switch (SBM-OBA-C4020)
Broadcom 10G Switch (MBM-XEM-001) 2
Intel 10G Switch (MBM-XEM-002) 2
Broadcom 1G Switch (MBM-GEM-004) 2