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IBM BladeCenter HS22

  
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The new generation of x86 servers

Highlights

  • Improve service with unparalleled Reliability, Availability, Serviceability (RAS) features and innovative management
  • Reduce cost through increased performance, utilisation and efficiency
  • Manage growth and reduce risk on a BladeCenter platform with proven stability.

Designed for versatility

The IBM BladeCenter HS22 offers flexible options to support a broad range of workloads, including virtualisation and enterprise applications. Along with intuitive Unified Extensible Firmware Interface (UEFI)-based tools, the HS22 can be customised and deployed quickly while best-in-class reliability features help keep you up and running. Mix and match the HS22 with the industry’s most diverse set of chassis and blades and that go beyond x86.

Built for performance

The HS22 provides outstanding performance with support for the latest Intel® Xeon® processors, high-speed input/output (I/O) and support for high memory capacity and fast memory throughput. The HS22 can run applications up to twice as fast compared to previous generation blades. In fact, you can run many applications faster than even competitor four-socket blades.

Product features Hardware summary
  • More performance, more energy efficiency and lower cost to run the most demanding applications


  • Exceptional power management with integrated tools such as IBM Systems Director Active Energy Manager and Blue Path Cooling blade design


  • Optional embedded hypervisor enables instant virtualisation


  • IBM Integrated Management Module (IMM) for complete control and remote presence with cKVM standard


  • Next-generation BIOS – Unified Extensible Firmware Interface (UEFI)


  • Equipped with light path diagnostics and Predictive Failure Analysis to detect component failure before the failure occurs – helping to maximise availability

  • Two Intel® Xeon 5500 series processors, up to 2.93 GHz


  • Up to 96 GB of memory with 12 VLP DDR-3 memory DIMMs


  • 1 COIv slot (standard PCI-Express daughter card) and 1 CFFh slot (high-speed PCI-Express daughter card)


  • Broadcom 5709S onboard NIC with dual Gigabit Ethernet (GbE) ports with TCP/IP Offload Engine (TOE)


  • Trusted Platform Module 1.2


  • Redundant Array Independent Disk (RAID)-0, -1 and -1E (optional RAID-5 with battery-backed cache)


  • Support for hot-swap SAS HDDs or solid-state drives


  • Support for all BladeCenter enterprise and office chassis



 
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