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IBM server virtualization with System x and BladeCenter

IBM BladeCenter - the RIGHT choice for blade server virtualization

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Virtualize your IT infrastructure with IBM® BladeCenter® and deliver a highly reliable and scalable platform that helps reduce complexity, improves systems management and increases energy efficiency while driving down total cost of ownership.

	Infrastructure simplification
	Infrastructure flexibility
	Streamlined administration
	Go green and save

Simplify and optimize your IT infrastructure to create the RIGHT solution for your needs

Benefit from virtualization end-to-end—client, server, I/O, networking and storage
Simplify systems management and application deployment while enhancing desktop security and availability with the Virtual Client Solution from IBM
Improve business application availability and resource utilization using IBM SAN Volume Controller (SVC)—a single point of control for disparate, heterogeneous storage resources

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Create a flexible infrastructure that can quickly and easily adapt to changes in your business

Consolidate and simplify your Linux®, UNIX®/AIX®, IBM i and Windows® workloads with IBM BladeCenter blade servers—the most comprehensive server virtualization solution in the industry
Use virtualization to accommodate new workloads rapidly by adding BladeCenter HS22 blade servers that feature outstanding performance, high-speed I/O, support for high memory capacity and fast memory throughput, and an optional embedded VMware ESXi hypervisor.
Consolidate workloads using built-in IBM PowerVM™ and Integrated Virtualization Manager with its easy-to-use browser-based interface
Speed server deployment and increase availability—implement I/O virtualization with BladeCenter Open Fabric Manager
Assign a dedicated pair of redundant FC SAN links to each guest operating system providing additional storage bandwidth, access control and security—only with IBM BladeCenter
Transform the economics of your IT infrastructure and virtualize on IBM BladeCenter—together these solutions can dramatically reduce costs, increase agility and boost resiliency

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Manage your virtual environment with OPEN tools that are EASY to use

Get a single interface to blade servers, storage and networking with the Advanced Management Module and IBM Systems Director
Simplify the management of physical and virtual servers from a single management environment with IBM Systems Director which is included at no additional charge.
Manage your LAN and SAN connections across all chassis with BladeCenter Open Fabric Manager

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Go GREEN and amplify your energy and cost savings

Consolidate and virtualize your IT workloads onto the IBM BladeCenter platform—and improve power utilization and reduce energy costs without sacrificing performance
Tackle all of your thermal efficiency challenges with IBM Cool Blue™ energy management portfolio at the room, rack and server level
Use IBM’s energy efficiency skills and services to help you build a green data center that reduces your datacenter energy consumption

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Analyst reports

The Virtualization Multiplier (172KB)

Whitepapers and Redbooks

Redbook: IBM Systems Virtualization: Servers, Storage, and Software

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