CoolShell CS-5U Blade Server

Blade Environmentals

Subrack Environmentals

Provides All the Benefits of Blade Servers

• High compute density
• Rapid migration to new technologies
• 10 GigE Switch Fabrics
• Built-in system management
• Lower total cost of ownership

Enables the I/O and Storage Flexibility of Rack Mounted Servers

• Supports PCI-Express
• Up to 30 Terabytes in a single system
• Accepts high performance graphics and signal processing cards
• Built-in cable management and simple front access cable connectivity
• Reduced system depth – fits in standard 19 inch rack

Provides the Ruggedness of Board Level Computers

• Withstands 30G @ 20 ms Shock events (MIL-901D)
• 50°C Operation
• Corrosion Proof Aluminum Construction
• Airflow direction: Front to Rear
• Three hot-swap 850 W Power Supplies 90…264 VAC or 48 VDC; optional 1050 W AC Power Supplies
• MIL-STD-901d, MIL-STD-810, MIL-STD 167

The CS-5RU is a completely modular system that provides the industry’s highest compute density. One 5RU high, 17.75” deep rackmountable CoolShell Subrack can support up to four CoolShell blades with either eight Nehalem or sixteen Nehalem-EX sockets for applications that require enterprise compute power in a very constrained space. All modules are replaceable from the front increasing uptime, significantly reducing maintenance costs, and supporting constrained mounting environments. Cable connections are on the front, no rear access is required. Each subrack includes a backplane, N+1redundant power supplies (PSUs), and redundant 10Gbit Ethernet switches, within the Chassis Management and Communications (CMAC) . The CoolShell CS-5RU fits in a standard 19” rack.

The CoolShell CS-5U system is designed to provide users with I/O and storage options, and can be configured in a 5RU subrack with four processor blades or a combination of processor, and I/O storage modules.

Innovative CS-5U Processor Modules

Themis’ CoolShell is based on industry standard motherboards. The CoolShell CS-5U Processor Module blades are 1RU and are based on standard off-the-shelf motherboards. These motherboards include two quad core Intel Xeon processors (quad socket motherboards in 2010), in a symmetric multiprocessing configuration. CoolShell CS-5U systems can be quickly updated to the latest processor technology, since it is based on standard off-the-shelf components.

CoolShell CS-5U Processor Module motherboards are enclosed in a light alloy clamshell, isolating the electronics from the environment. Integrated blowers create a scalable cooling system, with low acoustic emissions. Themis CoolShell CS-5U servers are easily upgraded. The light alloy clamshell provides these benefits:

• Mechanical support to mitigate shock and vibration
• Forms a Faraday cage around the electronics to control emissions
• Protects the electronics from dust and dirt contamination
• Conduction cooling for the electronics

CoolShell CS-5U I/O Blade

The CoolShell CS-5U I/O Blade provides extreme flexibility to optimally meet customer requirements. It can be configured as all I/O, all storage, or a combination of I/O and storage. The whole I/O Blade can be associated with a single CS-5U processor blade or the bays can be allocated to support up to two CS-5U processor blades. A CoolShell CS-5U I/O Blade provides three bays. Each bay can be configured to support one of the following options:

• PCI Express 2.0 x16 slot
• Dual PCI Express 2.0 x8 slots
• Storage
• PCI Express 2.0 x16 slot and storage

PCI Express slots are connected to a CS-5U processor Blade through the subrack backplane. Each bay accommodates a double-wide high performance graphics card or up to two standard PCI Express cards. I/O cards are accessible from the front of the subrack. Support for standard PCI Express form factors provide for customer choice and rapid updates to the newest technology.

CoolShell Storage Canisters

Each CoolShell CS-5U IO Blade bay supports up to two CoolShell CS-5U pluggable storage canisters with a maximum of five per IO Blade. This yields up to 15 TB of capacity using current technology. Each pluggable storage canister houses up to three 2.5-in solid state or rotating spindle drives. The storage canisters can be individually quiesced and are hot pluggable for replacement, upgrade, or general servicing.

A high performance, 24 port SAS/SATA RAID controller can provide access to up to all 15 storage drives within an IO Blade. The RAID controller supports RAID levels 0,1,5,6,10,50,60 and includes built-in management of the of the arrays, both in-band and out of band. Arrays can be partitioned into several LUNS or can be arranged as a single large disk. Other storage configurations are possible. Contact Themis for more information.

10 Gigabit Ethernet Fabrics

CoolShell CS-5U processor Blades are interconnected by two physical 10Gb Ethernet fabrics. Each Processor Blade attaches to the fabrics via four 10Gb Ethernet ports, two to each fabric.

Switching for a physical fabric is provided by a 10Gb Ethernet switch on the Chassis Management and Communication Module associated with that fabric. The switches support managed, up to layer 3, or unmanaged operation. Two switch modules provide for complete redundancy for common circuitry of each physical fabric or can be used to provide 40 Gigabit trunk virtualization. Each Chassis Management and Communication Module provides four ports, 2 copper and 2 optical, each running at 100 Mb/s to 10 Gb/s for external access to it’s 10 Gb/s fabric.

CoolShell CS-5U Power Modules

The CoolShell CS-5U comes standard with three hot-swappable 850-Watt power supply modules, in an N+1 configuration. The power input can be either 90 – 264 VAC or 48 VDC. Optionally, 1050-watt AC input power modules are available to support higher power blade configurations.

The CS-5U server integrates a full management suite. The management infrastructure is formulated on two levels, one that supports the interface to the outside network and the one that is exclusive to the internal system. Each of the plug-in blades has its own management controller. The management controller monitors and controls the local environment on the blade. Information about each Field Replacable Unit (FRU) is contained in flash memory, on each of the blades. Whenever a blade is swapped out for another type, whether it is for a configuration change or for upgrade, the system automatically integrates the replacement FRU information into the system database pool.

The Chassis Management and Communication Module contains the Chassis Monitor and provides the routing of outside messages to each of the internal blade management controllers. The system management interface is SNMP based and can also be accessed via a web browser interface.

A Management Information Base (MIB) is supplied with the system. Physical access is through a 10/100Mb Ethernet interface on each Chassis Management and Communication Module.