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IBM BladeCenter LS42

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Maximize performance and minimize costs; consolidate workloads and virtualization on an energy-efficient platform that supports up to four quad-core AMD Opteron™ processors
Pay as you grow; start with a 2-processor blade and upgrade to a 4-processor blade when ready without scrapping your initial investment
Save time and money; standardize on a single platform for both 2- and 4-processor server application needs

Meeting today’s cost challenges while planning for tomorrow’s growth can be difficult. With the new IBM BladeCenter® LS42 blade server and IBM’s 2+2 pricing program, get an affordable, scalable 2-processor blade server that you can easily upgrade to four processors as business grows without paying a premium—simple blade expansion with investment protection.

The LS42 blade server features the latest quad-core AMD Opteron processors for industry-leading performance. Supporting high memory capacity 16 DIMM slots and memory speeds up to 800 MHz, the LS42 can help drive your most demanding memory-intensive workloads such as virtualization, databases and high performance computing (HPC) applications.

The LS42 blade server offers an energy-efficient design along with low-voltage processors, integrated memory controller and available solid-state drives to help keep power consumption down and reduce cooling demands in your data center.

The unique 2+2 pricing program available on the LS42 lets you start with a 30 mm, 2-processor blade server. When workloads demand more performance, this blade server is ready to scale to four processors with the addition of a multi-processor expansion unit (MPE). Simply snap the MPE to the original blade and it becomes a 4-processor, 60 mm blade server with the additional performance you need. Best of all, this expansion capability won’t break the bank.

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Innovative, snap-on scalability enables easy growth and investment protection Energy-efficient design that includes low-voltage processors, an integrated memory controller, Dual Dynamic Power Management, DDR II memory, and solid-state internal storage options High memory capacity and throughput helps handle large workloads or consolidate applications across multiple virtual machines Easily add or change blades without disrupting the operation of other blades installed in the chassis		Features up to four of the latest quad-core AMD Opteron processors for ultimate performance. 4 GB standard/up to 128 GB maximum memory per blade (up to 800 MHz). Up to two internal SAS or solid-state HDDs. Four TCP/IP Offload Engine (TOE-enabled) Gigabit Ethernet controllers standard, with load-balancing and failover features. Expansion capabilities for Ethernet, Fibre Channel, SAS, iSCSI and InfiniBand®.

¹ Using 8 GB DIMMS when available.