- Simplify and consolidate operating system (OS) initialization across multiple BladeCenter® systems.
- Easy — Helps optimize (OS) initialization functions by using an easy, setup graphical user interface (GUI).
- Scalable — Supports up to 28 blade servers in the BladeCenter E or BladeCenter H chassis.
- Reliable — Redundant components, such as power supplies, controllers and RAID, help enable business continuity.
- Affordable for small and medium businesses.
Uptime and availability are key focus areas for BladeCenter and have been since its inception. The IBM BladeCenter portfolio is designed to help minimize failure and keep your applications running.
According to an industry studies, one of the most common areas of failure is the mechanical disk. If a disk or boot partition is unique to a particular blade, it leads to a less flexible architecture. A better approach is to consolidate the Operating System image for one or two BladeCenter chassis to an external device, which can be used to off-load the boot function from the blade server.
Enter the new IBM BladeCenter Boot Disk System; a 2U enclosure that is specifically designed to provide boot functionality for up to two fully loaded BladeCenter E or BladeCenter H chassis. The IBM BladeCenter Boot Disk System is a 2U, 12-drive enclosure that supports hot-swap SAS drives, and can be used to consolidate the boot functionality for up to 28 blade servers to a single, highly available enclosure.
Hardware summary
- 2 U rack-mount enclosure with 12 easily accessible drive bays
- Support for dual-port and hot-swappable SAS disks at 10,000 and 15,000 rpm speeds
- Scalable to 3.6 TB of storage capacity with 300 GB hot-swappable SAS disks
- Built-in reliability features with dual-redundant power supplies standard
- Three-year limited warranty2 on parts and labor
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The following are trademarks or registered trademarks of other companies.
Lotus, Notes, and Domino are trademarks or registered trademarks of Lotus Development Corporation.
Java and all Java-related trademarks and logos are trademarks of Sun Microsystems, Inc., in the United States and other countries.
UNIX is a registered trademark of The Open Group in the United States and other countries. Microsoft, Windows and Windows NT are registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation. SET and Secure Electronic Transaction are trademarks owned by SET Secure Electronic Transaction LLC.
Intel is a registered trademark of Intel Corporation.
* All other products may be trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective companies.
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Performance is in Internal Throughput Rate (ITR) ratio based on measurements and projections using standard IBM benchmarks in a controlled environment. The actual throughput that any user will experience will vary depending upon considerations such as the amount of multiprogramming in the user's job stream, the I/O configuration, the storage configuration, and the workload processed. Therefore, no assurance can be given that an individual user will achieve throughput improvements equivalent to the performance ratios stated here.
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