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1 A lphaServ erGS320 Version 1 May 15, 2000 Created by the Custom Configuration Documentati on Group[...]
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2 EXPORT STA TEMENT OF A SSURA NCE Products and technical data obtained under this agre ement may be subjec t to U.S. and other government exports control regulations. Customer assures that it will comply w ith those regulations w henever it exports or re-ex ports controlled products or technica l data obtained from COMPA Q or any pr oduct produced[...]
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3 Revision Histor y DA T E DOCUMENT NUM BER REV DESCRIPTION / SUM M A RY May 15, 2000 Prelim inary Publication of Docum ent Responsible Depar tment: Value-added Installation Servic e / Custom Configuration Doc um ent Group Responsible Pe rson: Thom as J acob[...]
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4 Contents 1.0 Compaq A lphaServer GS320 Sy stem Cabinet................................................................... 6 2.0 Sy stem Cabinet #1 Lay out .................................................................................................. 8 2.1 Sy s tem Cabinet #1, System Box Rear Layout (QBB #0, QBB #2) ...........................[...]
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5 Figures Figure 3 Com paq AlphaServer GS320 System Front View............................................................................ .............. 6 Figure 4 Com paq AlphaServer 320 System Rear View ............................................................................... ................ 7 Figure 5 System Cabinet #1 Quad Building Bloc[...]
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6 1.0 Compaq A lphaServer GS320 Sy stem Cabinet Figure 1 Compaq A lph aServer GS320 System Front View Note : The pictur e above depicts a f ully configured GS320 with 32 CPUs and 256GB of m em ory. Additional Expander cabinets m ay be added to inc rease I/O.[...]
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7 1.0 Compaq A lphaServer GS320 sy stem (continued) Figure 2 Compaq A lph aServer 320 System Rear View[...]
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8 2.0 Sy stem Cabinet #1 Lay out 2.1 Sy stem Cabinet #1, Sy stem Box Rear Lay out (QBB #0, QB B #2) Figure 3 System Cabinet #1 Q uad Building Blocks (QBB #0, QBB #2)[...]
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9 2.2 Sy stem Cabinet #1, Sy stem Box Front Lay out (QBB #1, QBB #3) Figure 4 System Cabinet #1 Q uad Building Blocks (QBB #1, QBB #3)[...]
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10 3.0 Sy stem Cabinet #2 Lay out 3.1 Sy stem Cabinet #2, Sy stem Box Rear Lay out (QBB #4, QB B #6) Figure 5 System Cabinet #2 Q uad Building Blocks (QBB #4, QBB #6)[...]
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11 3.2 Sy stem Cabinet #2, Sy stem Box Front Lay out (QBB #5, QBB #7) Figure 6 System Cabinet #2 Q uad Building Blocks (QBB #5, QBB #7)[...]
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12 4.0 Pow er Cabi net Lay out 4.1 Operator Control Panel Figure 7 Wildfire Ope rator Control Panel The c ontrol panel is located at the top of the power cabinet. Shown above are the OCP’s three position On/O ff switch, three pushbuttons , three status LEDs , and an ASCII/graphical display.[...]
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13 4.2 PCI Bus M aster Figure 8 Master PCI Ex pansion Box 4.2.1 PCI Slot Configuration Guidelines ! I/O riser 0 mus t be installed. ! The s tandard I/O m odule is always installed in riser 0- slot 1. ! Install high-powered m odules in s lots with one inch m odule pitch (all slots except riser 0- slot 5, riser 0- slot 6, riser 1-s lot 5, and riser 1[...]
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14 4.3 Compaq A lphaServer GS320 Powered Subrack Figure 9 Comp aq A lp haServer GS320 Po wered Su brack The power subr ack holds three power supplies that power a system box c ontaining two QBBs.[...]
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15 4.3.1.1 Pow er Supply Installation Order Figure 10 P ow er Supply Ins tallation Order Loads m ust be proper ly dis tributed acros s the three phases to avoid nuisance tripping of circ uit breaker s. T herefor e, placem ent of the third, r edundant power supply is important. Figur e 12 provides a char t showing the recom m ended placem ent. Two p[...]
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16 4.4 A C Input Box (Three Phase) Figure 11 A C Input Box Note: T wo AC Input Boxes ar e required f or the AlphaServer GS320. Table 1 AC Input Box Circuit Breaker Line P rotection Circuit Breaker Rating Am p s O utlets Pro tected CB1 30 All CB2 15 J1 CB3 15 J2 CB4 15 J3 CB5 15 J4 CB6 15 J5 CB7 15 J6 CB8 15 J7-J10 CB9 15 J11-J14 CB10 15 J15-J18 CB1[...]
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17 5.0 Field Replaceable Units Part Numbers 5.1.1 Quad Building Block Sy stem Box Field Replaceable Un its Table 2 Q BB Field Replaceable Unit s (FRU) List CPU Modules Part Number Description B4125-AA CPU Carrier Case 3X-KN8AA-AD AlphaSer ver GS160/320 SMP Central Pr ocessor , 6/731-MHz with 4-MB On-board Cache, True64 Unix Memory (Main Memory and [...]
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18 5.1.2 Field Replaceable Units Part N umbers Console Seri al Bus M odules 54-25125-01 CSB node ID module ( PCI) 54-25355-01 H-switch CSB interf ace 54-25371-01 Sy s tem cabinet CSB interf ace 12-45925-01 Connector, adapter, 2RJ 45 (power cab fr ame) 12-45926-01 Connector, term inator, m olded, 8 pos , PCI Modules (excluding pow er) B4190-xx Stand[...]
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19 5.1.2 Field Replaceable Units Part N umber (continued) Drawer Modules Descriptions B4172-xx Drawer riser B4173-xx Drawer riser inter face BA185-xx Drawer distribution panel (a.k .a. sc ram bler) 54-30354-01 Drawer back plane (used to be 54-25047- 01) 54-25371-01 Drawer CSB m odule Pow er 70-33328-02 1000 watt power subrack , IEC power cord (GS80[...]
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20 5.1.3 Field Replaceable Cables Cable Description From To 17-00083-03 Power cord (GS80) in North Am erica) AC input box PCI or storage device 17-00442-18 Power cor d (all GS160/320 + GS80) in Europe/J apan AC input box PCI or storage devic e 17-04009-02 Adapter cable 50 to68 pin SCSI signal cable CD-ROM 17-04541-02 Coax clock cable Clock m odules[...]
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21 5.1.3 Field Replaceable Cables (continued) Cable Description From To H-swit ch 17-04991-01 Ground s trap This cable is us ed in several loc ations to electric ally ground cabinets, QBB bac kp lanes, the H-switch, and dis tribution board housing. 17-05011-01 Signal cable Global ports H-switch/dis tribution board 17-05023-01 Ground cable ( 12 mete[...]
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22 6.0 Compaq A l phaSer ver Foot Pr i nt and Cutout Informati on 6.1 Compaq A lphaServer GS320 Figure 12 Compaq A lphaServer GS320 Foot Print[...]
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23 7.0 Compaq AlphaServer GS320 Environmental Information 7.1 Compaq A lphaServer GS320 Phy sical Information GS320 enclosure Sy stem Dimensions W idth 2000 mm ( 78.7 in) Depth 1000 mm ( 39.4 in) Height 1700 mm ( 66.9 in.) W eight 850 kg ( 1870 lb) Expander Cabinet W idth 600 mm ( 23.6 in) Depth 1000 mm ( 39.4 in) Height 1700 mm ( 66.9 in) W eight [...]
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24 7.2 Compaq A lphaServer GS320 Power Requirements Pow er Spec U.S./Canada Japan Europe Voltage, Vrms 120/208 200 380/415 Frequence, Hz 50-60 50-60 50-60 Phase 3 ∅ 3 ∅ 3 ∅ Pow er Plug, Qu antity L21-30P, 2 (G S320) L21-30P, 2 (GS320) IEC309 5P 32A, 2 (G S320) Phase current, Arms 1 sys box: 17 1 sys box: 18 1 sys box: 10 2 sys boxes: 19 2 sys[...]
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25 7.3 Powe r Specification of I/O Expansion Cabinet Pow er Spec U.S./Canada Japan Europe Voltage, Vrms 120 200 220/240 Frequence, Hz 50-60 50-60 50-60 Phase 1 ∅ 1 ∅ 1 ∅ Pow er Plug, Qu antity L5-30P, 2 L6-30P, 1 IEC309 3P 32A, 1 Phase current, Arms 22 24 22 Tota l V A 4,800 4,800 4,800 Total power, w atts 4,750 4,750 4,750 Heat output, Btu/h[...]
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26 8.0 Compaq Recommended Specifications Operating Environment The specific ations presented ar e recommended by Compaq / Digital to optimize the operating environment for your computer hardware. 8.1 Voltage Nominal: Single-phase produc ts: 120 Volts Three- phase products : 208Y/120 Volts Range: Single-phase produc ts: 104 - 128 Volts Three- phase [...]
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27 8.8 Current Unbalance Equipment r equiring 3-phase power s hall operate satisf actorily when the current unbalance is a m ax imum of 5 amps or 20% as c alculated below. (I ma x - I min ) x 100 Unbalance percent = -------------------------- (I avg ) W here; I ma x = m axim um line curr ents in RMS am peres I mi n = minim um line cur rents in RMS [...]
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28 8.11 Operating Env ironment Tem peratur e range: 21 o C +3 o C (70 o F+ 5 o F) Tem perature r ate of change: Maximum of 3 o C/hour ( 5.4 o F/hour) Tem peratur e adjustm ent for altitude: Reduce the operating tem perature by 1.8 o C/1000 meter s (1 o F/1000 feet) Relative humidity range: 50% RH+10% (no condens ation) Relative humidity rate of cha[...]
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29 9.0 Reference Documentation Table 3 AlphaServer GS160/320 Docu mentation Order Number Tit l e QA–6GAAA–G8 AlphaSer ver GS80/160/320 Docum entation Kit EK–GS320–UG AlphaServer GS80/160/320 User’s Guide EK–GSCON–IN AlphaServer G S80/160/320 System Management Console Installation and Us er’ s Guide EK–GS320–RM AlphaServer GS80/1[...]