- Ideal for infrastructure consolidation, virtualisation and demanding applications that require scalable performance and high memory capacity
- IBM POWER6 processor technology and the ability to run AIX, IBM i and Linux® operating systems simultaneously
- Elegantly simple scalability, allowing easy expansion and pay-as-you-grow flexibility for the utmost in investment protection and performance growth
- A secure, resilient and dynamic infrastructure solution that helps drive cost down, reduces risk, improves energy efficiency and enhances flexibility.
Built on the promise of the IBM BladeCenter family of products – easy-to-use, integrated platforms with a high degree of deployment flexibility, energy efficiency, scalability and manageability – the BladeCenter JS23 and JS43 Express are the premier blades for 64-bit applications. They represent one of the most flexible and cost-efficient solutions for UNIX®, i and Linux deployments available in the market. Further enhanced by their ability to be installed in the same chassis with other IBM BladeCenter blade servers, the JS23 and JS43 can deliver the rapid return on investment (ROI) that clients and businesses demand. Delivering on the promise of a truly Dynamic Infrastructure, the BladeCenter JS23 and JS43 help in delivering superior business and IT services with agility and speed – all in a simple to manage highly efficient way.
The JS23 and JS43 Express blades have been pre-configured and tested by IBM and are based on proven technology, utilising 4.2 GHz 64-bit POWER6 processors with simultaneous multi-threading and a new 32 MB Level 3 (L3) cache for each core pair. Available in a four-core or eight-core configurations, they are designed to deliver outstanding performance and capabilities at compelling prices. With faster and more reliable double data rate 2 (DDR2) memory options and support for eight to 16 memory Dual Inline Memory Module (DIMM) slots along with Serial Attached SCSI (SAS) disk subsystem, the BladeCenter JS23 and JS43 Express blades are designed for increased uptime and enhanced performance. Exploiting the newest in high performance and energy-efficient solutions like Solid State Disk (SSD) Technology, the JS23 and JS43 offer remarkable performance for input/output (I/O) intensive applications. And, for those that require fast and frequent data access, the JS23 and JS43 offer the utmost in easy-to-manage, tough-to-break solutions.
With built-in support for IBM PowerVM Editions for advanced virtualisation features such as Live Partition Mobility (LPM) and Active Memory Sharing, the JS23 and JS43 offer an ideal blade server solution for driving your most demanding performance and memory-intensive workloads such as virtualisation, databases and high performance computing (HPC) applications. By consolidating and virtualising on BladeCenter with the JS23 and JS43, you can increase the utilisation of your hardware and decrease the number of physical assets you need to watch over. This translates into real budget savings through better energy conservation and IT resource usage across the data centre.
Meeting today’s cost challenges while planning for tomorrow’s growth can be difficult. When you demand more performance, these blade servers are 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 four processor, eight core, 60 mm blade server with the additional performance, memory and double the I/O expansion you need to deliver a flexible, resilient and highly scalable IT infrastructure. Best of all, this expansion capability won’t break the bank and provides the opportunity to standardise on a single blade platform for all your needs.
If you are looking for the perfect alternative to replacing traditional rack servers, then look no further. With a range of available BladeCenter chassis supported and the performance and scalability you need for demanding workloads of any sort, the JS23 and JS43 blades deliver what you are looking for. When combined with the BladeCenter S chassis, the JS23 or JS43 become an ideal solution for deploying blades in an office and distributed enterprise environment. Unlike a stand-alone server that needs multiple power supplies and fans, individual systems management, numerous cables and a lot of space, IBM BladeCenter is compact and easy to use. The blades contain all the necessities to run an application – processors, memory, I/O and storage. Components that are duplicated in rack servers, like redundant power, hot-swap cooling, DVD and consolidated management are placed in the BladeCenter chassis and shared. The beauty of the BladeCenter architecture is that now everything needed for the solution can be housed and managed from a single point of control.
With IBM BladeCenter and i, customers can realise innovation with proven sixth-generation POWER technology for enhanced performance, efficiency and reliability; cut costs and consolidate workloads with leadership virtualisation as a built-in feature; go green with better energy management by using EnergyScale technology; and manage growth, complexity and risk with the flexibility of IBM BladeCenter technology. With i support, small and medium clients can consolidate their IBM System i and Intel® processor-based servers into a single chassis, leveraging the management, space and power savings provided by IBM BladeCenter solutions. Large or small enterprises can now consolidate their IBM i applications into a centralised BladeCenter environment with a choice of BladeCenter chassis and blade configurations to fit their needs.
Simplify. Cut costs. Boost productivity. Go green. They’re all priorities for IT and they’re all driving organisations to rethink their server strategies and become more receptive to new ways to use IT. Blades are the next-generation solution, promising improvements across the board. The IBM BladeCenter innovative, open design offers a true alternative to today’s sprawling racks and overheated server rooms. So toss your cables and take the leap. Migrate to the blade solution that uses less energy and gives more choices and control. You have nothing to lose but complexity. IBM BladeCenter is the right choice. Open. Easy. Green.
Specifically, the BladeCenter JS23 Express blade provides:
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- Single-wide blade server compatible with BladeCenter family chassis
- Dual-core SMP scalability
- 64-bit IBM POWER6 with AltiVec SIMD and Hardware Decimal Floating-Point acceleration
- PowerVM Standard Edition (built-in) including support for:
- Virtual Local Area Network (VLAN)
- POWER Hypervisor
- Micro-Partitioning (up to 40 partitions per blade)
- Virtual I/O Server (VIOS)
- Shared Processor Pool
- Integrated Virtualisation Manager
- Shared Dedicated Capacity
- PowerVM Lx86
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- Four 4.2 GHz POWER6 processor cores
- From 4 GB to 64 GB memory in eight DIMM slots
- High-performance DDR2 memory running at up to 667 MHz
- Integrated SAS controller
- One 2.5" 10K revolutions per minute (rpm) SAS disk drive bay supporting 73, 146, or 300 GB of internal storage or optional 69 GB SSD
- Elegantly simple scalability, allowing easy expansion
- Integrated Virtual Ethernet adapter (IVE) Dual Gigabit
- Enterprise-class reliability with light path diagnostics, IBM Predictive Failure Analysis, Error Checking and Correction (ECC) and IBM Chipkill memory
- Support for Calibrated Vectored Cooling™, IBM Systems Director Active Energy Manager™ software and EnergyScale™ technology to monitor energy and maintain optimum cooling
- Supported in BladeCenter H, HT and S chassis
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- PowerVM Enterprise Edition (optional) including all the features of PowerVM Standard Edition plus LPM
- IBM Director industry-leading systems management software
- Support for the IBM PowerHA family of high availability products and Cluster Systems Management (CSM) software*
- Support for System Cluster 1350
- Support for the IBM PowerHA™ family of high availability products and Cluster Systems Management software*
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And the BladeCenter JS43 Express blade provides:
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- Double-wide blade server compatible with BladeCenter family chassis
- Dual-core SMP scalability
- 64-bit IBM POWER6 with AltiVec SIMD and Hardware Decimal Floating-Point acceleration
- PowerVM Standard Edition (built-in) including support for:
- VLAN
- POWER Hypervisor
- Micro-Partitioning (up to 80 partitions per blade)
- VIOS
- Shared Processor Pool
- Integrated Virtualisation Manager
- Shared Dedicated Capacity
- PowerVM Lx86
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- Eight 4.2 GHz POWER6 processor cores
- From 8 GB to 128 GB memory in sixteen DIMM slots
- High-performance DDR2 memory running at up to 667 MHz
- Integrated SAS controller
- Two 2.5" 10K rpm SAS disk drive bay supporting 73, 146 or 300 GB of internal storage or optional 69 GB SSDs
- Elegantly simple scalability, allowing easy expansion
- IVE adapter Dual Gigabit with light path diagnostics, IBM Predictive Failure Analysis, ECC and IBM Chipkill memory
- Support for Calibrated Vectored Cooling, IBM Systems Director Active Energy Manager software and EnergyScale technology to monitor energy and maintain optimum cooling
- Supported in BladeCenter H, HT and S chassis
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- PowerVM Enterprise Edition (optional) including all the features of PowerVM Standard Edition plus LPM
- IBM Director industry-leading systems management software
- Support for AIX (V5.3 or later), IBM i1 (V6.1 or later) and RHEL for POWER V4.6 or later and SLES10 SP1 for POWER or later
- Support for System Cluster 1350
- Support for the IBM PowerHA family of high availability products and CSM software*
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* Available as separately-priced software product
1 Some of the IBM BladeCenter functions may not be supported by the IBM i operating system. These are identified at ibm.com/systems/i/os/i5os/v6r1/blades/index.html (US).
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