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IBM BladeCenter Chassis

Product Guide

September 2008

Table of Contents

Overview 3 BladeCenter Chassis Positioning 4 IBM BladeCenter Chassis 6 BladeCenter I/O Modules 30 Rack vs. Blades Positioning 33 Citrix Solution 37 Virtualization Solution 38

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Overview

You need to make IT decisions that will drive business success. You face management challenges and technological complexity such as space constraints, power and cooling limitations, heterogeneous environments and I/O connectivity issues. IBM brings together the widest choice of compatible chassis, blade servers, storage and networking offerings and solution providers in the industry to help you build an open and flexible IT environment. And regardless of the size of your business, you want to be up and running 24/7. With built-in redundancy, innovative power and cooling and the latest I/O and management tools, IBM BladeCenter is easy to own—so you can focus on your business demands and stay ahead of the competition.

The RIGHT choice, tailored to fit your diverse needs.

• It’s flexible and modular. As needs evolve, a one-size-fits-all solution doesn’t work. – Meet your needs with BladeCenter: everything from a high-performance data center to a small office with limited IT

skills—IBM has you covered

– Get flexibility w ith 5 compatib le chassis and 5 blade types supporting multiple I/O fabrics, all managed from a common

point

• It’s robust and reliable, providing redundancy throughout and the information you need to keep your business up and running. – Provide redundancy for no single point of failure with I BM BladeCenter – Preserve application uptime w ith IBM Predictive Fa ilure Analysis – Make decisions based on accurate data for quick pro blem diagnosis with First Failure Dat a Capture

OPEN and innovative, for a flexible business foundation.

• It’s comprehensive, providing broad, fast, and reliable networking and storage I/O with BladeCenter Open Fabric. – Match your data center needs and t he appropriate interconnect using a common management point, and 5 I/O fabrics to

choose from

– Extract the most from y our third-party management solutions by utilizing the BladeCenter Open Fabric Manag er

• It’s collaborative, enabling you to harness the power of the industry to deliver innovation that matters. – Get flexibility from a my riad of solutions created by Bla de.org members and industry leaders that ha ve downloaded our

open specification

EASY to deploy, integrate and manage.

• It enables efficient integrated management, which allows you to minimize costs with the tools y ou need for effective management.

– Automate OS inst allation and BIOS updates remotely w ith IBM Director tools – Administer your blades at the chassis or rack level with the Advanced Management Module – Plug into y our enterprise management software

• It enable deployment simplicity without tradeoffs by speeding the deployment of new hardware in minutes rather than days, using BladeCenter Open Fabric Manager

– Get significantly faster deployment of servers and I/O than from rack solutions – Reduce costly downtime with integrated failover capability – Manage from a single point of contr ol via the Advanced Management Module – Use with virtually all IBM switche s, blades and chassis

GREEN today for a better tomorrow.

• It offers control via powerful tools that help you optimize your data center infrastructure so you can be respon sive. – Understand your power requirements with IBM Pow er Configurator – Monitor, control and virtua lize your power with IBM Systems Director A ctive Energy Manager for x86 – Reduce data center hot spots w ith the IBM Rear Door Heat eXchanger – Optimize and futur e-proof your data center with IBM Data Center Energy Efficiency services

• Our eco-friendly servers and services can help you be environmentally responsible. – Become more energy efficient with IBM expertise

and light path diagnostics

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BladeCenter Chassis Positioning

Which BladeCenter Chassis is Right for You?

IBM offers five different BladeCenter chassis built across a consistent architecture. The chassis are targeted to meet your unique requirements, yet all encompass the same commitment to excellence. Remember, BladeCenter blades and switches can be seamlessly moved between chassis. This offers investment protection and incredibly flexible, mix-andmatch deployment choices.

IBM BladeCenter S

BladeCenter S is the chassis designed specifically for the mid-market such as small offices, and remote branch locations.. Features include:

• Configurable “business in a box” foundation combines sharable integrated storage with blades and switches

• Comes standard with the BladeCenter Start Now Advisor, which enables easy set up , with “select and click” configurability

• Up to 6 blades, 7U design (convertible to floor-standing configuration using the BladeCenter Office Enablement Kit)

• Up to 12 SAS and/or SATA 3.5-inch HDDs, for an all-in-one chassis containing up to 3.6TB of SAS or 12TB of SATA enterprise-class storage

• Auto sensing 110V or 220V power

• Lowest IT staff requirements

• Lowest total power consumed

• Lowest total heat output

IBM BladeCenter E

BladeCenter E is the core chassis, perfect for mainstream applications, SMBs, data centers and remote sites.

• Up to 14 blades, 7U design

• Highest rack density

• Best energy efficiency per blade

• Best heat efficiency per blade

• Low airflow requirement

• Supports 10Gb Ethernet uplinks and 4Gb Fibre Channel

• Planned availability through 2011

IBM BladeCenter H

BladeCenter H is right for clients looking for next-generation, high-speed I/O— whether InfiniBand

• Up to 14 blades, 9U design

• Highest available I/O performance

• Greatest I/O flexibility with up to 8 switch bays

• Hardware-based I/O virtualization

• Supports 30mm blades with up to 8 I/O ports

• Supports 10Gb Ethernet and 4X InfiniBand

• Planned availability through 2011

IBM BladeCenter T

BladeCenter T is a NEBS 3-compliant, ruggedized chassis ideal for telecom, military and medical-imaging applications.

• Up to 8 blades, 8U design

• Non-traditional enviroment support—NEBS 3/ETSI

• Ruggedized chassis

• AC and DC power input

• Planned availability through 2011

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, Fibre Channel or 10Gb Ethernet

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IBM BladeCenter HT

BladeCenter HT is a new telecommunications-optimized version of IBM BladeCenter H. It delivers outstanding core network performance and high-speed connectivity.

• Up to 12 blades, 12U design

• Non-traditional environment support—NEBS 3/ETSI (planned)

• Greatest I/O flexibility with up to 8 switch bays

• Supports 30mm blades with up to 8 ports

• Supports 10Gb Ethernet and 4X InfiniBand

• Ruggedized chassis

• AC and DC power input

• Planned availability through 2011

Compare all this flexibility to what HP has to offer:

Customer Need IBM Answer HP Answer Small office or remote location: BladeCenter S BladeSystem c-Class 3000 High-efficiency data center: BladeCenter E BladeSystem c-Class 7000 Maximum system density: BladeCenter E BladeSystem c-Class 7000 Maximum application performance: BladeCenter H BladeSystem c-Class 7000 Ruggedized: BladeCenter T NA Telecom NGN: BladeCenter HT NA Back-end database: System x3850 M2/x3950 M2 BladeSystem c-Class 7000

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Product Overview

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Product Overview 6 Selling Features Key Features Key Options BladeCenter S Images BladeCenter S Specs BladeCenter E Images BladeCenter E Specs BladeCenter H Images BladeCenter H Specs BladeCenter T Images BladeCenter T Specs BladeCenter HT Images BladeCenter HT Specs Side-by-Side Comparison 26 Chassis/Module/Blade

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IBM BladeCenter Chassis

Today’s data center environment is tougher than ever. You are looking to reduce IT cost, complexity, space requirements, power consumption and heat output, while increasing flexibility, utilization and manageability. Moving to innovative IBM IT foundation can help you accomplish all of these goals.

The IBM BladeCenter family tightly integrates servers, storage, networking, I/O and applications, allowing you to build a flexible IT infrastructure that is robust, integrated and virtualized using common building blocks. This modular technology integrates Intel

, as well as IBM POWER™ or Cell Broadband Engine™ (Cell/B.E.) processor-

AMD

based blade servers, supporting many operating systems.

All BladeCenter chassis offer impressive features and an extreme degree of compatibility with one another. For example, a single BladeCenter E or BladeCenter H chassis supports up to 14 hot-swappable 30mm-wide blade servers in only 7U (BladeCenter E) or 9U (BladeCenter H) of rack space, up to 8 hot-swappable blades in the rugged 8U BladeCenter T chassis, or up to 12 in the 12U BladeCenter HT high-speed telecommunications chassis. In addition to the blade servers, these chassis also hold up to 4 switches (BladeCenter E/BladeCenter T), up to 10 switches/bridges (BladeCenter H), or 8 switches/bridges (BladeCenter HT) internally. The BladeCenter S, designed for SMB and mid-market customers, takes integration to a new level, combining up to 12 hotswap SAS/SATA HDDs with 6 blade servers and 4 switches. Using a BladeCenter E chassis, up to 84 blade servers (168 processors with multiple cores per processor) can be installed in one industry-standard 42U rack.

Not only can this degree of integration save significant data center space (and therefore the cost of floor space and rack hardware) compared to 1U servers, but consolidating switches/bridges and cables reduces complexity and helps lower cabling costs, and it allows clients to manage everything in the solution as one. But the value of BladeCenter extends far beyond high-density data center environments. For small and medium businesses, as well as remote branch offices with significant computing needs, the compact 7U BladeCenter S houses up to 6 30mm blades, along with 12 3.5-inch hot- swap SAS or SATA HDDs, and 4 switches in one chassis. And the setup wizard; BladeCenter Start Now Advisor makes it extremely easy to get started.

The various BladeCenter chassis are designed to monitor environmental conditions in the chassis and each blade and send alerts to the administrator. Advanced standard features help maintain system availability with increased uptime. These features include

Predictive Failure Analysis supplies and blower/fan modules with Calibrated Vectored Cooling™; IPMI 2.0

support with highly secure remote power control; text-console redirect over LAN, and an Advanced Management Module (upgradeable with a redundant AMM).

If you need a highly manageable, power-efficient, highly compatible family of blade enclosures, BladeCenter is the ideal choice.

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, light path diagnostics, hot-swap redundant power

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Selling Features Price/Performance

• The extremely high degree of integration in the various BladeCenter chassis reduces the need for server components, replacing numerous fans, KVM and Ethernet cables, power supplies, external switches and other components with fewer shared hotswap/redundant components in the BladeCenter chassis themselves. This integration also can greatly reduce the amount of power consumed and heat produced, relative to an equivalent number of 1U servers—or competitive bade systems. This can sign ificantly reduce a data center power bill. The reduced datacenter footprint can also save on infrastructure cost.

• BladeCenter Virtual Fabric delivers a flexible, open, connected infrastructure to help optimize application performance. BladeCenter supports many different fabrics, including Ethernet, Fibre Channel, InfiniBand, iSCSI, and a new SAS fabric, providing an easy transition to diskless, stateless servers. This helps cent ralize storage, offering boot capability, which can dramatically reduce the likelihood of a disk outage. Dual SATAattached solid state drives can greatly improve drive availability.

• Blade servers communicate directly to switch modules inside the BladeCenter Virtual Fabric via redundant Ethernet links to help increase the speed and efficiency of data transfers across blade servers and networks. In addition, the midplanes used in all chassis provide high-speed blade-to-blade (via high-availability firmware) and module-to-module communications internally as well as externally. The midplane used in the BladeCenter H and HT provides four 10Gb data channels to each blade, and supports 4X InfiniBand (HT only) and 10Gb Ethernet high-speed switch modules.

• IBM Cool Blue technology’s web-based Power Configurator accurately predicts the power and cooling required for specific configurations, thereby enabling realistic planning of the correct power and cooling infrastructure. The IBM Systems Director Active Energy Manager for x86 (formerly known as PowerExecutive) tool tracks actual power usage, temperatures and heat emitted, and plots trends over time so you can actively manage power and cooling with real information. Active Energy Manager also will manage through power incidents (e.g., brownouts or supply failures.) to help users avoid outages due to power and cooling issues. IBM’s Rear Door Heat Exchanger can help address hot spots in the data center. Cool Blue’s Active Energy Manager also provides an industry unique capability to virtualize power (capping) and move it from one server to another, as required. This capability helps maximize server usage within a restricted power envelope.

• The IBM BladeCenter family features the industry’s most energy-efficient design. The various BladeCenter chassis use ultrahigh efficiency power supplies. Most industrystandard servers use power supplies that are between 65-75% efficient at converting power from AC wall current to the DC power used inside servers. BladeCenter power modules are up to 91% efficient power input you are paying for is used for processing, rather than released into the data center as waste heat.

• BladeCenter also reduces the number of parts required to run the system. Sharing fans, systems management, floppy devices and media means fewer parts to buy and maintain, and fewer items that can fail and bring the solution down.

. This helps save even more money, as more of the

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Flexibility/Durability

• Every HS/LS/JS blade server ever released by IBM is supported in BladeCenter H and BladeCenter HT, and most are supported in every BladeCenter chassis ever released,

going back to 2002. Every switch module released by IBM is equally compatible. (Ask HP and Dell how far back their compatibility goes.) Future blades and fabric switches are expected to continue to be compatible with previous chassis for the foreseeable future.

• The optional Multi-Switch Interconnect Module (MSIM) installs in a high-speed switch module bay of a BladeCenter H chassis and doubles the number of Gigabit Ethernet and Fibre Channel connections to every blade in the chassis (up to 8 or 12 ports, depending on the switch).

• A blade server has access to as many as 10 communication switches/bridges in a BladeCenter H or 8 in a BladeCenter HT chassis. (Up to 4 sw itches in a BladeCenter or BladeCenter T chassis.) And the switches can be Ethernet, InfiniBand, Fibre Channel, Myrinet, or anything else designed and ServerProven for BladeCenter use. Switche s,

bridges and interface cards are currently available from such vendors as Brocade, Cisco,

, Nortel/Blade Network Technologies, QLogic, Cisco and others, in addition to IBM.

Intel

• Nearly 100 vendors are offering options for the BladeCenter family.

Manageability

• IBM System Director provides powerful, intelligent solutions management for the BladeCenter family, for rock-solid reliability. System Director exploits the hardware’s

capabilities by “surfacing” pertinent information about your blade server. The easy-to-use Deployment Wizard also provides step-by-step installation instructions and offers automated deployment capabilities.

• Each BladeCenter chassis includes an Advanced Management Module (AMM). The AMM boosts help reduce costs, improve overall productivity and make administration easier. Unlike traditional servers and some competitive blades with a myriad of separate management tools, this management module provides a single point of control for the solution and supports many industry-standard, open protocols. The AMM provides systems management capabilities, including Web-based out-of-band control; virtual floppy and CD-

ROM support; Windows “blue screen” error capture; LDAP and SSL support; and remote redirection of video, text, keyboard and mouse for the chassis and the components

installed in the chassis.

• IBM Systems Director Active Energy Manager for x86, an IBM-exclusive, is designed to take advantage of new system power management features, by monitoring actual power usage and providing power consumption capping features. More accurate power usage data helps with data center construction planning and the sizing of power and cooling needs, as well as allowing you to use available power more efficiently.

• IBM System Director is included for proactive sy stems management and works with both the blade’s internal BMC and the chassis’ management module. It comes with a portfolio of tools, including IBM Systems Director Active Energy Manager for x86, Management Processor Assistant, RAID Manager, Update Assistant, and Software Distribution. In addition, IBM System Director offers extended systems management tools for additional server management and increased availability. When a problem is encountered, IBM System Director can issue administrator alerts via e-mail, pager, and other methods.

• BladeCenter provides real-time hardware event monitoring with IBM Service Manager. Service Manager simplifies operations for remote branch users and beginner BladeCenter users by automating notification of service and support so that users will be contacted w ith resolutions to problems when they occur.

administrator productivity and reduces skill level requirements, w hich can

Availability and Serviceability

• BladeCenter chassis are designed for operation with greatly reduced potential for single points of failure. Most aspects of operation, from blade servers to communication modules, to management modules, to power and blower/fan modules, are hotswappable and redundant. The midplane connections are redundant and other features

can be made so, when used in pairs.

• Environmentally tuned blower/fan modules in the chassis adjust to compensate for changing thermal characteristics. At the lower speeds they draw less power and suffer less wear. Equally important in a crowded data center, temperature-controlled blowers/fans produce less ambient noise in the data center than if they were constantly running at full speed.

• A standard three-year (parts and labor) limited onsite warranty mind and greater potential investment protection.

BladeCenter Chassis

IBM’s blade architecture offers five choices of chassis in which to use various blade servers. Each chassis serves different customer needs. The new BladeCenter S is a small, entry-level chassis that offers compatibility and interoperability with the other chassis. The original BladeCenter E chassis offers maximum density, great flexibility and a wide variety of expansion options at an entry-level price. The next-generation BladeCenter H chassis offers all of BladeCenter’s capabilities, and adds new highperformance features. If you need a ruggedized chassis (for example, government/military or telcos), BladeCenter T offers special features optimized for those environments. The next-generation BladeCenter HT is a high-performance ruggedized telecommunications platform. There is a high degree of interchangeability and compatibility of features among the chassis. Any or all of these chassis can be installed in a rack along with other rack-optimized equipment.

affords you peace of

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Telephone support may be subject to additional charges. For warranties including onsite labor, a technician is sent after IBM attempts to resolve the problem remotely. International warranty service is available in any country in which this product is sold.

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BladeCenter S provides:

• A choice of installation methods — Designed for either rack or deskside use with the optional Office Enablement Kit, it’s ideal for offices or remote/branch locations.

• Integrated compute blades, SAN storage, and switches in one chassis — In addition to six blade servers, the BladeCenter S also supports 12 shared hot-swap 3.5-inch

SAS, SATA, or Nearline SAS HDDs, and four integrated sw itches (two Ethernet, plus two Ethernet, Fibre Channel, SAS, or RAID SAS Controllers, which can enable true

shared storage).

• Six 30mm blade slots — These hot-swap slots are capable of supporting any combination of 6 HC10/HS12/HS20/HS21/HS21 XM (Intel Xeon), LS2 0/LS21/LS22 (AMD

Opteron

), and JS12/JS21/JS22 (IBM PowerPC® 970FX/MP) blade servers, or 3 doublewide (60mm) LS41/LS42 blade servers or a mixture of 30mm and 60mm blades. It also supports multiple optional 30mm Expansion Units in combination with the blade servers, using the same blade slots. Up to six chassis can be installed in an industry-standard 42U rack, for a total of up to 36 30mm blade servers and 72 HDDs per rack, plus switches, with full power redundancy.

• Standard office 110V power or 220V power — Don’t have a data center, but still want to consolidate many servers into a few? No problem. BladeCenter S runs on standard office power (as well as 220V), using an auto-sensing power supply.

• Simplified setup and configuration — BladeCenter S’s configurable “business in a box” foundation offers the BladeCenter Start Now Advisor, a wizard-based installation tool on a DVD that is shipped standard with every chassis. You can be up and running in minutes. A user can literally plug the blade servers into the system, plug the sy stem into a power outlet, and launch a management tool that enables easy select-and-click configuration via an "express" install. For businesses operating branch offices—such as retailers or financia l institutions—IT administrators at headquarters can easily pre-configure hundreds of blade systems to operate in the same manner and ship them out the door knowing an office employee will be able to simply plug a system in and power it up.

• Forward and backward compatibility — Most blades, and every switch and passthru module released by IBM for BladeCenter E since 2002, are supported. Many new blades and 1X fabric switches released for IBM BladeCenter E, BladeCenter H, BladeCenter T, or BladeCenter HT are also supported in the BladeCenter S chassis.

• One module bay for hot-swap Advanced Management Module — The management module provides advanced systems management and KVM capabilities for not only the chassis itself, but for all of the blades and other modules installed in the chassis. The management module provides capabilities similar to the IBM Remote Supervisor Adapter II used in stand-alone IBM System x

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or IBM eServer™ xSeries® rack and tower servers. The features of the management module can be accessed either locally or remotely across a network. One module comes standard.

• One module bay for hot-swap Serial Passthru Module — This module provides six RJ45 serial ports (one per blade). The ports are numbered 1 through 6, and correspond to blade slots 1 through six.

• Two bays for hot-swap Storage Modules — Each module supports up to 6 hot-swap SAS, SATA, or Nearline SAS drives (12 total), for an internal capa city of up to 3.6TB

(using 300GB SAS HDDs) or 12TB (using 1TB SATA drives). The drives can be mixed within a Storage Module. The drives can be shared by one or more blades. If any drives are installed, one or two (for redundancy) SAS Connectivity Modules or the SAS RAID

Controller Modules must be installed in switch bays 3 and/or 4. (In addition, if you have BladeCenter Storage and I/O Expansion Unit blades, which attach to the HS and LS

blades, these are supported as well.)

• Four module bays for hot-swap communication and I/O switches — The modules interface with all of the blade servers in the chassis and eliminate the need for external switches or expensive, cumbersome, and error-prone cabling. All connections are done internally via the midplane. All modules, when installed in pairs, offer load balancing and failover support. Integrated switch modules mean that no extra “U space” is required in the rack. The first two bays support Ethernet switches only (one comes standard). The other two bays support Ethernet, Fibre Channel, or SAS switches. Either one or two of a kind is required in Bays 3 and 4. (No mixing and matching between the pair.)

• Four module bays for Fan Modules — Four hot-swap/redundant blower modules come standard with the chassis. (Each module contains two fans.) They are capable of providing efficient cooling for all blades, switches and storage devices. These modules replace the need for each blade to contain its own fans. The four fan modules are more energy efficient than dozens or hundreds of smaller fans would be, and they offer many fewer points of potential failure.

• Four module bays for hot-swap Power Modules — BladeCenter S ships with two 950W

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/ 1400W high-efficiency hot-swap/redundant power modules (upgradeable to four),

capable of handling the power needs of the entire chassis. Many servers use power supplies with an efficiency level of approximately 65-75%. Because BladeCenter S uses power supplies that are at least 90% efficient, much less power is wasted as heat. Not only is more power available for chassis use, there is less power wasted as excess heat output. Two additional power modules must be installed when the second Storage Module is used.

• Redundant midplane connections — Each chassis contains a midplane that connects all blades and modules together internally. The midplane provides two physical connections to each blade; therefore, a failure of one connector alone cannot bring down the server.

• A hot-swappable Media Tray containing a DVD-RW/CD-RW drive, two USB 2.0 port, two BBU module bays, and a light path diagnostic panel—the media tray is shared by

all the blades in the server. This eliminates unnecessary parts (and reduces the number of parts than can fail). In the event of a failure of the Media Tray the tray can be swapped for another. While the tray is offline, the servers in the chassis can remotely acce ss the Media Tray in another chassis. The diagnostic LEDs indicate chassis status.

It is extremely important to include all infrastructure costs when comparing a BladeCenter S solution to a competitor’s offering, not just the cost of the chassis and the blades. The high density and level of integration of the BladeCenter chassis greatly reduces the cost of the overall solution. For example, because up to six chassis will fit in a rack, this means that up to 24 switches can be installed per rack without having to reserve any “U” space for the switches, unlike the competition. (And the integrated switches may be less expensive than external, self-powered switches.) Plus, the number of power distribution units (PDUs) needed per rack may be reduced, because there are fewer discrete devices to have to plug in. In addition, because all the blades are connected to all the switches inside the chassis, there is no need for external Ethernet or other communication cables to connect the blades and switches. (Only the few cables needed to connect the switches to the external world are required.) This not only saves the cost of numerous cables per rack, but also the clutter and bother of routing that many cables. An added bonus is potentially much freer airflow behind the rack, due to fewer cables.

BladeCenter E is a 7U chassis that provides:

• Reduced single points of failure — Many major components (either standard or optionally) are hot-swappable and/or redundant. Servers and modules can be configured for automatic failover to backups.

• Forward and backward compatibility — Most blades, and every switch and passthru module released by IBM for BladeCenter E since 2002, are supported. Many new blades and fabric switches released for IBM BladeCenter H, BladeCenter T, or BladeCenter HT are also supported in the BladeCenter E chassis.

• Fourteen 30mm blade slots — These hot-swap slots are capable of supporting almost any combination of 14 HC10/HS12/HS20/HS21/HS21 XM, LS20/LS21, and

JS12/JS20/JS21, or QS20 (Cell/B.E) blade servers, or 7 double-wide (60mm) HS40 or LS41 blade servers or a mixture of 30mm and 60mm blades. (Note: The QS20 blade cannot be mixed with other blades.) It also supports multiple optional 30mm Expansion Units in combination with the blade servers, using the same blade slots. Up to six chassis

can be installed in an industry-standard 42U rack, for a total of up to 84 30mm blade servers per rack, with full power redundancy.

• Four module bays for communication and I/O switches — The modules interface with all of the blade servers in the chassis and eliminate the need for external switches or expensive, cumbersome, and error-prone cabling. All connections are done internally via the midplane. Two module slots are reserved for hot-swap/redundant Gigabit Ethernet switch modules. The other two bays support additional Gigabit Ethernet modules, or Fibre Channel, InfiniBand, and other switch modules or pass-through devices. All modules, when installed in pairs, offer load balancing and failover support. modules mean that no extra “U space” is required in the rack.

• Two module bays for management modules (IBM BladeCenter Management Module or the newer Advanced Management Module, depending on the model of the BladeCenter chassis) — The management module provides advanced systems management and KVM capabilities for not only the chassis itself, but for all of the blades and other modules installed in the chassis. The management module provides capabilities similar to the IBM Remote Supervisor Adapter II used in stand-alone IBM System x

rack and tower servers. The features of the management module can be

xSeries accessed either locally or remotely across a network. One module comes standard. A second management module can be added for hot-swap/redundancy and failover.

• Two module bays fo

Blower Modules—Two hot-swap/redundant blower modules

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come standard with the chassis. They are capable of providing efficient cooling for up to 14 blades. These modules replace the need for each blade to contain its own fans. The two blowers are more energy efficient than dozens or hundreds of smaller fans would be, and they offer many fewer points of potential failure.

• Four module bays for Power Modules — BladeCenter E ships with two 2000W high- efficiency hot-swap/redundant power modules (upgradeable to four), capable of

handling the power needs of the entire chassis. Many servers use power supplies with an efficiency level of approximately 65-75%. Because BladeCenter E uses power supplies that are at least 90% efficient, much less power is wasted as heat. Not only is more power available for chassis use, there is less power wasted as excess heat output. Two additional power modules must be installed when more than 6 blades are used in a chassis.

• A hot-swappable Media Tray containing a DVD-ROM drive, a floppy drive, one USB

1.1 port, and a light path diagnostic panel — The media tray is shared by all the blades

in the server. This eliminates unnecessary parts (and reduces the number of parts than can fail). In the event of a failure of the Media Tray the tray can be swapped for another. While the tray is offline, the servers in the chassis can remotely access the Media Tray in another chassis. The diagnostic panel contains LEDs that indicate chassis status.

• IBM Airborne Contaminant Filter, which helps protect the blade server’s vital components in non-data center environments.

It is extremely important to include all infrastructure costs when comparing a BladeCenter E solution to a competitor’s offering, not just the cost of the chassis and the blades. The high density and level of integration of the BladeCenter chassis greatly reduces the cost of the overall solution. For example, because up to six chassis will fit in a rack, this means that up to 84 blade servers/processors can be installed. (Some competitive blade offerings would require a second rack for this many blades.) Also, because up to four Ethernet, Myrinet, Fibre Channel, InfiniBand or other switches can be installed per chassis, up to 24 switches can be installed per rack without having to reserve any “U” space for the switches, unlike the competition. (And the integrated switches may be less expensive than external, self-powered switches.) Plus, of power distribution units (PDUs) needed per rack may be reduced, because there are fewer discrete devices to have to plug in. In addition, because all the blades are connected to all the switches inside the chassis, there is no need for external Ethernet or other communication cables to connect the blades and switches. (Only the few cables needed to connect the switches to the external world are required.) This not only saves the cost of numerous cables per rack, but also the clutter and bother of routing that many cables. An added bonus is potentially much freer airflow behind the rack, due to fewer cables.

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BladeCenter H is a high-performance 9U chassis, designed for compute-intensive

environments, such as Earth/Life Sciences, commercial analytics and next-generation network (NGN) applications. Think of it as BladeCenter E’s big brother, with more speed and more features. It provides:

• Forward and backward compatibility — Every blade, switch, and passthru module released by IBM for the original BladeCenter E chassis since 2002 is supported in the BladeCenter H chassis.

• High-speed redundant midplane connections — Based on 4X InfiniBand, the midplane supports up to 40Gb bandwidth and provides four 10Gb data channels to each blade. By giving each blade two physical connections to the midplane that connects a ll blades and modules together internally, a failure of one connector alone cannot bring down the server.

• Fourteen 30mm blade slots — These hot-swap slots are capable of supporting any combination of 14 HC10/HS12/HS20/HS21/HS21 XM, LS20/LS21, JS20/JS21/JS22, and

QS21/QS22 (Cell/B.E), or 7 double-wide (60mm) HS40 or LS41 blade servers, or a mixture of 30mm and 60mm blades. It also supports multiple optional 30mm Expansion Units in combination with the blade servers, using the same blade slots. Up to four

chassis can be installed in an industry-standard 42U rack, for a total of up to 56 30mm blade servers per rack.

• Up to ten module bays for communication and I/O switches or bridges — The

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modules interface with all of the blade servers in the chassis and alle viate the need for external switches or expensive, cumbersome, and error-prone cabling. All connections are done internally via the midplane. Two module slots are reserved for hot-swap/redundant Gigabit Ethernet switch modules. Two slots support either high-speed bridge modules or legacy Gigabit Ethernet, Myrinet , Fibre Channel, InfiniBand and other switch modules. Two slots are dedicated for bridge modules. Four additional slots are dedicated for hot-swap/redundant high-speed switch modules. All modules, when in stalled in pairs, offer load balancing and failover support.

• Integrated switch and bridge modules mean that no additional rack “U” space is required.

• Two module bays for Advanced Management Modules — The management modules provide advanced systems management and KVM capabilities for not only the chassis itself, but for all of the blades and other modules installed in the chassis. The Advanced Management Module provides capabilities similar to the IBM Remote Supervisor Adapter II SlimLine used in stand-alone System x rack and tower servers. Features include concurrent KVM (cKVM), an external Serial over LAN connection, industrystandard management interfaces (SMASH/CLP/CIM/HPI), USB virtualization, network failover and backward compatibility with the original Management Module, among others. The features of the module can be accessed either locally or remotely across a network. One module comes standard. A second module can be added for hot-swap/redundancy and failover. The module uses USB ports for keyboard and mouse.

• Two module bays for Blower Modules — Two hot-swap/redundant blower modules come standard with the chassis. They are capable of providing efficient cooling for up to 14 blades. These modules replace the need for each blade and switch to contain its own fans. The blowers are more energy efficient than dozens or hundreds of smaller fans would be, and they offer many fewer points of potential failure. BladeCenter H also includes up to four additional hot-swap/redundant fan packs to cool the power supplies and high-speed switch modules.

• Four bays for Power Modules — BladeCenter H ships with two 2900W high-efficiency hot-swap/redundant power modules (upgradeable to four), capable of handling the

power needs of the entire chassis, including future higher-wattage processors. Each power module includes a customer-replaceable hot-swap/redundant fan pack (3 fans) for additional cooling capability.

• A hot-swappable Media Tray containing an optional DVD/CD read only or CVD/CD multi-burner drive, two USB 2.0 ports, and a light path diagnostic panel — The media

tray is shared by all the blades in the server. This reduces unnecessary parts (and reduces the number of parts than can fail). In the event of a failure of the Media Tray the tray can be swapped for another. While the tray is offline, the servers in the chassis can remotely access the Media Tray in another chassis. The light path diagnostic panel contains LEDs that indicate chassis status.

• Multi-Switch Interconnect Module (MSIM) — When installed in a BladeCenter H high- speed switch bay, the optional IBM Multi-Switch Interconnect Module (MSIM) doubles the number of ports available to any blade server in the chassis. Depending on the switch, this can mean up to 8 or 12 Gigabit Ethernet or Fibre Channel ports per blade.

• A serial breakout port with optional cable — This provides a direct serial connection to each blade server installed in the chassis, as an alternative to Serial over LAN. (Note: This applies only to newer blades that include this capability.)

• It is extremely important to include all infrastructure costs when comparing a BladeCenter H solution to a competitor’s offering, not just the cost of the chassis and the blades. The high density and level of integration of the BladeCenter H chassis can greatly reduce the cost of the overall solution. For example, because up to four chassis will fit in a rack, this means that up to 56 blade servers can be installed. Also, because up to 10 (1Gb or 10Gb) Ethernet, Myrinet, Fibre Channel, InfiniBand or other bridges and switches can be installed per chassis, up to 40 switches and bridges can be installed per rack without having to reserve any “U” space for the switches, unlike the competition. (And the integrated switches may be less expensive than external, self-powered switches.) Plus, the number of power distribution units (PDUs) needed per rack may be reduced, because there are fewer discrete devices to have to plug in. In addition, because all the blades are connected to all the switches inside the chassis, there is no need for external

Ethernet or other communication cables to connect the blades, bridges and switches. (Only the few cables needed to connect the switches to the external world are

required.) This not only saves the cost of numerous cables per rack, but also the clutter and bother of routing that many cables. An added bonus is potentially much freer airflow behind the rack, due to fewer cables.

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BladeCenter T is a carrier grade, rugged 8U (20-inch deep) chassis designed for challenging central office and networking environments. It provides:

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• NEBS Level 3/ETSI-tested — Designed for the Network Equipment Provider (NEP)/Service Provider (SP) environment. Also ideal for government/military, aerospace, industrial automation/robotics, medical imaging and finance. Certified te sting by Underwriters Laboratories of the BladeCenter HT chassis is in progress; when complete, it will be covered under a UL-certified NEBS Level 3/ETSI test report.

• Support for Carrier-Grade Linux — Several distributions are supported, include SUSE and Red Hat.

• Backward compatibility — Most blades, and every switch and passthru module released by IBM for the original BladeCenter chassis since 2002, are supported in the BladeCenter T chassis.

• Eight 30mm blade slots — These hot-swap slots are capable of supporting almost any combination of 8 Low Voltage HC10/HS20/HS21/HS21 XM blade servers, or 7 standard- voltage HS20/HS21/HS21 XM, LS20/LS21, and JS12/JS20/JS21 blade servers, or 4 double-wide (60mm) LS41 processor-based blade servers, or a mixture of 30mm and 60mm blades. It also supports optional 30mm Expansion Units in combination with the blade servers, using the same blade slots. (Note: The HC10 blade is supported in a nonNEBS environment only.) Up to five chassis can be installed in an industry-standard 42U rack (or a telco rack), for a total of up to 40 30mm blade servers per rack.

InfiniBand and other switch modules. All modules, when in stalled in pairs, offer load balancing and failover support. Integrated switch modules mean that no extra “U space” is required in the rack.

• Two module bays for Management Modules — The management module provides advanced systems management and KVM capabilities for not only the chassis itself, but for all of the blades and other modules installed in the chassis. The Management Module provides capabilities similar to the IBM Remote Supervisor Adapter II SlimLine used in stand-alone System x rack and tower servers. The features of the Management Module can be accessed either locally or remotely across a network. One module comes standard. A second Management Module can be added for hot-swap/redundancy and failover. The modules include a light path diagnostics panel containing LEDs that indicate chassis status.

• Four module bays for Blower Modules — All four hot-swap/redundant blower modules come standard with the chassis. These modules replace the need for each blade to contain its own fans. The blowers are more energy efficient than dozens or hundreds of smaller fans would be, and they offer many fewer points of potential failure.

• Four module bays for Power Modules — BladeCenter T ships with two 1300W highefficiency hot-swap/redundant DC or AC (model-specific) power modules (upgradeable

to four), capable of handling the power needs of up to four blade servers. Two additional power modules can be installed when more than four blades are needed.

• A Media Tray containing a CD-ROM drive, two USB 1.1 diagnostic panel — The media tray is shared by all the blades in the server. This

eliminates unnecessary parts (and reduces the number of parts than can fail). An external floppy drive is optional.

• Long-life availability — The BladeCenter T chassis offers an extended product lifecycle (3 years in production from date of General Availability, plus another 5 years of support). This allows telecom Network Equipment Manufacturers (NEPs) and, Service Providers (SPs) to standardize on a configuration for longer than traditional enterprise platforms. Product availability for periods longer than 3 years will be handled on an individual basi s.

• It is extremely important to include all infrastructure costs when comparing a BladeCenter T solution to a competitor’s offering, not just the cost of the chassis and the blades. The high density and level of integration of the BladeCenter T chassis can greatly reduce the cost of the overall solution. For example, because up to five chassis will fit in a rack, this means that up to 40 blade servers can be installed. Also, because up to four Ethernet, Fibre Channel or other supported switches can be installed per chassis, up to 20 switches can be installed per rack without having to reserve any “U” space for the

ports, and a light path

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switches. (And the integrated switches may be less expensive than external, self-pow ered switches.) Plus, the number of power distribution units (PDUs) needed per rack may be lessened, because there are fewer discrete devices to have to plug in. In addition, because all the blades are connected to all the switches inside the chas sis, there is no

need for external Ethernet or other communication cables to connect the blades and switches. (Only the few cables needed to connect the switches to the external world

are required.) This not only can save the cost of numerous cables per rack, but also the clutter and bother of routing that many cables. An added bonus is potentially much freer airflow behind the rack, due to fewer cables.

BladeCenter HT is a carrier grade, rugged 12U chassis designed for challenging central

office and networking environments. It provides:

• Support for Carrier-Grade Linux — Several distributions are supported, include SUSE and Red Hat.

• Backward compatibility — Every blade, switch and passthru module r eleased by IBM for the original BladeCenter chassis since 2002, is supported in the BladeCenter HT chassis.

• High-speed redundant Midplane connections — Based on 4X InfiniBand, the midplane supports up to 40Gb bandwidth and provides four 10Gb data channels to each blade. By giving each blade two physical connections to the midplane that connects a ll blades and modules together internally, a failure of one connector alone cannot bring down the server.

• Twelve 30mm blade slots — These hot-swap slots are capable of supporting any combination of 12 HC10/HS20/HS21/HS21 XM, LS20/LS21, JS20/JS21, and QS21/QS22 or 10 JS22 blade servers, or 6 double-wide (60mm) LS41 blade servers, or a mixture of 30mm and 60mm blades. It also supports multiple optional 30mm

Expansion Units in combination with the blade servers, using the same blade slots. Up to three chassis can be installed in an industry-standard 42U rack, for a total of up to 36

30mm blade servers per rack.

• Up to eight module bays for modules interface with all of the blade servers in the chassis and alle viate the need for external switches or expensive, cumbersome cabling. All connections are done internally via the midplane. Two module slots are reserved for hot-swap/redundant Gigabit Ethernet switch modules. Two slots support either high-speed bridge modules or legacy Gigabit Ethernet, Myrinet, Fibre Channel, InfiniBand and other switch modules. Four additional slots are dedicated for hot-swap/redundant high-speed

switch modules. All modules, when installed in pairs, offer load balancing and failover support.

• Integrated switch and bridge modules mean that no additional rack “U” space is required.

• Two module bays for Advanced Management Modules — The management modules

provide advanced systems management and KVM capabilities for not only the chassis itself, but for all of the blades and other modules installed in the chassis. The Advanced Management Module provides capabilities similar to the IBM Remote Supervisor Adapter II SlimLine used in stand-alone System x rack and tower servers. Features include concurrent KVM (cKVM), an external Serial over LAN connection, industrystandard management interfaces (SMASH/CLP/CIM/HPI), USB virtualization, network failover and backward compatibility with the original Management Module, among others. The features of the module can be accessed either locally or remotely across a network. One module comes standard. A second module can be added for hot-swap/redundancy and failover. The module uses USB ports for keyboard and mouse.

• Four bays for Fan Modules — All four hot-swap/redundant fan modules come standard with the chassis. These modules replace the need for each blade to contain its own fans. The high-availability modules are more energy efficient than dozens or hundreds of smaller fans would be, and there are many fewer points of potential failure.

• Four bays for swap/redundant DC or AC (model-specific) power modules (upgradeable to four),

capable of handling the power needs of up to six blade servers. Two additional power modules are required when more than 6 blades or high-speed switches are insta lled.

Power Modules — BladeCenter HT ships with two high-efficiency hot-

communication and I/O switches or bridges — The

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• Two hot-swappable Media Trays each contain two external USB 2.0 ports, a light path diagnostic panel, and support a 1GB/4GB compact flash (CF) option — The media

trays are shared by all the blades in the server. This reduces unnecessary parts (and reduces the number of parts than can fail). In the event of a failure of the Media Tray the tray can be swapped for another. While the tray is offline, the servers in the chassis can remotely access the Media Tray in another chassis. The diagnostic panel contains LEDs that indicate chassis status. One media tray comes standard (without compact flash); an optional second one provides redundancy. The CF option can act as a boot device, eliminating the need for HDDs in the blades.

• Long-life availability — The BladeCenter HT chassis offers an extended product lifecycle (3 years in production from date of General Availability, plus another 5 years of support). This allows telecom Network Equipment Manufacturers (NEPs) and, Service Providers (SPs) to standardize on a configuration for longer than traditional enterprise platforms. Product availability for periods longer than 3 years will be handled on an individual basi s.

• It is extremely important to include all infrastructure costs when comparing a BladeCenter HT solution to a competitor’s offering, not just the cost of the chassis and the blades. The high density and level of integration of the BladeCenter HT chassis can greatly reduce the cost of the overall solution. For example, because up to 8 (1Gb and 10Gb) Ethernet, Myrinet, Fibre Channel, InfiniBand or other bridges and switches can be installed per chassis, up to 24 switches and bridges can be installed per rack without having to reserve any “U” space for the switches, unlike the competition. (And the integrated switches may be less expensive than external, self-powered switches.) Plus, the number of power distribution units (PDUs) needed per rack may be lessened, because there are fewer discrete devices to have to plug in. In addition, because all the blades are connected to all the switches inside the chassis, there is no need for external

Ethernet or other communication cables to connect the blades, bridges and switches. (Only the few cables needed to connect the switches to the external world are

Key Features

Management Modules

Each BladeCenter chassis includes an Advanced Management Module (AMM) to provide a high level of systems management capabilities that are well-suited to blade environments. The AMM boosts administrator productivity and reduces skill level requirements, which can help reduce costs, improve overall productivity and make administration easier. Unlike traditional servers and some competitive blades with a myriad of separate management tools, this management module provides a single point of control for the solution and supports many industry-standard, open protocols.

The AMM, in combination with the blade server‘s Baseboard Management Controller (BMC), provides industry-standard Intelligent Platform Management Interface (IPMI) 2.0compliant systems management. It provides a number of important system functions, including:

• Monitoring of system and battery voltage, system temperature, fans, power supplies, processor and DIMM status

• Fan speed control

• Product ID and Family ID detection

• Highly secure remote power on/off

• System reset control

• NMI/SMI detection and generation

• System diagnostic LED control (power, HDD, activity, alerts, heartbeat)

• IPMI over LAN

• Serial Over LAN

• Proxy server support

• LAN messaging and alerting

• Text console redirection over LAN

• VLAN support

• Enhanced authentication and encryption algorithms (RMCP+, SHA-1, AES)

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• Local update of BMC firmware

• Firmware firewall

• Support for IPMI v2.0 compliant management software (e.g., xCAT)

• Other mandatory and optional IPMI BMC functions

Other systems management features offered for the combination of blade server and chassis include:

• Predictive Failure Analysis for system processors, memory and HDDs, as well as chassis switch modules, blower/fan modules and power modules

• Web-based out-of-band control

• Windows “blue screen” capture

• Remote virtual media

• High-speed remote redirection of PCI video, keyboard and mouse

• SSL (Secure Socket Layer) and LDAP (Lightweight Directory Access Protocol) support

Predictive Failure Analysis (PFA) Management Controller (BMC) to detect impending failure of supported components (processors; memory; expansion cards; switch, blower/fan and power supplies; and hard disk drives) before actual failure, and alert the administrator through IBM Director. This gives you the ability to replace the failing component before it fails, resulting in increased uptime.

enables the MM/AMM and the server’s Baseboard

Power Modules

The various BladeCenter chassis require only two to four high-efficiency power supply modules to provide redundant power for every device in the chassis. This means fewer parts to fail and less power consumed than if each blade server had its own power supplies. The power modules are hot-swap/redundant, so you don’t have to shut down the BladeCenter chassis to replace a power supply.

Blower/Fan Modules

Instead of having hundreds of tiny fans per rack—using power, subject to failure, and creating ambient noise—BladeCenter requires only two (BladeCenter/BladeCenter H) or four (BladeCenter S, BladeCenter T or BladeCenter HT) hot-swap/redundant fan (BladeCenter S or HT) or blower (other chassis) modules to cool all the blades and other devices in the chassis. In normal operation, fan modules share the cooling in the BladeCenter system. If one fan module fails, the others handle the entire load. You can replace a fan module without shutting down the only 60W between them (100W in the BladeCenter HT chassis). By contrast, some competing blade designs require dozens of non-hot-swappable fans per chassis, consuming hundreds of watts of power and generating lots of noise. Fewer points of failure and less power consumed can mean greater uptime and lower costs.

BladeCenter system. These modules draw

Key Options

IBM options for BladeCenter chassis let you take your data center to a higher level

You can rely on BladeCenter options to supply a comprehensive solution for your business needs. Options help create an optimized system to meet your data protection, storage and availability needs. Every IBM option is designed and tested for peak performance and flexibility, helping to maximize your return on investment. The combination of BladeCenter chassis, blade servers and options lets you keep your fingers on the pulse of your ebusiness.

Communication Modules — The various BladeCenter chassis support integrated communication and I/O switches and/or bridges for Gigabit Ethernet, Myricom, Fibre Channel, InfiniBand, iSCSI, and others. Expansion adapters for individual blade servers are available to interface with these modules.

Rear Door Heat eXchanger — The unit attaches to the back of an IBM S2 42U Enterprise Rack. It is capable of removing up to 50,000 BTUs (14KVa) from the data center using water lines under the raised floor. The door swings open for servicing.

Redundant features — Optional power supply modules, blower/fan modules, management modules, switches and bridges provide redundancy for the various BladeCenter chassis.

External Storage — Clients deploying blades are building enterprise infrastructures and/or

virtual infrastructures that require end-to-end reliability. Moving to external, shared RAID storage can help increase your data and application availability and make management easier. IBM delivers a wide range of easy-to-install, external storage products to meet your demanding business needs:

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• Network attached storage (NAS) — Provides a large capacity, highly available and secure environment for storing mission-critical data. The System Storage BladeCenter using integrated Ethernet switch modules.

• Storage area network (SAN) — Offers iSCSI and Fibre Channel SANs for high- performance, block-level storage solutions. With IBM System Storage DS3000, DS4000, DS6000 and DS8000, IBM can help you create an easy-to-deploy storage solution for your SMB or enterprise needs. The DS portfolio attaches to IBM BladeCenter using integrated Fibre Channel switch modules.

• iSCSI SAN — Provides a cost-effective alternative to a Fibre Channel SAN by leveraging an existing Ethernet network. IBM offers a choice of 1Gb hardware or 1Gb and 10Gb software initiators that support iSCSI boot. These SAN offerings are ideally suited for IBM System Storage N series disk systems.

• Fibre Channel SAN — Includes integrated storage switches from vendors such as Broca de, Cisco and QLogic, and support for industry-leading host bus adapters from QLogic and Emulex. These Fibre Channel SAN options are ideally suited for IBM System Storage disk systems.

For clients seeking local hard disk drives, IBM offers integrated storage as well as hot-swap options:

• Internal Solid State Drives — For OS boot images or primarily random-read-heavy storage (such as Web serving). Provides up to three times the availability of traditional spinning disk drives. (Available in HS12, HS21, HS21 XM, LS21, and LS41 blade servers.)

• Internal SAS drives — For I/O-intensive workloads.

• Internal USB Flash — For OS/boot images.

• Hot-swap SAS — For RAID-5 and additional I/O with the BladeCenter Storage and I/O

Expansion Unit blade.

• Hot-swap SATA — For price/performance-optimized workloads. Available on BladeCenter S.

Additionally, external LAN-attached tape storage is available. Office Enablement Kit — The

designed to enable the use of the The rear door of the the BladeCenter chassis is quiet enough for office environments while providing easy access to chassis components. It comes with front and rear locking doors and lockable wheels so it can be moved where it is needed. The additional space besides the BladeCenter S chassis to leave room for storage, KVM, and future growth.

Dust Filter — Specially designed filter to protect your hardware from the airborne particles found in the retail and office environment.

Office Enablement Kit is an acoustical module that helps to ensure that

Office Enablement Kit is an 11U-high rack cabinet

BladeCenter S chassis in a retail or office environment.

Office Enablement Kit includes 4U of

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N series attaches to IBM

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Extensive System Support Features

The IBM services and technical support portfolio provides world-class, consistent, highquality service and support. From the start, IBM programs make it easier for you to plan for, configure and purchase BladeCenter servers, get them running and keep them running long-term. These features include IBM Express Portfolio, IBM ServerProven Standalone Solutions Configuration Tool, IBM Electronic Service Agent Customization Services and extensive technical support offerings.

The IBM ServerProven program provides the confidence that specific options and operating systems have been tested on the blade servers and chassis and are officially supported to work together. It is updated frequently to keep the latest compatibility information at your fingertips.

The IBM Standalone Solutions Configuration Tool (SSCT) is a downloadable tool that simplifies the often complex chore of configuring a full rack of servers (including blade servers) and confirming that you have all the cables, power distribution units, KVM (keyboard, video and mouse) switch boxes and other components you need, as well as the proper airflow clearances, electrical circuits and other environmental conditions.

IBM Electronic Service Agent and BladeCenter servers to automatically report hardware problems to IBM support, which can even dispatch onsite service if necessary to those customers entitled to onsite support under the terms of their warranty or an IBM Maintenance Agreement. Electronic Service Agent resides on a server and provides electronic support and problem management capabilities through a highly secure electronic dialogue between your systems and IBM. It monitors networked servers for hardware errors and it can perform hardware and software inventories and report inventory changes to IBM. All information sent to IBM is stored in a highly secure database and used for improved problem determination.

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Additional services include hardware warranty upgrades and factory-installed Product

Customization Services (PCS), such as asset tagging, hardware integration, software

imaging and operating systems personalization. IBM offers extensive technical support by phone and via the Web. Support options include

links to forums/newsgroups, problem submission, online shopping support, service offerings, device drivers for all IBM product lines, software downloads and even upcoming technical seminar worldwide schedules and registration. Also available are remote installation, configuration and usage support for both System x and BladeCenter hardware and software, as well as onsite custom services to provide the level of expertise you require.

BladeCenter S Chassis Images

Front View

Rear View

CD-RW DVD-RW) Drive

Hot-Swap SAS/SATA HDD Bays (6)

USB 2.0 Ports

Power Module

LEDs

Media Tray

Serial Console Port

Storage Module #2

Hot-Swap SAS/SATA HDD Bays (6)

Blade Server Slots

Battery Backup Modules

dvanc e d Management Module

Power Module

Blower Modules

ideo

Port

Switch Modules

Empty Switch Module Bays

Keyboard Mouse ports

AMM Ethernet Port

Power Module

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BladeCenter S Chassis Specifications

Machine type 8886-1Ex/Y, 1Mx/1MY, AC1 Rack form factor 7U # of DVD/CD drives standard 1 DVD-RW/CD-RW (in Media Tray) # of diskette drives standard None (USB-attached) # of internal (chassis-based) H/S SAS

HDDs supported # of Media Tray module bays 2 Internal tape drives supported None (SAN-attached) Internal hot-swap disk drive support 12 hot-swap SAS/SATA/Nearline SAS (mix-and-match) Internal disk storage capacity 3.6TB (using 12 300GB SAS drives) 12TB (using 12 1TB SATA drives) External disk drive support NAS/SAN # of video ports 1 (on Advanced Management Module) # of blade slots / orientation 6 x 30mm or 3 x 60mm (or combinations thereof) / vertical # of switch module bays 4 hot-swap/redundant Switch modules standard None Fabric bandwidth 1Gbps Ethernet / 3Gbps SAS / 4Gbps Fibre Channel # of management modules (std / max) 1 / 1 Systems management controller Advanced Management Module # of RS485 ports None # of serial breakout ports None standard (6 using optional Serial Passthru Module) # of parallel ports None # of mouse ports None (USB-attached)

12 (3.5-inch)

# of keyboard ports None (USB-attached) # of USB ports 4 (2 in Media Tray, front, 2 in Advanced Management Module, rear) Light path diagnostic panel Yes (on Media Tray) Predictive Failure Analysis support Blades, fan modules Power supply size standard 950W/1450W AC (110V/220V) Input voltage 110V / 220V autoswitching # of power supplies standard /

maximum Heat output 1365 BTUs/hr (400W) min.; 11,942 BTUs/hr. (3500W) max. # of fan modules standard / max. 4 / 4 hot-swap/redundant (two fans per module) Fan module airflow (front-to-back) 200 CFM (per module) at 25ºC; 400 CFM (per module) at 32ºC or greater

Dimensions (HWD) / weight

Tape backup options

8765 1UX Tape Drive Enclosure w/ 43W8478 IBM HH LTO Gen 3 SAS Tape Drive,

8767HHX HH Tape Drive Enclosure w/ 43W8478 HH LTO Gen 3 SAS Tape Drive,

12.0” (306.3mm) H

17.5” (444mm) W

28.9” (733.4mm) D

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2 / 4 hot-swap/redundant

(110V = N+1, 220V = N+N)

90-240 lbs

40.8-108.9 kg

TS2230, TS2240, TS3100

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BladeCenter S Chassis Specifications

Length of limited warranty 3 years (parts and labor) onsite

BladeCenter E Chassis Images

Front View Rear View

Blade Server

Light Path Diagnostics Panel

Interior View

CD-ROM Drive

Media Tray

Floppy Drive

Other Blade Servers

Diagnostic LEDs USB Port CD-ROM Drive FloppyDrive

Redundant Midplane

Empty Module Slots

Blower Module

Midplane

Blower Module

Empty Power Module Slots

Ethernet Switch Module

Management Module

Redundant Management Module Slot

Power Modules

BladeCenter E Chassis Specifications

Machine type 8677-3RU, 3RX Rack form factor 7U # of DVD/CD drives standard 1 DVD-ROM (in Media Tray) # of diskette drives standard 1 (in Media Tray) Internal tape drives supported None (SAN-attached) External disk drive support NAS/SAN-attach # of video ports 1 (on Management Module) # of blade slots / orientation 14 x 30mm or 7 x 60mm (or combinations thereof) / vertical # of switch module bays 4 hot-swap/redundant Switch modules standard None (in standard chassis offerings)

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BladeCenter E Chassis Specifications

orts

# of management modules (std / max) 1 / 2 hot-swap/redundant Systems management controller Management Module # of RS485 ports 1 (on Management Module) # of serial breakout ports None (Serial over LAN only) # of parallel ports None # of mouse ports 1 (on Management Module) # of keyboard ports 1 (on Management Module) # of USB ports 2 (1 on Media Tray, one on Management Module) Light path diagnostic panel Yes (in Media Tray)

Predictive Failure Analysis support

Blades, switch modules, I/O modules, management modules, power modules, blower

modules, media tray

Power supply size standard 2000W AC # of power supplies standard /

maximum

2 / 4 hot-swap/redundant

Heat output 2342 BTUs/hr (686W) min.; 18,680 BTUs/hr. (5478W) max. # of blower modules standard / max. 2 / 4 hot-swap/redundant Blower module airflow (front-to-back) 250 CFM at 25ºC; 455 CFM at 32ºC or greater

Dimensions (HWD) / weight

12.0” (305mm) H

17.5” (4429mm) W

28.0” (711mm) D

99-240 lbs

44.9-108.9 kg

Length of limited warranty 3 years (parts and labor) onsite

BladeCenter H Chassis Images

Front View Rear View

HS21 Blade Servers

Power Supply Modules

Empty

Light Path Diagnostics Panel

Optical Drive

Media Tray

USB

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Consolidated Redundant Power Inputs

Ethernet Switch Modules

Blower Module

High-Speed Bridge Modules

Bridge Modules

Modules for Switches or Bridges

Midplane

Power Supply Modules

Light Path Diagnostic Panel

Aggregated Serial Connector

High-Speed Bridge Modules

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Blower Module

Adv. Mgmt Modules

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Interior View

Power Supply Modules (showing fan 3-pack)

Media Tray

Empty blade slots

Power Supply Modules (showing fan 3-pack)

BladeCenter H Chassis Specifications

Machine type 8852-4XU Rack form factor 9U

# of DVD/CD drives standard

# of diskette drives standard None

can choose to have either a read-only or multi-burner or no DVD/CD drive at all)

1 (in Media Tray;

Internal tape drives supported None (SAN-attached) External disk drive support NAS/SAN-attach # of video ports 1 (on Management Module) # of blade slots / orientation 14 x 30mm or 7 x 60mm (or combinations thereof) / vertical Fabric bandwidth 10Gbps Total # of switch/bridge module slots 10 (includes the following) # of dedicated Gb Ethernet switch

module bays # of dedicated bridge module bays 2 hot-swap/redundant # of switch / bridge module bays 2 hot-swap/redundant (either 2 switch or 2 bridge modules) # of dedicated high-speed switch

module bays # of communication / I/O modules

standard # of management modules (std / max) 1 / 2 hot-swap/redundant Systems management controller Advanced Management Module # of RS485 ports 1 (on Management Module) # of serial breakout ports 1 # of parallel ports None (USB-attach)

2 hot-swap/redundant

4 hot-swap/redundant

None

# of mouse ports None (USB-attach)

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BladeCenter H Chassis Specifications

# of keyboard ports None (USB-attach) # of USB 2.0 ports 2 (on Management Module) Light path diagnostic panel 2 (one on Media Tray, one on Management Module)

Predictive Failure Analysis support

Blades, bridge/switch modules, I/O modules, management modules, power modules,

blower modules, media tray

Power supply size standard 2900W AC # of power supplies standard /

maximum

2 / 4 hot-swap/redundant

Heat output 1700 BTUs/hr, (500W) min.; 26,000 BTUs/hr (7600W) max. # of blower modules standard / max. 2 / 2 hot-swap/redundant Blower module airflow (front-to-back) 430 CFM at 25ºC; 800 CFM at 32ºC or greater

Dimensions (HWD) / weight

15.75” (400mm) H

17.4” (442mm) W

28.0” (711mm) D

41-159 kg

90-350 lbs

Length of limited warranty 3 years (parts and labor) onsite

BladeCenter T Chassis Images

Front View Rear View

Management Modules PCI I/O Expansion Unit

Hot-Swap HDDs

HS40 Blade Servers

AC Power Modules

HS21 Blade

Server Media Tray Light Path

Diagnostics Panel

Optical Drive

Blower Module

KVM Ports

Ethernet Switch Modules

Redundant Power Plugs

Blower Module

BladeCenter T Chassis Specifications

Machine type

NEBS/ETSI- tested Yes (NEBS Level 3) Rack form factor 8U # of DVD/CD Combo drives standard 1 (in Media Tray) # of diskette drives standard None Internal tape drives supported None (SAN-attached) External disk drive support NAS/SAN-attach

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8720-2RX (DC) 8730-2RX (AC)

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BladeCenter T Chassis Specifications

# of video ports 1 ( e) in rear KVM modul

# of blade slots / orientation

Fabric bandwidth 1Gbps # of switch module bays 4 # of management modules std / max 1 / 2 Systems management controller BladeCenter T Advanced Management Module # of RS485 ports None # of serial breakout ports None # of parallel ports None ased) (USB-b # of mouse ports None (USB-based) # of keyboard ports None (USB-based) # of USB 2.0 ports 2 (in Media Tray) Light path diagnostic panel Yes (in Media Tray)

Predictive Failure Analysis support

Power supply size standard

# of power supplies standard / maximum

8 x 30mm (low-voltage), 7 x 4 x 60mm, or combinations 30mm (non-low-voltage),

Blades, switch modules, I/O mod odules, power modules, blower ules, management m

1300W DC (8 V (nominal);

thereof / horizontal

modules, media tray 720-2RX), -48V to -60

1300W AC (8730-2RX) at 208-240V

2 / 4

Heat output 675 BTUs/hr, (197W) min. 0 BTUs/hr (3490W) max. ; 11,90 # of blower modules standard / max. 4 / 4 Blower module airflow (front-to-back) 330 CFM (per blower)

Dimensions (HWD) / weight

Extended/Long Life Support 3 y te of GA, 5 yrs post productio dard) rs production from da n support (stan Length of limited warranty 3 years (parts and labor) onsite

13.75” (349mm) H

17.4” (442mm) W

20.0” (508mm) D

98-192 lb

44.5-87.4

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BladeCenter HT Chassis Images

Front View Rear View

Power Supply Modules

USB 2.0 Ports Media

Tray Advanced

Management Module

Switch/Bridge Module Bays

Advanced Management Module

Media Tray

USB 2.0 Ports Power

Modules

Machine type

High-Speed Switch Modules

Video Ports

Empty Blade Slots

High-Speed Switch Modules

BladeCenter HT Chassis Specifications

Switch/Bridge Module Bays (hidden)

Blade Server

A/C Power Plugs Multiplexer Expansion Modules

H/S Fan Modules

Alarm Panel Module

8740-1RX (DC) 8750-1RX (AC)

A/C Power Plugs

NEBS/ETSI-tested Yes (NEBS Level 3) Rack form factor 12U # of DVD/CD Combo drives standard None (USB-attach) # of diskette drives standard None (USB-attach) Internal tape drives supported None (SAN-attached) External disk drive support NAS/SAN-attach # of blade slots / orientation 12 x 30mm, 6 x 60mm, or combinations thereof / vertical Fabric bandwidth 10Gbps Total # of switch/bridge module bays 8 (includes the following) # of legacy switch / bridge module

bays # of high-speed switch module

bays

4 hot-swap/redundant (either 4 switch or 4 bridge modules, or 2 of each)

4 hot-swap/redundant

# of management modules std / max 1 / 2 Systems management controller BladeCenter Advanced Management Module # of Serial-over-LAN ports 1 (via Management LAN) # of cKVM ports 1 (via Management LAN) # of parallel ports None (USB-attach)

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BladeCenter HT Chassis Specifications

# of mouse ports None (USB-attach) # of keyboard ports None (USB-attach) # of USB 2.0 ports Up to 6 (2 in Advanced Management Module, 2 per Media Tray) # of video ports 1 (in Advanced Management Module) Light path diagnostic panel Yes (in Media Tray)

Predictive Failure Analysis support

Power supply size standard

# of power supplies standard / maximum

Heat output 4270 BTUs/hr (1250 watts) min., to 21,850 BTUs/hr (6400 watts) max. # of fan modules standard / max. 4 / 4

Dimensions (HWD) / weight

Extended/long life support 3 years production from date of GA; 5 years post-production support (standard) Length of limited warranty 3 years (parts and labor) onsite

Blades, bridge/switch modules, I/O modules, management modules, power modules,

2535W DC (8740-1RX), -48V or -60V (nominal);

2880W AC (8750-1RX) at 208V; 3160W at 240V

21.0” (528mm) H

17.4” (442mm) W

25.4” (645mm) D

27.8” (706 mm) D (with deep bezel)

fan modules, media tray

2 / 4

150-350 lb

62.8-159 kg

Chassis Side-by-Side Comparison

SMB Chassis Enterprise Chassis Telecom Chassis Chassis name BladeCenter S BladeCenter E BladeCenter H BladeCenter T BladeCenter HT Rack form factor 7U 7U 9U 8U 12U

Supports deskside use

# of blades supported

Blade types supported

Fabric bandwidth 1GB 1GB 10GB 1GB 10GB

# of management modules std / max.

# of power modules std / max

Power module size 1450W AC 2000W AC 2900W AC 1300W 1300W 2535W 2880W

Yes (with

optional Office

Enablement Kit)

6 x 30mm / 3 x 60mm / 2 x 90mm / 1 x 120mm

HC10, HS12. HS20, HS21,

HS21 XM, JS12,

JS21, JS22, LS20, LS21

1 / 1

2 / 4 hot-

swap/redundant

(110V = N+1,

220V = N+N)

Rack-only Rack-only Rack-only

14 x 30mm /

7 x 60mm / 4 x 90mm / 3 x 120mm

HC10, HS12.

HS20, HS21, HS21

XM, HS40, JS12, JS20, JS21, LS20, LS21, LS41, QS20

1 / 2

hot-swap/

redundant with 2

installed

2 / 4 hot-

swap/redundant

(N + N)

14 x 30mm /

7 x 60mm / 4 x 90mm / 3 x 120mm

HC10, HS12.

HS20, HS21, HS21

XM, HS40, JS20,

JS21, JS22, LS20,

LS21, LS41, QS21,

QS22

1 / 2

hot-swap/

redundant with 2

installed

2 / 4

hot-

swap/redundant

(N + N)

HC10, HS20, HS21,

HS21 XM, JS12,

JS20, JS21, LS20,

hot-swap/redundant

with 2 installed

hot-swap/redundant

8 x 30mm / 4 x 60mm / 2 x 90mm / 2 x 120mm

LS21, LS41

1 / 2

2 / 4

(N + N)

Rack-only

12 x 30mm /

6 x 60mm / 4 x 90mm / 3 x 120mm

HC10, HS20, HS21,

HS21 XM, JS20,

JS21, JS22, LS20,

LS21, LS41, QS21,

QS22

1 / 2

hot-

swap/redundant

with 2 installed

2 / 4

hot-

swap/redundant (N

+ N)

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Chassis Side-by-Side Comparison

SMB Chassis Enterprise Chassis Telecom Chassis Chassis name BladeCenter S BladeCenter E BladeCenter H BladeCenter T BladeCenter HT

DC -48V

to -60V

(nominal)

Power outlets required

Heat output

# of blower/fan modules std / max.

Blower/fan module airflow

Storage methods supported

# of internal H/S HDD bays

# of legacy switchonly module bays

# of legacy switch/ bridge module bays

# of high-speed switch module bays

# of concurrent KVM (cKVM ports)

# of USB ports 4 (USB 2.0) 2 (USB 1.1) 2 (USB 2.0) 2 (USB 1.1)

Embedded Compact Flash option

Dimensions

Weight

110V;

220V

1365 BTUs/hr

(400W) min.;

11,942 BTUs/hr.

(3500W) max.

4 / 4 hot-

swap/redundant

200 CFM (per

module) at 25ºC;

400 CFM (per

module) at 32ºC

or greater

Shared

chassis; server

blade; expansion

blade

12 0 0 0 0

4 4

0 0

0 0 4 0 4

0 0 0 0 1

No No No No Yes

12.0” (306.3mm) H

17.5” (444mm) W

28.9” (733.4mm) D

90-240 lbs

40.8-108.9 kg

220V 220V 220V

2342 BTUs/hr

(686W) min.;

18,680 BTUs/hr.

(5478W) max.

2 / 4 hot-

swap/redundant

250 CFM (per

module) at 25ºC;

455 CFM (per

module) at 32ºC

or greater

Server blade;

expansion blade

12.0” (305mm) H

17.5” (442mm) W

28.0” (711mm) D

99-240 lbs

44.9-108.9 kg

1700 BTUs/hr,

(500W) min.;

26,000 BTUs/hr

(7600W) max.

2 / 2 hot-

swap/redundant

430 CFM (per

module) at 25ºC;

800 CFM (per

module) at 32ºC

or greater

Server blade;

expansion blade

4 (2 dedicated to

Gb Ethenet)

2 (either 2 switch

or bridge 2

modules)

15.75” (400mm) H

17.4” (442mm) W

28.0” (711mm) D

90-350 lbs

41-159 kg

675 BTUs/hr,

(197W) min.;

11,900 BTUs/hr

(3490W) max.

swap/redundant

330 CFM (per

Server blade;

expansion blade

13.75” (349mm) H

17.4” (442mm) W

20.0” (508mm) D

44.5-87.4 kg

AC at 208V

DC -48V

to -60V

(nominal)

220V

4 / 4 hot-

module)

4 0

98-192 lb

module) at 40ºC or

4 (either 4 switch or

bridge 4 modules)

4 (USB 2.0)—with

AC at 208V;

3160W

AC at 240V

4270 BTUs/hr (1250W) min.;

21,850 BTUs/hr

(6400W) max.

4 / 4 hot-

swap/redundant

95 CFM (per

module) at 25ºC;

190 CFM (per

greater

Server blade;

expansion blade

Media Trays

21.0” (528mm) H

17.4” (442mm) W

27.6” (706mm) D

150-350 lb

62.8-159 kg

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Chassis / Blades / Management Module Compatibility

Blade Servers BCS BCE BCT

BCH BCHT

HS20 single/dual-core (8832/8843) Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes

HS21 dual-core (8853) Yes Yes

processor power

Yes Up to 80W

draw

Up to 65W

HS21 quad-core (8853) Yes Up to 80W

Up to 7 blades

at 80W

Yes

Up to 10 at

120W

HS21 XM dual-core (7995) Yes Up to 80W Up to 65W Yes Up to 80W HS21 XM quad-core (7995) Yes Up to 80W

Up to 7 blades

at 80W

Yes

Up to 12 at

80W HS40 single-core (8839) No Yes No Yes No LS20 single/dual-core (8850) Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes LS21 dual-core (7971) Yes Up to 68W LS41 dual-core (7972) Yes Up to 68W

Up to 68W Yes Yes Up to 68W Yes Yes

JS20 dual-core (8842) No Yes Yes Yes Yes JS21 dual-core (8844) Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes QS20 multi-core (0200-AC1) No Yes No No No QS21 multi-core (????-????) No No No Yes Yes

Management Modules MM (original Management Module) No Yes No No No AMM (Advanced Management Module) Yes Yes No Yes Yes cMM (Advanced Management Module for

Telecom)

No No Yes No No

Yes = Full density

I/O Module Compatibility by Chassis and MSIM

P/N I/O Module BCS BCE BCT BCH BCHT MSIM

Ethernet

32R1892 Cisco Systems Intelligent Gb Ethernet Switch No Yes Yes Yes Yes 1 32R1888 Cisco Systems Intelligent Gb Fiber Ethernet Switch No Yes Yes Yes Yes 1

39Y9267 32R1783 Nortel 10G Uplink Ethernet Switch Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes 1

32R1859 Nortel Layer 2-7 Gb Ethernet Switch No Yes Yes Yes Yes 3 32R1860 Nortel Layer 2/3 Copper Gb Ethernet Switch Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes 1

Non-NEBS environment.

If fully configured, must leave 1 slot open in power domain 1.

When fully configuring a BladeCenter E (8677) chassis with the maximum possible HS21 XM blade server configuration (fourteen HS21 XM

blade servers, each with two 80W processors, eight 4GB memory DIMMs, one SAS HDD, one USB-based flash drive, one I/O card and one cKVM card), there could be periods of time that Power Domain 2 exceeds the 13.5amp rating guidance (Power Domain 1 will not exceed the rating guidance). While this is not violating any safety rules, we recommend that your clients review the electrical infrastructure and power distribution of their installations to account for a peak of 14.4A.

95W is supported but will throttle performance to fit in power envelope – recommend using in BladeCenter H or HT.

Nortel 10G Ethernet Switch Module for IBM BladeCenter

No No No Yes

Yes 3

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P/N I/O Module BCS BCE BCT BCH BCHT MSIM

32R1861 Nortel Layer 2/3 Fiber Gb Ethernet Switch Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes 1 39Y9324 Server Connectivity Module Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes 1

InfiniBand

43W4419 4x InfiniBand Pass-Thru Module No No No Yes Yes 3 32R1756 Cisco Systems 4X InfiniBand Switch Module No No No Yes Yes 3 32R1900 Cisco Systems InfiniBand Switch Module No Yes Yes Yes Yes 3 39Y9207 QLogic InfiniBand Ethernet Bridge Module No No No Yes Yes 3 39Y9211 QLogic InfiniBand Fibre Channel Bridge Module No No No Yes Yes 3

Fibre Channel

43W6723

32R1813 Brocade 10 port – 4Gb SAN Switch Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes 2 32R1812 Brocade 20 port – 4Gb SAN Switch No Yes Yes Yes Yes 2

39Y9284

39Y9280

32R1904 QLogic 10 port – 4Gb Fibre Channel Switch No Yes Yes Yes Yes 2 43W6724 QLogic 10 port – 4Gb Fibre Channel Switch Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes 2 43W6725 QLogic 20 port – 4Gb Fibre Channel Switch No Yes Yes Yes Yes 2

26R0881 QLogic 20 port – 4Gb Fibre Channel Switch No Yes Yes Yes Yes 2

39Y9195 SAS Connectivity Module Yes Yes No Yes No 3 43W3584 IBM BladeCenter S RAID SAS Controller Yes No No No No 3

39Y9320 Copper Pass-Thru Module Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes N/A

39Y9314 Multi-Switch Interconnect Module (MSIM) No No No Yes No 3

39Y9316 Optical Pass-Thu Module Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes 4

Note 1: Supported in left I/O Module bay of MSIM Note 2: Supported in right I/O Module bay of MSIM Note 3: Not supported or not applicable for use with MSIM Note 4: OPM is supported in MSIM for Ethernet in left I/O module bay or Fibre Channel in right I/O module bay

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4Gb Intelligent Pass-thru Module for IBM BladeCenter

Cisco Systems 4Gb 10 port Fibre Channel Switch Module

Cisco Systems 4Gb 20 port Fibre Channel Switch Module

Other Modules

Yes Yes Yes Yes 2

Yes

Yes Yes Yes Yes 3

Yes

Yes Yes Yes Yes 3

SAS

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BladeCenter I/O Modules

Ethernet

Cisco Fiber Intelligent Gigabit Ethernet Switch Module for IBM BladeCenter

External SFP-based ports for fiber connectivity (SFPs available from Cisco). Supports high availability networks through support of advanced STP protocols and trunk failover functionality. Optimizes delivery through support of multicast protocols such as IGMP snooping. Eases network management through support of Cisco IOS, CiscoWorks, and Cluster Management System. Ensures network security through support of RADIUS, TACACS+, 802.1x and other authentication protocols.

Cisco Intelligent Gigabit Ethernet Switch Module for IBM BladeCenter

Supports high availability networks through support of advanced STP protocols and trunk failover functionality. Optimizes delivery through support of multicast protocols such as IGMP snooping. Eases network management through support of Cisco IOS, CiscoWorks, and Cluster Management System. Ensures network security through support of RADIUS, TACACS+, 802.1x and other authentication protocols.

Nortel 10Gb Ethernet Switch Module for IBM BladeCenter

Delivers high-bandwidth and time-sensitive switching for applications such as VoIP and IPTV with non-blocking 20-port 10Gbps fabric for BladeCenter H. Provides 6 external 10Gb ports and 14 internal 10Gb ports and a dedicated 1Gb management port. Simplifies deployment and help reduce costs by integrating Layer 2-3 LAN switching and routing into a single BladeCenter chassis. Maintain system uptime with high availability and resilience with L2 failover, Uplink Fast, Spanning Tree, Multiple and Rapid Spanning Tree, Router Redundancy Protocol (VRRP) and Equal Cost Multiple Routing (ECMP) for OSPF. Standard-based VLANs for traffic segregation. Advanced filtering. Support for RADIUS, TACACS/TACACS+, and 802.1x for port security ensures end-to-end data integrity. Flexible and simple management via web browser or industry-standard CLI. Offers dual 10Gb Ethernet connections to each server blade when used in conjunction with the dual-port NetXen 10G Expansion Card for IBM BladeCenter.

Nortel Layer 2/3 10 Gigabit Uplink Ethernet Switch Module

Three 10Gb uplinks at line-speed provide maximum bandwidth to any BladeCenter chassis.

Industry-standard ACLs, advanced traffic management, dynamic routing with RIP, OSPF, BGP and VRRP. Unmatched network-wide Quality of Service for time-sensitive applications such as VOIP and IPTV. High Availability with L2 failover, Uplink Fast, Spanning Tree, Multiple and Rapid Spanning Tree, Router Redundancy Protocol (VRRP) and Equal Cost Multiple Routing (ECMP) for OSPF. Standard-based VLANs for traffic segregation. Advanced filtering. Support for RADIUS, TACACS/TACACS+, and 802.1x for port security ensures end-to-end data integrity. Flexible and simple management via web browser or industry-standard CLI.

Cisco Catalyst Switch Module 3012 for IBM BladeCenter

The Cisco Catalyst Switch Module 3012 provides four external 1Gb ports and fourteen internal 1Gb ports, and operates in standard I/O module bay. It supports Layer 2 and basic Layer 3 switching (static routing and RIP) and employs common management with external Cisco switches via IOS Command Line Interface and CiscoWorks LAN Management Solution.

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Nortel 1/10Gb Uplink Ethernet Switch Module for IBM BladeCenter

Perfect investment protection for Clients who require 1Gb today and 10Gb for future growth. It is easy to configure, use and manage via a web-based interface. It provides full Layer 2/3 support and uses next-generation SFP+ modules to migrate to 10Gb on the same switch. It also supports 6 1Gb and 3 10Gb Uplink ports.

Nortel Layer 2/3 Copper Gigabit Ethernet Switch Module for IBM BladeCenter

Offers 6 six copper uplinks and strongest price/performance benefits. Delivers complete Layer 2 and 3 functionality: routing, filtering, and traffic queueing. Better serves the processing demands of bandwidth- intensive applications. Provides port flexibility and traffic management to improve maintenance. Provides upgrade path to full Layer 4-7 services.

Nortel Layer 2/3 Fiber Gigabit Ethernet Switch Module for IBM BladeCenter

Offers 6 six fiber uplinks (with SFPs) and strong price/performance benefits. Delivers complete Layer 2 and 3 functionality: routing, filtering, and traffic queueing. Better serves the processing demands of bandwidth- intensive applications. Provides port flexibility and traffic management to improve maintenance. Provides upgrade path to full Layer 4-7 services.

Nortel Layer 2-7 Gigabit Ethernet Switch Module for IBM BladeCenter

Increases application availability and performance. Better serves the processing demands of bandwidth- intensive applications. Greater infrastructure scalability. Enhanced server security. Delivers application and server load balancing.

Fibre Channel

Server Connectivity Module for IBM BladeCenter

Serves the needs of Small and Medium Business customers. Easy to install, configure and manage through an easy to use browser based interface. Ideal for environments where a separation between the server and networking domains is preferred.

Brocade 10- and 20-Port SAN Switch Modules

Enables high-performance end-to-end 1, 2 and 4Gbps SAN solutions for the data center. Affordable 10-port and 20-port offerings available for Small, Medium and Large Enterprise business needs. Easy-to-use non-disruptive upgrade doubles the 10-port switch connectivity to 20-ports when your business needs change. Integrates the Brocade SAN fabric to simplify deployment/management and reduce infrastructure complexity and total cost of ownership. Utilizes Brocades proven Silkworm technology and fully backward compatible and interoperable with Silkworm and IBM TotalStorage b-type SAN switches.

Cisco 4Gb 10- and 20-Port Fibre Channel Switch Module for IBM BladeCenter

Enables high-performance end-to-end 1, 2 and 4Gbps SAN solutions for the data center. Affordable 10-port and 20-port offerings available for Small, Medium and Large Enterprise business needs. Exciting addition to the Cisco Ethernet and MDS family of products. Includes Tivoli SAN manager enhancements to better manage MDS9000 with integrated IBM SAN Volume Controller. 10-port upgrade available for on demand scaling to a 20-port switch. Cisco SFPs are required: Long-wave, short-wave, or short-wave 4-pack.

QLogic 10-Port and 20-Port 4Gb Fibre Channel Switch Modules

Enables high-performance end-to-end 1, 2 and 4Gbps SAN solutions. Provides interoperability in open mode leveraging standards-compliant (FC-SW2 & FC-SW3) SANs. Affordable 10-port and 20-port offerings are available—ideal for Small, Medium and Enterprise business needs.

Easy-to-use software upgrade doubles your 10-port switch connectivity to 20-ports for on demand scalability. Included with every switch, QLogic's SANsurfer Management Suite eases

installation, configuration and management of your SAN infrastructure—all from one GUI.

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SAS

SAS Connectivity Module

This high-performance, 3Gbps, SAS-based pass-thru module enables broad storage functionality. It enables up to 12 3.5 in. SAS or SATA disks using the Disk Storage Module. It also enables use of entry storage products such as IBM System Storage DS3200. Provides 4 external 3Gb ports. Easy to use IBM Storage Configuration Manager (SCM) or industry standard CLI.

BladeCenter S SAS RAID Controller Module

Enables a fully redundant SAN within the BladeCenter S chassis. Provides high-performance, fully duplex 3 Gbps speeds. Supports two disk storage modules with up to 12 x 3.5 in. SAS or Nearline SAS drives. Provides 4 external 3Gb ports. Easy to use IBM Storage Configuration Manager (SCM) or industry standard CLI.

InfiniBand

Cisco 4X InfiniBand Switch Module for IBM BladeCenter

Delivers high performance, low-latency server switching required to enable BladeCenter server systems to form high-performance clusters and grids that deliver the performance required to realize the full potential of next-generations applications and systems. Provides 14 ports of 10- Gbps (4X) server connectivity to blades with less than 200 nanoseconds (ns) port to port latency and 8 equivalent 4X external ports from the BladeCenter H chassis. Supports Message Passing Interface (MPI), IP over InfiniBand (IPoIB), and Sockets Direct Protocol (SDP), which use InfiniBand Remote Direct Memory Access (RDMA) to support the most demanding high-performance computing applications and high-performance database clusters. Integrated with Cisco's latest release of Vframe—server fabric virtualization software—which offers rapid provisioning and real time re-hosting of server and network interfaces with policy based utilization and high availability rules.

Cisco InfiniBand Switch Module for IBM BladeCenter

Allows the scaling out of data centers by interconnecting blades and chassis together with InfiniBand as the interconnect. Leverages high bandwidth and low latency characteristics of the InfiniBand standard with Remote Direct Memory Access (RDMA). Enables consolidation of LAN and SAN connectivity for an entire data cluster to a centralized location. Virtualizes, and shares I/O and storage across an entire BladeCenter or collection of BladeCenter chassis for cost savings and high availability.

QLogic InfiniBand Ethernet Bridge Module for IBM BladeCenter

Enables InfiniBand within the chassis while seamlessly connecting the chassis to the external Ethernet network. Used in conjunction with the Cisco 4X InfiniBand Switch module and provides up to six 1Gb Ethernet connections to the external network. Bridges enable consolidation of LAN and SAN connectivity for an entire data cluster to a single fabric. Leverages powerful I/O capability of BladeCenter H without any reduction in switching capacity.

QLogic InfiniBand Fibre Channel Bridge Module for IBM BladeCenter

Enables InfiniBand within the chassis while seamlessly connecting the chassis to the external Fibre Channel fabric. Used in conjunction with the Cisco 4X InfiniBand Switch module and provides up to six 4Gb Fibre Channel connections to the external network. Bridges enable consolidation of LAN and SAN connectivity for an entire data cluster to a single fabric. Leverages powerful I/O capability of BladeCenter H without any reduction in switching capacity.

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Rack vs. Blades Positioning

Businesses of all sizes continue to struggle with the overwhelming complexity created by the rapid growth of their IT environments. They are running out of room and exceeding power thresholds in their computer rooms and data centers. And, they are increasingly being asked to do more with less. Blade infrastructures offer ways to simplify your IT, increase density and decrease power requirements while lowering total costs.

With BladeCenter Worldwide Quarterly Server Tracker, December 2006.) As the market leader, IBM has helped many clients migrate from racks to blades and has the experience to help lead a successful transition.

Why Convert from Rack Servers to Blades?

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 simple. The blade contains all the necessities to run an application––processors, memory, I/O and storage. Components that are duplicated in rack If I have to, I’ll publish servers are removed from the individual blade and placed in the BladeCenter chassis instead. Shared N+N redundant power, shared N+N hot-swap cooling, optical media, integrated Ethernet, storage, switching and consolidated powerful management. 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 the BladeCenter Advanced Management Module and IBM Director software, which are both included with a BladeCenter chassis purchase, clients can interact with all the hardware technology within the BladeCenter chassis, so it can be controlled from a single interface—often even if the server is powered down or otherwise non-responsive. The ability to have a single interface to blades, storage and switching is a big advantage for any administrator, but it can be especially helpful to small businesses that might not have dedicated IT staffs.

BladeCenter is an ideal way to replace many uni-, two- or four-socket servers to save space while often reducing power and cooling requirements compared to rack servers. For example, 14 two-socket 1U rack servers can be replaced by 14 two-socket blade servers in a BladeCenter chassis—saving 7U of rack space, helping you save on power and cooling costs and simplifying management. BladeCenter offers higher density and potentially lower total cost of ownership with no sacrifice in performance.

Clients can now combine the IBM BladeCenter Storage and I/O Expansion Blade with any HS21, JS21, LS21 or LS41 blade for a hard-to-beat alternative to many 2U servers. The Storage and I/O Expansion Blade doubles your I/O connectivity, adds hot-swap drive capability and provides the option of adding full RAID-5 capability with battery-backed cache. The resulting blade is 60mm wide, allowing you to install seven inside a BladeCenter E chassis for a solution that uses half the space of seven comparable HP or Dell 2U rack servers.

, IBM has held the leading full-year market share in the blade segment from 2003 through 2006. (IDC

Discrete Benefits of Bl ade Servers over Rack Serv ers

IBM BladeCenter integrates servers, storage and networking to help you reduce complexity, simplify IT management and reduce costs, through a flexible and highly scalable design. Many features and functions found in BladeCenter can deliver significant advantages over typical rack servers and solutions from competing vendors. Consider the many benefits of moving from rack-based servers to IBM BladeCenter:

Benefit Description

Environments today can be very complex. You have to manage and install a variety of ser vers, switches, sto rage, cables

Infrastructure simplification

Investment protection

Space savings

and management tools. By simplifying IT architecture and integrating these components in a single BladeCenter solut ion (with up to 14 enterprise blades per chassis), you can significantly reduce the requirements for space, chassis, switches, cables, racks, power supplies and PDUs. This helps you save on power and cooling costs, simp lify and speed up deployment and management, and lower IT staff costs. Additionally, a simple infrastructure can mean few er parts to fail and less time spent at the rack making repairs––freeing your IT staff for other projects.

When you need to upgrade, you don’t have to take apart your foundation and reinvest in infrastructure each time technology changes. Instead, your can add a blade or new storage functionality as your needs change or as new technology arrives. BladeCenter blades and switches can be seamlessly moved between chassis. This offers y ou investment protection and incredibly flexible, mix-and-match deployment choices.

BladeCenter can save up to 50% of the floor space of an equivalent rack solution, without sacrificing application performance. This can be a tremendous benefit in power- or cooling-constrained environments, allowing you to fit more processing power into existing power and thermal envelopes.

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Benefit Description

Energy efficiency is a big issue today and for the foreseeable future. Moving from racks to blades can help you optim ize your resources. Data centers limited by aging servers can realize efficiencies w ith BladeCenter over rack-based servers:

Efficiency

Flexibility and choice

Cable reduction

• Up to 50% more servers in the same amount of space

• Using as much as 30-40% less power than rack servers

• Emitting less heat

• Less airflow required per server

IBM has the broadest ecosystem of solution providers in the blade market. Myriad of software, security, specialized applications, I/O expansion cards, SAN switching, networking and high-performance interconnects let us pr ovide you with comprehensive blade solutions––giving you more choices and flexibility. In fact, the IBM ecosystem is o ne of the things that sets us apart from the competition. Since IBM opened the BladeCenter specifications in 2004, nearly 100 companies began producing solutions for BladeCenter, ultimately giving you even more choices for the future.

With BladeCenter, you can have up to 82% fewer cables than with rack servers, which can mean dramatically lower costs and less complexity. Reduced complexity means less to manage during install and few er components that can potentially cause problems. Remember, each cable has three potential points of failure: two connectors and the cable itself.

Centralized management

Resiliency

Availability

Lower acquisition cost

Management at the chassis level can save time over managing rack servers individually. A single login to a BladeCenter Management Module gives administrators access to the entire solution, consisting of chassis, blade s, and modules, not just one component of it.

BladeCenter was designed to greatly reduce single points of failure. Reliability features include:

• Redundant, hot-swap cooling, power, management and I/O switches in the chassis.

• A high-availability midplane providing redundant paths to the network. (See Availability below.)

• Redundant connections for power and I/O on the back of each blade.

• Fewer moving parts. Fewer moving parts mean fewer components to fail and potentially better reliability.

• Light path diagnostics, which can indicate problems with the chassis, blades, power supplies, switches––an d for

parts inside the individual blades––even before a problem occurs. It can also light the path to a fix for easy service, even after the blade is removed or power is turned off.

Additionally, BladeCenter has a four-year proven track record of enterprise operation.

Two connections to the midplane are inherent in the BladeCenter design. This means dual communication paths from the blades to the Ethernet, Fibre Channel, KVM, power and management signals, for higher availability. For example, if something happened to a connector on the blade, all the servers can stay up and running. Bringing the whole solut ion together means that extra care must be taken to avoid single points of failure. While other blade vendors talk a bout this concept, IBM has embraced it in the BladeCenter design.

Equally configured, fourteen blades with servers, switches, HBAs and cables can be subst antially less expensive than the 1U alternative.

Virtualization

Consolidation from competitive rack servers to BladeCenter presents the opportunity to create an efficient and optimized infrastructure through virtualization and IBM Virtual Fabric Architecture. With virtualization, individual physical servers can be configured as multiple virtual servers, each capable of running its own operating system and applications. Running more applications per server means placing more demands on the system. IBM BladeCenter is excellent for a virtualized environment because many blades can support up to 12 I/O ports and clients can deploy high-speed 10Gb Ethernet––at up to 65% savings vs. rack servers. This is because compared to rack servers, BladeCenter offers:

• Lower-cost switch ports

• Fewer cables

• Lower HBA costs

• No need for XFPs

When you migrate from racks to blades, also consider BladeCenter for client consolidation. With IBM’s Virtual Client solution, users are able to enjoy all the benefits and personal control of a stand-alone desktop—including print capabilities, USB drive support and audio—while reducing many of the challenges related to current stand-alone desktop environments. These include limiting susceptibility to theft and viruses, ease of new-user deployment, eliminating extended downtime during a hard-drive failure and eliminating the need to rebuild user preferences and settings after each client refresh.

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Energy Efficiency

The cost of power has become a huge component of IT operating budgets all around the world. Many clients are facing the critical issue of providing sufficient power and cooling to support their highly dense data center. Clients are demanding solutions that allow them to get their work done, while fitting into an affordable power and cooling envelope. IBM considers energy efficiency and addressing global climate change to be not only a decision that makes economic sense, but also one of the most pertinent issues facing the planet at this time. The good news is that an important part of the solution to these issues is available—it’s IBM BladeCenter.

BladeCenter is designed from the ground up to dramatically improve power utilization and reduce energy costs. In fact, aggregate power savings of BladeCenter vs. 1U servers and related external equipment can be as much as 30-40%. This can be attributed to a well-planned system architecture that includes more energy-efficient power supplies and thermals, along with a super-smart power delivery solution. With IBM BladeCenter you get:

• Energy-efficient power supplies that operate at over 90 percent efficiency in converting AC power to DC power, compared to an industry standard of 70 percent

• A shared-cooling approach that can lead to less power consumption by reducing the need for hundreds of fans for the blades and switches

• The ability to add an integrated 10Gb Ethernet switch, which can be up to 95% more energy efficient than external switch offerings

• IBM Systems Director Active Energy Manager for x86, a tool that can help you plan, predict, monitor and actively manage power consumption of your BladeCenter servers

IBM BladeCenter should be part of an energy-efficient data center solution.

Storage

Data is the lifeline of today’s businesses. The integrity, availability and protection of data are vital to productivity and success. Storing information is a requirement that’s shared by all types of businesses, from large enterprises to small businesses and even single departments. Accordingly, managing data has become one of the biggest challenges managers face today. Every year, the need for data storage capacity grows, with no end in sight.

As you consolidate your IT with BladeCenter, you can also consolidate your storage environments. With BladeCenter, the storage fabric is included in the chassis. In fact, IBM was the first blade vendor to integrate the storage fabric into a blade server architecture. By integrating the storage fabric into the BladeCenter chassis, you can potentially realize a significant reduction in small form factor pluggable (SFP) cards and optical fiber cable costs and increase storage utilization.

It can be much more cost-effective and easier to manage BladeCenter when it is connected to external storage. IBM delivers a wide range of easy-to-install, tested external storage products to meet your demanding business needs.

• Network-attached storage (NAS) — IBM System Storage

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N series NAS products provide a large capacity, highly available and secure environment for storing mission-critical data. The N series attaches to BladeCenter using integrated Gigabit Ethernet switch modules.

• Storage area network (SAN) — IBM System Storage DS3000

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, DS4000™ , DS6000™, and DS8000™ series provide integrated SMB and enterprise solutions with multi-protocol local, campus, metropolitan and global storage networking. The DS portfolio attaches to BladeCenter using Fibre Channel switch modules.

• iSCSI — BladeCenter offers both a 1Gb hardware and a 1Gb and 10Gb software iSCSI initiator. Both support iSCSI boot. The iSCSI hardware initiator is an adapter with an embedded processor. This solution is beneficial for clients w ho don’t want their server performance impacted. The iSCSI software initiator is embedded in the blade server BIOS and enables iSCSI boot through a standard 1Gb Ethernet connection without the need for an adapter. This is an attractive, lower-cost alternative for clients moving their storage off the blade and is available to BladeCenter clients at no charge. The iSCSI softw are initiator also enables iSCSI boot through a standard 10Gb Ethernet connection with the NetXen 10Gb adapter. HP and Dell do not offer a software iSCSI initiator. The IBM System Storage N series supports iSCSI server attachment.

• Fibre Channel — BladeCenter integrates the storage switches from vendors such as Bro cade, Cisco and QLogic. And BladeCenter supports industry-leading Fibre Channel host bus adapters from QLogic and Emulex. These options work well with the IBM System Storage DS3400 and DS4000 series. IBM data tells us that more than 40% of BladeCenter users attach their blades to a SAN. This is likely due to the wide selection and cost savings associated with integrated Fibre Channel.

Who Should Consider Blade Serv ers vs. Rack Servers

Consider blade servers if you:

• Plan to buy or replace six or more servers within the next twelve months

• Wish to set up a durable, long-term IT infrastructure that will grow with you

• Are running applications like Web serving and online commerce, networking, e-mail consolidated file and print, along with

large-scale database applications like data warehousing

• Run high-performance computing (HPC) applications such as digital signal processing, bioinformatics, seismic modeling, crash simulations or digital rendering

• Have old Intel/AMD or SPARC processor-based servers suffering from poor availability and performance, lack of floor space, limited power and cooling capabilities in your data center, and difficulty keeping track of and managing server s

• Are transitioning from UNIX

• Currently use AIX

• Currently use Solaris 10 or plan to move to Solaris 10 on x86 architectures

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• Currently use Solaris and are looking for a low-cost transition to Linux

• Are looking to migrate from Sun T2000 servers

• Face limitations due to an aging data center

• Are looking to integrate Intel, AMD and/or IBM processor-based servers within one infrastructure

• Are looking to reduce system administration costs through consolidation and more efficient remote management

Stay with rack servers if you:

• Have few servers and are not growing your infrastructure

• Require SMP systems with eight or more processors

• Require a large number of PCI slots or a very large memory footprint

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Citrix Solution

Citrix Presentation Server (PS) enables users to potentially save large sums of money on management costs and to minimize data security risks by installing all Windows applications in the data center and virtualizing or streaming them to end users over the network.

It allows you to deliver applications quickly to remote users without leaving the data center, by using state-of-the-art application streaming and application virtualization technologies. It eliminates the need to install or manage applications on individual user devices, helping to make application testing, provisioning, management and support easier and less costly.

Presentation Server helps you prevent data from leaving the data center without explicit authorization, supporting regulatory compliance and security objectives. Built-in endpoint scans and policy controls take into account each user’s role, device characteristics, and network conditions to determine which applications and data they are authorized to access. Integrated single sign-on and a secure SSL VPN gateway for remote access enable a “one password, one path” approach to application and data access.

Presentation Server greatly reduces network bandwidth requirements through application virtualization techniques perfected over the past 15 years. PS greatly reduces network bandwidth requirements and mitigates latency issues, because with virtualized applications only mouse movements, keystrokes, and screen updates traverse the network. Even data-laden and graphics-heavy applications perform better, keeping users active and productive.

Thousands of customers currently run mission-critical environments on racks full of aging 1U or 2U dual-processor servers and back-level Presentation Server software. IBM BladeCenter Manager v4.5, offer an innovative way to update your environment to the latest technology and help achieve the following:

• Vastly reduced server count—reduce your number of servers by up to two-thirds

• Reduce software licensing costs

• Move to 64-bit technology with Presentation Manager v4.5—at no extra cost from Citrix

• Optimize the heat, power, and space requirements of a Presentation Manager farm

• Reduced management overhead vs. running hundreds of servers

Which method is right for you—scale up or scale out? PS v4.5 supports both scale-up (via the IBM System x3800 or x3850), and scale-out (via BladeCenter blades).

Citrix PS v4.5 offers both 32-bit and 64-bit versions, to support whatever your operating environment is. This provides you with the flexibility to run a mixed environment initially and migrate over time.

If you have large scale-out “farms” of Citrix PS servers, made up of 1U and 2U servers, you know what a massive infrastructure and management headache it can be. The BladeCenter family may be the answer if you’re looking to simplify your infrastructure, improve flexibility and speed of deployment, and consolidate your space, heat, and power use.

BladeCenter chassis support a wide variety of 2- and 4-socket server blades. This flexibility is what makes the platform ideal for a customer in a state of transition. If you plan to move to PS x64 in 6-12 months, you might prefer an HS21, HS21 XM, or LS21 blade, running in 32-bit mode initially, and then migrate to an x64 environment later (running the same hardware). If you have a mixed PS x32/x64 environment, you might choose LS21 or an LS41 2-socket configuration for your x64 platform, and then later upgrade the LS41 to a 4-socket blade. For a scale-up configuration in a blade form factor, you might choose a 4-socket/dual-core LS41 or a 2-socket/quad-core HS21 XM right from the start.

The BladeCenter family of products offers you ultimate flexibility and maximum potential investment protection. In addition to the flexibility of processor choice, there are also huge potential infrastructure consolidation benefits to be had: all networking, SAN, KVM connectivity, systems management, and power connectivity is integrated into the chassis, potentially saving large sums of money by requiring fewer cables, PDUs, KVM switches, and other infrastructure hardware. Additionally, BladeCenter chassis and blade servers offer significantly more efficient heat/power characteristics than do dozens of 1U and 2U rack servers.

products, combined with Citrix Presentation

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IBM Virtualization Solution

Today, the line between scale-up and scale-out servers is blurring. Multicore processors allow all servers to run scale-up workloads to some extent. At the same time, scale-up servers can run multiple virtualized scale-out workloads. Performance becomes about utilization through virtualization, which is crucial to unlocking the value of multicore processors. It’s an intelligent sharing of computing, storage or information resources across different disciplines and departments in your organization. System resources are gathered into one pool—and can be allocated dynamically as needed—so servers and storage resources can be utilized more efficiently.

As a result of virtualization, the focus of high-end scalable x86 systems has shifted from a hardware-centric view to one of flexibility and cost-per-virtual-machine. Running 20 or 50 or 100 applications on the same server instead of one task per server is more cost-effective. And it allows the applications to share a dynamically allocated pool of common system resources for improved efficiency.

Businesses of all sizes continue to struggle with the overwhelming complexity created by the rapid growth of their IT environments. A business’s increasing IT demands may appear to be a never-ending and costly spiral:

• As the business grows, more computing power is required

• Installation and maintenance costs and data center complexity increase as more servers are added

• Deployment of additional servers and applications may require additional IT personnel

Virtualization is the process of presenting computing resources in ways that allow for more productive IT, and IT that is more responsive to business goals. Previously, resources were presented only in the ways dictated by their

implementation, geographic location or physical packaging. The move toward virtualization helps to improve resource utilization and simplify IT management.

Because Virtualization is a more effective way to run IT, it is IBM’s view that soon virtualization will be utilized across all environments, at all levels of server and storage implementation. Our servers, from entry level to high end to blades, are designed to be optimized for virtualization. For example, BladeCenter, with its modular design, provides you with an extremely flexible solution for virtualization and scale-out growth—supporting multiple processors, operating systems and switches all in the same chassis.

With one hardware platform, you can run your heterogeneous interactive business applications by day and your maintenance, inventory or computational programs at night. With our portfolio of System x your virtualization needs are covered, whether scale-up or scale-out.

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and BladeCenter® servers,

IBM Virtual Client

With IBM's Virtual Client solution, users are able to enjoy all of the benefits and personal control of a stand-alone desktop—functionality including print capabilities, USB drive support, and audio—while reducing many of the challenges related to current stand-alone desktop environments. These include limiting susceptibility to theft and viruses, ease of deployment of new users, extended downtime during a hard drive failure, or having to rebuild their preferences and settings after each client “refresh.”

• Receive highly secure access to your desktop from virtually any client d evice at any time.

• Centralize management of all desktops for better utilization of resources.

• Simplify infrastructure—now and into the future—with System x and BladeCenter architecture technology.

• Help lower costs with fewer IT staff; application and data are managed centrally.

IBM's Virtual Client solution runs desktop functions on BladeCenter or System x servers in a data center—providing users with remote access to the desktop environment. A full-featured OS such as Windows XP is virtualized using VMware software and accessed via thin client hardware devices or repurposed desktops. Connection broker software connects users to their virtual client machines on the server. While the end user benefits from retaining control over their desktop environment, companies benefit from the cost and management advantages of a centralized computing environment. Virtual Client practically eliminates desk side support resources and is designed to provide much improved levels of security and reliability.

The IBM Virtual Client solution offers companies large and small the capability to improve client efficiency and security for:

• Branch offices

• Call centers

• Outsourced development

• Remote development

• Remote offices

• Retail stores

• Roaming users

The IBM Virtual Client solution is competitively priced with traditional desktop deployments and can be economically deployed for as few as 25 users.

The IBM virtual client solution runs desktop functions on a BladeCenter or System x server in a data center-providing users with remote access to the desktop environment. The solution is designed to eliminate the traditional desktop replacement cycle, enhance system security and availability and improve administrative efficiency.

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IBM Virtual Client solution components can include:

IBM System x and BladeCenter Servers

IBM System x and BladeCenter servers are built on open standards and offer a range of affordable, high performance, easy to manage platforms designed to help optimize your datacenter and lower your cost of ownership.

IBM System Storage

• IBM System Storage DS3400 leads the way for organizations to take advantage of consolidating and sharing data within a direct-attach or SAN solution. The DS3400 offers the opportunity to meet the demands of data expansion, data availability and flexibility in a simple, affordable disk system.

• IBM System Storage DS4000 Series is well-known for its exceptional performance, robust functionality and unparalleled ease of use. The DS4000 disk systems are designed to allow you to create a system to handle some of the most computeintensive workloads and provide robust functionality while maintaining availability of y our data.

Thin Client Hardware from IBM Business Partners

• Neoware thin client offerings enable end-users to run Windows

, mainframe, midrange, UNIX®, Linux, or Internet applications on smart, solid-state appliances across a wired or wireless network - just choose a thin clie nt platform, operating system and software application that best meets your need.

• Devon IT thin clients are more than a cost-effe ctive alternative to standard PCs. End-users can run their Windows and Linux desktops and Windows, UNIX, Linux and mainframe applications directly from data center servers, enabling centralized applications management, network plug-and-play conveniences, higher security and reliability, and much lower IT support costs.

• Wyse Technology and its partners delivers the hardware, infrastructure software, and services that comprise thin computing, allowing people to access the information they need using the applications they want, but with better security, manageability , and at a much lower total cost of ownership than a PC.

Middleware

• IBM Director is an integrated, easy-to-use suite of tools that provide customers w ith flexible systems management capabilities to help realize maximum systems availability and lower IT costs.

• IBM Virtualization Manager is an extension to IBM Director that allows you to discover, visualize, and manage both physical and virtual systems from a single console. Virtualization Manager simplifies management of both VMw are and Microsoft

Virtual Server environments.

• IBM Tivoli Provisioning manager (TMP) helps to enable the process of setting up a virtual client environment on demand by automating the manual tasks of provisioning and configuring physical and virtual ser vers, operating systems, middlew are, applications, storage and network devices (routers, switches, firewalls and load balancer s).

• VMware applications can virtualize servers, storage and networking, allowing multiple unmodified operating systems and their applications to run independently in virtual machines while sharing p hysical resources—helping to impro ve hardware utilization, save space, IT staffing and hardware costs.

• LeoStream Virtual Connection Broker software allows a user to connect to their virtual machine with a single user sign on, providing a great benefit to your desktop users. Functionality includes VM pooling , stickiness, labeling, mon itoring, and reporting.

• Microsoft Active Directory and roaming user profiles. By default, Windows desktop systems store user profile data (personal configuration settings) on the local hard drive. Alternatively, Microsoft Window s 2003 can enable storing per-user profile and settings data on a server.

Services

• STG Lab Services helps bring the skills and experience of the development lab to your enterprise through on-site consu lting, classroom training, and skills transfer to your personnel in your System x or BladeCenter environment.

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IBM BladeCenter Chassis User Manual

Specifications and Main Features

Frequently Asked Questions

User Manual