IBM QS22 - BladeCenter - 0793, Installation And User Manual

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The QS22 blade server has the following major components:
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2 IBM PowerXCell 8i processor chips (IBM PowerXCell 8i-0 and IBM PowerXCell
8i-1) operating at 3.2 GHz
v 8 DDR2 VLP DIMM slots (4 slots per IBM PowerXCell 8i) for system memory,
ECC
v
2 IBM PowerXCell 8i companion chips, one per IBM PowerXCell 8i chip
v
2.5 GHz DDR full duplex front side bus (with 2 Bytes bidirectional transfer, the
aggregate bandwidth is 10 GB/s)
v 1 x 8 lanes PCIe per IBM PowerXCell 8i companion chip
v
1 PCI-X bus per IBM PowerXCell 8i companion chip, running at 100 MHz
v Onboard Dual Channel Gb-Ethernet controller BCM5704S
v
Onboard USB controller NEC uPD720101
v 1 BladeCenter PCI-X expansion card connector
v
1 BladeCenter High-Speed connector for 2 times x8 PCIe buses
v 2 DIMM slots (1 slot per IBM PowerXCell 8i companion chip) for optional I/O
Buffer 1GB DDR2 VLP DIMMs
v
Integrated Renesas 2166 Service processor (BMC, IPMI compliant code stack)
Through the BladeCenter Advanced Management Module Web interface, you can
view the blade server firmware code and other hardware configuration information.
Note: Power, cooling, removable-media drives, external ports, and advanced
system management are provided by the IBM BladeCenter unit. For more
information, see the relevant BladeCenter unit documentation.
Figure 1. BladeCenter QS22
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