High-performance blade server optimized for virtualization
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3.
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Up to
two multi-core
Xeon processors (up to
twelve
cores per server).
•
A choice of processor speeds from
1.6
to
3.6GHz
, up to
12MB
of shared cache, and a choice of
power draw from
40W
to
130W
.
•
A choice of
memory
speeds from
800MHz
to
1066MHz
or
1333MHz
.
•
Up to
288GB
of system memory in
18 DIMM slots.
•
Up to two internal
hot-swap
1.8
-inch
solid state drives, and access to terabytes of external storage
via the BladeCenter S chassis or
IBM System Storage
®
SAN and NAS storage devices.
SSDs
consume only 10-20% of the energy required by 2.5-inch HDDs.
•
Two
Gigabit Ethernet ports standard, plus optional
2-port
or
4-port expansion cards
or a
BladeCenter
PCI Express I/O Expansion Unit 3
. In addition, the various
BladeCenter chassis
offer a high degree of flexibility:
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A 30mm HS22V blade server can be upgraded, via the
PCI Express I/O Expansion Unit 3
. This
expandability allows configurations that are
30mm
or
60mm
wide, with a variety of I/O options,
depending on need.
•
When installed in a BladeCenter H high-speed switch bay, the optional
Multi-Switch Interconnect
Module
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 blade server).
•
Xeon processor-based
HS22V
blades can be used in the same chassis as Intel processor-based
HC10
,
HS12
,
HS20
,
HS21
,
HS21 XM
,
HS22
,
HS40
, and
HX5
blades; AMD Opteron processor-
based
LS20
,
LS21, LS22
,
LS41
and
LS42
blades; IBM PowerPC
®
processor-based
JS20
,
JS21,
and
JS22
blades; POWER6
®
processor-based
JS12
,
JS23,
and
JS43
Express
blades; POWER7
®
processor-based
PS700
,
PS701
, and
PS702
blades; Cell Broadband Engine™ processor-based
QS21
;
and
IBM PowerXCell™ processor-based
QS22
blades. Depending on the blade servers used,
the various BladeCenter chassis support Microsoft
®
Windows
®
,
Linux
®
, Novell
Netware
, IBM
AIX
®
IBM i, and Sun
Solaris 10
operating systems in the same chassis.
•
Most HS/LS/JS/PS/QS blade servers ever released by IBM are supported in every BladeCenter
chassis ever release
d, going back to 2002
4
. Every switch module released by IBM is equally
compatible. (Ask HP and Dell how far back
their
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.) And the
switches can be Ethernet, iSCSI, SAS, InfiniBand, Fibre Channel, or anything else designed and
ServerProven
®
for BladeCenter use. Switches, bridges and interface cards are currently available
from such vendors as Brocade, Cisco , Intel, QLogic, Voltaire, and others, in addition to IBM/BNT.
Manageability
•
The HS22V blade server includes an
Integrated
Management Module (IMM)
to monitor server
availability, perform Predictive Failure Analysis, etc., and trigger IBM Systems Director alerts. The
IMM performs the functions of both the Baseboard Management Controller (
BMC
) of earlier systems,
and the
Remote Supervisor Adapter II
, as well as
remote presence/cKVM.
•
Each BladeCenter chassis includes an
Advanced Management Module
to provide additional
systems management capabilities, including Web-based out-of-band control; virtual floppy and CD-
ROM support; latest OS failure screen capture; LDAP and SSL support; and remote redirection of
video, text, keyboard and mouse.
•
Integrated industry-standard Unified Extensible Firmware Interface (
UEFI
) next-generation BIOS.
New capabilities include:
Human readable event logs; no more beep codes
Complete setup solution by allowing adapter configuration function to be moved into UEFI
Complete out-of-band coverage by the Advance Settings Utility to simplify remote setup
•
Integrated industry-standard
IPMI 2.0
support works with the IMM to alert IBM Systems Director to
anomalous environmental factors, such as voltage and thermal conditions. It also supports
highly
secure remote power control
.
•
Integrated
Trusted Platform Module (TPM) 1.2
support.
•
IBM
Systems Director Active Energy Manager
, 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.
•
The HS22V supports
remote presence
/
concurrent KVM (cKVM)
and
concurrent media (cMedia)
4
Some older chassis may require power module and management module upgrades. But the chassis itself, as well as fan/blower modules
and other components, are fully compatible.
