Configuring blade solutions

Blade solutions are typically used when there is a need for high server density, power and cooling efficiency, and more flexible management functions than solutions with traditional servers provide.

Blade servers are very compact servers. Many components have been removed to save space, minimize power consumption, and other considerations. Power and cooling supply is handled by the enclosure instead.

A blade enclosure can be mounted in a rack and contains a number of bays in which the blade servers (also referred to as blades) are placed. Bays and blade servers can be half-height or full-height, single-width or double-width.

The standard genome library installed with the application contains the most commonly used blade products. You can configure any additional blades and blade enclosures that you use, setting the number of bays and bay height and width (in any combination).

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Adding blade equipment to the rack layoutThe system guides you in placing the blade equipment in the rack layout. This ensures that blade enclosures fit into the rack and that blades fit into the enclosure bays.Before adding blade equipment to the layout, select Planning> Data Center in the Application bar and select to view a room in Rack Layout, for example by double-clicking a rack in the Floor Layout.

Drag the blade enclosure icon into the position in the rack layout that matches its position in the data center.
Drag the blade server icon into the position in the rack layout that matches its position in the data center.
* Green highlights where you can place the equipment

Yellow highlights where you can place some of the equipment (the system will place what fits and leave out what does not fit)
Red highlights where you cannot place the equipment

3. Repeat above steps to add all blade equipment to the rack layout.
Tip
Tip: You can move or delete multiple items at the same time by using Ctrl-click or Shift-click.
4. Right-click the component icon and select Properties to e.g. define a custom name for it, or to use other menu options.

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Configuring blade solutions

Configuring blade solutions

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