IBM E, Product Manual

Page 1: ...ice easy to configure IBM BladeCenter E Best energy efficiency best density IBM BladeCenter T Ruggedized IBM BladeCenter H High performance IBM BladeCenter HT Ruggedized high performance IBM BladeCent...

Page 2: ...nter Chassis Positioning 4 IBM BladeCenter Chassis 6 BladeCenter I O Modules 30 Rack vs Blades Positioning 33 Citrix Solution 37 Virtualization Solution 38 Please see the Legal Information section for...

Page 3: ...priate interconnect using a common management point and 5 I O fabrics to choose from Extract the most from your third party management solutions by utilizing the BladeCenter Open Fabric Manager It s c...

Page 4: ...prise 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 ma...

Page 5: ...d 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 C...

Page 6: ...witches 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 hot swap S...

Page 7: ...ss 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 capabi...

Page 8: ...be contacted with resolutions to problems when they occur Availability and Serviceability BladeCenter chassis are designed for operation with greatly reduced potential for single points of failure Mo...

Page 9: ...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...

Page 10: ...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 co...

Page 11: ...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 s...

Page 12: ...ontaining 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 unnecessar...

Page 13: ...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 b...

Page 14: ...pansion 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...

Page 15: ...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 ar...

Page 16: ...ers handle the entire load You can replace a fan module without shutting down the BladeCenter system These modules draw only 60W between them 100W in the BladeCenter HT chassis By contrast some compet...

Page 17: ...ear locking doors and lockable wheels so it can be moved where it is needed The Office Enablement Kit includes 4U of additional space besides the BladeCenter S chassis to leave room for storage KVM an...

Page 18: ...so 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 req...

Page 19: ...5 ports None of serial breakout ports None standard 6 using optional Serial Passthru Module of parallel ports None of mouse ports None USB attached of keyboard ports None USB attached of USB ports 4 2...

Page 20: ...o 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 cha...

Page 21: ...2 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 25 C 455 CFM at 32 C or greater Dimensions HWD weight 1...

Page 22: ...nations thereof vertical Fabric bandwidth 10Gbps Total of switch bridge module slots 10 includes the following of dedicated Gb Ethernet switch module bays 2 hot swap redundant of dedicated bridge modu...

Page 23: ...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 BladeCenter T Chassis Specifications Machin...

Page 24: ...n Media Tray Predictive Failure Analysis support Blades switch modules I O mod odules power modules blower ules management m modules media tray Power supply size standard 1300W DC 8 V nominal 1300W AC...

Page 25: ...er 4 switch or 4 bridge modules or 2 of each of high speed switch module bays 4 hot swap redundant of management modules std max 1 2 Systems management controller BladeCenter Advanced Management Modul...

Page 26: ...ladeCenter T BladeCenter HT Rack form factor 7U 7U 9U 8U 12U Supports deskside use Yes with optional Office Enablement Kit Rack only Rack only Rack only Rack only of blades supported 6 x 30mm 3 x 60mm...

Page 27: ...CFM per module 95 CFM per module at 25 C 190 CFM per module at 40 C or greater Storage methods supported Shared chassis server blade expansion blade Server blade expansion blade Server blade expansio...

Page 28: ...elligent Gb Ethernet Switch No Yes Yes Yes Yes 1 32R1888 Cisco Systems Intelligent Gb Fiber Ethernet Switch No Yes Yes Yes Yes 1 39Y9267 Nortel 10G Ethernet Switch Module for IBM BladeCenter No No No...

Page 29: ...Switch Module No Yes Yes Yes Yes 3 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...

Page 30: ...ink 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 Su...

Page 31: ...separation between the server and networking domains is preferred Fibre Channel Brocade 10 and 20 Port SAN Switch Modules Enables high performance end to end 1 2 and 4Gbps SAN solutions for the data c...

Page 32: ...ers 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...

Page 33: ...ment 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 a...

Page 34: ...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...

Page 35: ...ted 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 N series NAS...

Page 36: ...rvers 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...

Page 37: ...sentation 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 metho...

Page 38: ...u can run your heterogeneous interactive business applications by day and your maintenance inventory or computational programs at night With our portfolio of System x and BladeCenter servers your virt...

Page 39: ...ions 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...

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