MBS1000 Installation Guide
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Trenton Systems, Inc.
Chapter 1 - System Overview
D
ESCRIPTION
The Trenton MBS1000-xxx is a CE-compliant and UL recognized*, 1U modular blade server optimized for
system performance, longevity, and easy field support. The 1U rackmount enclosure of the MBS1000 is
designed for both server room and rugged field deployment locations that both require outstanding system
performance in a stable 1U computing platform.
At the heart of the MBS1000 is Trenton’s U.S. designed and Made in America MBC8240 modular blade card
or SBC. The MBC8240 SBC supports a long-life Intel® processor that delivers superior multi-core
processing performance with the thermal characteristics necessary for reliable and long-term 1U rackmount
server operation in a wide variety of application environments. The MBS1000 chassis supports two, 2.5”
front-access/hot-swap HDD carriers, one media drive bay, and a choice an AC/DC or a DC-only redundant
power supply. These components maximize power delivery and cooling to ensure long-life system reliability
with minimal Mean-Time-To-Repair (MTTR) times.
The MBS1000 1U server solution supports seven Ethernet interfaces with one port dedicated to remote
system management, up to two HDD or SDD storage drives, an optical media drive, and a choice of either
AC/DC or DC-only redundant power supplies. The MBS1000 also has the ability to support an off-the-shelf
PCI Express plug-in option card. Some typical MBS1000 applications include data servers, industrial
automation machinery, and weapon control systems.
*Refer to the agency approval section in chapter five and the MBS1000 Certificate Of Compliance document in chapter six for a
complete listing of the Council Directive: 2004/108/EC-EMC Directive standards to which conformity is declared.
MBS1000
M
ODULAR
B
LADE
S
ERVER
C
ONFIGURATIONS
NOTE:
The chart below illustrates the SBC, mid-plane interface board, system power supply configurations
supported in the Trenton MBS1000-xxx modular blade server. The three characters to the right on the
hyphen indicate the blade server’s power supply configuration. Other system configuration parameters
include the SBC’s installed processor and system memory DIMMs.
System Model
Number
Mid-Plane
Interface
Board
Modular
Blade Card
(SBC)
Power Supply Description of Mid-Plane, SBC, and System Power
Supply Combination
MBS1000-000 MPI8241 MBC8240
None
Mid-Plane:
Two MBC8240 interface connectors, one x8
PCIe 3.0 electrical/x16 mechanical option card slot for use
with a x16 PCIe riser card such as the Trenton BRC8244
SBC:
Single processor MBC8240 with one Intel
®
Xeon
E3-1225 v3 processor
(part no. 92-824001300000)
, and four
8GB DDR3-1600 DIMMs
(part no. 198500001112-00)
System Power Supply:
None
