IBM BladeCenter HS22 7870A4Y manual

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    Ve r sa ti le , ea sy -t o -u se b l ade opt i mi z ed f or p er fo rm an c e, p ow er an d co ol in g Pl ea s e se e t he Le ga l I nf or m at io n s ec t io n fo r i mp o rt an t n ot ic e s a nd i nf or m at io n. 1 . Pr o du c t Gu i de March 2010 IBM BladeCente r HS22 P ro du c t Ov e rv ie w C ON T EN T S Pr o du c t Ov e rv ie w 1 Se l li ng[...]

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    Ve r sa ti le , ea sy -t o -u se b l ade op ti mi ze d fo r pe rf or man c e, p ow er a nd c ool i ng Pl ea se se e th e Leg al In fo rm ati on s ec t io n fo r i mp or ta nt no ti ce s an d i nf or ma ti on . 2 . rack hardw are) compared to 1U ser vers, it also consolidates switches/bridges and cables for reduced complex ity and lower cabling co s[...]

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    Ve r sa ti le , ea sy -t o -u se b l ade op ti mi ze d fo r pe rf or man c e, p ow er a nd c ool i ng Pl ea se se e th e Leg al In fo rm ati on s ec t io n fo r i mp or ta nt no ti ce s an d i nf or ma ti on . 3 . Flexibility The HS22 has the ab ility to grow w ith your application requiremen ts, thank s to: • U p to t wo m u lt i- c or e X eo n [...]

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    Ve r sa ti le , ea sy -t o -u se b l ade op ti mi ze d fo r pe rf or man c e, p ow er a nd c ool i ng Pl ea se se e th e Leg al In fo rm ati on s ec t io n fo r i mp or ta nt no ti ce s an d i nf or ma ti on . 4 . a cc es s b y mu lt ip le a d mi ni s tr at o rs a t o nc e, v ia t he I MM . • IB M S y st e ms D ir ec to r i s i nc l ud ed f or pr[...]

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    Ve r sa ti le , ea sy -t o -u se b l ade op ti mi ze d fo r pe rf or man c e, p ow er a nd c ool i ng Pl ea se se e th e Leg al In fo rm ati on s ec t io n fo r i mp or ta nt no ti ce s an d i nf or ma ti on . 5 . O pe n Fa br ic M an a ge r • It ’ s co lla bo ra t iv e , en a bl in g y o u to ha rn e ss t h e po w er o f th e i nd u st ry t o [...]

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    Ve r sa ti le , ea sy -t o -u se b l ade op ti mi ze d fo r pe rf or man c e, p ow er a nd c ool i ng Pl ea se se e th e Leg al In fo rm ati on s ec t io n fo r i mp or ta nt no ti ce s an d i nf or ma ti on . 6 . The six-core Xeon processors contain six complete processor cores . The processors also contain one shared 12 MB cache. The shared cache[...]

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    Ve r sa ti le , ea sy -t o -u se b l ade op ti mi ze d fo r pe rf or man c e, p ow er a nd c ool i ng Pl ea se se e th e Leg al In fo rm ati on s ec t io n fo r i mp or ta nt no ti ce s an d i nf or ma ti on . 7 . This new pr ocess or de si gn co m es w ith some trade-offs in me m ory c apacity, performance, and cost: For example, more low er-cost/[...]

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    Ve r sa ti le , ea sy -t o -u se b l ade op ti mi ze d fo r pe rf or man c e, p ow er a nd c ool i ng Pl ea se se e th e Leg al In fo rm ati on s ec t io n fo r i mp or ta nt no ti ce s an d i nf or ma ti on . 8 . Reliability guid elines :  U si ng f ew er , la rg er D IM Ms (f o r ex am p le 6 x 4 G B D IM Ms v s . 12 x 2 G B D IM Ms i s ge ne [...]

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    Ve r sa ti le , ea sy -t o -u se b l ade op ti mi ze d fo r pe rf or man c e, p ow er a nd c ool i ng Pl ea se se e th e Leg al In fo rm ati on s ec t io n fo r i mp or ta nt no ti ce s an d i nf or ma ti on . 9 . including full VMFS support across FC S AN, iSCSI SAN, and NAS, and 4-way V SMP . Because it runs from flash memory, it’s extremely fa[...]

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    Ve r sa ti le , ea sy -t o -u se b l ade op ti mi ze d fo r pe rf or man c e, p ow er a nd c ool i ng Pl ea se se e th e Leg al In fo rm ati on s ec t io n fo r i mp or ta nt no ti ce s an d i nf or ma ti on . 1 0. See the separate Bl adeCen ter Chassis Sales Guide f or detail s. Extensive Sy stem Support Features The IBM services and technical sup[...]

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    Ve r sa ti le , ea sy -t o -u se b l ade op ti mi ze d fo r pe rf or man c e, p ow er a nd c ool i ng Pl ea se se e th e Leg al In fo rm ati on s ec t io n fo r i mp or ta nt no ti ce s an d i nf or ma ti on . 1 1. standard Intelligent Platform Management Interface ( IPMI ) 2.0 - compliant systems management. The AMM provides a nu mber of important[...]

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    Ve r sa ti le , ea sy -t o -u se b l ade op ti mi ze d fo r pe rf or man c e, p ow er a nd c ool i ng Pl ea se se e th e Leg al In fo rm ati on s ec t io n fo r i mp or ta nt no ti ce s an d i nf or ma ti on . 1 2. include such thing s as formatting a hard disk drive, updating sys tem firmware, or deploying a Windows or Linux operating system. Pred[...]

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    Ve r sa ti le , ea sy -t o -u se b l ade op ti mi ze d fo r pe rf or man c e, p ow er a nd c ool i ng Pl ea se se e th e Leg al In fo rm ati on s ec t io n fo r i mp or ta nt no ti ce s an d i nf or ma ti on . 1 3. an array consistin g of multiple physical hard disk drives to be treated as one logical drive. ServeRAID technolog y also allows data t[...]

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    Ve r sa ti le , ea sy -t o -u se b l ade op ti mi ze d fo r pe rf or man c e, p ow er a nd c ool i ng Pl ea se se e th e Leg al In fo rm ati on s ec t io n fo r i mp or ta nt no ti ce s an d i nf or ma ti on . 1 4. Interior View B la de Ce nte r H S2 2 Sp ec i fic at io ns Machine ty pe 7870- A xx , Dxx , Gxx , Hxx, Nxx Form factor 30mm blade Two-c[...]

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    Ve r sa ti le , ea sy -t o -u se b l ade op ti mi ze d fo r pe rf or man c e, p ow er a nd c ool i ng Pl ea se se e th e Leg al In fo rm ati on s ec t io n fo r i mp or ta nt no ti ce s an d i nf or ma ti on . 1 5. B la de Ce nte r H S2 2 Sp ec i fic at io ns processor and m emory c onfigur ation) Memory interleavin g Yes DIMM capacities supported [...]

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    Ve r sa ti le , ea sy -t o -u se b l ade op ti mi ze d fo r pe rf or man c e, p ow er a nd c ool i ng Pl ea se se e th e Leg al In fo rm ati on s ec t io n fo r i mp or ta nt no ti ce s an d i nf or ma ti on . 1 6. B la de Ce nte r H S2 2 Sp ec i fic at io ns # of serial ports None (1 direct via BladeCenter H chassi s, or Serial over LAN in Bla deC[...]

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    Ve r sa ti le , ea sy -t o -u se b l ade op ti mi ze d fo r pe rf or man c e, p ow er a nd c ool i ng Pl ea se se e th e Leg al In fo rm ati on s ec t io n fo r i mp or ta nt no ti ce s an d i nf or ma ti on . 1 7. a dd it io n al 2 .5 -i n ch SA S HD Ds in B la d eC e nt er S ch a ss is • O pt io na l IB M 3 1 .4 GB o r 5 0 .0 G B So li d Sta te[...]

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    Ve r sa ti le , ea sy -t o -u se b l ade op ti mi ze d fo r pe rf or man c e, p ow er a nd c ool i ng P le a se s ee th e Leg al Inf or ma ti o n se ct io n fo r i mp or t an t n ot ic es an d i nf or ma tio n. 1 8. F or M or e In f or m at io n IBM BladeCenter S ervers and Options http:// ibm .com /systems/bladecenter E lectronic Servi ce Agent ht[...]