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Powering and Protecting Nutanix Appliances with Lenovo UPS Units

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  • Christian Flatscher
  • Elizabeth Bagnas
Published
19 Jan 2020
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LP1277
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Abstract

This document introduces the Uninterruptible Power Supply (UPS) units that Lenovo offers for use with ThinkAgile HX Appliances running Nutanix hyperconvergence software.

Introduction

Lenovo ThinkAgile HX Series appliances combine industry-leading hyperconvergence software from Nutanix with Lenovo enterprise platforms. These appliances deliver the industry’s most feature-rich hyperconverged infrastructure to enterprise datacenters, bringing the benefits of web-scale technologies to enterprise applications through enterprise storage, data protection, infrastructure resilience, management and analytics, and security.

UPS Selector for HX Appliances

Lenovo offers a portfolio of Uninterruptible Power Supply (UPS) units to provide electrical power protection to the ThinkAgile appliances and other IT infrastructure building blocks.

Table 1. UPS Selector for HX Appliances
  1U 2U 2U 2U-4N >2U
Lenovo HX Series HX1320, HX2320, HX3320 HX5520, HX7520 HX3520-G HX3720 HX7820
  HX 1U HX 2U LFF HX 2U SFF HX 2U4N HX 4U
Lenovo UPS model RT2.2KVA RT2.2KVA RT3KVA RT5KVA RT6kVA
Lenovo UPS 55942AX or 55942KX 55942AX or 55942KX 55943KX 55945KX 55946KX
  UPS 2U UPS 2U UPS 2U UPS 3U UPS 3U
Lenovo Extended Battery Module 55942BX 55942BX 55943BX 55946BX 55946BX
  EBM 2U EBM 2U EBM 2U EBM 3U EBM 3U
Network Management Card 46M4110 46M4110 46M4110 Included with UPS Included with UPS
Lenovo UPM software* 00YE4655 00YE4655 00YE4655 00YE4655 00YE4655

* Power management and shutdown with Nutanix AHV requires a gold license for UPM version 1.57, silver license for version 1.65 and later.

UPS specifications

The following tables summarize the specifications of the Lenovo UPS portfolio.

Table 2. UPS specifications (Up to 6KVA)
Model Number RT2.2KVA
(100-125 VAC)
RT2.2KVA
(200-240 VAC)
RT3KVA
(200-240 VAC)
RT5KVA
(200-240 VAC)
RT6KVA
(200-240 VAC)
  UPS 2U UPS 2U UPS 2U UPS 3U UPS 3U
Part Number 55942AX 55942KX 55943KX 55945KX 55946KX
VA/Watts Rating 1950 VA/1920W 2200 VA/1980W 3000 VA/2700W 5000 VA/4500W 6000 VA/ 5400W
Height (Rack units) 2U 2U 2U 3U 3U
Input Voltage 100-125 Vac 100-125 Vac 200-240 Vac 200-240 Vac 200-240 Vac
Input Connector NEMA 5-20P IEC 320 C20 (16A) IEC 320 C20 (16A) Proprietary Hardwired Terminal Block
Input Line Cord Fixed 2.5m (8 ft) Optional Optional Optional Onsite wiring required
Output Connectors (8) NEMA 5-20R (16A) (8) IEC 320 C13 (10A), (1) IEC 320 C19 (16A) (8) IEC 320 C13 (10A), (1) IEC 320 C19 (16A) (2) IEC 320 C19 (16A), (8) IEC 320 C13 (10A) (2) C19, (8) C13
Network Management Card 46M4110 46M4110 46M4110 Included Included
External Battery Module Up to four 55942BX Up to four 55942BX Up to four 55943BX Up to four 55946BX Up to four 55946BX
Environmental Monitoring Probe (Optional) 46M4113 46M4113 46M4113 46M4113 46M4113
Power Management software* 00YE4655 00YE4655 00YE4655 00YE4655 00YE4655

* Power management and shutdown with Nutanix AHV requires a gold license for UPM version 1.57, silver license for version 1.65 and later.

Table 3. UPS specifications (8KVA and 11KVA)
Model Number RT8kVA
(200-240 VAC)
RT11kVA
(200-240 VAC)
RT8kVA 3:1 Phase
(380-415 VAC)
RT11kVA 3:1 Phase
(380-415 VAC)
  UPS 6U UPS 6U UPS 6U UPS 6U
Part Number 55948KX 55949KX 55948PX 55949PX
VA/Watts Rating 8000 VA/7200W 11000 VA/10000W 8000 VA/7200W 11000 VA/10000W
Height (Rack units) 6U 6U 6U 6U
Input Voltage 200-240 Vac, Single-phase 200-240 Vac, Single-phase 380-415 Vac, 3-phase 380-415 Vac, 3-phase
Input Connector Hardwired terminal block Hardwired terminal block Hardwired terminal block Hardwired terminal block
Input Line Cord Onsite wiring required Onsite wiring required Onsite wiring required Onsite wiring required
Output Connectors (4) IEC 320 C19 (16A) on the MBP (4) IEC 320 C19 (16A) on the MBP (4) IEC 320 C19 (16A) on the MBP (4) IEC 320 C19 (16A) on the MBP
Network Management Card Included Included Included Included
External Battery Module Up to four 55949BX Up to four 55949BX Up to four 55949BX Up to four 55949BX
Environmental Monitoring Probe (Optional) 46M4113 46M4113 46M4113 46M4113
Power Management software* 00YE4655 00YE4655 00YE4655 00YE4655

* Power management and shutdown with Nutanix AHV requires a gold license for UPM version 1.57, silver license for version 1.65 and later.

Connectors

This section describes the connectors on each UPS and extended battery module.

RT2.2KVA (100-125 Vac)

The following figure shows the rear view of the RT2.2kVA 2U Rack UPS (100-125VAC) (55942AX).

Rear view of the RT2.2kVA 2U Rack or Tower UPS (100-125VAC) (55942AX)
Figure 1. Rear view of the RT2.2kVA 2U Rack UPS (100-125VAC) (55942AX)

RT3KVA (200-240 Vac)

The following figure shows the rear view of the RT3kVA 2U Rack UPS (200-240VAC) (55943KX).

Rear view of the RT3kVA 2U Rack or Tower UPS (200-240VAC) (55943KX)
Figure 2. Rear view of the RT3kVA 2U Rack UPS (200-240VAC) (55943KX)

RT2.2KVA (200-240 Vac)

The following figure shows the rear view of the RT2.2kVA 2U Rack UPS (200-240VAC) (55942KX).

Rear view of the RT2.2kVA 2U Rack or Tower UPS (200-240VAC) (55942KX)
Figure 3. Rear view of the RT2.2kVA 2U Rack UPS (200-240VAC) (55942KX)

2.2KVA and 3KVA Extended Battery Modules

The following figure shows the rear view of the 2.2kVA (top) and 3kVA (bottom) 2U Rack Extended Battery Modules.

Rear view of the 1.5kVA/2.2kVA (top) and 3kVA (bottom) 2U Rack or Tower Extended Battery Modules
Figure 4. Rear view of the 1.5kVA/2.2kVA (top) and 3kVA (bottom) 2U Rack Extended Battery Modules

RT5KVA (200-240 Vac)

The following figure shows the rear view of the RT5kVA 3U Rack UPS (200-240VAC) (55945KX).

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Figure 5. Rear view of the RT5kVA 3U Rack UPS (200-240VAC) (55945KX)

RT6KVA (200-240 Vac)

The following figure shows the rear view of the RT6kVA 3U Rack UPS (200-240VAC) (55946KX).

Rear view of the RT6kVA 3U Rack or Tower UPS (200-240VAC) (55946KX)
Figure 6. Rear view of the RT6kVA 3U Rack UPS (200-240VAC) (55946KX)

5KVA/6KVA Extended Battery Module

The following figure shows the rear view of the 5kVA/6kVA 3U Rack Extended Battery Module (55946BX).

Rear view of the R5kVA/6kVA 3U Rack or Tower Extended Battery Module (55946BX)
Figure 7. Rear view of the 5kVA/6kVA 3U Rack Extended Battery Module (55946BX)

RT8kVA and RT11kVA (200-240VAC)

The following figure shows the rear view of the RT8kVA and RT11kVA 6U Rack UPS (200-240VAC).

Rear view of the 1-phase 6U Rack or Tower UPS (200-240VAC) (RT8kVA or RT11kVA)
Figure 8. Rear view of the RT8kVA or RT11kVA 6U Rack UPS (200-240VAC)

RT8kVA and RT11kVA (380-415VAC)

The following figure shows the rear view of the RT8kVA or RT11kVA 6U 3:1 Phase Rack UPS (380-415VAC).

Rear view of the RT8kVA or RT11kVA 6U 3:1 Phase Rack or Tower UPS (380-415VAC)
Figure 9. Rear view of the RT8kVA or RT11kVA 6U 3:1 Phase Rack UPS (380-415VAC)

8kVA/11kVA Extended Battery Module

The following figure shows the rear view of the 8kVA/11kVA 3U Rack Extended Battery Module (55949BX).

Rear view of the 8kVA/11kVA 3U Rack or Tower Extended Battery Module (55949BX)
Figure 10. Rear view of the 8kVA/11kVA 3U Rack Extended Battery Module (55949BX)

Network Management Card

The Network Management Card (46M4110) provides convenient, over-the-network UPS remote monitoring and management through a standard web browser or UPS Power Manager software. It is optional with 2.2kVA and 3kVA models and standard with all other UPS models.

UPS Network Management Card
Figure 11. UPS Network Management Card

For more information

For more information on the ThinkAgile HX Appliances, see these resources:

For more information on the UPS offerings, see the product guides:

For more information about UPS Power Manager (UPM), see the following document:

Related product families

Product families related to this document are the following:

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