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IBM BladeCenter S at a glance |
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Form factor |
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Rack/7U, high-availability midplane |
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Blade bays |
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Up to six 1- or 2-processor, and up to three 4-processor |
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Disk bays |
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Up to 12 SAS, 12 Nearline SAS, or 12 SATA, or an intermix of the disks |
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Media |
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Optional DVD multi-burner accessible from each blade server |
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Switch modules |
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SAS, Gigabit Ethernet, Fibre Channel switch modules available |
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Power supply module |
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Up to four (hot-swap, auto-sensing, and redundant 950 W/1450 W with load-balancing and failover capabilities) |
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Cooling modules |
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4 hot-swap and redundant blowers standard |
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Systems management hardware |
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1 management module standard |
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I/O ports |
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Keyboard, video, mouse, Ethernet, USB |
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Systems management software |
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Open and easy systems management and trial deployment tools |
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Predictive Failure Analysis |
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Hard disk drives, processors, blowers, memory |
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Light path diagnostics |
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Blade server, processor, memory, power supplies, blowers, switch module, management module, hard disk drives and expansion card |
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Limited warranty3 |
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3-year customer replaceable unit and onsite limited warranty |
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External storage |
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Support for IBM System Storage solutions (including DS and NAS family of products) and many widely adopted non-IBM storage offerings |
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 3 IBM hardware products are made from new parts, or new and serviceable used parts. Regardless, our warranty terms apply. For a copy of applicable product warranties, write to: Warranty Information, P.O. Box 12195, RTP, NC 27709, Attn: Dept. JDJA/B203. IBM makes no representation or warranty regarding third-party products or services, including those designated as ServerProven®.
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