BladeCenter Chassis Positioning
Which BladeCenter Chassis is Right for You?
IBM offers five different BladeCenter chassis built across a consistent architecture. The chassis are targeted to meet your
unique requirements, yet all encompass the same commitment to excellence. Remember, BladeCenter blades and
switches can be seamlessly moved between chassis. This offers investment protection and incredibly flexible, mix-and-
match deployment choices.
IBM BladeCenter S
BladeCenter S is the chassis designed specifically for the mid-market such
as small offices, and remote branch locations.. Features include:
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Configurable “business in a box” foundation combines sharable integrated
storage with blades and switches
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Comes standard with the BladeCenter Start Now Advisor, which enables
easy set up , with “select and click” configurability
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Up to 6 blades, 7U design (convertible to floor-standing configuration using
the BladeCenter Office Enablement Kit)
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Up to 12 SAS and/or SATA 3.5-inch HDDs, for an all-in-one chassis
containing up to 3.6TB of SAS or 12TB of SATA enterprise-class storage
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Auto sensing 110V or 220V power
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Lowest IT staff requirements
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Lowest total power consumed
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Lowest total heat output
IBM BladeCenter E
BladeCenter E is the core chassis, perfect for mainstream applications, SMBs, data centers and remote sites.
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Up to 14 blades, 7U design
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Highest rack density
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Best energy efficiency per blade
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Best heat efficiency per blade
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Low airflow requirement
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Supports 10Gb Ethernet uplinks and 4Gb Fibre Channel
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Planned availability through 2011
IBM BladeCenter H
BladeCenter H is right for clients looking for next-generation, high-speed I/O—
whether InfiniBand
™
, Fibre Channel or 10Gb Ethernet
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Up to 14 blades, 9U design
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Highest available I/O performance
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Greatest I/O flexibility with up to 8 switch bays
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Hardware-based I/O virtualization
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Supports 30mm blades with up to 8 I/O ports
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Supports 10Gb Ethernet and 4X InfiniBand
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Planned availability through 2011
IBM BladeCenter T
information.
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BladeCenter T is a NEBS 3-compliant, ruggedized chassis ideal for telecom, military
and medical-imaging applications.
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Up to 8 blades, 8U design
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Non-traditional enviroment support—NEBS 3/ETSI
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Ruggedized
chassis
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AC and DC power input
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Planned availability through 2011
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