High-performance blade server optimized for virtualization
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20.
The Bottom Line
The HS22V offers maximum bang for the buck by incorporating powerful features in a tiny
package:
Price/Performance
•
Multi-core processors
— Up to
two
2.0
to
3.46GHz six-core
or
1.6
to
3.6GHz four-core
Xeon
5600
series processors; or
2.26GHz
four
-
core
or
2.0GHz
two
-
core
Xeon
5500
series processors
•
Low-voltage processors
— Up to
two
60-watt six-core
or
40-watt four-core
Xeon
5600
series
processors
•
Large cache
—
Up to 12MB
of L3 processor cache (processor-specific)
•
Embedded virtualization
via optional internal flash drive
•
Fast memory access
—
1333MHz
,
1066MHz
, or
800MHz
access (depending on the processor
model and DIMMs used); 1333GHz memory access even with 2 DIMMs per channel (processor-
specific)
•
Fast graphics
— Up to
2 graphics processing units
(GPUs) per server (using the optional BPE4
expansion unit)
•
High-IOPS technology
— Optional
High IOPS
SSD adapters
•
Fast I/O
—
10Gb Ethernet
,
10Gb CNA
,
4X InfiniBand
,
6Gb SAS
, or
8Gb Fibre Channel
connectivity via an optional expansion card, as well as Virtual Fabric for IBM BladeCenter
•
Fast storage technology
—
SSDs offer up to 8X more IOPS than HDDs
•
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-
to five-wide
configurations (blade server and up to 4 I/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 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 standard; enhanced
RAID-1E
arrays are available using
a
BladeCenter S chassis
;
RAID-5
arrays are also available using an optional
ServeRAID
controller
•
Two
available
adapter slots
standard :
Two
CFF (compact form factor) slots: one high-speed CFFh and one standard-speed CIOv
•
Additional
optional
adapter slots
12
—
Up to
3
total, using
1
BladeCenter
PCI Express I/O Expansion Unit 3 (BPE3)
blade
Up to
10
total, using
4
BladeCenter
PCI Express Gen 2 Expansion Blade 4
(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 protection support
Memory mirroring
•
Optional
solid-state drives
as a high-reliability alternative to internal storage (with up to three times
the MTBF of spinning disk drives)
12
The PCIe expansion units each require an adjacent blade slot.
