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- Page 1 Huawei FusionServer Pro CH242 V5 Compute Node V100R005 Technical White Paper Issue Date 2020-07-31 HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
- Page 2 Notice The purchased products, services and features are stipulated by the contract made between Huawei and the customer. All or part of the products, services and features described in this document may not be within the purchase scope or the usage scope. Unless otherwise specified in the contract, all statements, information, and recommendations in this document are provided "AS IS"...
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Page 3: About This Document
Technical White Paper About This Document About This Document Overview This document describes the appearance, features, specifications, and configurations of the new-generation CH242 V5 compute node of the Huawei E9000 blade server. Intended Audience This document is intended for: ●... - Page 4 Huawei FusionServer Pro CH242 V5 Compute Node Technical White Paper About This Document Symbol Description Supplements the important information in the main text. NOTE is used to address information not related to personal injury, equipment damage, and environment deterioration. Change History...
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Page 5: Table Of Contents
Huawei FusionServer Pro CH242 V5 Compute Node Technical White Paper Contents Contents About This Document........................ ii 1 Overview............................1 2 Features............................. 2 3 Physical Structure........................5 4 Logical Structure........................7 5 Hardware Description......................9 5.1 Front Panel....................................9 5.1.1 Appearance.................................... 9 5.1.2 Indicators and Buttons..............................10 5.1.3 Ports....................................... - Page 6 Huawei FusionServer Pro CH242 V5 Compute Node Technical White Paper Contents 6 Product Specifications......................31 6.1 Technical Specifications..............................31 6.2 Environment specifications..............................34 6.3 Physical Specifications................................. 35 7 Software and Hardware Compatibility................36 8 Safety Instructions........................ 37 8.1 Safety Instructions................................37 8.2 Maintenance and Warranty..............................
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Page 7: Overview
Huawei FusionServer Pro CH242 V5 Compute Node Technical White Paper 1 Overview Overview ® ® The CH242 V5 is a full-width compute node powered by Intel Xeon Scalable processors. It provides a unique blend of supreme computing power, large memory, and high flexibility and expandability. -
Page 8: Features
Huawei FusionServer Pro CH242 V5 Compute Node Technical White Paper 2 Features Features Performance and Scalability ® ® ● Powered by Intel Xeon Scalable Skylake or Cascade Lake processors, the server provides up to 28 cores, 3.8 GHz frequency, a 38.5 MB L3 cache, and three 10.4 GT/s UPI links between the processors, which deliver supreme... - Page 9 ● Huawei provides a three-year warranty for parts replacement and onsite repair for the servers used in China. Huawei provides a 10-hour-a-day, 7-day- a-week support program. Service requests will be handled the next business day. Optional service upgrades are available.
- Page 10 Huawei FusionServer Pro CH242 V5 Compute Node Technical White Paper 2 Features ● Intel® Intelligent Power Capability allows a processor to be powered on or off based on requirements. ® ® ● Low-voltage Intel Xeon Scalable processors consume less energy, ideally suited for data centers and telecommunications environments constrained by power and thermal limitations.
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Page 11: Physical Structure
Huawei FusionServer Pro CH242 V5 Compute Node Technical White Paper 3 Physical Structure Physical Structure Figure 3-1 CH242 V5 physical structure (Optional) HHHL PCIe (Optional) HHHL PCIe riser module card (Optional) M.2 SSDs (Optional) USB flash drive (Optional) TPM Screw-in RAID controller... - Page 12 Huawei FusionServer Pro CH242 V5 Compute Node Technical White Paper 3 Physical Structure Drive cage Drives BIOS battery Processors Mezzanine cards Mainboard DIMMs ● a: The drive slots support 2.5-inch SAS/SATA/NVMe drives and M.2 modules and mixed configuration of them.
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Page 13: Logical Structure
Huawei FusionServer Pro CH242 V5 Compute Node Technical White Paper 4 Logical Structure Logical Structure Figure 4-1 CH242 V5 logical structure ® ® ● The server supports two or four Intel Xeon Scalable processors. ● The server supports up to 48 memory modules. - Page 14 Huawei FusionServer Pro CH242 V5 Compute Node Technical White Paper 4 Logical Structure ● The BMC provides device management functions, such as compute node power control, slot number acquisition, PSU detection, and KVM over IP. Issue 07 (2020-07-31) Copyright © Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
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Page 15: Hardware Description
Huawei FusionServer Pro CH242 V5 Compute Node Technical White Paper 5 Hardware Description Hardware Description 5.1 Front Panel 5.2 Processor 5.3 Memory 5.4 Storage 5.5 Network 5.6 I/O Expansion 5.7 Boards 5.1 Front Panel 5.1.1 Appearance Figure 5-1 Front view... -
Page 16: Indicators And Buttons
Huawei FusionServer Pro CH242 V5 Compute Node Technical White Paper 5 Hardware Description PCIe panel ● a: The drive slots support 2.5-inch SAS/SATA/NVMe drives and M.2 modules and mixed configuration of them. ● b: An M.2 module is a 2.5-inch drive module that consists of one M.2 adapter and two M.2 FRUs. - Page 17 Huawei FusionServer Pro CH242 V5 Compute Node Technical White Paper 5 Hardware Description Indicator and Button Description Table 5-1 Indicators and buttons on the front panel Silkscreen Indicator/ Description Button Power Power indicator: button/ ● Off: The device is not powered on.
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Page 18: Ports
Huawei FusionServer Pro CH242 V5 Compute Node Technical White Paper 5 Hardware Description Silkscreen Indicator/ Description Button Health status ● Off: The device is powered off or is faulty. indicator ● Blinking red at 1 Hz: A major alarm has been generated for the device. -
Page 19: Processor
If two processors are required, install them in sockets CPU1 and CPU2. ● The same model of processors must be used in a server. ● Contact your local Huawei sales representative or use the Intelligent Computing Compatibility Checker to determine the components to be used. -
Page 20: Memory
Huawei FusionServer Pro CH242 V5 Compute Node Technical White Paper 5 Hardware Description Figure 5-5 Processor positions 5.3 Memory 5.3.1 Memory Identifier You can determine the memory module properties based on the label attached to the memory module. Figure 5-6 Memory identifier Issue 07 (2020-07-31) Copyright ©... -
Page 21: Memory Subsystem Architecture
Huawei FusionServer Pro CH242 V5 Compute Node Technical White Paper 5 Hardware Description callout Description Definition Capacity of the memory ● 8 GB module ● 16 GB ● 32 GB ● 64 GB ● 128 GB Number of ranks of the ●... - Page 22 Huawei FusionServer Pro CH242 V5 Compute Node Technical White Paper 5 Hardware Description Memory Channel Memory Slot 1C (primary) DIMM020(1C1) DIMM021(1C2) 1D (primary) DIMM030(1D1) DIMM031(1D2) 1E (primary) DIMM040(1E1) DIMM041(1E2) 1F (primary) DIMM050(1F1) DIMM051(1F2) CPU 2 2A (primary) DIMM100(2A1) DIMM101(2A2) 2B (primary)
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Page 23: Memory Compatibility
Maximum operating speed of a memory module ● The DDR4 DIMMs of different types (RDIMM and LRDIMM) cannot be used together. ● Contact your local Huawei sales representative or use the Intelligent Computing Compatibility Checker to determine the components to be used. - Page 24 Huawei FusionServer Pro CH242 V5 Compute Node Technical White Paper 5 Hardware Description ▪ Other processors: 768 GB/socket – Cascade Lake processors ▪ L processors: 4.5 TB/socket ▪ M processors: 2 TB/socket ▪ Other processors: 1 TB/socket ● The total memory capacity is the sum of the capacity of all DDR4 DIMMs.
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Page 25: Memory Installation Guidelines
Huawei FusionServer Pro CH242 V5 Compute Node Technical White Paper 5 Hardware Description Table 5-3 DDR4 memory specifications Parameter Specifications Maximum capacity per DDR4 DIMM (GB) Rated speed (MT/s) 2933 2933 2666 2666 Rank Single rank Dual rank Quad rank... -
Page 26: Memory Installation Positions
Huawei FusionServer Pro CH242 V5 Compute Node Technical White Paper 5 Hardware Description ▪ Each populated channel must have a spare rank. – Memory mirroring mode ▪ Comply with the general installation guidelines. ▪ Each processor supports two integrated memory controllers (IMCs). -
Page 27: Memory Protection Technologies
Huawei FusionServer Pro CH242 V5 Compute Node Technical White Paper 5 Hardware Description Figure 5-8 DDR4 memory installation guidelines (2 processors) Figure 5-9 DDR4 memory installation guidelines (4 processors) 5.3.6 Memory Protection Technologies The following memory protection technologies are supported: ●... -
Page 28: Storage
● a: Only 2.5-inch drives fit into the front slots. ● b: Mixed configuration of M.2 modules and SAS/SATA/NVMe drives is supported. ● Contact your local Huawei sales representative or use the Intelligent Computing Compatibility Checker to determine the components to be used. -
Page 29: Drive Indicators
Huawei FusionServer Pro CH242 V5 Compute Node Technical White Paper 5 Hardware Description ● M.2 FRUs Figure 5-11 Drive numbering 5.4.3 Drive Indicators SAS/SATA Drive Indicators Figure 5-12 SAS/SATA drive indicators Table 5-5 Description of SAS/SATA drive indicators Activity Indicator... - Page 30 Huawei FusionServer Pro CH242 V5 Compute Node Technical White Paper 5 Hardware Description M.2 FRU Indicators Figure 5-13 M.2 FRU indicators Table 5-6 M.2 FRU indicator description Indicator Description M.2 FRU fault ● Off: The M.2 FRU is running properly.
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Page 31: Raid Controller Card
The NVMe drive is faulty. 5.4.4 RAID Controller Card The RAID controller card supports RAID configuration, RAID level migration, and drive roaming. ● Contact your local Huawei sales representative or use the Intelligent Computing Compatibility Checker to determine the components to be used. ●... -
Page 32: Loms
Huawei FusionServer Pro CH242 V5 Compute Node Technical White Paper 5 Hardware Description 5.5.1 LOMs The LOM is a network interface module (X722) integrated in the PCH. It can be connected to an I/O module (switch module). The LOM provides two 10GE network ports for connecting to the Base network ports of the switch modules in slots 2X and 3X. -
Page 33: I/O Expansion
1E and 4E. 5.6 I/O Expansion 5.6.1 PCIe Cards PCIe cards provide ease of expandability and connection. ● Contact your local Huawei sales representative or use the Intelligent Computing Compatibility Checker to determine the components to be used. 5.6.2 PCIe Slot Description NO TE The PCIe slots mapping to a vacant CPU socket are unavailable. - Page 34 Huawei FusionServer Pro CH242 V5 Compute Node Technical White Paper 5 Hardware Description PCIe Displa PCIe Conn Port Slot Slot y on Stand ector Width Size ards Width Mezz CPU 2 PCIe x16 or x16 or Port2 Mezz CPU 3...
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Page 35: Boards
Huawei FusionServer Pro CH242 V5 Compute Node Technical White Paper 5 Hardware Description PCIe Displa PCIe Conn Port Slot Slot y on Stand ector Width Size ards Width ● The B/D/F (Bus/Device/Function Number) values are the default values when the server is fully configured with PCIe devices. The values may vary if the server is not fully configured with PCIe devices or if a PCIe card with a PCI bridge is configured. - Page 36 Huawei FusionServer Pro CH242 V5 Compute Node Technical White Paper 5 Hardware Description Drive backplane connector Mezzanine card 1 connector Mezzanine card 2 Mezzanine card tray connector Positioning pin Backplane signal connector Power connector Mezzanine card 4 connector Mezzanine card 3...
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Page 37: Product Specifications
Huawei FusionServer Pro CH242 V5 Compute Node Technical White Paper 6 Product Specifications Product Specifications 6.1 Technical Specifications 6.2 Environment specifications 6.3 Physical Specifications 6.1 Technical Specifications Table 6-1 Technical specifications Category Specifications Form factor Full-width compute node Chipset ®... - Page 38 Huawei FusionServer Pro CH242 V5 Compute Node Technical White Paper 6 Product Specifications Category Specifications Memory Supports 48 memory modules of the following types: ● Up to 48 DDR4 memory modules ● Max. 2933 MT/s memory speed ● RDIMM and LRDIMM support ●...
- Page 39 Huawei FusionServer Pro CH242 V5 Compute Node Technical White Paper 6 Product Specifications Category Specifications I/O expansion 10 PCIe 3.0 slots: ● One slot dedicated for a screw-in RAID controller card, four for mezzanine cards, one for a standard PCIe card, and four for PCIe SSDs.
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Page 40: Environment Specifications
Huawei FusionServer Pro CH242 V5 Compute Node Technical White Paper 6 Product Specifications 6.2 Environment specifications Table 6-2 Environmental specifications Category Specifications Temperature ● Operating temperature: 5°C to 40°C (41°F to 104°F) (ASHRAE Classes A2 and A3 compliant) ● Storage temperature (≤ 72 hours): –40°C to +65°C (–40°F to +149°F) -
Page 41: Physical Specifications
Huawei FusionServer Pro CH242 V5 Compute Node Technical White Paper 6 Product Specifications Category Specifications Particle contaminant ● The equipment room environment meets the requirements of ISO 14664-1 Class 8. ● There is no explosive, conductive, magnetic, or corrosive dust in the equipment room. -
Page 42: Software And Hardware Compatibility
● If the customer has requirements on the performance of specific application software, contact Huawei sales personnel to apply for POC tests in the pre-sales phase to determine detailed software and hardware configurations. -
Page 43: Safety Instructions
Take protective measures if a Class A product is used in residential areas as it is likely to cause radio interference. Personal Safety ● Only personnel certified or authorized by Huawei are allowed to install the hardware. ● Stop any operation that may cause personal injury or equipment damage, report the problem to a project supervisor immediately, and take protective measures. - Page 44 Huawei FusionServer Pro CH242 V5 Compute Node Technical White Paper 8 Safety Instructions Figure 8-1 Protective clothing ● Before touching a device, ensure that you are wearing ESD clothing and ESD gloves (or wrist strap), and remove any conductive objects (such as watches and jewelry).
- Page 45 Huawei FusionServer Pro CH242 V5 Compute Node Technical White Paper 8 Safety Instructions Figure 8-3 Wearing an ESD wrist strap ● Exercise caution when using tools that could cause personal injury. ● If the installation position of the device is above shoulder height, use a stacker to lift it.
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Page 46: Maintenance And Warranty
Huawei FusionServer Pro CH242 V5 Compute Node Technical White Paper 8 Safety Instructions ● If the original packaging is unavailable, package heavy, bulky parts (such as chassis and blades) and fragile parts (such as PCIe GPUs and SSDs) separately. NO TE... -
Page 47: System Management
Technical White Paper 9 System Management System Management The server uses Huawei proprietary intelligent Baseboard Management Controller (iBMC) to implement remote server management. The iBMC complies with Intelligent Platform Management Interface (IPMI) 2.0 and provides highly reliable hardware monitoring and management. - Page 48 Huawei FusionServer Pro CH242 V5 Compute Node Technical White Paper 9 System Management Feature Description System watchdog Supports BIOS POST, OS watchdog, and automatic system reset after fault timeout. Users can enable or disable these features individually. Boot device configuration Supports out-of-band configuration for boot devices.
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Page 49: Certifications
Huawei FusionServer Pro CH242 V5 Compute Node Technical White Paper 10 Certifications Certifications Country/Region Certification Standards Europe WEEE 2002/96/EC, 2012/19/EU Europe RoHS 2002/95/EC, 2011/65/EU, EN 50581:2012 Europe REACH EC NO. 1907/2006 Europe Safety: EN 60950-1:2006+A11:2009+A1:2010+A12: 2011 EMC: ● EN 55022:2010 ●... - Page 50 Huawei FusionServer Pro CH242 V5 Compute Node Technical White Paper 10 Certifications Country/Region Certification Standards America NTRL-UL UL 60950-1, 2nd Edition, 2011-12-19 (Information Technology Equipment - Safety - Part 1: General Requirements) CSA C22.2 No.60950-1-07, 2nd Edition, 2011-12 (Information Technology...
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Page 51: A Appendix
A Appendix Appendix A.1 Product SN The serial number (SN) on the slide-out label plate uniquely identifies a device. The SN is required when you contact Huawei technical support. Figure A-1 SN example Table A-1 SN description Callout No. Description SN ID (two characters), which is 21. -
Page 52: Ras Features
Huawei FusionServer Pro CH242 V5 Compute Node Technical White Paper A Appendix Callout No. Description Year and month (two characters). ● The first character indicates the year. – Digits 1 to 9 indicate years 2001 to 2009, respectively. – Letters A to H indicate years 2010 to 2017, respectively. - Page 53 Huawei FusionServer Pro CH242 V5 Compute Node Technical White Paper A Appendix Module Feature Description Memory Demand and Corrects errors upon detection. If these Patrol Scrubbing errors are not corrected promptly, uncorrectable errors may occur. Memory Mirroring Improves system reliability.
- Page 54 Huawei FusionServer Pro CH242 V5 Compute Node Technical White Paper A Appendix Module Feature Description Error Injection Support Injects errors to verify various RAS features. Machine Check Provides software recovery for Architecture uncorrectable errors to improve system availability. eMCA: Gen2 Improves system availability.
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Page 55: B Glossary
Huawei FusionServer Pro CH242 V5 Compute Node Technical White Paper B Glossary Glossary B.1 A-E baseboard The BMC complies with the Intelligent Platform management Management Interface (IPMI). It collects, processes, controller (BMC) and stores sensor signals, and monitors the operating status of components. -
Page 56: F-J
Huawei FusionServer Pro CH242 V5 Compute Node Technical White Paper B Glossary B.2 F-J Gigabit Ethernet An extension and enhancement of traditional shared (GE) media Ethernet standards. It is compatible with 10M and 100M Ethernet and complies with IEEE 802.3z standards. -
Page 57: U-Z
Huawei FusionServer Pro CH242 V5 Compute Node Technical White Paper B Glossary redundancy A mechanism that allows a backup device to automatically take over services from a faulty device to ensure uninterrupted running of the system. redundant array of A storage technology that combines multiple physical... -
Page 58: C Acronyms And Abbreviations
Huawei FusionServer Pro CH242 V5 Compute Node Technical White Paper C Acronyms and Abbreviations Acronyms and Abbreviations C.1 A-E alternating current Advanced Encryption Standard New Instruction Set Address Resolution Protocol Advanced Vector Extensions backup battery unit BIOS Basic Input/Output System... -
Page 59: F-J
Huawei FusionServer Pro CH242 V5 Compute Node Technical White Paper C Acronyms and Abbreviations direct current DDR3 Double Data Rate 3 DDR4 Double Data Rate 4 DDDC double device data correction DEMT Dynamic Energy Management Technology DIMM dual in-line memory module... -
Page 60: K-O
Huawei FusionServer Pro CH242 V5 Compute Node Technical White Paper C Acronyms and Abbreviations GPIO General Purpose Input/Output graphics processing unit high availability hard disk drive high-performance computing HTTP Hypertext Transfer Protocol HTTPS Hypertext Transfer Protocol Secure iBMC intelligent baseboard management controller... -
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Huawei FusionServer Pro CH242 V5 Compute Node Technical White Paper C Acronyms and Abbreviations Lucent connector LRDIMM load-reduced dual in-line memory module light emitting diode LAN on motherboard media access control module management controller next business day NC-SI Network Controller Sideband Interface C.4 P-T... - Page 62 Huawei FusionServer Pro CH242 V5 Compute Node Technical White Paper C Acronyms and Abbreviations RAID redundant array of independent disks reliability, availability and serviceability RDIMM registered dual in-line memory module REACH Registration Evaluation and Authorization of Chemicals RJ45 registered jack 45...
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Page 63: U-Z
Huawei FusionServer Pro CH242 V5 Compute Node Technical White Paper C Acronyms and Abbreviations thermal design power TELNET Telecommunication Network Protocol Trusted Execution Technology TransFlash module TFTP Trivial File Transfer Protocol TCP offload engine trusted platform module C.5 U-Z UDIMM...