BladeCenter E Chassis

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IBM BladeCenter E chassis at a glance
Form factor/height	Rack-mount chassis/7U
Blade bays	Up to 14
Switch modules	Four switch module bays
Power supply module	Up to four 2000 W or 2320 W (hot-swap and redundant with load-balancing and failover capabilities)
Cooling modules	Two hot-swap and redundant blowers standard
Standard media	Optional DVD multi-burner
Systems management hardware	One Advanced Management Module standard; add an optional second module for redundancy
I/O ports	Keyboard, video, mouse, Ethernet, USB
Systems management software	Open and easy systems management and trial deployment tools
Light path diagnostics	Chassis has LEDs for power status, location, over temperature, information and status indicators on both front and back. In addition power supplies, blade servers, management module, switch modules and blowers have light path diagnostics.
Limited warranty	3-year customer replaceable unit and onsite limited warranty
External storage	Support for IBM System Storage™ solutions (including DS and Network Attached Storage (NAS) family of products) and many widely adopted non-IBM storage offerings