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Bladeform SM-7140B
At twice the density of 1U servers, the Bladeform Blade Server Platform and Xeon Server Blades offer the density, power and manageability required by the enterprise data centers and high performance computing clusters of today. This Xeon Blade Server's balance of performance, density, modularity, and economy squeezes the maximum processing power from a given space while reducing administration costs associated with provisioning, management, and maintenance.

Please see our Bladeform Blade Server System.

SM-7140B Chassis	SM-B290 Compute Blade	Chassis Management Module
Fibre Channel Switch	Fibre Channel Expansion Card

Media Tray (on front)

Diskette drive	1.44 MB
CD-ROM drive	IDE
Universal Serial Bus	(USB) v1.1 port
Front system	LED panel

Module Bays (on rear)

Four hot-swap 220-volt power-module bays
Two hot-plug management module bays
Four hot-plug switch-module bays
Two hot-swap blower bays

Blade Bays (on front)

14 hot-plug blade bays

Redundant Cooling

Two redundant variable-speed hot-swap blowers, 325 cubic ft per min (CFM), front to back airflow

Front Panel LEDs

Power-on LED	When this green LED is lit, power is present to the chassis unit
Location LED	When this blue LED is lit or flashing, it has been turned on by the system administrator, to aid in visually locating the chassis unit.
Over-temperature LED	When this amber LED is lit, the temperature in the chassis unit exceeds the temp limits or a blade server reports an over-temp condition
Information LED	When this amber LED is lit, a noncritical event has occurred that requires attention
System-error LED	When this amber LED is lit, it indicates that a system error has occurred

Power Modules

Standard	Two 2000-watt or greater (200-240VAC) hot-swap power modules; both power modules provide redundancy to each other
Maximum	Four: Power modules 1 and 2 supply 12V to all switch and management modules and to blade bays 1 through 6 Power modules 3 and 4 supply 12V to blade bays 7 through 14 Power modules 1 and 2 provide redundancy to each other Power modules 3 and 4 provide redundancy to each other

Switch Modules

Standard	Standard
Maximum	Two hot-plug 1 Gbit Ethernet four-port switch modules and two hot-plug switch modules of another network-communication standard, such as Fibre Channel

Management Module

Redundant hot-plug management modules provide the following features:

System	Management functions for the SCBE system
Video Port	Analog
Keyboard Port	PS2
Mouse	PS2
Remote Management Connection	10/100 Mb Ethernet

Upgradeable Microcode

Management Module	Firmware
Ethernet Switch Module	Firmware
Blade Server Service Processor	Firmware

Security Features

Remote Connection	Login password
Remote Management Access	Secure socket layer (SSL) security

Size

Height	304.2mm (12 in. or 7U)
Depth	711.2mm (28")
Width	444 mm (17.5")
Weight	124.73 kg. (275 lbs.) fully configured with modules and blades 44.91 kg. (99 lbs.) fully configured without blades

Acoustical Noise Emissions

Without Acoustics Module Option	Sound power, idle: 7.4 bels maximum Sound power, operating: 7.4 bels maximum
With Acoustics Module Option	Sound power, idle: 6.9 bels maximum Sound power, operating: 6.9 bels maximum

Environment

Air Temperature	Operating (system): 10°C to 35°C (50°F to 95°F); 0 to 914m (2998.69 ft) altitude Operating (system): 10°C to 32°C (50°F to 89.6°F); 914m to 2134m (2998.69 to 7000 ft.) altitude Non-operating (system): -40° to +60°C (-40° to +140°F)
Humidity	Operating: 8% to 80% Non-operating: 8% to 80%

Electrical Input

Sine-wave input (50-60Hz single phase) required	Minimum: 200 volts AC Maximum: 240 volts AC

Heat Output

Approximate Heat Output (BTUs per hour)	Minimum configuration: 1365 BTU/hour (400 watts) Maximum configuration: 9622 BTU/hour (2860 watts)

Safety Compliance

USA	UL 60950 – 3rd Edition/CSA 22.2. No. 60950
Canada	cUL certified – 3rd Edition/CSA 22.2. No. 60950- for Canada (product bea the single cUL mark for U.S. and Canada)
Europe	Low Voltage Directive, 73/23/EEC TUV/GS to EN60950 2nd Edition with Amendments, A1 = A2 + A3 + A4
International	TUV/CB to IEC 60950 3rd Edition TUV/CB – EN60 950 2nd Edition + Amd 1–4 TUV/CB – EMKO-TSE (74-SEC) 207/94
Australian/New Zealand	CB Report to IEC 60950, 3rd Edition plus international deviation

Electromagnetic Compatibility (EMC)

USA	FCC CFR 47 Part 2 and 15, Verified Class A Limit
Canada	IC ICES-003 Class A Limit
Europe	EMC Directive, 89/336/EEC EN55022, Class A Limit, Radiated & Conducted Emissions EN55024 ITE Specific Immunity Standard EN61000-4-2 ESD Immunity (Level 2 Contact Discharge, Level 3 Air Discharge) EN61000-4-3 Radiated Immunity (Level 2) EN61000-4-4 Electrical Fast Transient (Level 2) EN61000-4-5 AC Surge EN61000-4-6 Conducted RF EN61000-4-8 Power Frequency Magnetic Fields EN61000-4-11 Voltage Dips and Interrupts EN61000-3-2 Limit for Harmonic Current Emissions EN61000-3-3 Voltage Flicker
Japan	VCCI Class A ITE (CISPR 22, Class A Limit) IEC 1000-3-2 Limit for Harmonic Current Emissions
Australian/New Zealand	CB Report to IEC 60950, 3rd Edition plus international deviation
Taiwan	BSMI Approval
Korea	RRL Approval
Russia	GOST Approved
International	CISPR 22, Class A Limit

Microprocessor

Supports up to 2 microprocessors	Two Dual-Core Intel® Xeon® with 1066/1333 MHz system bus
Chipset	Intel® 5000P Series

Memory

Memory Capacity	Support for 1GB to 16GB
DIMM Sizes	256MB, 512MB, 1GB, 2GB
Memory Type	2-way interleaved DDR2 ECC Fully Buffered DIMM

Drives

Two small form factor (SFF, 2.5") Serial Attached SCSI (SAS) hard disk drive bays

Size

Height	24.5 cm (9.7 inches)
Depth	44.6 cm (17.6 inches)
Width	2.9 cm (1.14 inches)
Maximum weight	5.4 kg (12 lbs.)

Integrated Functions

Two onboard Gigabit Ethernet controllers support teaming, failover, Wake on LAN, Serial over LAN (SOL), and TCP/IP Offload Engine (TOE); optional I/O and Memory Expansion Module has an additional Gigabit Ethernet controller with two Ethernet ports

ATI RN-50 video controller

Local service processor provides interface for communication with the Intel® Server Blade Chassis and the management module, system and environmental monitoring, event recording and alert capability

Light-Guided Diagnostics (LED lights indicate failing component) Flash-based embedded diagnostics

USB buses for communication with keyboard, mouse, diskette drive, and CD-ROM drive¹

Front Panel Buttons

Keyboard/ mouse/ video	This button is for associating the keyboard port, mouse port, and video port with this blade server; the LED on this button flashes while the request is being processed, then is steady when ownership has been transferred to the blade server
Power Control Button	This button is located behind the control panel door; press this button to manually turn the blade server on or off
Media Tray Button	This button is for associating the media tray with this blade server; the LED on this button flashes while the request is being processed, then is steady when ownership has been transferred to the blade server

Front Panel LEDs

Blade-error LED	When this amber LED is lit, it indicates that a system error has occurred in the blade server
Information LED	When this amber LED is lit, it indicates that information about a system error for the blade server has been placed in the system Error log
Location LED	When this blue LED is lit, it has been turned on remotely by the system administrator to aid in visually locating the blade server; the location LED on the chassis unit will be on as well
Activity LED	When this green LED is lit, it indicates that there is hard-disk-drive or network activity
Power-on LED	This green LED indicates the power status of the blade server in the following manner: • Flashing rapidly – the service processor on the blade server is handshaking with the chassis management module • Flashing slowly – the blade server has AC power but is not turned on • Steady – the blade server has AC power and is turned on

Input/Output

Power, cooling, removable-media drives, external ports, and advanced system management are provided by the Blade Server Chassis.

Environment

Air Temperature	Operating (system): 10°C to 35°C (50°F to 95°F); 0 to 914m (2998.69 ft) altitude Operating (system): 10°C to 32°C (50°F to 89.6°F); 914m to 2134m (2998.69 to 7000 ft.ft) altitude Non-operating (system): -40° to +60°C (-40° to +140°F)
Humidity	Operating: 8% to 80% Non-operating: 5% to 80%

Electrical Input

Input Voltage	12 V dc

Safety Compliance

United States/Canada	UL 60950 – CSA 60950–1
Europe	EN60950-1, CE – Low Voltage Directive 73/23/EEE
International	IEC60950-1, CB Certificate &Report, IEC6095-1
Russia	GOST R 50377–92 – License

Electromagnetic Compatibility (EMC)

United States/Canada	FCC/ICES-003 – Emissions (United States/Canada) Verification
Europe	EN55022 – Emissions EN55024 – Immunity EN61000-3-2 – Harmonics EN61000-3-3 Voltage Flicker ECE – EMC Directive 89/336/EEC
Japan	VCCI Emissionss
Australian/New Zealand	AS/NZS 3548 Emissions
Taiwan	BSMI CNS13438 Emissions
Korea	RRL MIC Notice No. 1997–41 (EMC) & 1997–42 (EMI)
Russia	GOST R 29216–91 Emissions GOST R 50628–95 Immunity

Chassis Management Module Features

Remote, out-of-band management	Manage all compute blades in a consistent manner irrespective of what Operating system is installed on the server or what state the server is in (Pre-boot, Post-boot or failed).
Integrated KVM switch	The built-in KVM switch provides full text and graphical access to any blade server console.
Emergency management access over LAN	The Serial over LAN1 feature redirects serial traffic from any blade to any management console over the network. This allows remote problem diagnosis in the event of system failures.
Upward integration into Enterprise management consoles	SNMP agents on the management module allow monitoring and control of the chassis and server blades from any enterprise management console on the network.
Intel® Active Air Flow Control	Automatically controls the speed of the fan based on thermal sensors in the chassis.
Intel® Light-Guided Diagnostics	Quickly resolve failures via the use of a series of LEDs on the blade server.

Fibre Channel Protocols

FC-PH version 4.3, FC-PH-2, FC-PH-3, FC-AL version 4.5, FC-AL-2 Rev 7.0, FC-FLA, FC-GS-3, FC-FG, FC-PLDA, FC-Tape, FC-VI, FC-SW-2, Fibre Channel Element MIB RFC 2837, and Fibre Alliance MIB version 4.0.

Fibre Channel service classes	Class 2 and class 3
Operation modes	Fibre Channel class 2 and class 3, connectionless.
External port type	Generic loop port (GL_port)
Internal port type	Fabric port (F_port)
Port characteristics	External ports are automatically detected and self configuring
Number of Fibre Channel ports	2 external ports and 14 internal ports
Scalability	239 switches maximum depending on your configuration
Maximum number of user ports	475,000 ports
Buffer credits	12 buffer credits per port
Media type	Small form-factor pluggable (SFP) module
Fabric port speed	1.0625 or 2.125 Gbps (gigabits per second)
Maximum frame size	2148 bytes (2112 byte payload)
System processor	Geode SC1200
Fabric latency	Less than 0.5 µsec
Fabric point-to-point bandwidth	2 Gbps or 4 Gbps at full duplex
Fabric aggregate bandwidth	64 Gbps at full duplex
Nonblocking architecture to prevent latency

Switch Maintainability

Diagnosis	Power-on self-test (POST) is performed on all functional components except the SFP module. Port operational tests include internal, external, and online tests.
User interface	LED indicators

Fabric management

Management Methods	Fibre Channel Module Manager (SAN Utility Application) Telnet and command line interface (CLI)
Switch SNMP Agent	Enables a network management workstation to receive configuration values, traffic information, and Fibre Channel failure data through SNMP and the Ethernet interface.

Dimensions

Width	112 mm (4.41 in.)
Height	29 mm (1.14 in.)
Depth	260.3 mm (10.25 in.)
Weight	2 lb

Environmental

Temperature and Altitude	Operating: 5°C to 40°C (41°F to 104°F) at an altitude of 0 to 3,048 m (0 to 10,000 ft.) Non-operating: 40°C to 65°C (40°F to 149°F) at an altitude of 0 to 15,240 m (0 to 50,000 ft.)
Humidity	Operating: 8% to 80%, noncondensing Non-operating: 5% to 80%, noncondensing

Switch Regulatory Certifications

Electrical	Power source loading: 3.75 amps maximum at 12V dc Heat output: 45 watts maximum Operating voltage: 12V dc Circuit protection: Internally fused

Safety Standards

USA:	UL 60950 3rd Edition/CSA 22.2. No. 60950
Canada:	cUL certified 3rd Edition/CSA 22.2. No. 60950- for Canada (product bears the single cUL mark for U.S. and Canada)
Europe:	Low Voltage Directive, 73/23/EEC TUV/GS to EN60950 2nd Edition with Amendments, A1 = A2 + A3 + A4
International:	TUV/CB to IEC 60950 3rd Edition TUV/CB – EN60 950 2nd Edition + Amd 1–4 TUV/CB – EMKO-TSE (74-SEC) 207/94
Australian/New Zealand:	CB Report to IEC 60950, 3rd Edition plus international deviations

Emissions Standards

USA:	FCC CFR 47 Part 2 and 15, Verified Class A Limit
Canada:	IC ICES-003 Class A Limit
Europe:	EMC Directive, 89/336/EEC EN55022, Class A Limit, Radiated & Conducted EmissionsEN55024 ITE Specific Immunity Standard EN61000-4-2 ESD Immunity (Level 2 Contact Discharge, Level 3 Air Discharge) EN61000-4-3 Radiated Immunity (Level 2) EN61000-4-4 Electrical Fast Transient (Level 2) EN61000-4-5 AC Surge EN61000-4-6 Conducted RF EN61000-4-8 Power Frequency Magnetic Fields EN61000-4-11 Voltage Dips and Interrupts EN61000-3-2 Limit for Harmonic Current Emissions EN61000-3-3 Voltage Flicker
Japan:	VCCI Class A ITE (CISPR 22, Class A Limit) IEC 1000-3-2 Limit for Harmonic Current Emissions
Australia/New Zealand:	AS/NZS 3548, Class A Limit
Taiwan:	BSMI Approval
Korea:	RRL Approval

Shortwave Laser SFP Module at 1 Gbps and multi-mode SFP module at 2 Gbps:

Connector	LC-LC
Color coding	Beige or black exposed connector surfaces
Cable	Fibre Channel 100-M6-SN-I (50 µm multimode)
Wavelength	830 to 860 nm
Transmit power	10 dBm minimum
Receiver sensitivity	16 dBm average
Distance	500 meters maximum using 50 micronfiber 300 meters maximum using 62.5 micron fiber
Safety	DHHS 21 CFR(J), IEC 825–1 CENCELEC EN 60825–1, VDE

Longwave Laser SFP Module at 1 Gbps and multi-mode SFP module at 2 Gbps:

Connector	LC-LC Fibre Channel cable
Color coding	Blue exposed connector surfaces
Cable	Fibre Channel 100SM-LC-L (9 µm single mode)
Wavelength	1270 through 13.5 nm
Transmit power	10 dBm minimum
Receiver sensitivity	20 dBm average
Distance	2 meters to 10 kilometers
Safety	DHHS 21 CFR(J), IEDC 825–1 CENELEC EN 60825–1, VDE

Expansion card bus

Supports subset of PCI local bus specification, revision 2.2 and the PCI-X specification 1.0a

PCI/PCI-X signaling environment

Supports 3.3 V only

PCI/PCI-X transfer rate

The burst transfer rate is based on the input clock speed multiplied by the number of bytes (8)
PCI – 66 = 525 MB per second
PCI-X – 100 = 800 MB per second

Fibre Channel Specifications

Bus transfer rate: 200 MB per second Specifications maximum at half-duplex and 400 MB per second maximum at full-duplex
Support for both FCP-SCSI and IP protocols
Support for point-to-point fabric connection: F-Port Fabric Login
Support for FCAL public loop profile: FL-Port Login
Support for Fibre Channel services class 2 and 3
Support for FCP SCSI initiator and target operation
Support for full-duplex operation
Copper interface ac coupled

Processor

Single-chip design with two completely independent 2 Gb serial Fibre Channel ports. Each port provides:
- RISC processor
- Integrated serializer/deserializer
- Receive direct memory access (DMA) sequencer
- Frame buffer
- Five-channel DMA controller

Host data transfer

64-bit, 100 MHz bus-master DMA data transfers to 800 MB per second

RAM

512 KB sync burst SRAM per channel supporting parity protection

BIOS ROM

BIOS ROM 128 KB of flash memory (the flash is field programmable)

NVRAM

NVRAM 256 bytes, field programmable

Onboard DMA

Five-channel DMA controller for each port: transmit, receive, command, auto-request, and auto-response

Frame buffer FIFO

Integrated 4 KB transmit and 6 KB receive frame buffer FIFO for each data channel

Connectors (internal only)

Board-to-board Molex HSM type for serial interfaces
200 pin board-to-board for PCI-X interface

Dimensions

Approximately 9.35 cm x 13.14 cm (3.683 in. x 5.275 in.)

Operating power

Less than 12 watts

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