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64-bit IBM PowerPC 970MP processor |
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- True Power Architecture blade server capable of running 32-bit and 64-bit AIX 5L and Linux applications
- Choice of 2-socket single-core 2.70GHz or 2-socket dual-core 2.50GHz, each with 1MB L2 Cache per core*
- Integrated AltiVec co-processor delivering leadership SIMD performance for compute-intensive floating point and data-intensive scientific applications
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| Optional Advanced POWER Virtualization |
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- First blade to support Micro-Partitioning, Integrated Virtualization Manager, and Virtual I/O Server (VIOS), the same advanced virtualization technology supported by IBM System p5 servers
- Support for up to 10 partitions per core at a fraction of the price of the leading x86 alternative
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| BladeCenter Deployment Flexibility |
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- Concurrent interoperability in the same chassis with other BladeCenter HS and LS blades for space-savings and investment protection
- Compatibility with any BladeCenter family chassis from your existing BladeCenter to the high-performance BladeCenter H
- Straight-forward management and efficiency in business-critical, heterogeneous environments
- Up to 14 blade servers per chassis delivering outstanding price and performance per watt for thermal-sensitive IT environments
- Designed to help lower your acquisition cost and power consumption versus 1U servers without sacrificing performance
- Integrate your networking switch infrastructure for improved cabling and datacenter maintenance
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| Up to 16GB of DDR2 533 MHz memory |
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- Support for ECC and Chipkill standard for enterprise-class fault protection at no additional expense
- 2GB (single-core) or 4GB (dual-core) 533 MHz PC2-4200 memory standard in the Express configuration for the ultimate in performance at the best price
- Double the memory capacity of the previous generation JS20
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| Serial Attached SCSI with up to 146GB maximum internal storage |
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- One 73GB 2.5" 10,000 rpm Small Form Factor Serial Attached SCSI (SAS) hard disk drive standard, up to two drives maximum for up to 146GB of internal storage
- Integrated support for RAID-0/1 mirroring
- SCSI-based enterprise reliability combined with increased performance
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| Integrated Broadcom 5780 PCI-Express controller with dual Gigabit Ethernet |
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- 17X PCI-Express capability serving as the interconnect for 10Gb Ethernet, 4Gb Fibre Channel or 4X InfiniBand when deployed into the BladeCenter H chassis
- High performance and reliability including software support for load-balancing, teaming and failover
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| Proven reliability and systems management |
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- Integrated systems management processor delivers true hardware-based monitoring and alerting
- IBM Director software marries hardware-based monitoring with comprehensive systems analysis
- Light path diagnostics provides a lighted path to failed or failing components to expedite hardware repairs and reduce service time
- Predictive Failure Analysis provides proactive monitoring of critical system components enabling scheduled maintenance versus an unplanned failure
- Better reliability, performance and data center management with IBM Power Executive, which details the exact power consumption of your BladeCenter blade servers
- Support for HACMP high availability as well as Cluster Systems Management (CSM) for AIX 5L and Linux to simplify management and reduce cost and complexity of distributed and clustered blades in technical and commercial computing environments through single point-of-control (SOD for 3Q2006)
- Dual mid-plane connections to the chassis from the blade for redundancy and performance
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| Operating system support |
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- AIX 5L V5.2 and V5.3, Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS 4 U3 and U4 and SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 9 SP2 and SP3
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| 3-year onsite limited warranty |
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- Flexible 3-year limited warranty for parts and labor with 9x5 next business day response, upgradeable to 24x7, same business day, and 4-hour response
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