SCEs

Question 1

What does SCE stand for?

Answer 1

Shared Computing Enclosure

Question 2

How many SCEs are there?

Answer 2

2

Question 3

What is inside an SCE?

Answer 3

Blade centre servers

Network fabric switches

Backbone switches

SANs

Question 4

How is processing done in an SCE?

Answer 4

Virtual Machines run each sub-system

Question 5

Why are there 2 SCEs?

Answer 5

Redundancy

Question 6

Explain the redundancy of SCEs

Answer 6

The hardware is physically separated and powered from different ship supplies (except chilled water).

Software functions are allocated between the SCEs and automatically recover if an SCE is lost

Question 7

What tactical applications are implemented on the SCE?

Answer 7

• Command System
• Sonar 2076
• Navigation
• Network Common Functions

Question 8

How is chilled water managed on an SCE?

Answer 8

The Constaflo valve is mounted on the rear of each SCE and controls the flow

Question 9

What happens to the internal components of an SCE following a loss of chilled water?

Answer 9

Temperature will rise

Blade servers will not automatically shutdown

Question 10

How do you know that temperature is too high in an SCE?

Answer 10

Overhear alarm

SDD/MFC health strip

Question 11

What must be done in the event of SCEs overheating?

Answer 11

Dogflaps must be opened to increase cooling

Unnecessary apps can be shutdown (assert single ASC) to reduce processing load