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Basic System Building Blocks

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The basic system building blocks used to configure a Superdome system are as follows:

  • Server cabinet

  • Support Management Station

Figure 1-2 “Typical SD32 Installation” illustrates a typical SD16 or SD32 installation.

Figure 1-3 “Typical SD64 Installation ” illustrates a typical SD64 installation.

Figure 1-4 “Typical Installation with IOX” illustrates a typical SD64 and I/O expansion cabinet installation.

Server Cabinet

The server cabinet is the main building block. An SD64 comprises two server cabinets interconnected.

A single cabinet SD32 may contain up to eight cell boards (32 processors), four I/O card cages, five I/O fans, four system cooling fans, six bulk power supplies, and two PDCAs. Figure 1-1 “Server Cabinet Components” illustrates the location of these components.

A single cabinet SD16 may contain up to four cell boards, four I/O card cages, five I/O fans, four system cooling fans, four bulk power supplies (BPS), and two Power Distribution Control Assemblies (PDCA). Additionally, to the above, two backplane power supplies provides N+1 for the SD16.

Figure 1-1 Server Cabinet Components

Server Cabinet Components

Figure 1-2 Typical SD32 Installation

Typical SD32 Installation

Figure 1-3 Typical SD64 Installation

Typical SD64 Installation

Figure 1-4 Typical Installation with IOX

Typical Installation with IOX

Support Management Station

The new SMS is an hp Proliant M350-G3 rack-mount version, which includes the TFT-5600 LCD rack-mount display and keyboard.

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