Optimized for virtualization and database applications with maximum
memory and compute capacity in a blade
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19.
with 1 blade and 1 MAX5 expansion unit
•
Up to
two
internal
1.8-inch non-hot-swap
SSDs per node
•
Solid-state drives
are an energy-saving, higher-reliability alternative to HDD storage
•
Optional IBM
160GB
,
320GB
, or
640GB High IOPS SSD Adapters
for extremely high IOPS and
bandwidth storage (requires BPE4 expansion unit)
•
Integrated RAID —
RAID-1
mirrored arrays optional
•
Two
available
adapter slots
standard :
Two
CFF (compact form factor) slots: one high-speed CFFh and one standard-speed CIOv
•
Additional
optional
adapter slots
9
:
Up to
3
total, using
1
BladeCenter
PCI Express I/O Expansion Unit 3
blade
Up to
10
total, using
4
BladeCenter
PCI Express Gen 2 Expansion Blades
(BPE4) blades
Manageability and Availability
•
IBM Systems Director
systems management software, including:
IBM Systems Director
Active Energy Manager
IBM
Service and Support Manager
•
Integrated Management Module
:
IPMI 2.0
compliance, including highly secure remote power control
cKVM
Advanced management capabilities
•
Interface to one or two
Advanced Management Modules
in the chassis for advanced systems
management capability
Supports
LDAP
and
SSL
industry standards
Text and graphics console redirection
systems management
Serial over LAN
•
Active Memory protection
:
Advanced
Chipkill
ECC memory correction
Memory ProteXion
support
Memory
rank sparing
Memory
mirroring
Memory
scrubbing
•
Solid-state drive
as a high-reliability alternative to internal HDD storage (with up to three times the
MTBF of spinning disk drives)
•
Numerous
hot-swap/redundant capabilities
provided via the chassis
9
The PCIe expansion units each require an adjacent blade slot.