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Modular system delivering leadership performance efficiency |
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- Ultra-slim and powerful blade design delivers high density without sacrificing server processor performance
- Smarter design can substantially reduce power consumption per blade compared to competitive 1U/blade offerings, potentially yielding better performance/watt
- Easily add or change blades without disrupting the operation of other blades installed in the chassis
- Up to 84 HS21 blade servers in an industry-standard rack packing more performance per square foot and saving you valuable central office and/or data center real estate
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Supports up to two Dual-Core or Quad-Core Intel Xeon Processors |
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- Delivers ultimate processor performance with eight cores
- The shared L2 cache provides better performance for both single and multi-threaded applications
- Equipped with Intel Hyper-Threading technology, the Intel Xeon Processor delivers server performance ideal for compute-intensive, next-generation network and IT application workloads
- Optional low-voltage processor models still provide great performance without consuming significant power
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Up to 64 GB Fully Buffered DIMM memory with 8 GB DIMM support |
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- Up to eight low power, Fully Buffered DIMMs deliver better memory bandwidth and reduced latency over DDR II resulting in better application performance while consuming low energy
- Error checking and correction offer high performance with mainframe-inspired fault protection
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Support for up to four hard disk drives (HDDs) |
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- Support for one internal small form factor SAS or solid state drive and one optional IBM Modular Flash Drive
- Add three hot-swap SAS HDDs with the storage and I/O blade expansion blade (SIO)
- Add an optional RAID-5 controller with battery-backed cache on the SIO blade
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IBM Solid State Drives |
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- Support for one or two highly reliable, low power solid state drives
- 8 GB Modular Flash Drives are USB-2.0-based with very low power consumption and small footprint
- No moving parts on the device mean fewer mechanical failures. Helps meet strict NEBS 3.0 requirements for telecommunications platforms
- Optimized for low power consumption
- Ideal for broad-based OS boot support
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Integrated Dual Gigabit Ethernet connections |
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- The TCP/IP Offload Engine (TOE) capable NICs are enabled to transmit large amounts of data at fast speeds for high-performance network applications
- Robust design supports teaming and failover
- These NICs will also support RDMA and iSCSI via a software key (availability is planned)
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Integrated VMware ESX Server 3i |
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- Special model with VMware ESX Server 3i embedded on modular flash drive
- Easy to deploy directly from server to get started with virtualization, or in data centers where virtualization is already standard
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10 Gb Ethernet Expansion |
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- Support for Multi Switch Interconnect Module Combo Form Factor (CFF) card that doubles port count per blade
- Provides greater flexibility with up to 12 ports for a single blade: four ports on the I/O base plus eight ports on the I/O expansion blade using MSIM
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Two high-availability midplane connections |
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- Each blade is reliably and easily connected via two redundant paths to the passive midplane and the integrated switching and power infrastructure contained in the BladeCenter chassis
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Light path diagnostics standard |
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- LED lights provide a quick and easy guide to troubleshoot your server. Faster problem resolution means higher availability and more server uptime
- Independently powered, allowing you to remove the server from the chassis and still illuminate the light path LEDs
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Predictive Failure Analysis (PFA) |
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- Helps save you time and money by helping decrease planned and unplanned downtime
- Increases uptime by allowing you to receive proactive alerts as much as 24 – 48 hours in advance
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Integrated System Management Processor |
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- Increases server availability by continuously monitoring your system and notifying you of potential system failures or changes
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IBM Systems Director and IBM Systems Director Extensions --comprehensive systems management tools |
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- Exploits hardware capabilities by surfacing pertinent information about your system, allowing you to automate a response
- Helps increase uptime, reduce costs and improve productivity via advanced server management capabilities
- Provides intelligent systems management for rock-solid reliability
- IBM Remote Deployment Manager simplifies and automates deployment and redeployment for efficient installation and startup of your blade servers
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Operating system support |
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- Red Hat Linux®
- SUSE Linux
- VMware ESX Server
- Windows Server®
- Open Enterprise Server (NetWare 6.5)
- SUN Solaris 10
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3-year customer replaceable unit and onsite limited warranty1 |
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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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