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64-bit IBM POWER6 processor |
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- True IBM Power Architecture™ blade server capable of running 32-bit and 64-bit AIX and Linux applications
- Integrated AltiVec co-processor delivering leadership SIMD performance for compute-intensive floating-point and data-intensive applications
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Advanced POWER Virtualization Standard Edition |
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- Standard support for APV, including Micro-Partitioning, Integrated Virtualization Manager and Virtual I/O Server (VIOS)—the same advanced virtualization technology supported by enterprise-class IBM System p™ servers
- Support for up to 10 partitions per core
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Advanced POWER Virtualization Enterprise Edition (optional) |
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- Support for all the features of APV Standard Edition plus Live Partition Mobility
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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 efficient use of your investment
- Compatibility with selected BladeCenter family chassis including BladeCenter H and BladeCenter HT
- 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 and 2U traditional rack servers without sacrificing performance
- Integrate your networking switch infrastructure for improved cabling and data center maintenance
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Up to 32 GB of DDR2 memory |
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- Support for ECC and Chipkill standard for enterprise-class fault protection at no additional expense
- Double the memory capacity of the previous generation JS21
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Serial Attached SCSI (SAS) internal storage |
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- Up to 146 GB 2.5" 10K rpm SAS disk drive
- SCSI-based enterprise reliability combined with increased performance
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Integrated Virtual Ethernet adapter |
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- Enables easy sharing of Ethernet connections among multiple partitions
- Built into the system to enhance reliability and performance
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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 performance and data center management with IBM Active Energy Manager software, which details the exact power consumption of BladeCenter blade servers
- Support for HACMP high availability as well as Cluster Systems Management (CSM) for the AIX and Linux operating systems to simplify management and help reduce cost and complexity of distributed and clustered blades in technical and commercial computing environments through single point-of-control
- Dual mid-plane connections to the chassis from the blade for redundancy and performance
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Choice of operating system support |
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- AIX V5.3 or above, Red Hat Enterprise Linux V4.6 or above and SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 SP1 or above
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3-year onsite limited warranty |
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- Flexible 3-year limited warranty for parts and labor with 9 hours per day, Monday through Friday (excluding holidays), next-business-day response; upgradeable to 24x7, same-business-day, and 2- or 4-hour response (varies by country)
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