Huawei FusionServer Pro CH225 V5 Technical White Paper

Huawei FusionServer Pro CH225 V5 Technical White Paper

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Huawei FusionServer Pro CH225 V5 Compute
Node
V100R005
Technical White Paper
Issue
06
Date
2020-07-31
HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.

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  • Page 1 Huawei FusionServer Pro CH225 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"...
  • 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 CH225 V5 compute node of the Huawei E9000 blade server. Intended Audience This document is intended for: ●...
  • Page 4 Huawei FusionServer Pro CH225 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...
  • Page 5: Table Of Contents

    Huawei FusionServer Pro CH225 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...
  • Page 6 Huawei FusionServer Pro CH225 V5 Compute Node Technical White Paper Contents 6 Product Specifications......................33 6.1 Technical Specifications..............................33 6.2 Environment specifications..............................36 6.3 Physical Specifications................................. 37 7 Software and Hardware Compatibility................38 8 Safety Instructions........................ 39 8.1 Safety Instructions................................39 8.2 Maintenance and Warranty..............................
  • Page 7: Overview

    Huawei FusionServer Pro CH225 V5 Compute Node Technical White Paper 1 Overview Overview ® ® The CH225 V5 is a full-width compute node powered by Intel Xeon Scalable processors. It delivers an exception balance of computing power and storage capacity.
  • Page 8: Features

    Huawei FusionServer Pro CH225 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 CH225 V5 Compute Node Technical White Paper 2 Features Energy Efficiency ● The Intel® Xeon® Scalable processors outperform the previous-generation processors while fitting into the same TDP. ● Intel® Intelligent Power Capability allows a processor to be powered on or off based on requirements.
  • Page 11: Physical Structure

    Huawei FusionServer Pro CH225 V5 Compute Node Technical White Paper 3 Physical structure Physical structure Figure 3-1 CH225 V5 physical structure (Optional) Supercapacitor Screw-in RAID controller card (Optional) TPM Heat sinks Drives (Optional) M.2 FRUs (Optional) M.2 adapter Drives Mainboard...
  • Page 12 Huawei FusionServer Pro CH225 V5 Compute Node Technical White Paper 3 Physical structure SAS/SATA/M.2 drive SAS/SATA/NVMe drive backplane backplane (Optional) USB flash drive (Optional) M.2 SSDs DIMMs ● a: The 12 drive slots support 2.5-inch SAS/SATA/NVMe drives and mixed drive configuration.
  • Page 13: Logical Structure

    Huawei FusionServer Pro CH225 V5 Compute Node Technical White Paper 4 Logical Structure Logical Structure Figure 4-1 CH225 V5 logical structure ® ® ● The server supports two Intel Xeon Scalable processors. ● The server supports up to 24 memory modules.
  • Page 14 Huawei FusionServer Pro CH225 V5 Compute Node Technical White Paper 4 Logical Structure ● The RAID controller card, SAS expander, and SAS/SATA/NVMe drive backplane constitute a storage module, which connects to the processors through PCIe buses. ● The RAID controller card provides eight SAS or SATA ports and uses the SAS expander to expand I/O ports.
  • Page 15: Hardware Description

    Huawei FusionServer Pro CH225 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 (with an M.2 module)
  • Page 16: Indicators And Buttons

    Huawei FusionServer Pro CH225 V5 Compute Node Technical White Paper 5 Hardware Description M.2 module ● a: The 12 drive slots support 2.5-inch SAS/SATA/NVMe drives and mixed drive configuration. ● b: The two drive slots support 2.5-inch SAS/SATA drives and M.2 modules and mixed configuration of them.
  • Page 17 Huawei FusionServer Pro CH225 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.
  • Page 18: Ports

    Huawei FusionServer Pro CH225 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

    The server supports two processors. ● 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. Issue 06 (2020-07-31)
  • Page 20: Memory

    Huawei FusionServer Pro CH225 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 06 (2020-07-31) Copyright ©...
  • Page 21: Memory Subsystem Architecture

    Huawei FusionServer Pro CH225 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: Memory Compatibility

    Huawei FusionServer Pro CH225 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)
  • Page 23 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 CH225 V5 Compute Node Technical White Paper 5 Hardware Description ● DDR4 DIMMs of different specifications (capacity, bit width, rank, and height) can be used together for capacity expansion purposes. However, the memory Reliability, Availability, and Serviceability (RAS) features may be affected.
  • Page 25: Memory Installation Guidelines

    Huawei FusionServer Pro CH225 V5 Compute Node Technical White Paper 5 Hardware Description 5.3.4 Memory Installation Guidelines ● Observe the following when configuring DDR4 DIMMs: – Install DIMMs only when corresponding processors are installed. – Do not install LRDIMMs and RDIMMs in the same server.
  • Page 26 Huawei FusionServer Pro CH225 V5 Compute Node Technical White Paper 5 Hardware Description Figure 5-7 Memory slots Figure 5-8 DDR4 memory installation guidelines Issue 06 (2020-07-31) Copyright © Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
  • Page 27: Memory Protection Technologies

    Huawei FusionServer Pro CH225 V5 Compute Node Technical White Paper 5 Hardware Description 5.3.6 Memory Protection Technologies The following memory protection technologies are supported: ● ● Full mirroring ● Address range mirroring ● SDDC ● SDDC+1 ● Rank sparing mode ●...
  • Page 28: Drive Numbering

    ● b: Mixed configuration of SAS/SATA drives and M.2 modules is supported. ● c: The M.2 SSDs come in two sizes 2242 and 2280, and support the SATA interface. ● 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 CH225 V5 Compute Node Technical White Paper 5 Hardware Description 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 Fault Indicator Description (Green) (Yellow) Steady on The drive is in position.
  • Page 30 Huawei FusionServer Pro CH225 V5 Compute Node Technical White Paper 5 Hardware Description Table 5-6 M.2 FRU indicator description Indicator Description M.2 FRU fault ● Off: The M.2 FRU is running properly. indicator ● Blinking yellow: The M.2 FRU is being located, or RAID is being rebuilt.
  • Page 31: Raid Controller Card

    5 Hardware Description 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: 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...
  • Page 33 Huawei FusionServer Pro CH225 V5 Compute Node Technical White Paper 5 Hardware Description PCIe Displ PCIe Conn Port Root Devic Slot Slot ay on Stan ector Widt Port Size dards Widt (B/D/ (B/D/ Mezz PCIe Port2 A or 00.0 00.0 (Port 02.0...
  • Page 34 Huawei FusionServer Pro CH225 V5 Compute Node Technical White Paper 5 Hardware Description PCIe Displ PCIe Conn Port Root Devic Slot Slot ay on Stan ector Widt Port Size dards Widt (B/D/ (B/D/ PCIe disk6 PCIe Port1 85:02. 2.5" SSD 6 00.0...
  • Page 35 Huawei FusionServer Pro CH225 V5 Compute Node Technical White Paper 5 Hardware Description PCIe Displ PCIe Conn Port Root Devic Slot Slot ay on Stan ector Widt Port Size dards Widt (B/D/ (B/D/ PCIe disk1 PCIe Port 85:02. 91:00. 2.5"...
  • Page 36: Boards

    Huawei FusionServer Pro CH225 V5 Compute Node Technical White Paper 5 Hardware Description PCIe Displ PCIe Conn Port Root Devic Slot Slot ay on Stan ector Widt Port Size dards Widt (B/D/ (B/D/ PCIe disk1 PCIe Port1 85:00. 2.5" 00.0...
  • Page 37: Mainboard

    Huawei FusionServer Pro CH225 V5 Compute Node Technical White Paper 5 Hardware Description 5.7.1 Mainboard Figure 5-16 CH225 V5 mainboard Mezzanine card 1 Mezzanine card 2 connector connector Mezzanine card brackets Positioning sleeve Backplane signal Backplane power connector connectors Mezzanine card 3...
  • Page 38 Huawei FusionServer Pro CH225 V5 Compute Node Technical White Paper 5 Hardware Description SAS/SATA/M.2 drive BIOS battery backplane connector a: Only the upper USB port can be used. Issue 06 (2020-07-31) Copyright © Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
  • Page 39: Product Specifications

    Huawei FusionServer Pro CH225 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 40 Huawei FusionServer Pro CH225 V5 Compute Node Technical White Paper 6 Product Specifications Category Specifications Memory Supports 24 memory modules of the following types: ● Up to 24 DDR4 memory modules ● Max. 2933 MT/s memory speed ● RDIMM and LRDIMM support ●...
  • Page 41 Huawei FusionServer Pro CH225 V5 Compute Node Technical White Paper 6 Product Specifications Category Specifications I/O expansion 17 PCIe 3.0 slots: ● One slot dedicated for a screw-in RAID controller card, four for mezzanine cards, and 12 for PCIe SSDs.
  • Page 42: Environment Specifications

    Huawei FusionServer Pro CH225 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 43: Physical Specifications

    Huawei FusionServer Pro CH225 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 44: 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 45: 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 46 Huawei FusionServer Pro CH225 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 47 Huawei FusionServer Pro CH225 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.
  • Page 48: Maintenance And Warranty

    Huawei FusionServer Pro CH225 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 49: 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 50 Huawei FusionServer Pro CH225 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.
  • Page 51: Certifications

    Huawei FusionServer Pro CH225 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 52 Huawei FusionServer Pro CH225 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...
  • Page 53: 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 54: Ras Features

    Huawei FusionServer Pro CH225 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 55 Huawei FusionServer Pro CH225 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 56 Huawei FusionServer Pro CH225 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.
  • Page 57: B Glossary

    Huawei FusionServer Pro CH225 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 58: F-J

    Huawei FusionServer Pro CH225 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 59: U-Z

    Huawei FusionServer Pro CH225 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 60: C Acronyms And Abbreviations

    Huawei FusionServer Pro CH225 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 61: F-J

    Huawei FusionServer Pro CH225 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 62: K-O

    Huawei FusionServer Pro CH225 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...
  • Page 63: P-T

    Huawei FusionServer Pro CH225 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 64 Huawei FusionServer Pro CH225 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...
  • Page 65: U-Z

    Huawei FusionServer Pro CH225 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...

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