Power capacity and power plug types

The UCS 5108 blade chassis comes with options of up to four power supply units. Each is a single phase unit and provides 2,500 watts. Depending on the total number of power supplies in the chassis and input power sources, UCS 5108 can be configured into the following three modes:

Nonredundant mode

Power supply units installed in the system provide adequate power. A power supply failure results in a chassis failure. Load is evenly distributed among power supplies; however, there is no power redundancy.

N+1 redundant mode

In this mode, at least one extra power supply unit is available in the system in addition to the units that are required for providing the power required for the chassis to be operational. The extra ...

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