Backplane - HP 12500 Series Installation Manual

Two MPU slots and 18 LPU slots at the front, and nine switching fabric module slots at the rear.
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Two power frames at the top, and each power frame can accommodate up to six power supplies.
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Two horizontally oriented fan trays at the rear. For the ventilation direction inside the chassis, see
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"Preparing for installation."

Backplane

The backplane of a 12500 switch is located inside the chassis. It provides high-speed data switching
between switching fabric modules and LPUs, and exchanges management and control signals between
MPUs and LPUs/switching fabric modules. The backplane provides the following capabilities:
• Provides communication channels for signal exchange between cards.
Supports hot-swapping of cards.
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Identifies card type.
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• Connects to the power frame, provides distributed power for MPUs, LPUs, switching fabric modules,
fan trays and power supplies, and provides monitoring channels for MPUs to monitor power frame
status.
Fan tray
A fan tray contains fan units. The dimension of each fan unit is 120 × 120 × 38 mm (4.72 × 4.72 ×1.50
in).
A 12504 uses one fan tray, which comprises eight fan units and one fan monitoring board.
A 12508 or 12518 uses an upper fan tray at the top and a lower fan tray at the bottom. Each fan tray
comprises 12 fan units and one fan monitoring board.
12500 fan trays provide the following functions:
Effective heat dissipation and single-point of failure protection.
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Status monitoring, including fan rotation speed monitoring and fault alarming.
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• Fan speed can be controlled by the MPU or automatically adjusted based on temperature. A 12504
has two groups of fans. A 12508 or 12518 has four groups of fans. Speed adjustment is done on
a per-group basis to decrease noise and improve energy efficiency.
Each fan tray has two LEDs on the front panel to show its operating status.
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Hot swappable. The fans receive DC power from the backplane.
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IMPORTANT:
The 12504, 12508, and 12518 use different fan trays, which cannot be replaced by one another.
Figure 7 shows the 12504 fan tray, and
12518 fan tray look similar.
Figure 8 shows the 12508 fan tray. The 12508 fan tray and
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