Features
Performance, ease of use, reliability, and expansion capabilities were key considerations in the design of your system. These design features make it possible for the user to customize the system hardware to meet the needs today and provide flexible expansion capabilities for the future.
Chassis features
Redundant optional power capabilities
The chassis supports up to three hot-swap CRPS power supplies, which provide redundancy.Important- CRPS power supply units in the chassis must have the same vendor, wattage, and part number (or alternate part number).
- CRPS Premium (CFFv5) power supply units in the chassis must have the same wattage, and part number (or alternate part number).
Chassis management
The chassis midplane with PSoC (Programmable System on Chip) allows monitor and management of nodes and power supply units in the chassis. A chassis caretaker node is selected by the PSoC firmware for chassis management.
For the management interface, see Lenovo XClarity Controller portal page. In XCC, certain management functions can only be performed by the caretaker node, whereas other functions can be performed by all nodes.
Function Caretaker node1 Other nodes - Supported: ✔
- Unsupported: X
PSoC firmware update ✔ X PSU firmware update2 ✔ X Virtual reseat/reset for all nodes in the chassis ✔ X View PSU inventory and events ✔ X View chassis VPD and PSoC firmware versions ✔ ✔ View PSU present status ✔ ✔ View information of chassis and all nodes ✔ ✔ Virtual reseat / reset for the current node itself ✔ ✔ View the change history of the caretaker node ✔ ✔ View the history of node installation / removal ✔ ✔ View or participate in the caretaker node selection ✔ ✔