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High-performance blade server optimized for virtualization 

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complexity and lower cabling costs, and it allows clients to manage everything in the solution as 
one. Using a BladeCenter E chassis, up to 

84

 HS22V servers (

168

 processors) can be installed 

in one 

industry-standard

 

42U

 rack; but the value of BladeCenter extends far beyond high 

density data center environments. 

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, such as 

Active 

Memory

Predictive Failure Analysis, light path diagnostics

hot-swap redundant hard 

disk drives

,

 power supplies and blower modules 

with

 Calibrated Vectored Cooling

IPMI 

2.0

 support, including

 highly secure remote power control

text-console redirect over LAN

next-generation BIOS (

UEFI

), an 

Advanced

 

Management Module 

(upgradeable with a 

redundant AMM),

 IBM Systems Director

 management software including 

IBM Systems 

Director Active Energy Manager™

Remote Deployment Manager

 and 

IBM ServerGuide

 

help maintain system availability with increased uptime.  

If you need highly manageable, high-performance virtualization in a space- or power-constrained 
environment, the HS22V is the ideal system.

 

Selling Features 

Price/Performance 

  There is an HS22V model to fit all budgets. The HS22V offers a choice of high-performance 

6-core/4-

core/2-core

 

Xeon

 processors with integrated memory controllers, clock rates from 

1.6GHz

 to 

3.6GHz

, and from 

3MB

 to 

12MB

 of shared cache (processor-specific) of integrated Level 3 cache.

 

Xeon 5600 series processors offer up to 

60%

 better performance

3

 than the previous-generation 5500 

series processors and up to 

1,500%

 better performance than the single-core processors of a few 

years ago that you may still be using. 

 

Low-voltage processors

 draw less energy and produce less waste heat than higher-voltage 

processors, thus helping to reduce data 

center

 energy costs. On a per-core basis, the standard 

80W

 

processors are extremely economical, consuming as little as 

13.33W

 per core. Some low-voltage  

Xeon processors consume only

10W

 per core (4-core 

40W

 or 6-core 

60W

).  

  Up to 

288GB

 of

 registered DDR3

 ECC memory operates at 

800MHz 

to

 1333MHz

 (depending on 

the system configuration), for high performance and wide memory bandwidth. 

  Run

 two DIMMs per memory channel

 (2DPC) at

 1333MHz

 in specific 5600 series processor 

configurations 

 

Embedded virtualization

 (optional on all models) offers extremely high performance, enhanced 

security, and a zero-gigabyte HDD footprint. (In other words, no mechanical HDD to fail.) 

 

Solid state drives

 (SDDs) use only 2W of energy per drive, vs. 

7-10W

 for 2.5-inch HDDs. This is as 

much as 

80%

 less energy than a HDD would use (with a corresponding reduction in heat output).  

 

Low -voltage 1.35 volt memory 

draws up to 

19%

 less power than 1.5V DIMMs.

 

  Selected HS22V blade servers are planned for 

NEBS3/ETSI-compliance

 and feature long-life 

availability.  These blades are ideal for telecom or Next Generation Network (NGN) applications such 
as IPTV, IP Multimedia Subsystem (IMS) and security.  

  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

 hot-swap/redundant components in the 

BladeCenter chassis itself. This integration also can greatly 

reduce 

the amount of 

power consumed

 

and

 heat produced

, relative to an equivalent number of 1U servers. This can significantly reduce a 

data center power bill. The 

reduced data center footprint

 can also save on infrastructure cost. 

  The midplanes used in all chassis provide 

high-speed blade-to-blade, blade-to-switch-module 

and module-to-module communications

 internally as well as externally. The midplanes used in 

the BladeCenter H and BladeCenter HT chassis provide 

four 10Gb

 data channels to each blade, 

and supports high-speed switch modules, including

 4X InfiniBand

 and 

10Gb Ethernet

  The various BladeCenter chassis use 

ultrahigh efficiency power

 

supplies

. Many industry-standard 

servers use power supplies that are only 

70-80% efficient

 at converting power from AC wall current 

to the DC power used inside servers. BladeCenter power modules are up to 

94% efficient

 (and meet 

the 

80 Plus

®

 Platinum Standard

). This helps save even more money, as more of the power input 

you are paying for is used for processing, rather than released into the data center as waste heat that 
requires even more energy to cool. 

  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 overall solution down. 

 

Flexibility 

The 

HS22V

 has the ability to grow with your application requirements, thanks to:  

                                                   

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 Based on Intel measurements. 

Summary of Contents for BladeCenter HS22V

Page 1: ...ly 50 more average virtual machines VMs than the HS22 With up to 288GB of memory the HS22V is an outstanding choice for virtualization in memory databases and memory intensive enterprise applications...

Page 2: ...width Run two DIMMs per memory channel 2DPC at 1333MHz in specific 5600 series processor configurations Embedded virtualization optional on all models offers extremely high performance enhanced securi...

Page 3: ...heir compatibility goes 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 switches in a BladeCenter E S or T chassis...

Page 4: ...sages over serial or LAN connections A standard three year parts and labor limited onsite warranty 5 affords you peace of mind and greater potential investment protection Right Open Easy Green You nee...

Page 5: ...ilable only via CTO or special bid The choice of processors includes 130W 6 core Xeon 5600 series models X5690 or X5680 running at 3 46 or 3 33GHz respectively with impressive performance watt 21 67W...

Page 6: ...12MB of L3 processor cache and 1066MHz memory access supported in all BladeCenter chassis except BladeCenter T 40W 4 core Xeon 5600 series low voltage model L5609 running at 1 86GHz with extremely low...

Page 7: ...ry may be clocked at 1333MHz 1066MHz or 800MHz Note If only one processor is installed only the first nine DIMM slots can be used Adding a second processor not only doubles the amount of memory availa...

Page 8: ...timal performance Whenever possible it is recommended to use dual rank DIMMs in the system Dual rank DIMMs offer better interleaving and hence better performance than single rank DIMMs For instance a...

Page 9: ...4GB 8GB and 16GB DIMMs DIMMs are installed individually by processor In other words individually in a 1 processor system or in pairs for a 2 processor system Integrated Virtualization All models of t...

Page 10: ...r capacity GB required to achieve higher IOPS Consumes less energy and produces less heat than a conventional disk drive Superior Uptime 3X the reliability of mechanical disk drives 7 No moving parts...

Page 11: ...lacement of the component which helps increase server uptime and lower servicing costs The front of each blade server and the chassis itself has an LED indicator light to show possible component failu...

Page 12: ...ficiency power supplies use less energy than competitive power supplies that average only 70 80 efficiency and produce less waste heat that needs to be cooled Dynamic fan speeds In the event of a fan...

Page 13: ...are as well as onsite custom services to provide the level of expertise you require IBM Maintenance and Technical Support solutions can help you get the most out of your IT investment by reducing supp...

Page 14: ...USB keys for updates customized to your systems Automatic Server Restart ASR helps reduce downtime by restarting the server automatically in the event of a system lockup ASR technology is a combinatio...

Page 15: ...erver with a four core processor there should be twice as much memory available as for a two core processor Note Fewer large capacity DIMMs may provide better performance and use less energy than more...

Page 16: ...switches and or bridges for Gigabit and 10Gb Ethernet Myricom 4Gb and 8Gb Fibre Channel 1X and 4X InfiniBand iSCSI 3Gb SAS and others Expansion adapters for individual HS22V blades are available to i...

Page 17: ...6GHz X5667 H5x 3 2GHz X5672 C5x 3 6GHz X5687 C7x Two core Xeon E55xx 2 00GHz E5503 D3x Processor power draw 130W B5x C7x C8x F2x F3x 95W C5x C6x H2x H4x H5x HAx 80W A4x A5x A7x B6x D3x G2x G4x GCx plu...

Page 18: ...at 1333MHz Memory interleaving Yes DIMM capacities supported 1GB 2GB 4GB 8GB 16GB Chipkill protection supported Yes using x4 DIMMs of DIMM sockets total available 18 15 of 1 8 inch drive bays total av...

Page 19: ...ter H of parallel ports None of mouse ports None 1 via chassis of keyboard ports None 1 via chassis of USB ports 1 plus 2 via chassis Systems management controller Integrated Management Module Diagnos...

Page 20: ...O expansion units Large memory capacity Up to 288GB using 8GB DIMMs Up to two internal 1 8 inch non hot swap SSDs more with the BladeCenter S chassis or external storage 50GB solid state drives are an...

Page 21: ...1 1 2 2 1 3 3 3 3 Modeling Simulation 2 1 1 1 3 1 3 2 3 3 High Performance DB 2 2 1 1 1 3 2 2 3 3 Business Intelligence 2 1 1 1 2 1 2 2 1 3 Search 3 1 1 1 2 1 3 3 1 2 Content 2 2 2 2 2 1 3 3 2 2 Commu...

Page 22: ...ademarks or service marks of others IBM reserves the right to change specifications or other product information without notice References in this publication to IBM products or services do not imply...

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