IBM BladeCenter Foundation for Cloud

Systems
Virtualization management and compute nodes IBM BladeCenter H chassis
  • HS23* blades with dual-socket Intel Xeon E5-2620 6C 2.0 GHz processors, 128 GB memory or Intel Xeon E5-2650 8C 2.0 GHz processors
  • HX5 blades with dual-socket Intel Xeon E7-2830 8C 2.13 GHz processors, 128 GB memory
  • HX5 + MAX5 blades with dual-socket Intel Xeon E7-8867L 10C 2.13 GHz processors, 320 GB memory
Server management node
  • IBM System x3550 M4
Interconnects
Ethernet switch options
  • IBM Virtual Fabric 10 Gb Switch Module* with QLogic Virtual Fabric Extension Module*
  • Brocade FCoE Switch Module
  • Cisco Nexus 4001i FCoE Switch Module
Converged network adapter options
  • HS23 only: Onboard 10 Gigabit Ethernet with Emulex BE3 controller; IBM Virtual Fabric Advanced Software Upgrade (LOM) providing support for FCoE
  • Emulex Virtual Fabric Adapter II with FCoE*
  • QLogic 2-port CNA
External storage
Storage servers IBM System Storage DS3524* or IBM Storwize® v7000
Storage expansion EXP3000 storage expansion units or IBM Storwize v7000 expansion units
Software
Blade operating system VMware vSphere ESXi 5.0*
Server management node software Microsoft Windows 2008 R2 Standard Edition 64-bit;
IBM Systems Director including Active Energy Manager; IBM Fabric Manager for BladeCenter†
Virtualization management software VMware vCenter Server
Scalability Examples of predefined configurations
Small 4 compute blade servers
Medium 14 compute blade servers
Large 28 compute blade servers
Expansion nodes Additional compute blade servers or chassis with converged networking can be added after installation
Services Additional optional setup and other services from IBM Lab Services or Business Partner provide the initial setup in customer environment and provide on-site training
Warranty 3-year parts, customer replaceable unit or onsite labor, limited warranty with individual nodes retaining the warranty and service upgrade offerings for that IBM machine type; optional warranty service upgrades

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* Included in predefined configurations that can be easily ordered directly from IBM.
† IBM Fabric Manager for BladeCenter runs in the BladeCenter Advanced Management Module.

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