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BladeCenter T at a glance
Form factor Rack/8U high-availability midplane
Blade bays Up to eight 2-way and up to four 4-way
Standard media 60MB CD/DVD (RW) drive accessible from each blade server
Switch modules Four switch module bays
Power supply modules Up to four hot-swap and redundant 1300W with load-balancing and failover capabilities (two standard)
Cooling modules Four hot-swap and redundant blowers standard
Systems management hardware 1 management module standard, add an optional second module for redundancy
I/O ports Keyboard, video, mouse, Ethernet, USB

1 Maximum internal hard disk and memory capacities may require the replacement of any standard hard drives and/or memory and the population of all hard disk bays and memory slots with the largest currently supported drives available. When referring to variable speed CD-ROMs, CD-Rs, CD-RWs and DVDs, actual playback speed will vary and is often less than the maximum possible.

2 When referring to storage capacity, GB means 1,000,000,000 and TB means 1,000,000,000,000. Accessible capacity is less.

3 For a copy of the IBM Statement of Limited Warranty, call 1 800-426-7378. Telephone support may be subject to additional charges. For onsite service, IBM sends a technician after attempting to diagnose and resolve the problem remotely. If the problem can be resolved with a customer replaceable unit (CRU), then IBM will ship CRU parts to you for your replacement. 

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