Platform Specifications

General specifications for system features

This table lists general specifications for system features for VELOS platforms.

VELOS CX410 chassis hardware specifications

This table lists hardware specifications for VELOS CX410 chassis with single wide BX110 blades.

Important: Specifications are subject to change without notification.

VELOS CX410-N (NEBS) chassis hardware specifications

This table lists hardware specifications for VELOS CX410-N (NEBS) chassis with single wide BX110 Blades.

Important: Specifications are subject to change without notification.

VELOS CX1610 chassis hardware specifications

This table lists hardware specifications for VELOS CX1610 chassis with double wide BX520 blades.

Important: Specifications are subject to change without notification.

VELOS CX1610-N (NEBS) chassis hardware specifications

This table lists hardware specifications for VELOS CX1610-N (NEBS) chassis with double wide BX520 blades.

Important: Specifications are subject to change without notification.

VELOS SX410 system controller hardware specifications

This table lists hardware specifications for VELOS SX410 system controller.

Important: Specifications are subject to change without notification.

VELOS SX1610 system controller hardware specifications

This table lists hardware specifications for VELOS SX1610 system controller.

Important: Specifications are subject to change without notification.

VELOS BX110 blade hardware specifications

This table lists hardware specifications for VELOS BX110 blades.

Note:

Each QSFP28 port also supports these alternate transceiver modules or breakout modes:

• 40GbE QSFP+ modules
• 4 x 25GbE using QSFP28 or QSFP+ breakout or AOC cables
• 4 x 10GbE using QSFP28 or QSFP+ breakout or AOC cables

Important: Specifications are subject to change without notification.

Important: F5 only provides support for F5-branded or F5-provided optical modules.

VELOS BX520 blade hardware specifications

This table lists hardware specifications for VELOS BX520 blades.

Important: Specifications are subject to change without notification.

Important: F5 only provides support for F5-branded or F5-provided optical modules.

Chassis environmental operating specifications

This table lists environmental operating specifications for the VELOS chassis.

Note: NEBS platforms meet NEBS environmental requirements per GR-63-CORE, with exceptions noted under “Guidelines for NEBS platforms.”

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Chassis power redundancy modes overview

The VELOS chassis supports these power configuration modes:

No redundancy The chassis has enough working power supply units (PSUs) to support all installed components.

N+1 redundancy The chassis has more working PSUs than are required to support all installed components. The system will remain fully functional if a single PSU fails.

N+N redundancy The chassis has twice as many working PSUs than are required to support all installed components. This configuration is typically used in DC installations with two independent DC power buses. The system will remain fully functional if half of the working PSUs fail (or if one of the facility’s two DC buses fails).

In the event that there is insufficient power to support all installed components, the system provides a warning. These warnings are configurable.

Power redundancy provisioning

CX410 supports one to four AC or DC power supply units (PSUs). Each slot is provisioned to draw up to 400W; therefore, one PSU can support two blade slots with no redundancy. This table shows some of the possible blade and PSU redundancy configurations.

VELOS CX410 AC and DC power provisioning recommendations

|Blade quantity|Number of required PSUs| |No redundancy|N + 1 redundancy|N + N redundancy| |————–|———————–| |————-|—————-|—————-| |1|1|2|2| |2|1|2|2| |3|1|2|2| |4|1|2|2| |5|2|3|4| |6|2|3|4| |7|2|3|4| |8|2|3|4|

VELOS CX1610 AC and DC power provisioning recommendations

|Blade quantity|Number of required PSUs| |No redundancy|N + 1 redundancy|N + N redundancy| |————–|———————–| |————-|—————-|—————-| |1|2|3|4| |2|2|3|4| |3|2|3|4| |4|3|4|6| |5|3|4|6| |6|3|4|6| |7|3|4|6| |8|4|5|8| |9|4|5|8| |10|4|5|8| |11|4|5|8| |12|5|6|10| |13|5|6|10| |14|5|6|10| |15|6|7|12| |16|6|7|12|

View the redundancy state of power supply units (PSUs) from the CLI

You can view the redundancy state of power supply units (PSUs) installed in the chassis from the system controller CLI.

1. Connect using SSH to the system controller floating management IP address.

2. Log in to the command line interface (CLI) of the system controller using an account with admin access.

   When you log in to the system, you are in user (operational) mode.

3. View the current PSU redundancy state.

   show components component chassis psu state

   A summary similar to this example displays:

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   syscon-1-active# show components component chassis psu state
   psu state redundancy-mode no-redundancy
   psu state severity warning

Configure the redundancy mode for power supply units (PSUs) from the CLI

You can configure the redundancy mode for power supply units (PSUs) installed in the chassis from the system controller CLI.

1. Connect using SSH to the system controller floating management IP address.

2. Log in to the command line interface (CLI) of the system controller using an account with admin access.

   When you log in to the system, you are in user (operational) mode.

3. View the current PSU redundancy state.

   show components component chassis psu state

   A summary similar to this example displays:

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   syscon-1-active# show components component chassis psu state
   psu state redundancy-mode no-redundancy
   psu state severity warning

4. Change to config mode.

   config

   The CLI prompt changes to include (config).

5. Change the PSU redundancy mode.

   components component chassis psu config redundancy-mode [ n+1 | n+n | no-redundancy ]

   In this example, you configure the PSU redundancy mode to be n+n:

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   syscon-1-active(config)# components component chassis psu config redundancy-mode n+n

6. Commit the configuration changes.

   commit

7. Return to user (operational) mode.

   end

8. Confirm that the configured PSU redundancy mode is active.

   In this example, the n+n redundancy mode is now active:

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   syscon-1-active# show components component chassis psu state
   psu state redundancy-mode n+n
   psu state severity warning

Configure the severity level for power supply unit (PSU) redundancy modes from the CLI

You can configure the severity level for power supply units (PSUs) redundancy modes from the system controller CLI.

1. Connect using SSH to the system controller floating management IP address.

2. Log in to the command line interface (CLI) of the system controller using an account with admin access.

   When you log in to the system, you are in user (operational) mode.

3. View the current PSU redundancy state.

   show components component chassis psu state

   A summary similar to this example displays:

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   syscon-1-active# show components component chassis psu state
   psu state redundancy-mode no-redundancy
   psu state severity warning

4. Change to config mode.

   config

   The CLI prompt changes to include (config).

5. Change the severity level for a specified PSU redundancy mode.

   components component chassis psu config severity [ alert | critical | emergency | error | notice | warning ] redundancy-mode [ n+1 | n+n | no-redundancy ]

   Severity	Description
   Emergency	Emergency system panic messages
   Alert	Serious errors that require administrator intervention
   Critical	Critical errors, including hardware and file system failures
   Error	Non-critical, but possibly important, error messages
   Warning (default)	Warning messages that should be logged and reviewed
   Notice	Messages that contain useful information, but might be ignored

   In this example, you configure the severity level for the n+n PSU redundancy mode to be error:

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   syscon-1-active(config)# components component chassis psu config severity error redundancy-mode n+n

6. Commit the configuration changes.

   commit

7. Return to user (operational) mode.

   end

8. Confirm that the selected PSU severity level is active.

   In this example, the n+n redundancy mode now has a severity level of error:

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   syscon-1-active# show components component chassis psu state
   psu state redundancy-mode n+n
   psu state severity error

View active system alarm conditions from the CLI

You can view information about active system alarm conditions from the system controller CLI.

1. Connect using SSH to the system controller floating management IP address.

2. Log in to the command line interface (CLI) of the system controller using an account with admin access.

   When you log in to the system, you are in user (operational) mode.

3. View a list of active system alarm conditions.

   show system alarms | tab

   This example shows a power supply unit (PSU) redundancy fault:

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   syscon-1-active# show system alarms
   ID     RESOURCE        SEVERITY  TEXT                           TIME CREATED
   –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––-          
   65796  psu-controller  WARNING   PSU redundancy fault detected  2021-07-01-11:11:11.992270499 UTC
   65793  psu-2           ERROR     PSU fault detected             2021-07-01-11:11:11.999825828 UTC

AC power requirements

When working with an AC-powered VELOS platform, it is important to understand the AC power options and requirements.

AC power cables

The power cable supplied with the hardware is a 220V high-line input cable. This type of cable requires a NEMA 6-20R wall outlet or a region-specific equivalent. Region-specific power cables are available from F5.

Note: The power cables included with this unit are for exclusive use with this unit and should not be used with other electrical appliances.

製品には、同梱された電源コードセットを使用すること及び同梱された電源コー ドセットは、他の製品に使用しないこと.

AC power specifications - VELOS CX410 Series

The actual amount of power draw from the AC source depends on the type and number of blades, and the power supply AC source voltage and redundancy configuration.

This table shows several possible configurations for high-line input voltage (220 VAC) and the typical and maximum power draw measured at the input of the power supply.

AC power specifications - VELOS CX1610 Series

The actual amount of power draw from the AC source depends on the type and number of blades, and the power supply AC source voltage and redundancy configuration.

This table shows several possible configurations for high-line input voltage (220 VAC) and the typical and maximum power draw measured at the input of the power supply.

DC power requirements

When working with a DC-powered VELOS CX410 Series platform, it is important to understand the DC power options and requirements.

The platform supports up to four hot swappable DC power supplies. One power supply powers a chassis that contains zero to four blades, with no redundancy. Four power supplies power a chassis with any blade configuration, with full redundancy.

DC power specifications - VELOS CX410 Series

The actual amount of power draw from the DC power source depends on the type and number of blades and the redundancy configuration.

This table shows several possible configurations, and the typical and maximum power draw measured at the output of the power supply (at an input voltage of 48 VDC).

F5® recommends that you add 10% to the numbers in the table due to conversion loss in power supplies when you are provisioning power and cooling.

DC power specifications - VELOS CX1610 Series

The actual amount of power draw from the DC power source depends on the type and number of blades and the redundancy configuration.

This table shows several possible configurations, and the typical and maximum power draw measured at the output of the power supply (at an input voltage of 48 VDC).

F5® recommends that you add 10% to the numbers in the table due to conversion loss in power supplies when you are provisioning power and cooling.

NEBS-compliant VELOS system configurations

Available Network Equipment-Building System (NEBS)-compliant VELOS system configurations.

Note: For a system to be completely NEBS-compliant, you must use a NEBS-compliant DC-powered chassis and blades.

European Union (EU) Declaration of Conformity (DoC)

This declaration of conformity is issued under the sole responsibility of the manufacturer. This product conforms to the relevant Union harmonised legislation: Directives 2014/35/EU, 2014/30/EU, and 2011/65/EU.

Acoustic and altitude specifications

This table lists acoustic levels and operational altitude specifications for VELOS platforms.

Airflow specifications

This table lists airflow movement specifications for VELOS platforms.

Note: Fan tray airflow measurements are taken at 100% duty cycle and in open air.