A highly available and expandable, rack-dense, 1U dual-socket SMP server, for application
serving in Web environments
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8
RAID levels optional)
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Hot-swap, redundant power supplies
(optional)
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Hot-swap, redundant cooling fans
(standard)
Other Features
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Six USB 2.0 ports
— Provides flexibility to add high-speed external devices. The USB 2.0
specification supports up to 480Mbps transfer rates. (
Note:
Not all USB 2.0 devices are
capable of achieving this rate.) Two ports are provided on the front of the server and four on
the back.
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Remote Supervisor Adapter II SlimLine support
— This optional full-function systems
management adapter adds local and remote management functions without consuming a
valuable adapter slot.
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Dual video ports
— An
ATI Radeon ES1000
SVGA video controller provides up to
1024x768
resolution, with a color depth of
32
bits at
85Hz
refresh rate. To simplify local systems
management,
one
video port is provided on the front of the unit and
one
on the back.
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Toolless slides
— Allows quick rack installation and quicker upgrade and servicing of the
server.
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Toolless chassis
— The cover can be opened without tools, and many components can be
removed and replaced without tools, including the CD-RW/DVD combo drive, hot-swap
HDDs, plus PCI, PCI-X and PCI-E adapters, as well as the integrated ServeRAID-8k and
Remote Supervisor Adapter II SlimLine. This can save a servicer significant time.
Rack Cable Management and KVM Console Switching
IBM Advanced Cabling Technology (
ACT
) is an optional feature that offers many advantages
over standard KVM cabling across the entire System x and xSeries product line. So now you can
interconnect all of your servers with one smart cabling architecture. ACT cabling eliminates the
need for one-to-one direct connections between each server and a KVM switch by using a daisy-
chain approach.
The snarl of cabling behind most racks is at best inconvenient to work around and at worst an
expensive logistical nightmare, requiring the rewiring of servers, PDUs, KVM switches, and other
equipment whenever a rack server is added or removed. Even worse, the veil of cables blocks
rack airflow and can actually contribute to equipment failure due to overheating. ACT cabling is
the solution for reducing behind-the-rack cabling by as much as
87%
.
The illustration below shows a sample ACT configuration:
Conventional cabling has bulky KVM cables exiting each server, which then connect to a KVM
switch. The cables exiting a series of KVM switches must then be aggregated via additional KVM
switches and PDUs, which only increases the number—and cost—of cables, KVM switches and
PDUs. Instead, the daisy-chain approach of ACT cabling uses readily available, inexpensive
CAT5 and 6 cabling to considerably
reduce
the number of cables, KVM switches, and PDUs
needed, rather than increasing them. If a server is removed or added, no complicated rewiring is
needed. One cable connects the first server in the rack to the next, and so on. Up to
16
servers
Directly
Via Secondary
Switch
Via Daisy-Chain
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Max.16 servers per port
All CAT5, 5e, 6
cabling
