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Chapter 1: Introduction
DataCenterBlade
The DatacenterBlade system is perfect for data center and HPC applications with
performance and density optimized to achieve 672 processing cores and 2TB DDR2
memory per 42U standard rack.
OfficeBlade
The OfficeBlade system is optimized for small-medium business as well as personal
HPC applications. With acoustically enhanced thermal and cooling technologies,
OfficeBlade can operate at or below 50dB with 10 DP server blades.
The following blades are suitable for use in Office Blade mode:
• SBI-7125C-S3
• SBI-7125C-S3E
• SBI-7125C-T3
For Office Blade Mode, it is recommended that no more than two 80W Intel Xeon 5400/
5200 series CPUs with 1333 FSB support be used in each blade module.
1-4 Product Checklist of Typical Components
• Blade Enclosure (x1): SBE-710E (10-blade) or SBE-714D/E (14-blade) series
• Blade Unit (minimum of 2, 10 or 14 maximum): See the the Supermicro website
(
http://www.supermicro.com/products/superblade/ ) for a complete list of blades that
can mounted in your system.
• Power Supplies (x2): PWS-1K41-BR, PWS-2K01-BR or PWS-2K51-BR
• CMM Module (x1): SBM-CMM-001
• KVM Cable (x1): CBL-0218L
• Dummy Blade Units: MCP-650-00004-0N (10-blade enclosure) or
MCP-650-00005-0N (14-blade enclosure)
• Dummy Power Supplies: MCP-650-00001-0N
• Dummy CMM Modules: MCP-650-00002-0N
• Dummy GbE Switches: MCP-650-00003-0N
• SuperBlade CD-ROM with other SuperBlade component manuals
Optional components include:
• InfiniBand® Switch: SBM-IBS-001
• Blade IPMI Add-on Card: AOC-SIMPL
• Mezzanine Cards (required for operation with the InfiniBand Switch): AOC-IBH-001,
AOC-IBH-002 or AOC-IBH-003
• GbE Switches: SBM-GEM-001 (1-Gbps) or SBM-GEM-X2C (1/10-Gbps)
• GbE Pass Through Modules: SBM-GEM-002 (1-Gbps) or SBM-XEM-002 (10-Gbps)
• Extra CMM Module for redundancy: SBM-CMM-01