IBM eServer BladeCenter HS22V manual

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    Hi gh -p er for ma nc e bl ad e se r ver o pt im iz ed f or vi r tu al iz at ion Pl ea se se e t h e Le ga l In fo rm at io n s ect i on f or i mp or ta nt n ot i ce s an d in fo rm at io n. 1 . Pr od u ct G ui de March 2010 IBM BladeCente r HS22V P ro du ct Ove rv i ew C ON TE NT S Pr od u ct O v er vi ew 1 Se l li ng F ea tu re s 2 K ey Fe at ur [...]

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    Hi gh -p er for ma nce bla de s er ve r op ti mi ze d for vi rt ual iz ati on Pl ea se se e t he Leg al In fo rm at io n se ct io n f o r im po rt an t no ti ce s an d i nfo r ma ti on . 2 . solution as one. U s ing a Blad eCenter E chassis, up to 84 HS22V s ervers ( 168 pr oc essors) can be installed in one i ndustr y -standard 42U rack; but the v[...]

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    Hi gh -p er for ma nce bla de s er ve r op ti mi ze d for vi rt ual iz ati on Pl ea se se e t he Leg al In fo rm at io n se ct io n f o r im po rt an t no ti ce s an d i nfo r ma ti on . 3 . • A cho ic e of m em or y spe ed s fr o m 80 0 MH z to 1 06 6 MH z or 1 33 3M Hz . • U p to 1 44 GB o f sy st e m me mo ry i n 1 8 DI MM s l ot s. • U p [...]

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    Hi gh -p er for ma nce bla de s er ve r op ti mi ze d for vi rt ual iz ati on Pl ea se se e t he Leg al In fo rm at io n se ct io n f o r im po rt an t no ti ce s an d i nfo r ma ti on . 4 . o th er s. I n ad d it io n, I BM S ys te ms D ir e cto r o ff er s e xt en de d sy st e ms m an ag em en t to ol s fo r a dd i tio na l se rv er m an ag e me [...]

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    Hi gh -p er for ma nce bla de s er ve r op ti mi ze d for vi rt ual iz ati on Pl ea se se e t he Leg al In fo rm at io n se ct io n f o r im po rt an t no ti ce s an d i nfo r ma ti on . 5 . th a t ha ve d ow nl oa de d o ur o pe n s pe ci fi ca t io n EA SY to d ep lo y, i nt eg ra te a nd ma na g e: • It en ab le s e ff ic ie nt i n te gr at ed[...]

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    Hi gh -p er for ma nce bla de s er ve r op ti mi ze d for vi rt ual iz ati on Pl ea se se e t he Leg al In fo rm at io n se ct io n f o r im po rt an t no ti ce s an d i nfo r ma ti on . 6 . core X5670 pro c essor with 3-6 cores active can run the cores at 3.2GHz . W ith only one or t wo cores active, the same pro c essor can run those cores at 3.3[...]

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    Hi gh -p er for ma nce bla de s er ve r op ti mi ze d for vi rt ual iz ati on Pl ea se se e t he Leg al In fo rm at io n se ct io n f o r im po rt an t no ti ce s an d i nfo r ma ti on . 7 . memory controllers and faster DDR3 1333M Hz m emory. Throughpu t at 800MH z is 25 gigaby tes per second (GBps); at 1066MHz it’s 32GBps ; and at 1333M Hz it?[...]

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    Hi gh -p er for ma nce bla de s er ve r op ti mi ze d for vi rt ual iz ati on Pl ea se se e t he Leg al In fo rm at io n se ct io n f o r im po rt an t no ti ce s an d i nfo r ma ti on . 8 . For increased ava ilability, the HS22V offers an add itional level of IBM Active M emory protection: memory mirroring . Memory mirro ring works much like disk [...]

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    Hi gh -p er for ma nce bla de s er ve r op ti mi ze d for vi rt ual iz ati on Pl ea se se e t he Leg al In fo rm at io n se ct io n f o r im po rt an t no ti ce s an d i nfo r ma ti on . 9 . are also supported, installed by the user on an SSD. ESXi is fully conta ined on the flash drive, w it hout requiring any disk space. Because it runs from flas[...]

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    Hi gh -p er for ma nce bla de s er ve r op ti mi ze d for vi rt ual iz ati on Pl ea se se e t he Leg al In fo rm at io n se ct io n f o r im po rt an t no ti ce s an d i nfo r ma ti on . 1 0. BladeCenter E cha ssis (refreshed with the la t est Advan c ed Manage m ent Modules and power supply modules) of f ers max im um den s ity, great flex ibility[...]

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    Hi gh -p er for ma nce bla de s er ve r op ti mi ze d for vi rt ual iz ati on Pl ea se se e t he Leg al In fo rm at io n se ct io n f o r im po rt an t no ti ce s an d i nfo r ma ti on . 1 1. Ac tiv e En er gy M an ag er (through the BladeCen t er Manag ement Module) might requ est t hat certain blades in each domain throttle dow n to reduce power [...]

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    Hi gh -p er for ma nce bla de s er ve r op ti mi ze d for vi rt ual iz ati on Pl ea se se e t he Leg al In fo rm at io n se ct io n f o r im po rt an t no ti ce s an d i nfo r ma ti on . 1 2. Support Manage r, Produ c t Customization er- Services and extensive technical support offerings. The IBM ServerPr oven program prov ides t he confiden ce tha[...]

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    Hi gh -p er for ma nce bla de s er ve r op ti mi ze d for vi rt ual iz ati on Pl ea se se e t he Leg al In fo rm at io n se ct io n f o r im po rt an t no ti ce s an d i nfo r ma ti on . 1 3. Memory — Me m ory is a signif ic ant factor in systems application perf ormance. Adding more memory to a Blade Center server is one of the m ost effe c tive[...]

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    Hi gh -p er for ma nce bla de s er ve r op ti mi ze d for vi rt ual iz ati on Pl ea se se e t he Leg al In fo rm at io n se ct io n f o r im po rt an t no ti ce s an d i nfo r ma ti on . 1 4. Interior View B la de Ce nt e r HS 22 V Sp ec if ic a tio n s Machine ty pe 7871- A xx, Dxx, Gxx, Hxx, Nxx Form factor 30mm blade Two-core Xeon (E55xx) 2.00GH[...]

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    Hi gh -p er for ma nce bla de s er ve r op ti mi ze d for vi rt ual iz ati on Pl ea se se e t he Leg al In fo rm at io n se ct io n f o r im po rt an t no ti ce s an d i nfo r ma ti on . 1 5. B la de Ce nt e r HS 22 V Sp ec if ic a tio n s Standard memory t y pe Registered PC3-106 00 DDR3 ECC (opera t ing at 1333MHz , 1066MH z or 800MHz, depending [...]

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    Hi gh -p er for ma nce bla de s er ve r op ti mi ze d for vi rt ual iz ati on Pl ea se se e t he Leg al In fo rm at io n se ct io n f o r im po rt an t no ti ce s an d i nfo r ma ti on . 1 6. B la de Ce nt e r HS 22 V Sp ec if ic a tio n s # of USB ports 1 (plus 2 via chas s is) Systems manage ment controller Integrated Manag ement Module Diagnosti[...]

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    Hi gh -p er for ma nce bla de s er ve r op ti mi ze d for vi rt ual iz ati on Pl ea se se e t he Leg al In fo rm at io n se ct io n f o r im po rt an t no ti ce s an d i nfo r ma ti on . 1 7. • Tw o ad di ti on al o pt io na l ad ap te r s lo ts —  Pr o vi de d by a B la de Ce nte r PC I Exp re ss I /O E xp a ns io n Un it 3 10 Manageability[...]

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    Hi gh -p er for ma nce bla de s er ve r op ti mi ze d for vi rt ual iz ati on Pl ea se se e t he Leg al In fo rm at io n se ct io n f o r im po rt an t no ti ce s an d i nfo r ma ti on . 1 8. F or M or e I nf or ma ti on IBM BladeCenter Servers an d Options http:// ibm . com /systems / blade c enter IBM Systems Direc tor Service and Support Ma nage[...]