IBM System Blue Gene Solution: Blue Gene/Q Hardware Overview and Installation Planning

Table of contents

1. Notices
   1. Trademarks
2. Preface
   1. The team who wrote this book
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3. Chapter 1: Overview of Blue Gene/Q components
   1. Blue Gene/Q system overview
   2. Blue Gene/Q hardware overview
   3. Compute card
   4. Node board
      1. Node board torus
   5. Midplane
      1. Midplane torus
   6. Service card
   7. I/O drawer
      1. I/O links
      2. PCIe adapter
   8. Clock fanout card
   9. Compute rack
   10. I/O rack
   11. Cables
4. Chapter 2: Blue Gene/Q interconnect buses
   1. Interconnection from compute card to compute card
   2. Interconnection from compute card to I/O compute card
   3. Interconnection from I/O drawer to federated switch
   4. Interconnection from service node to compute card and I/O compute card
   5. Interconnection from I/O node used as front end node to federated switch
   6. Blue Gene/Q local memory bus
      1. Memory size
5. Chapter 3: Installation planning
   1. Blue Gene/Q basic installation requirements
   2. Rack dimensions (1/2)
   3. Rack dimensions (2/2)
      1. Compute rack layout configurations
      2. I/O drawer and rack layout configurations
      3. Service clearance
      4. Acoustics
   4. Power and electrical requirements
      1. Power cords and circuit breaker
      2. Power consumption
   5. Uninterruptible power supply
   6. Thermal requirements
      1. Rack heat load and cooling requirements
      2. Air environmental requirements
   7. Rack-level and facility-level water leak detection
   8. Water and water infrastructure requirements for systems using CDUs
   9. Water and water infrastructure requirements for systems using facility water loops
      1. Piping
      2. Valves
      3. Filtration
      4. Pressure regulation and balancing
      5. Water chemical treatment
   10. Customer responsibilities for water
       1. Overview
       2. Unique Blue Gene/Q Requirements
   11. Hose placement and installation
6. Chapter 4: Site layout requirements
   1. Raised floor preparations and requirements
   2. Grounding
      1. Verifying the grounding impedance and the power source
   3. Cable trays and cabling
      1. Below-floor cabling
      2. Above-floor cabling
      3. Cable tray size calculation
   4. Particulate contamination and air quality
   5. Homologation statement
7. Chapter 5: Water treatment specification
   1. Water-related problems
      1. Corrosion
      2. Scaling
      3. Fouling
      4. Microbiological growth
   2. Avoiding water-related problems
   3. Water quality chemical requirements
   4. Plumbing material requirements
   5. Water quality requirements
   6. Water dosing and testing equipment
   7. Predelivery water treatment protocol
   8. Materials required for site system startup
   9. Initial site water system startup
      1. Initial treatment procedure for systems of 20 gallons or less
      2. Initial treatment procedure for systems of greater than 20 gallons
   10. Water system monitoring and maintenance
   11. Adding additional racks to an existing system
   12. Refreshing the system-side water
   13. Readying the system for movement or storage
   14. Disposing of de-ionizing cartridges
   15. Disposing of water
   16. Troubleshooting
   17. Nalco contact information
8. Appendix A: Installation tools
   1. Alum-a-lift tool
9. Glossary
10. Related publications
    1. IBM Redbooks
    2. Other publications
    3. Online resources
    4. How to get Redbooks
    5. Help from IBM
11. Index
12. Back cover