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FUJITSU Server PRIMEQUEST 2000 Series
Design Guide
C122-A014-01EN
Copyright 2014 FUJITSU LIMITED
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  • Page 1 FUJITSU Server PRIMEQUEST 2000 Series Design Guide C122-A014-01EN Copyright 2014 FUJITSU LIMITED...

  • Page 2: Table Of Contents

    2.3 Management Board (MMB) P.40 2.4 IO Unit (IOU) P.43 2.5 Disk Unit (DU) P.46 2.6 PCI Box P.47 2.7 Power Supply Unit (PSU) P.51 2.8 FAN Unit (FANU) P.52 2.9 Peripherals Configuration P.53 PRIMEQUEST 2000 Series Design Guide Copyright 2014 FUJITSU LIMITED...
  • Page 3 4.1 Key Points for Console Operation P.108 4.2 Key Points for Server Operation Management P.110 4.3 Key Points for Backup and Restoration Configurations P.112 4.4 Key Points for NTP Operation P.114 PRIMEQUEST 2000 Series Design Guide Copyright 2014 FUJITSU LIMITED...
  • Page 4 Table of Contents (Cont'd) 5. OS/Support 5.1 Arrangement Information P.116 Appendices Appendix A Bundled Software P.118 Appendix B OS Specifications P.120 PRIMEQUEST 2000 Series Design Guide Copyright 2014 FUJITSU LIMITED...

  • Page 5: Preface

    PRIMEQUEST 2000 series. • For details on the operation of the main unit and other information, refer to the manuals for the PRIMEQUEST 2000 series main unit. • For details on the operating environment of software, refer to the website of each software program.
  • Page 6 Abbreviations in This Manual Name Abbreviation PRIMEQUEST 2400E 4 socket model PRIMEQUEST 2800B PRIMEQUEST 2000 series or PRIMEQUEST 8 socket model PRIMEQUEST 2800E Microsoft® Windows Server® 2012 R2 Standard Microsoft® Windows Server® 2012 R2 Datacenter Windows Server 2012 Microsoft® Windows Server® 2012 Standard Windows Microsoft®...
  • Page 7 PRIMEQUEST 2000 Series Administration Manual Administration Manual PRIMEQUEST 2000 Series Tool Reference Tool Reference PRIMEQUEST 2000 Series Linux Design Guide -Red Hat Enterprise Linux- Linux Design Guide PRIMEQUEST 2000 Series Linux Installation Guide -Red Hat Enterprise Linux- Linux Installation Guide •...

  • Page 8: Primequest Overview

    1. PRIMEQUEST Overview This chapter describes the overview of PRIMEQUEST. For details, refer to "General Description". PRIMEQUEST 2000 Series Design Guide Copyright 2014 FUJITSU LIMITED...

  • Page 9: Product Lineup

    Up to 1 partition Up to 8 CPUs and 120 cores Up to 4 CPUs and 60 cores 8 CPUs and 120 cores Highly-reliable servers that are based on the latest Intel architecture PRIMEQUEST 2000 Series Design Guide Copyright 2014 FUJITSU LIMITED...

  • Page 10: Specifications

    “Appendix B OS Specifications”. The maximum number of PCI slots depends on the type and the number of IO Units. For details, refer to "Chapter 1 Product Overview" in "General Description". PRIMEQUEST 2000 Series Design Guide Copyright 2014 FUJITSU LIMITED...

  • Page 11: Supported Os

    1.3 Supported OS For the latest information on the supported OSs, refer to the following URL: http://www.fujitsu.com/global/services/computing/server/primequest/products/software/ PRIMEQUEST 2000 Series Design Guide Copyright 2014 FUJITSU LIMITED...

  • Page 12: Component Names

    1.4 Component Names System Board Power Supply Unit (SB) (PSU)/FAN IO Unit (IOU) Management Board Disk Unit (DU) (MMB) Front Rear (View without the front panel) PRIMEQUEST 2000 Series Design Guide Copyright 2014 FUJITSU LIMITED...

  • Page 13: Basic Configuration

    Layout and Internal Connection Configuration for 2800B "1.5.1 Basic Configuration (2800B)" Layout and Internal Connection Configuration for 2400E "1.5.2 Basic Configuration (2400E)" Layout and Internal Connection Configuration for 2800E "1.5.3 Basic Configuration (2800E)" PRIMEQUEST 2000 Series Design Guide Copyright 2014 FUJITSU LIMITED...
  • Page 14 1.5.1 Basic Configuration (2800B) (1/2) 2800B Layout Basic components Component Max. Installed as installable standard number (must be ordered) (must be ordered) (must be ordered) Front Rear AC cable (must be ordered) PRIMEQUEST 2000 Series Design Guide Copyright 2014 FUJITSU LIMITED...
  • Page 15 PCI Express slots on IOUs 16 cards (*1) (*1) Three cards per 10GbE IO Unit and four cards per 1GbE IO Unit For details on the configuration, refer to "General Description". PRIMEQUEST 2000 Series Design Guide Copyright 2014 FUJITSU LIMITED...
  • Page 16 1.5.2 Basic Configuration (2400E) (1/2) 2400E Layout Basic components Component Max. Installed as installable standard number (must be ordered) (must be ordered) (must be ordered) Front Rear AC cable (must be ordered) PRIMEQUEST 2000 Series Design Guide Copyright 2014 FUJITSU LIMITED...
  • Page 17 1GbE IO Unit * The number of available PCI Box slots depends on which type of IO Unit is selected. For details on the configuration, refer to "General Description". PRIMEQUEST 2000 Series Design Guide Copyright 2014 FUJITSU LIMITED...
  • Page 18 1.5.3 Basic Configuration (2800E) (1/2) 2800E Layout Basic components Component Max. Installed as installable standard number (must be ordered) (must be ordered) (must be ordered) Front Rear AC cable (must be ordered) PRIMEQUEST 2000 Series Design Guide Copyright 2014 FUJITSU LIMITED...
  • Page 19 1GbE IO Unit * The number of available PCI Box slots depends on which type of IO Unit is selected. For details on the configuration, refer to "General Description". PRIMEQUEST 2000 Series Design Guide Copyright 2014 FUJITSU LIMITED...

  • Page 20: Features

    •If a failure occurs in a partition, the hardware can protect other partitions from being affected by the failure. PCI Express PCI Express PCI Express PCI Express card card card card PRIMEQUEST 2000 Series Design Guide Copyright 2014 FUJITSU LIMITED...

  • Page 21: Memory Mirror Function

    Flexible I/O [2400E/2800E Only] Partitioning does not have any limitations on the placement of SBs and IOUs. Flexible I/O enables the Reserved SB function by using alternative SBs. PRIMEQUEST 2000 Series Design Guide Copyright 2014 FUJITSU LIMITED...

  • Page 22: Degradation Function

    * Dynamic Reconfiguration as a hardware and firmware function of PRIMEQUEST supports online removal of SBs. However, as of when this manual is published, no OS vendor states availability of this function. PRIMEQUEST 2000 Series Design Guide Copyright 2014 FUJITSU LIMITED...

  • Page 23: Hot Plug

    A component that is stopped due to a failure can be replaced without stopping the operation of the partition. Original Dump Function For details, refer to "3.3 Key Points for I/O Configuration Design". This function collects system information when a problem occurs in the OS. PRIMEQUEST 2000 Series Design Guide Copyright 2014 FUJITSU LIMITED...

  • Page 24: Boot Devices

    Partition redundancy that is based on an inter-cabinet cluster or an intra- cabinet cluster is supported. Boot Devices The following boot types are supported: •Internal HDD/SAS-SSD (RAID card) •HDD/SAS-SSD installed in a JX40 (RAID card) •iSCSI-SAN boot •FC-SAN boot •FCoE boot PRIMEQUEST 2000 Series Design Guide Copyright 2014 FUJITSU LIMITED...
  • Page 25 This function directs the serial output from a partition to a terminal via a LAN. USB Port Disable Function • The front USB ports on the Home SB can be enabled or disabled in the BIOS menu. PRIMEQUEST 2000 Series Design Guide Copyright 2014 FUJITSU LIMITED...
  • Page 26 Reduction of Power Consumption •Power capping for PRIMEQUEST can automatically lower system performance so as to keep power consumption under pre-determined value. Compliant with RoHS Directive (Revision in September 2010) PRIMEQUEST 2000 Series Design Guide Copyright 2014 FUJITSU LIMITED...

  • Page 27: Basic Hardware Configuration

    2. Basic Hardware Configuration This chapter describes the basic configuration of each component. For details, refer to "General Description". PRIMEQUEST 2000 Series Design Guide Copyright 2014 FUJITSU LIMITED...

  • Page 28: Operator Panel (Opl)

    A sensor for monitoring suction temperature of the main unit is installed. System FRU A system FRU (I2C EEPROM) for storing the information of the main unit is installed. System LEDs Copyright 2014 FUJITSU LIMITED PRIMEQUEST 2000 Series Design Guide...

  • Page 29: System Board (Sb)

    When multiple SBs are used to configure partitions, only the external ports of the Home SB are available. USB ports • USB 1.1/USB 2.0 x 4 (USB Type A) VGA port • VGA x 1 (D-sub 15pin) PRIMEQUEST 2000 Series Design Guide Copyright 2014 FUJITSU LIMITED...
  • Page 30 Intel® Xeon® processors are used. A QPI interface and memory controllers are integrated in these processors. It is possible to scale up the configuration by connecting CPUs via the QPI. CPUs Supported by the PRIMEQUEST 2000 Series Number of Product number...
  • Page 31 •At least one set of memory modules (two modules) must be installed for a CPU. Conditions for Installing Different CPUs Different types of CPUs can be installed in different PPAR blocks. (The CPUs must be supported in the PRIMEQUEST model.) PRIMEQUEST 2000 Series Design Guide Copyright 2014 FUJITSU LIMITED...
  • Page 32 PPAR installed in the blocks. same PPAR block. Flexible I/O Flexible I/O IOU#0 IOU#1 IOU#0 IOU#1 (*) The CPUs must be supported in the PRIMEQUEST model. PRIMEQUEST 2000 Series Design Guide Copyright 2014 FUJITSU LIMITED...
  • Page 33 SB#0 SB#1 SB#2 SB#0 SB#1 SB#2 This installation is not allowed because PPAR#0 is switched from SB#0 to SB#2 if a failure occurs in Flexible I/O Flexible I/O SB#0. IOU#0 IOU#0 PRIMEQUEST 2000 Series Design Guide Copyright 2014 FUJITSU LIMITED...
  • Page 34 Installation Group (1 CPU and Normal Mode) Installation group Memory slot numbers 0A0, 0A3 0A1, 0A4 0A2, 0A5 0B0, 0B3 0B1, 0B4 0B2, 0B5 1D2, 1D5 : Memory slots on an extended memory board PRIMEQUEST 2000 Series Design Guide Copyright 2014 FUJITSU LIMITED...
  • Page 35 • When the Memory Spare function is used, install the same memory modules in all six slots of the same Memory Buffer. PRIMEQUEST 2000 Series Design Guide Copyright 2014 FUJITSU LIMITED...
  • Page 36 For details on installation order, refer to "G.2.1 DIMM mounting sequence" in "Administration Manual“ and the following slides. [Example of Installation Order] 1 CPU and Normal Mode (The same type of memory is shown in the same color.) Memory Installation CPU# slot# order PRIMEQUEST 2000 Series Design Guide Copyright 2014 FUJITSU LIMITED...
  • Page 37 When only one CPU is installed, install the DIMMs in the slots starting from the smallest slot number on CPU#0. • Install DIMMs in pairs of two. Refer to the next slide when one PPAR block is configured with eight CPUs (Segment) or the Dynamic Reconfiguration function is used. PRIMEQUEST 2000 Series Design Guide Copyright 2014 FUJITSU LIMITED...
  • Page 38 When only one CPU is installed and the Dynamic Reconfiguration is enabled, the IOU- Dynamic Reconfiguration requires • memory installation for CPU#0 in the above order. • Install DIMMs in pairs of two. PRIMEQUEST 2000 Series Design Guide Copyright 2014 FUJITSU LIMITED...
  • Page 39 (8GB DIMM x 2) (*1) Memory rank: A unit of data input and output by a memory controller from the DRAM chips on a DIMM Memory access performance increases as the rank number increases. PRIMEQUEST 2000 Series Design Guide Copyright 2014 FUJITSU LIMITED...

  • Page 40: Memory Mirror

    Rank 1 Rank 1 DIMM A DIMM B DIMM C DIMM D DIMM E DIMM F * The available memory capacity is five-sixths of the total capacity of the installed memory. PRIMEQUEST 2000 Series Design Guide Copyright 2014 FUJITSU LIMITED...

  • Page 41: Management Board (Mmb)

    •Hardware setup (configuration change) function •Power control in the cabinet, sensor monitoring, partition configuration setting, Memory Mirror mode setting, and reset process •Collection and display of operation logs and error logs PRIMEQUEST 2000 Series Design Guide Copyright 2014 FUJITSU LIMITED...
  • Page 42 This function prevents wrong operations and malicious operations on partitions. (Partition) (Partition) Management and monitoring MMB (One board is included in the default configuration. Another MMB can be added for redundancy.) PRIMEQUEST 2000 Series Design Guide Copyright 2014 FUJITSU LIMITED...
  • Page 43 •Port for maintenance x 1 Used by field engineers for maintenance. •COM port for an MMB console Used for initial setting. User ports Port for COM port for an MMB maintenance console PRIMEQUEST 2000 Series Design Guide Copyright 2014 FUJITSU LIMITED...

  • Page 44: Io Unit (Iou)

    •To connect a PCI Box, install a PCI Box connection card in the specified PCI Express slot on the IOU. •1GbE IO Units and 10GbE IO Units can be installed together in the same cabinet. PRIMEQUEST 2000 Series Design Guide Copyright 2014 FUJITSU LIMITED...
  • Page 45 •Up to three PCI cards can be installed. (If the bracket size of the PCI card is full height, up to two cards can be installed.) 1GbE IO Unit 10GbE IO Unit PRIMEQUEST 2000 Series Design Guide Copyright 2014 FUJITSU LIMITED...
  • Page 46 Connection to a backup Addition of LAN ports in external storage device Connection to an external hard cabinet (PRIMERGY SX05) a cluster configuration (ETERNUS) disk cabinet (JX40) PRIMERGY SX05 JX40 ETERNUS PRIMEQUEST 2000 Series Design Guide Copyright 2014 FUJITSU LIMITED...

  • Page 47: Disk Unit (Du)

    IOU#0/IOU#2 RAID10 are supported. •A hot spare disk is supported. •Up to two RAID cards can be installed in a unit. For details on RAID configurations, refer to "3.3.4 HDD Configuration". PRIMEQUEST 2000 Series Design Guide Copyright 2014 FUJITSU LIMITED...

  • Page 48: Pci Box

    LNKC: Abbreviation of a LINK Card. These cards are installed in PCI Boxes and are used to connect to IOUs. For details on the power supply configuration for a PCI Box, refer to "3.3.7 Power Supply Redundancy". PRIMEQUEST 2000 Series Design Guide Copyright 2014 FUJITSU LIMITED...
  • Page 49 IOU combinations and the available number of PCI slots Number of Number of Number of Available number of Model Number of PCNCs PCI Boxes 1GbE IO Units 10GbE IO Units slots (2400E/2800E only) 2800B 2400E 2800E PRIMEQUEST 2000 Series Design Guide Copyright 2014 FUJITSU LIMITED...
  • Page 50 10GbE IO Units Connection to Different PCI Boxes Connection from Different Cabinets to a PCI Box * The connection configuration depends on the type of IO Unit that is to be installed. PRIMEQUEST 2000 Series Design Guide Copyright 2014 FUJITSU LIMITED...
  • Page 51 PCI Box is The PCI Box cannot be used Stop until it is repaired. repaired. For details on redundancy of PCI Express cards and connection destinations, refer to "3.3.5 Network Configuration". PRIMEQUEST 2000 Series Design Guide Copyright 2014 FUJITSU LIMITED...

  • Page 52: Power Supply Unit (Psu)

    Dual power feed Not supported 200V Primary power Non-redundant 3 + 0 3 + 0 feed Redundant 3 + 1 3 + 1 Dual power feed 3 x 2 3 x 2 PRIMEQUEST 2000 Series Design Guide Copyright 2014 FUJITSU LIMITED...

  • Page 53: Fan Unit (Fanu)

    For details on the number of FANUs that must be installed and the installation slots, refer to "4.5.1 PSU Configuration" in "General Description". A total of six units between the PSUs and the FANUs are installed. PRIMEQUEST 2000 Series Design Guide Copyright 2014 FUJITSU LIMITED...

  • Page 54: Peripherals Configuration

    2.9 Peripherals Configuration (1/4) Console Unit A PC is required to connect a console. For details, refer to "4.1 Key Points for Console Operation". PRIMEQUEST 2000 Series Design Guide Copyright 2014 FUJITSU LIMITED...

  • Page 55: Sales Representative

    For details on racks that can be installed and the use of rack products, contact your sales representative. How to Select Racks * Fujitsu recommends setting rack stabilizer against earthquakes with 80 gal or more. (3) Select a rack securing (4) Arrange options.
  • Page 56 PRIMEQUEST unit per rack. installed. (In some cases, two units can be installed.) PRIMERGY PRIMEQUEST unit (recommended) ETERNUS For details on devices that can be installed, visit our website at http://www.fujitsu.com/global/services/computing/server/primequest/products/peripheral/. PRIMEQUEST 2000 Series Design Guide Copyright 2014 FUJITSU LIMITED...
  • Page 57 C. Distance from the outside of the front rack posts to the inside of the rear door: 860mm or more Rear door Front door Front Posts Posts For details on rack installation conditions, refer to "Hardware Installation Manual". PRIMEQUEST 2000 Series Design Guide Copyright 2014 FUJITSU LIMITED...

  • Page 58: Hardware Configuration Design

    3. Hardware Configuration Design This chapter describes the key points for designing hardware configurations. PRIMEQUEST 2000 Series Design Guide Copyright 2014 FUJITSU LIMITED...

  • Page 59: Key Points For Mmb Design

    Management VLAN (IP addresses that can be switched between MMBs) environment For details, refer to "2.2 Key Points for the MMB Settings" in "Linux Installation Guide" and "3.3 Connection and Setting of MMB" in "Installation Manual". PRIMEQUEST 2000 Series Design Guide Copyright 2014 FUJITSU LIMITED...

  • Page 60: Key Points For Hardware Partitioning Design

    Switching Reserved SB Rules For details, refer to "3.2.3 Switching Reserved SB Rules". Configuration Example For details, refer to "3.2.4 Configuration Example". Guidelines for selecting a partition configuration Configuration examples for each model PRIMEQUEST 2000 Series Design Guide Copyright 2014 FUJITSU LIMITED...
  • Page 61 * If an upper component is degraded, the lower components also cannot be used. (If an IOU is degraded, the DUs and PCI Boxes that are connected to the IOU are also degraded.) PRIMEQUEST 2000 Series Design Guide Copyright 2014 FUJITSU LIMITED...
  • Page 62 (2SB-3CPU) cannot be installed. Partition configuration Total number of 2800B 2400E 2800E CPUs (Number of SBs per partition) One SB Two SBs Three SBs Four SBs Yes: Possible -: Not possible PRIMEQUEST 2000 Series Design Guide Copyright 2014 FUJITSU LIMITED...
  • Page 63 Home SB. * If the Home SB is removed from the partition or is degraded, the SB with the lowest number in the partition is specified as the Home SB. PRIMEQUEST 2000 Series Design Guide Copyright 2014 FUJITSU LIMITED...

  • Page 64: Reserved Sb Function

    SB#0 SB#0 SB#1 SB#2 SB#3 SB#1 SB#2 SB#3 IOU#0 IOU#1 IOU#2 IOU#3 IOU#0 IOU#1 IOU#2 IOU#3 Test environment partition Test environment partition : Home SB (Cannot be operated) : Reserved SB PRIMEQUEST 2000 Series Design Guide Copyright 2014 FUJITSU LIMITED...
  • Page 65 MMB. • The partition configuration information for the last time a Reserved SB was operated is saved. • The saved information can be viewed from the MMB Web-UI. PRIMEQUEST 2000 Series Design Guide Copyright 2014 FUJITSU LIMITED...
  • Page 66 For a partition that consists of one SB, an SB with one or two CPUs can be set as a Reserved SB. Reserved SB Reserved SB Reserved SB Reserved SB SB#0 SB#1 SB#2 SB#3 SB#0 SB#1 SB#2 IOU#0 IOU#0 Partition#0 Partition#0 PRIMEQUEST 2000 Series Design Guide Copyright 2014 FUJITSU LIMITED...
  • Page 67 Different types Partition#0 Reserved SB settings that make a configuration violate the rules for installing different types of CPUs after an SB is replaced with a Reserved SB are not supported. PRIMEQUEST 2000 Series Design Guide Copyright 2014 FUJITSU LIMITED...
  • Page 68 Partition#0 Partition#1 When the Reserved SB is incorporated in partition#1, SB#0 SB#1 SB#2 the number of CPUs increases. Two CPU licenses are required for partition#1. Failed IOU#0 IOU#1 2CPU Partition#0 Partition#1 PRIMEQUEST 2000 Series Design Guide Copyright 2014 FUJITSU LIMITED...
  • Page 69 When using Reserved SBs, use NTP for time synchronization that is performed after switching. After the Home SB is switched, the connections of the external (VGA and USB) ports must be changed to the switched Home SB. PRIMEQUEST 2000 Series Design Guide Copyright 2014 FUJITSU LIMITED...

  • Page 70: Dynamic Reconfiguration

    Hot addition of SBs and IOUs with the PCI Box LH modules is possible with supported OSs and models. Hot removal: Hot removal of IOUs with the PCI Box LH modules is possible with supported OSs and models. PRIMEQUEST 2000 Series Design Guide Copyright 2014 FUJITSU LIMITED...
  • Page 71 When the Home SB is switched to a Reserved SB, the SB with the lowest SB number among SBs including Reserved SBs is changed to the Home SB. For details on switching conditions, refer to "3.2.3 Reserved SB" in "Administration Manual". PRIMEQUEST 2000 Series Design Guide Copyright 2014 FUJITSU LIMITED...
  • Page 72 Reserved SB new Home SB. : Home SB * The setting of SB#3 as the Reserved SB for partition#1 is : Reserved SB automatically cancelled when Reserved SB switching occurs. PRIMEQUEST 2000 Series Design Guide Copyright 2014 FUJITSU LIMITED...
  • Page 73 [Example] Multiple SBs (SB#2 and SB#3) Are Set as Reserved SBs for Partition#0. (If SB#1 Fails) Partition#1 Partition#0 Partition#1 Partition#0 SB#0 SB#0 SB#1 SB#2 SB#3 SB#1 SB#2 SB#3 IOU#0 IOU#1 IOU#2 IOU#3 IOU#0 IOU#1 IOU#2 IOU#3 : Home SB : Reserved SB PRIMEQUEST 2000 Series Design Guide Copyright 2014 FUJITSU LIMITED...
  • Page 74 (If SB#0 and SB#1 Fail Simultaneously) Partition#1 Partition#0 Partition#1 Partition#0 SB#0 SB#0 SB#1 SB#2 SB#3 SB#1 SB#2 SB#3 IOU#0 IOU#1 IOU#2 IOU#3 IOU#0 IOU#1 IOU#2 IOU#3 : Home SB : Reserved SB PRIMEQUEST 2000 Series Design Guide Copyright 2014 FUJITSU LIMITED...
  • Page 75 SB#2 SB#3 SB#1 SB#2 SB#3 IOU#0 IOU#1 IOU#2 IOU#3 IOU#0 IOU#1 IOU#2 IOU#3 Powered off Powered off Powered off Powered off Partition#2 : Home SB Cannot be used : Reserved SB PRIMEQUEST 2000 Series Design Guide Copyright 2014 FUJITSU LIMITED...
  • Page 76 1 partition 1 to 2 partitions 2 partitions or more partitions Aggregation of PC servers and Core system reconstruction (open MF), UNIX server replacement, Work details higher reliability and DB server/ERP infrastructure PRIMEQUEST 2000 Series Design Guide Copyright 2014 FUJITSU LIMITED...
  • Page 77 Number of partitions Number of CPU cores (*1) 24 - 240 Memory Mirror Cluster configuration Reserved SB (*1) Includes the number of CPU cores for Reserved SB Yes: Supported, - : Not supported PRIMEQUEST 2000 Series Design Guide Copyright 2014 FUJITSU LIMITED...
  • Page 78 Clustering Cabinet#0 Cabinet#1 * Cabinet#0 and cabinet#1 have the same configuration. PRIMEQUEST 2000 Series Design Guide Copyright 2014 FUJITSU LIMITED...
  • Page 79 Reserved SB for partition#0, partition#1, and partition#2 to reduce the downtime at a failure. SB#0 SB#1 SB#2 SB#3 IOU#0 IOU#1 IOU#2 IOU#3 : Home SB : Reserved SB PRIMEQUEST 2000 Series Design Guide Copyright 2014 FUJITSU LIMITED...
  • Page 80 (C) Example of a Configuration with Four SBs and Three Partitions nEight CPUs are installed in total. nMemory Mirror configuration nThree works are performed in different partitions. SB#0 SB#2 SB#3 SB#1 IOU#0 IOU#1 IOU#2 IOU#3 PRIMEQUEST 2000 Series Design Guide Copyright 2014 FUJITSU LIMITED...
  • Page 81 (D) Example of a Configuration with Three SBs and Two Partitions nSix CPUs are installed in total. nMemory Mirror configuration nPartition#0 contains two SBs to achieve redundancy for reliability. SB#0 SB#1 SB#2 IOU#0 IOU#1 IOU#2 IOU#3 PRIMEQUEST 2000 Series Design Guide Copyright 2014 FUJITSU LIMITED...
  • Page 82 3.2.4 Configuration Example - 2400E (E) Example of a Configuration with Two SBs and Two Partitions nThree CPUs are installed in total. nMemory Mirror configuration SB#0 SB#1 IOU#0 IOU#1 IOU#2 IOU#3 PRIMEQUEST 2000 Series Design Guide Copyright 2014 FUJITSU LIMITED...
  • Page 83 3.2.4 Configuration Example - 2800B (F) Example of a Configuration with Three SBs and One Partition nSix CPUs are installed in total. nMemory Mirror configuration SB#0 SB#2 SB#1 IOU#0 IOU#1 IOU#2 IOU#3 PRIMEQUEST 2000 Series Design Guide Copyright 2014 FUJITSU LIMITED...

  • Page 84: Key Points For I/O Configuration Design

    "3.3.6 Setting I/O Space for PCI Devices". I/O space assignment setting Power Supply Redundancy For details, refer to "3.3.7 Power Supply Redundancy". Examples of primary power feed and dual power feed PRIMEQUEST 2000 Series Design Guide Copyright 2014 FUJITSU LIMITED...
  • Page 85 It is recommended to use a redundant HDD (hardware RAID or software RAID) as a boot HDD. When an internal disk is used as a boot disk, RAID is configured by using ServerView Installation Manager (SVIM) to install an OS to the disk. PRIMEQUEST 2000 Series Design Guide Copyright 2014 FUJITSU LIMITED...
  • Page 86 HDD #0/1/2/3 IOU#2 DU#1 DU#1 HDD#0 HDD#0 HDD#2 HDD#0 RAID#0 RAID#0 HDD#1 HDD#1 HDD #2/3 HDD #0/1/2/3 HDD#3 HDD#1 IOU#3 DU#1 DU#1 HDD#2 HDD#2 RAID#1 RAID#1 HDD#3 HDD#3 HDD #0/1 HDD #0/1/2/3 PRIMEQUEST 2000 Series Design Guide Copyright 2014 FUJITSU LIMITED...
  • Page 87 Obtain an FBU installation kit (this kit uses Slot#0 exclusively) •FBUs cannot be connected to RAID cards that are installed in 10GbE IO Units, PCI Boxes, or Slot#3 on 1GbE IO Units. PRIMEQUEST 2000 Series Design Guide Copyright 2014 FUJITSU LIMITED...
  • Page 88 (*) A hardware RAID uses the cache on the hardware when Write Back or Always Write Back is specified. A disk uses the cache on the hardware when the disk cache is enabled. PRIMEQUEST 2000 Series Design Guide Copyright 2014 FUJITSU LIMITED...
  • Page 89 When using an internal HDD in an SB, note the following points. When the Reserved SB function is used, the HDD that is used as a boot drive and the data disks cannot be started or operated. PRIMEQUEST 2000 Series Design Guide Copyright 2014 FUJITSU LIMITED...
  • Page 90 For details, refer to "MegaRAID SAS User's Guide" and "ServerView RAID Manager User's Guide". SAN Boot An OS is started from a boot disk that is set in an external storage. For details, refer to "PRIMEQUEST 1000/2000 Series SAN Boot Environment Configuration Manual". PRIMEQUEST 2000 Series Design Guide Copyright 2014 FUJITSU LIMITED...
  • Page 91 Work Windows Acquire memory dump Store to a save information destination STOP error For details, refer to "10.4.3 Setting up the dump environment (Windows)" in "Administration Manual". PRIMEQUEST 2000 Series Design Guide Copyright 2014 FUJITSU LIMITED...
  • Page 92 (Installed memory + 512MB) capacity that is not managed with GDS (EXT3 file system) * Non-Fujitsu storage devices cannot be used for Acquisition area (Installed memory capacity + 1GB) / 0.9 dump areas for sadump. (1st generation) * Required for kdump (Installed memory capacity + 1GB) / 0.9...

  • Page 93: Management Lan

    * Specify different subnets for the management LAN, cluster LAN, internal LAN, and maintenance LAN. * When counting the number of LAN ports that are required for a partition, consider that two ports are used for the management LAN. PRIMEQUEST 2000 Series Design Guide Copyright 2014 FUJITSU LIMITED...
  • Page 94 When configuring partitions with multiple components, install internal ports on different components. Example of IOUs Separate IOUs from each other. IOU#0 IOU#1 PCI Express PCI Express Slots Slots Partition A Partition B PRIMEQUEST 2000 Series Design Guide Copyright 2014 FUJITSU LIMITED...
  • Page 95 1000Base-T (Dual) Not used PCI Box LH FC card (Single) Duplicated Empty Duplicated PCI Box connection card 1000Base-T (Dual) PCI Box connection card Not used PCI Box LH FC card (Single) Empty PRIMEQUEST 2000 Series Design Guide Copyright 2014 FUJITSU LIMITED...
  • Page 96 When MMBs are duplicated but user ports are not, the active MMB must be switched manually if an MMB fails. For details, refer to "1.3.3 Redundant configuration of the management LAN" in "Administration Manual". PRIMEQUEST 2000 Series Design Guide Copyright 2014 FUJITSU LIMITED...
  • Page 97 10GbE environment is used. Infiniband cards can be used for the paths to synchronize databases. Use of Infiniband cards with PCIeSSDs can provide better effects within the network. PRIMEQUEST 2000 Series Design Guide Copyright 2014 FUJITSU LIMITED...
  • Page 98 PCH). The following devices can be assigned: Onboard LANs RAID cards in SBs RAID cards in DUs PCI Express slots on IOUs PCI Boxes PRIMEQUEST 2000 Series Design Guide Copyright 2014 FUJITSU LIMITED...
  • Page 99 This type of assignment is easy to use and can be used when the partition configuration is relatively small and 16 or less devices require the I/O space. For details, refer to “3.4 [Device Manager] Menu" in "Tool Reference". PRIMEQUEST 2000 Series Design Guide Copyright 2014 FUJITSU LIMITED...

  • Page 100: Power Supply Redundancy

    * When using a redundant configuration or dual power feed for the main unit, also use the same power supply configuration for PCI Boxes. For details on PSU configurations, refer to "2.7 Power Supply Unit (PSU)". PRIMEQUEST 2000 Series Design Guide Copyright 2014 FUJITSU LIMITED...
  • Page 101 Power Calculator ("Tool"). As the above example shows, if the maximum apparent power is 4.500VA or less , the number of power distribution boxes can be reduced. PRIMEQUEST 2000 Series Design Guide Copyright 2014 FUJITSU LIMITED...

  • Page 102: Key Points For Cluster Configurations

    Windows => Windows Server Failover Clustering (WSFC) Improved reliability of SBs and QPI network RHEL => PRIMECLUSTER l Flexible I/O mechanism l Reserved SB (spare SB) Cost for Installation and Operation PRIMEQUEST 2000 Series Design Guide Copyright 2014 FUJITSU LIMITED...
  • Page 103 "3.4.2 Intra-Cabinet Cluster". •Windows Clustering with Windows Server Failover Clustering (OS standard function) is recommended. * A server for Active Directory (AD server) is required separately. •Linux Clustering with PRIMECLUSTER is recommended. PRIMEQUEST 2000 Series Design Guide Copyright 2014 FUJITSU LIMITED...
  • Page 104 CPU frequency, memory capacity, HDD capacity, and number of HDDs). • If an IOU fails, the redundancy of the system is lost and components such as the midplane become single points of failure. PRIMEQUEST 2000 Series Design Guide Copyright 2014 FUJITSU LIMITED...
  • Page 105 • When Oracle SE-RAC is used, a cluster configuration is possible only for 2400E. For 2800E, Oracle SE-RAC cannot be used, but Oracle EE-RAC can be used. • When Oracle SE-RAC is used, only an intra-cluster configuration is possible for 2400E. • When Oracle EE-RAC is used, an inter-cluster configuration is possible. PRIMEQUEST 2000 Series Design Guide Copyright 2014 FUJITSU LIMITED...
  • Page 106 Cabinet#1 Cabinet#0 Partition#0 Partition#0 The cluster interconnect is configured separately from the operation LAN Cluster software Cluster software and management LAN. MMB#0 MMB#1 MMB#0 MMB#1 (Active) (Standby) (Active) (Standby) Management LAN PRIMEQUEST 2000 Series Design Guide Copyright 2014 FUJITSU LIMITED...
  • Page 107 Operation LAN AD server Private network Public network (Operation LAN) Partition#Y Partition#X Cluster software Cluster software Partition#Y Partition#X Clustering Cluster service Cluster service (PRIMECLUSTER) Clustering MMB#0 MMB#1 (WSFC) (Active) (Standby) Management LAN PRIMEQUEST 2000 Series Design Guide Copyright 2014 FUJITSU LIMITED...

  • Page 108: Operation Management Design

    4. Operation Management Design This chapter describes the key points for designing operation management. For details, refer to "Administration Manual". PRIMEQUEST 2000 Series Design Guide Copyright 2014 FUJITSU LIMITED...

  • Page 109: Key Points For Console Operation

    Text console Maintenance Management Action That Is Required When Reserved SB Switching Occurs If switching by the Reserved SB function occurs, the console connection must be changed. PRIMEQUEST 2000 Series Design Guide Copyright 2014 FUJITSU LIMITED...
  • Page 110 Console Connection Configuration Operation LAN : SW redundancy : Redundancy with teaming (PRIMECLUSTER GLS etc.) : Disabled on the standby side Video redirection Text console Remote storage Management LAN Maintenance LAN PRIMEQUEST 2000 Series Design Guide Copyright 2014 FUJITSU LIMITED...

  • Page 111: Key Points For Server Operation Management

    Network (Integrated management of physical servers and virtual servers, simplified and Management target: Resources visualized operation of virtual servers, and simplified maintenance) SVAS: ServerView Agentless Service SV RAID: ServerView RAID Manager PRIMEQUEST 2000 Series Design Guide Copyright 2014 FUJITSU LIMITED...
  • Page 112 Systemwalker Centric Manager (Client) Storage PRIMERGY Systemwalker Centric Systemwalker Centric Network Manager (Agent) Manager (Agent) Management target: Resources For details, refer to "Appendix J Systemwalker Centric Manager Linkage" in "Administration Manual". PRIMEQUEST 2000 Series Design Guide Copyright 2014 FUJITSU LIMITED...

  • Page 113: Key Points For Backup And Restoration Configurations

    •The same information is stored also in the flash memory of the MMB. •When duplicated MMBs are used, the same information is always stored in both MMBs. Backup Contents •Firmware setting information •Device identification information PRIMEQUEST 2000 Series Design Guide Copyright 2014 FUJITSU LIMITED...

  • Page 114: Optional Products

    (*2) Only for a SAN boot configuration with an ETERNUS disk storage system. Floppy disk drives cannot be connected to the PRIMEQUEST 2000 series. Select a method that does not require direct connection of a floppy disk drive. * The software support information is as of February 2014. For the latest software information, contact your sales representative.

  • Page 115: Key Points For Ntp Operation

    * To ensure the stability of the NTP operation, specify multiple NTP System System clock clock servers from each NTP client. * Select NTP servers that have a high-precision clock in the Internet or intranet. PRIMEQUEST 2000 Series Design Guide Copyright 2014 FUJITSU LIMITED...

  • Page 116: Os/Support

    5. OS/Support This chapter describes information on the OS. PRIMEQUEST 2000 Series Design Guide Copyright 2014 FUJITSU LIMITED...

  • Page 117: Arrangement Information

    5.1 Arrangement Information For details on the types of OSs and support, contact your sales representative. For details on OS specifications, refer to "Appendix B OS Specifications" and the website of each vendor. PRIMEQUEST 2000 Series Design Guide Copyright 2014 FUJITSU LIMITED...

  • Page 118: Appendices

    Appendices PRIMEQUEST 2000 Series Design Guide Copyright 2014 FUJITSU LIMITED...

  • Page 119: Appendix A Bundled Software

    The tools below can be installed all together by using ServerView Installation Manager (SVIM). Tool Windows RHEL SUSE DSNAP Software Support Guide ServerView Operations Manager ServerView Agentless Service ServerView Agent ServerView RAID Manager Dynamic Reconfiguration utility Yes: Supported, -: Not supported PRIMEQUEST 2000 Series Design Guide Copyright 2014 FUJITSU LIMITED...
  • Page 120 Drivers are provided with ServerView Suite. The latest versions can be downloaded from the following URL: http://www.fujitsu.com/global/services/computing/server/primequest/ Related Software Server Management Software For details, refer to "1.5.3 Server management software" in "General Description". PRIMEQUEST 2000 Series Design Guide Copyright 2014 FUJITSU LIMITED...

  • Page 121: Appendix B Os Specifications

    Maximum file size: 16TB (implementation restrictions, the logical maximum value is 2^64-1 clusters) ReFS, which is the latest file system for Windows Server 2012, can be used for data areas, but ReFS is not recommended because its use has not been proven well. PRIMEQUEST 2000 Series Design Guide Copyright 2014 FUJITSU LIMITED...
  • Page 122 (*2) To install 1TB or more memory, Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1 must be applied. If SP1 is not available, apply KB980598. For details, refer to the KB information that is available from Microsoft (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/980598/). PRIMEQUEST 2000 Series Design Guide Copyright 2014 FUJITSU LIMITED...
  • Page 123 - The number of LUNs for each of the lower-level drivers (mptsas, mptspi, lpfc, and megaraid_sas) cannot exceed the value that is set for the SCSI common layer. - To specify a non-default value, use the option parameter of each driver. PRIMEQUEST 2000 Series Design Guide Copyright 2014 FUJITSU LIMITED...
  • Page 124 Maximum file size (EXT3) Maximum number of PCI slots All slots can be used. PCI Hot Plug PCI Box is supported. No IOU is supported. (Specification of the main unit) Firmware UEFI support Supported PRIMEQUEST 2000 Series Design Guide Copyright 2014 FUJITSU LIMITED...
  • Page 125 Maximum volume capacity 64TB Maximum number of FC-HBAs Maximum number of physical For details, refer to "Networking Maximums" in NIC ports "Configuration Maximums for VMware vSphere 5.1". Firmware UEFI support Not Supported PRIMEQUEST 2000 Series Design Guide Copyright 2014 FUJITSU LIMITED...
  • Page 126 Maximum volume capacity 64TB Maximum number of FC-HBAs Maximum number of physical For details, refer to "Networking Maximums" in NIC ports "Configuration Maximums for VMware vSphere 5.5". Firmware UEFI support Supported PRIMEQUEST 2000 Series Design Guide Copyright 2014 FUJITSU LIMITED...
  • Page 127 Revision Record Revised location Description Edition Date 2014-02-18 All pages Created the first edition PRIMEQUEST 2000 Series Design Guide Copyright 2014 FUJITSU LIMITED...
  • Page 128 These contents may be printed and downloaded for personal use only. However, permission from Fujitsu Limited or the relevant right holder is required for any other use, such as reuse on your own website or uploading to another server.

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