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BladeCenter HS22 Specifications
# of serial ports
None (1 direct via BladeCenter H chassis, or Serial over LAN in BladeCenter E and
BladeCenter 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
Diagnostic LEDs (front panel)
Power good, blade location, over temperature, information, general fault
Predictive Failure Analysis support
Processor, memory, HDDs, expansion cards
BIOS type
UEFI 2.1
Power supply size
Contained in chassis
# of power supplies standard /
maximum
Contained in chassis
# of fans/blowers standard /
maximum
Contained in chassis
Dimensions (HWD) / weight
9.7” (245mm)
H
1.14” (29mm)
W
17.6” (446mm)
D
12
lbs
(maximum)
5.44
kg
(maximum)
Operating systems supported
Microsoft Windows Server 2008, Microsoft Windows Small Business Server 2008,
Microsoft Windows Server 2003 and R2 (Standard/Web/Enterprise Editions) 32-bit and
64-bit, RHEL 5.3 32-bit and 64-bit—with or without Xen, RHEL 5.3 32-bit, SLES 11 32-bit
and 64-bit—with or without Xen, Sun Solaris 10, VMware ESX Server 3.5/4.0 ESXi 3.5/4.0
Update 4
Extended/long life support
Select blades are supported for long life. (Contact IBM sales for details.)
Length of limited warranty
3 years (parts and labor) onsite
The Bottom Line
The HS22 offers maximum bang for the buck by incorporating outstanding features in a tiny
package:
Price/Performance:
•
Multi-core processors
— Up to
two
2.00
to
3.06GHz
two
-/
four
-/
six
-core Xeon 5500 Series or 5600
Series processors
•
Large cache
—
Up to 12MB
of L3 processor cache (processor-specific)
•
Fast memory access
—
1333MHz, 1066MHz,
or
800MHz
access (depending on the processor
model and DIMMs used)
•
Fast memory access
—
1333MHz
or
1066MHz registered DDR-3
ECC memory
•
Embedded virtualization
(Separately orderable option)
•
Fast disk technology
— Internal
SAS
or
SATA
storage (
2 HDDs
), PCIe
I/O Expansion Unit
or
BladeCenter S chassis
;
RAID-0
data striping
•
Fast I/O
—
10Gb Ethernet
,
4X
InfiniBand
,
iSCSI
,
3Gb SAS
or
8Gb
Fibre Channel
connectivity via
an optional expansion card
•
Fast communications
— Integrated
dual
Gigabit
Ethernet, with the option for two or four additional
Gigabit Ethernet ports via expansion cards and expansion unit (total
12
ports per blade); support for
10Gb Ethernet
Flexibility:
•
Single-
or double-wide
configurations (blade server and one expansion unit)
•
Large memory capacity
— Up to
96GB
standard using
twelve 8GB
DIMMs
•
A choice of
hard disk
or
solid-state
storage
•
High-capacity disk storage
— Up to
1TB
of internal
SAS
or
SATA
storage, with the option for
