Reduced power consumption and enhanced energy efficiency without compromising performance
Easy integration, an open infrastructure and remote systems management for enhanced usability
Flexible configurations with compatibility across a full portfolio of chassis, I/O and storage to protect long-term investment
Tasks like collaboration or Web serving require blade servers that will do the job efficiently without inflating power costs. The IBM BladeCenter® LS21 is ideal for general-purpose applications since it saves energy without sacrificing performance. Combined with the energy-efficient BladeCenter E chassis, it’s the ultimate solution for power-constrained data centers.
Green to the extreme
The LS21 blade is unsurpassed in power efficiency; it offers up to 20% lower consumption and occupies 25% less space than comparable servers 1.
Product features
Hardware summary
Revolutionary form factor delivers high density for the data center
Integrated systems management processor, light path diagnostics and IBM Predictive Failure Analysis® combine to provide powerful management capabilities
IBM Director provides remote management from a single graphical console—helping simplify and automate IT and networking tasks
Easily add or change blades without disrupting the operation of other blades installed in the chassis
Features up to two high-performance dual-core AMD Opteron processors
One internal SAS hard disk drive or one internal solid-state drive
1 GB standard/32 GB max memory per blade
Two TCP/IP Offload Engine-enabled (TOE) Gigabit Ethernet controllers standard, with load balancing and failover features
Expansion capabilities for Fibre Channel, Ethernet, Myrinet and InfiniBand®
