For IBM System x and BladeCenter, energy efficiency is not just a talking point
IBM System x® offers a range of workload-optimized systems to help you align your IT infrastructure to business demands. Offering complete, integrated systems management capabilities, System x servers can help you implement a more integrated approach to service management.
With new cluster solutions designed to help improve the efficiency of your high performance computing applications, new rack and tower servers that offer dual-socket performance at a single-socket price and enhanced options and operating system support, IBM System x solutions offer an ideal foundation for your dynamic infrastructure.
IBM System Cluster 1350 integrated solutions
With new processor support and enhanced networking options the new IBM System Cluster 1350 offers up to twice the performance of previous generation solutions. This increased performance allows you to improve energy and space efficiency to help you meet performance demands along with budget constraints. With a broad choice of industry leading OEM interconnects, storage solutions and software, the Cluster 1350 is data center ready. And with proven management tools and IBM backing, you can easily deploy, operate and maintain fully tested, integrated solutions with single point of contact for support.
IBM System x tower and rack servers
The new IBM System x3200 M3 and System x3250 M3 offer similar performance and functionality to previous generation two-socket servers at single socket prices. With 50 percent greater DIMM capacity and 50 percent higher performance, the new systems offer extraordinary TCO for your basic business workloads.
IBM BladeCenter I/O enhancements
- Virtual Fabric for IBM BladeCenter® is a flexible, easy, fast and reliable I/O solution that helps reduce cost and complexity in both virtualized and non-virtualized environments by allowing you to allocate bandwidth based on your application needs. A single adapter and switch combination can be Ethernet, FCoE, or even iSCSI, operating at any speed from 100Mb to 10Gb. You can quadruple the number of adapters by server, while at the same time reducing switch modules by up to 75%.
- Open Fabric Manager for BladeCenter S: Now offers I/O virtualization benefits in your SAS environment. Experience easy pre-configuration and deployment in a distributed environment.
- Cisco Nexus 4001I Switch Module for IBM BladeCenter: Cisco’s first 10Gb switch module for BladeCenter enables a high-performance, low-latency solution. In addition, this switch module offers easy management and seamlessly integrates with other Cisco Nexus family products.
New operating systems
Enhanced operating system support advances virtualization and consolidation capabilities to help you improve the efficiency and flexibility of your datacenter.
- IBM System x and BladeCenter servers support Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 with Hyper-V - the next generation of virtualization capabilities from Microsoft.
- New open source virtualization technology is also available with under Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.4 with Kernel-based Machine (KVM)
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