The document discusses the AIC Venus Smart Rack, including its power requirements, thermal management, security and operation features, and management software called ARMOR. ARMOR allows for remote hardware management, inventory management, group management for tasks, monitoring of hardware status, and automated management tasks. The rack supports various node types including storage nodes, compute nodes, and JBOD nodes with different drive bay and port configurations. AIC can provide a total solution design for customers' needs.
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AIC Venus Smart Rack
Power Requirement
• Power budgets:
1 * Power Shelf 15kW
(5+1 Power Modules)
2 * Power Shelves 18 kW
(6+6 Power Modules, AC Source
Redundant)
• Support 380V, 3 phase power
systems (factory option)
• 480V, 3 phase is optional
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Management Software - ARMOR
Facilitate Managing Large Scale Hardware Deployment
• Hardware Inventory Management
Hardware Scan
Hardware Configuration Import
• BMC IP Management
Auto Static IP assignment
IP-Location Binding
IP-Mac Address Binding
• Group Management
Execute tasks against an entire rack
Execute tasks against multiple racks
Execute tasks against user defined groups
Group Firmware Update
Group BIOS Configuration
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Management Software - ARMOR
Manage Hardware Remotely with Limited Impact to Service
• Remote Management
Out-of-band management
Agent/Agentless management
iKVM and Virtual Media Redirection
Remote Server Power on/off
• User Management
Local user management
User Roles definition with granular permissions
User action logging
• Datacenter Floor Plan
Customize your own data center layout
Location aware alerting
Rack 1 Rack 2 Rack 3
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Management Software - ARMOR
Monitor Hardware Status
• Power Consumption Status
• Temperature Status
Automate Management Tasks
• Auto Email Alerts
• Scheduled or delayed task execution
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AIC Venus Smart Rack - MB
8 x DDR4 DIMM Slots
6 Channel (for CPU0)
8 x DDR4 DIMM Slots
6 Channel (for CPU1)
2 x 10G SFP+
2 x GbE RJ45
(Intel I350)
2 x USB 3.0
VGA port
AIC MAX I/O 2.0
PCI Express Gen3 x Total support 64 lanes + 5* SATA + 1 * USB 2.0
Aspeed
AST2500
Video + BMC
OCP V2.0
Mezz.
connector
Intel PCH
(Lewisburg)
Intel I350 AM2
1* mini-SAS HD
Support 4* SATA3
RJ45 for BMC
management
2* SATA3
(CPU0) LGA3647
Socket P0 for
Intel® Xeon®
Processors Scalable
Family
(CPU1) LGA3647
Socket P0 for
Intel® Xeon®
Processors Scalable
Family
PAVO Motherboard
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AIC Venus Smart Rack - Nodes
Storage Node
MODEL
NO.
XA3-SA01-XX XA3-SN01-XX
XA3-DA001-XX (1 X 3.5” SATA internal ) OR XA3-
DN001-XX (2X 2.5” NVMe
MODEL
NO.
XJ1-20302-XX
Per node Spec
Mother
Board
AIC Server Board PAVO (2* SFP+ 10GbE, 2* RJ45 GbE on board)
Manage
ment
(2) * BMC (IPMI)
Drive
Bay
A. (6) * 3.5” SATA hot-plug HDD trays per
node
B. (2) * SATA-DOM
A. (10) * U.2 NVMe SSD hot-plug trays per
node
B. (2) * SATA-DOM
A. (2) * 7mm SATA SSD hot-plug trays per node
B. (1) * 3.5” SATA or (2) * 2.5” NVMe internal
C. (2) * SATA-DOM
Drive
Bay
(15+15) 3.5" or 2.5" SAS/SATA hot-pluggable
HDDs
PCIE
A. Max IO support (1) *PCI Express Gen.3 x
16
B. 1* OCP v2.0 Mezz. connector supports
Gen.3
(limit to support Type 3 OCP Mezz. card
only)
A. Max IO support (1) *PCI Express Gen.3 x
16
B. 1* OCP v2.0 Mezz. connector supports
Gen.3
(limit to support Type 3 OCP Mezz. card
only)
A. Max IO support (1) *PCI Express Gen.3 x 8
B. 1* OCP v2.0 Mezz. connector supports Gen.3
(limit to support Type 3 OCP Mezz. card only)
External
I/O
Ports
(8) * 12Gb/s mini-SAS ports
FW
Manage
ment
SCSI Enclosure Service (SES-2)
NVMe Node Compute Node JBOD Node
