number of blades that can be deployed in a single chassis.
Using the 8720 or 8730 BladeCenter T Chassis: IBM supports the installation of up to eight
AMD Opteron LS21 blades in the BladeCenter T chassis with the latest management module
firmware, which includes a fuel gauge. The fuel gauge enables power throttling in the unlikely
event of a power supply failure. The fuel gauge feature reduces power consumption per blade
during a power crisis, helping keep all eight blades installed in the chassis up and running, but at
a possibly lower performance level. Users that are not willing to accept any power/performance
throttling should limit the number of blades they install in a BladeCenter T chassis to seven
blades. At this power requirement the LS21 does not require any throttling.
This machine includes power management that delivers the maximum uptime possible for your
systems. In extended thermal conditions, rather than shut down completely or fail, these
machines automatically reduce the frequency of the processor to maintain acceptable thermal
levels.
Related options
Processor upgrades: IBM processor upgrade with:
Part
Description
number
Dual Core AMD Opteron Processor Model 2210 EE
40K1263
Dual Core AMD Opteron Processor Model 2220
40K1264
Dual Core AMD Opteron Processor Model 8214 HE
40K1265
Dual Core AMD Opteron Processor Model 8220
40K1266
Systems management
IBM Director: The LS21 and LS41 for BladeCenter blade servers include IBM Director. This
powerful, highly integrated systems management software solution is built on industry standards
and designed for ease of use.
Exploit your existing enterprise or workgroup management environments and use rich security
features to access and manage physically dispersed IT assets more efficiently over the Internet.
It can help reduce costs through potentially:
•
Reduced downtime
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Increased productivity of IT personnel and end users
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Reduced service and support costs
IT administrators can view the hardware configuration of remote systems in detail and monitor
the usage and performance of critical components such as processors, HDDs, and memory. IBM
Director can be extended with optional add-ons for advanced server management, deployment,
and software distribution. All of these tools smoothly integrate into IBM Director for consistent
look-and-feel and single point of management while taking advantage of the IBM Director
monitoring, scheduling, alerting, event management, and group management capabilities.
Optional add-ons
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The IBM Director Server Plus Pack is a collection of five tools with predictive and autonomic
capabilities that help deliver optimal server performance and high availability. The five tools
include Capacity Manager, Software Rejuvenation, Active PCI Manager, System Availability,
and Rack Manager.
•
Application Workload Manager extends IBM Director to enable the control of how multiple
applications use server resources and help protect against unexpected resource contention.
•
Remote Deployment Manager™ (RDM) is an effective tool for the initial deployment phase of
a system's life cycle with its ability to remotely send out complete software images for
installation in a preboot environment.
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Software Distribution Premium Edition enables you to create and distribute software packages
to systems on your network, helping save travel and labor costs.
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