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NEBS-3-/ETSI-compliant |
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- Enables maximum equipment operability under rigorous environmental conditions.
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| Space-saving 8U IBM BladeCenter T chassis |
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- 20" deep chassis fits into existing telco infrastructure helping reduce deployment cost.
- With eight server bays, this enclosure allows you to pack up to 80 processors into a telco industry-standard 84-inch rack.
- High performance density helps you concentrate as much computing power as possible into your network and/or datacenter environment.
- Innovative design reduces cable complexity, saving SP installation time and money.
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| DC (-48v) and AC power supply |
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- Supports both telco and enterprise environments.
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| Hot-swap and redundant blower modules |
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- Uniquely designed Calibrated Vectored Cooling™ technology helps protect all critical system components to help drive toward OnForever™ reliability.
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| High-availability midplane |
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- Provides a fault-tolerant connection from the blade server to all modular components.
- Inventive midplane design allows you to upgrade to new technologies and preserve your original investment.
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| Hot-swap and redundant KVM/management modules |
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- Provide single points of control for all chassis components and blade servers to help maximize system reliability and availability.
- IBM "simply smart" management capabilities can help boost administrator productivity and reduce skill-level requirements.
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| Hot-swap and redundant switch modules |
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- BladeCenter T offers a broad range of networking options to deliver storage solutions that provide performance, scalability and manageability.
- Optional Gigabit Ethernet switch modules provide high-speed Ethernet communication between blade servers, management modules and external hardware.
- The optional Nortel Networks® L2-7 Gigabit Ethernet Switch Module increases application availability and performance, simplifies infrastructure complexity and manageability while helping lower your total cost of ownership.
- Cisco Systems Intelligent Gigabit Ethernet Switch Module supports high availability networks through support of advanced STP protocols
- Optional Fibre Channel switch modules deliver highly available cost-effective storage network, including support for IBM System Storage™ SAN.
- External Fibre Channel NEBS-compliant storage.
- Optional Optical Pass-thru Module delivers alternative interconnect for clients needing to incorporate BladeCenter into existing storage area networks and optical Ethernet environments
- Optional Copper Pass-thru Module provides unswitched/unblocked bidirectional I/O copper connection to each blade server
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| Combo 48X
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- Provides direct access to the media bay.
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| Hot-swap and redundant power supply modules |
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- 1300W power supplies with load balancing and failover capabilities, providing additional reliability and protection.
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| IBM Director management software |
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- Provides intelligent system management for rock-solid reliability.
- Exploits hardware capabilities by surfacing pertinent information about your blade server.
- Easy-to-use Deployment Wizard provides step-by-step installation instructions with automated deployment capabilities.
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| IBM Director Server Plus Pack Advanced server management |
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- Supports system availability to accurately measure planned vs. unplanned outages to show the benefits of your system management investment.
- Supports capacity manager to monitor critical server resources, identify and predicts bottlenecks and recommend upgrades to prevent diminished network performance.
- Supports rack manager to conveniently configure/monitor rack components and provide health information.
- Supports software rejuvenation (PFA for software) to monitor performance trends of software over time, predict software aging issues and schedule servicing when required.
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| IBM Remote Deployment Manager |
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- Simplifies and automates deployment and redeployment for efficient installation and setup of your blade servers.
- Perform via the network deployment tasks that previously required a visit to each system, saving your administrator valuable time.
- Supports all Wake on LAN® (WoL) and Pre-boot eXecution (PXE) enabled products.
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| Light path diagnostics self-diagnosis panel |
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- LEDs located on the front and rear of the system provide quick and easy guide to troubleshoot your server for higher availability and system uptime.
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| Predictive Failure Analysis® (PFA) |
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- Can help save you time and money by decreasing unplanned downtime.
- Helps increase uptime by allowing you to receive proactive alerts and take corrective action in some cases as much as 24-48 hours in advance.
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| Three-year onsite limited warranty
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- The IBM Global Services organization provides reliable, dedicated and skilled assistance when you need it.
- Provides peace of mind for an extended period of time.
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