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1. Front side bus FSB speed 1066MHz AxX AxY C1X C1Y L1X L1Y L2X L2Y NTX NTY 1333MHz C2X C2Y H1X H1Y L3X L3Y L4X L4Y L5X L5Y L6X L6Y of processors standard maximum 1 2 NEBS ETSI Compliance Select blades are NEBS3 ETSI compliant Contact IBM sales for details Internal L2 cache 8MB 2 x 4MB shared cache AxX AxY CxX CxY 4MB 1 x 4MB shared cache all other models Chipset Intel 5000P Standard maximum memory 1GB 2 x 512MB or 2GB 2x1GB model dependent 16GB 32GB using a Memory and I O Expansion Unit Standard memory type PC2 5300 667MHz Fully Buffered DDR Il ECC Memory interleaving Yes DIMM capacities supported 512MB 1GB 2GB 4GB Chipkill protection supported Yes using 1GB or larger DIMMs of DIMM sockets total available 4 2 standard 8 6 using a Memory and I O Expansion Unit of 2 5 inch drive bays total available 2 2 SAS standard 5 5 SAS using a Storage and I O Expansion Unit of 3 5 inch drive bays total available None Maximum internal 2 5 HDD capacity Standard 146 8GB 2 x 73 4GB fixed SAS using SFF card or no expansion card 73 4GB 1 x 73 4GB fixed SAS using legacy expansion card Using a Storage and I O Expansion Unit 367GB 5 x 73 4GB two fixed SAS three hot swap SAS 2 5 inch HDD capacities supported 36 4 73 4 146 8GB
2. of serial breakout ports 1 of parallel ports None USB based of mouse ports None USB based of keyboard ports None USB based of USB 2 0 ports 2 on Management Module Please see the Legal Information section for important notices and information 18 Workhorse 2 socket dual and quad core Intel Xeon blade server BladeCenter H Chassis Specifications Light path diagnostic panel 2 one on Media Tray one on Management Module Blades switch modules bridge modules management modules power Predictive Failure Analysis support modules blower modules media tray HDDs Power supply size standard 2900W AC of power supplies standard maximum 2 4 hot swap redundant of blower modules standard max 2 2 hot swap redundant Blower module airflow front to back 430 CFM at 25 C 800 CFM at 32 C or greater Dimensions HWD weight ve IW i iud 28 0 711mm D Length of limited warranty 3 years parts and labor onsite BladeCenter T Chassis Images Front View Rear View PCI I O Expansion Unit Management Modules Power Plugs din et n Media Tray Light Path ARES Diagnostics Panel c D AT s EK Ethernet Switch Modules Optical Drive Blower e v e BladeCenter T Chassis Specifications 8720 2RX DC Machine type 8730 2RX AC NEBS ETSI compliance Yes N
3. lOl v v O Please see the Legal Information section for important notices and information 22 Workhorse 2 socket dual and quad core Intel Xeon blade server For More Information IBM BladeCenter Servers and Options Electronic Service Agent Rack Configurator ServerProven Program Technical Support Other Technical Support Resources Configuration and Options Guide Legal Information IBM Corporation 2006 IBM Systems and Technology Group Dept U2SA 3039 Cornwallis Road Research Triangle Park NC 27709 Produced in the USA November 2006 All rights reserved For a copy of applicable product warranties write to Warranty Information P O Box 12195 RTP NC 27709 Attn Dept JDJA B203 IBM makes no representation or warranty regarding third party products or services including those designated as ServerProven or ClusterProven Telephone support may be subject to additional charges For onsite labor IBM will attempt to diagnose and resolve the problem remotely before sending a technician IBM the IBM logo the e business logo AIX BladeCenter Calibrated Vectored Cooling IBM System Storage Predictive Failure Analysis ServeRAID System x and xSeries are trademarks of IBM Corporation in the United States and or other countries For a list of additional IBM trademarks please see http ibm com legal copytrade shtml AMD the AMD arrow logo AMD Opteron and combinations thereof are trademarks of Advanced
4. KVM ports two USB 1 1 ports and a light path diagnostic panel The media tray is shared by all the blades in the server This eliminates unnecessary parts and reduces the number of parts than can fail A floppy drive is optional Long life availability The BladeCenter T chassis will be produced for at least 3 years from date of General Availability This allows telecom Network Equipment Manufacturers NEPs and Service Providers SPs to standardize on a configuration for longer than traditional enterprise platforms Product availability for periods longer than 3 years will be handled on an individual basis It is extremely important to include all infrastructure costs when comparing a BladeCenter T solution to a competitor s offering not just the cost of the chassis and the blades The high density and level of integration of the BladeCenter T chassis can greatly reduce the cost of the overall solution For example because up to five chassis will fit in a rack this means that up to 40 blade servers can be installed Also because up to four Ethernet Fibre Channel or other supported Switches can be installed per chassis up to 20 switches can be installed per rack without having to reserve any U space for switches And the integrated switches may be less expensive than external self powered switches Plus the number of power distribution units PDUs needed per rack may be lessened because there are fewer discrete devices to have to
5. RMCP SHA 1 AES e Local update of BMC firmware e Firmware firewall e Support for IPMI v2 0 compliant management software e g xCAT e Other mandatory and optional IPMI BMC functions The BMC via the management module alerts IBM Director to anomalous environmental factors Such as voltage and thermal conditions even if the server has failed Other systems management features offered for the combination of blade server and chassis include Predictive Failure Analysis for system processors memory and HDDs as well as chassis switch modules blower modules and power modules e Web based out of band control Windows blue screen capture Remote virtual media e High speed remote redirection of PCI video keyboard and mouse e SSL Secure Socket Layer and LDAP Lightweight Directory Access Protocol support In order to put control of processor power saving features at the fingertips of administrators IBM developed IBM PowerExecutive IBM PowerExecutive is designed to take advantage of new processor features such as balancing the performance of the system according to available power input It provides the ability to plan and predict power consumption based on your BladeCenter hardware configuration It also allows you to reduce the infrastructure required for redundancy by using fewer servers on smaller power feeds and potentially lowering your overall data center support costs It does this by inventorying all components a
6. systems have been tested on the blade servers and are officially supported to work together It is updated frequently to keep the latest compatibility information at your fingertips IBM Rack Configurator is a downloadable tool that simplifies the often complex chore of configuring a full rack of servers including blade servers and confirming that you have all the cables power distribution units KVM keyboard video and mouse switch boxes and other components you need as well as the proper airflow clearances electrical circuits and other environmental conditions IBM ServerGuide installed from CD simplifies the process of installing and configuring xSeries servers ServerGuide goes beyond mere hardware configuration by assisting with the automated installation of the Microsoft Windows Server 2000 and 2003 operating systems device drivers and other system components with minimal user intervention Drivers are also included for support of Novell NetWare Red Hat Linux and SUSE LINUX This focus on deployment helps you reduce both your total cost of ownership and the complexity that administrators and technical personnel face IBM offers an innovative call home feature that allows xSeries servers to automatically report hardware problems to IBM support which can even dispatch onsite service if necessary to those customers entitled to onsite support under the terms of their warranty or an IBM Maintenance Agreement The IBM Elect
7. 10K RPMs of HDDs standard None of optical drives standard None one standard in chassis of diskette drives standard None one standard in BladeCen ter or BladeCenter H chassis Internal tape drives supported None SAN attached Disk drive technology SAS Integrated disk controller LSI Logic 53C1046E standard in HS21 ServeRAID 8k l using a Storage and I O Expansion Unit Optional RAID controller None ServeRAID 8k using a Storage and I O Expansion Unit RAID levels supported RAID 0 1 standard RAID 0 1 1E ServeRAID 8k l RAID 0 1 1E 5 ServeRAID 8k of disk drives supported per channel 4 four drive limit due to available bays 5 Maximum memory and disk capacity may require the replacement of standard components with the largest supported component available Please see the Legal Information section for important notices and information 14 Workhorse 2 socket dual and quad core Intel Xeon blade server BladeCenter HS21 Specifications External disk drive support NAS SAN attach of adapter slots standard 1 legacy PCI X slot plus 1 PCI E ora second PCI X slot on the blade 1 in place of second PCI X slot of PCLE slots 1 PCI E slot available with the optional Storage and I O Expansion Unit 1 total 1 or 2 in place of PCI E slot of PCI X slots 2 extra via optional PCI Expansion Unit Il 3 total 1 o
8. HS21 servers 168 processors can be installed in one industry standard 42U rack but the value of BladeCenter extends far beyond high density data center environments 1 Actual data transfer speed will vary and is often less than the maximum possible Gigabit Ethernet transfer speed requires support on both system and server and appropriate network infrastructure Please see the Legal Information section for important notices and information 1 Workhorse 2 socket dual and quad core Intel Xeon blade server The various BladeCenter chassis are designed to monitor environmental conditions in the chassis and each blade and send alerts to the administrator Advanced standard features such as Active Memory Predictive Failure Analysis light path diagnostics hot swa redundant power supplies and blower modules with Calibrated Vectored Cooling IPMI 2 0 support including highly secure remote power control text console redirect over LAN a Management Module upgradeable with a redundant MM IBM Director management software including IBM PowerExecutive Remote Deployment Manager and IBM ServerGuide help maintain system availability with increased uptime If you need highly manageable high performance computing power in a space or power constrained environment the HS21 is the ideal system mcm m H we c Selling Features Price P
9. I controller offers hardware RAID 0 1 1E support and 32MB of fast PC2 4200 DDR2 cache for the internal drives A ServeRAID 8k option adds RAID 5 support for up to five direct attached SAS drives along with 256MB of cache memory for higher performance and battery backup without consuming a valuable adapter slot The SAS controller provides data transfer speeds of up to 300MB per second in each direction full duplex across the SAS bus for an aggregate speed of 600MBps nearly double that of Ultra320 SCSI s 320MBps half duplex bandwidth The serial design of the SAS bus allows maximum performance to be maintained as additional drives are added High Performance Adapter Slots The HS21 blade server includes one x8 PCI E and one 133MHz PCI X adapter slot on each blade Either one legacy PCI X expansion card or one SFF small form factor PCI E adapter can be installed in this blade one card total One of three possible expansion units may be added to increase the number of expansion card slots available Each will utilize the PCI E slot in the HS21 The 30mm Memory and I O Expansion Unit provides one PCI X slot in addition to the one on the HS21 blade The 30mm PCI I O Expansion Unit Il provides two PCI X slots in addition to the one on the HS21 blade 3 PCI X slots usable e The 30mm Storage and I O Expansion Unit provides two adapter slots either two PCI X cards or one PCI X and one PCI E slot in addition to the one PCI X
10. IBM Director can issue administrator alerts via e mail pager and other methods Availability and Serviceability BladeCenter chassis are designed for operation with greatly reduced potential for single points of failure Most aspects of operation from blade servers to communication modules to management modules to power and blower modules are hot swappable The midplane connections are redundant and the other features can be made so when used in pairs HS21 blade servers support the use of Chipkill enabled memory DIMMs Chipkill memory can be up to 16X better than standard ECC memory at correcting some types of memory errors This can help reduce downtime caused by memory errors IPMI 2 0 supports highly secure remote system power on off using data encryption This allows an administrator to restart a server without having to visit it in person saving travel time and getting the server back up and running quickly and securely Environmentally tuned blower modules in the chassis adjust to compensate for changing thermal characteristics At the lower speeds they draw less power and suffer less wear Equally important in a crowded data center temperature controlled blowers produce less ambient noise in the data center than if they were constantly running at full speed Text and graphics console redirection support allows the administrator to remotely view HS21 For terms and conditions or copies of the IBM Statement of Limited Warr
11. IBM PowerPC processor based JS20 JS21 blades Depending on the blade servers used the various BladeCenter chassis support Microsoft Windows Linux Netware IBM AIX and Sun Solaris 10 operating systems in the same chassis Every HS LS JS blade server ever released by IBM is supported in BladeCenter H and most are supported in every BladeCenter chassis ever released going back to 2002 Every switch module released by IBM is equally compatible Ask HP and Dell how far back their compatibility goes Future blades and fabric switches are expected to continue to be compatible with previous chassis for the foreseeable future A blade server has access to as many as 10 communication switches and or bridges in one BladeCenter H chassis Up to 6 switches in a BladeCenter or BladeCenter T chassis And the switches can be Ethernet iSCSI InfiniBand Fibre Channel Myrinet or anything else designed and ServerProven for BladeCenter use Switches bridges and interface cards are currently available from such vendors as Brocade Cisco Intel McData Nortel QLogic Cisco Topspin and others in addition to IBM Manageability The HS21 blade server includes a Baseboard Management Controller BMC to monitor server availability perform Predictive Failure Analysis etc and trigger IBM Director alerts Each BladeCenter chassis includes a Management Module or Advanced Management Module to provide additional systems management capabilities including
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13. plug in In addition because all the blades are connected to all the switches inside the chassis there is no need for external Ethernet or other communication cables to connect the blades and switches Only the few cables needed to connect the switches to the external world are required This not only can save the cost of numerous cables per rack but also the clutter and bother of routing that many cables An added bonus is potentially much freer airflow behind the rack due to fewer cables Light Path Diagnostics Light path diagnostics enables a technician to quickly identify and locate a failed or failing system component such as a specific blower module or memory DIMM This enables quick replacement of the component which helps increase server uptime and lower servicing costs The front of each blade server and the chassis itself has an LED indicator light to show possible component failures This lets the servicer identify the failing component without the need to or remove the blade server from the chassis The light path diagnostics panel tells the Please see the Legal Information section for important notices and information 9 Workhorse 2 socket dual and quad core Intel Xeon blade server DEMAND EXPRESS PORTFOLIO BUILT FOR MID SIZED BUSINESS mu Serve r Proven servicer which component of the affected server requires attention In addition many components have their own identifying LEDs For exam
14. processors The Xeon processors are designed with 4MB dual core or 8MB quad core of L2 cache a leading edge 1066 or 1333MHz front side bus FSB and 64 bit extensions EM64T to help provide the computing power you require to match your business needs and growth The HS21 supports up to 32GB of 667MHz PC2 5300 Fully Buffered ECC Error Checking and Correcting double data rate Il DDR2 memory in 8 DIMM slots using the Memory and I O Expansion Unit with optional Chipkill protection for high performance and reliability The base HS21 is packaged into a single 30mm form factor and supports up to 16GB of memory in 4 DIMM slots Integrated dual Gigabit Ethernet controllers are standard providing high speed data transfers and offering TOE TCP Offload Engine support load balancing and failover capabilities The Memory and I O Expansion Unit provides two additional Gigabit Ethernet controllers without TOE support Via optional expansion cards each blade can also connect to additional Ethernet Myrinet Fibre Channel iSCSI InfiniBand and other high speed communication switches housed in the chassis Optional 2 port Expansion Cards add additional fabrics to the HS21 server as needed This blade is designed with power management capability to provide the maximum uptime possible for your systems In extended thermal conditions or power brownouts rather than shut down completely or fail the HS21 automatically reduces the processor frequen
15. section for important notices and information 6 Workhorse 2 socket dual and quad core Intel Xeon blade server pass through devices All modules when installed in pairs offer load balancing and failover support ntegrated switch modules mean that no extra rack U space is required Two module bays for management modules IBM BladeCenter Management Module or the new Advanced Management Module depending on the model of the BladeCenter chassis The management module provides advanced systems management and KVM capabilities for not only the chassis itself but for all of the blades and other modules installed in the chassis The Management Module provides capabilities similar to the IBM Remote Supervisor Adapter Il used in stand alone IBM System x or IBM eServer xSeries rack and tower servers The features of the Management Module can be accessed either locally or remotely across a network One module comes standard A second Management Module can be added for hot swap redundancy and failover e Four module bays for Blower Modules Two hot swap redundant blower modules come standard with the chassis They are capable of providing efficient cooling for up to 7 blades These modules replace the need for each blade to contain its own fans The two blowers are more energy efficient than dozens or hundreds of smaller fans would be and they offer many fewer points of potential failure Two additional blower modules can be ins
16. EBS Level 3 Rack form factor H x D 8U x 20 inches of DVD CD Combo drives standard 1 in Media Tray of diskette drives standard 1 in Media Tray Internal tape drives supported None SAN attached External disk drive support NAS SAN attach of video ports 1 in Media Tray of blade slots 8 x 30mm low voltage 7 x 30mm enis Voron 4 x 60mm or combinations of switch module slots 4 Please see the Legal Information section for important notices and information 19 Workhorse 2 socket dual and quad core Intel Xeon blade server BladeCenter T Chassis Specifications of management modules std max 1 2 Systems management controller BladeCenter T Advanced Management Module of RS485 ports None of serial breakout ports None of parallel ports None USB based of mouse ports None USB based of keyboard ports None USB based of USB 2 0 ports 2 in Media Tray Light path diagnostic panel Yes in Media Tray Blades switch modules management modules power modules blower modules Predictive Failure Analysis support media tray 1300W DC 8720 2RX 38V to 75V 48V nominal Power supply size standard 1300W AC 8730 2RX of power supplies standard 2 4 maximum of blower modules standard max 4 4 Blower module airflow front to back 330 CFM per blower 13 75 349mm H 17 4 442mm W 20 0 508mm D 98 192
17. Ib Dimensions HWD weight 44 5 87 4 kg Extended Long Life Support 3 yrs production from date of GA 5 yrs post production support standard Length of limited warranty 3 years parts and labor onsite The Bottom Line The HS21 offers maximum bang for the buck by incorporating outstanding features in a tiny package Performance Dual core processors Up to two 1 6 to 2 33GHz quad core or 1 6 to 3 0GHz dual core 64 bit EM64T Xeon processors Fast front side bus 1066 or 1333MHz FSB Large cache 8MB or 4MB of shared L2 processor cache e Fast memory 667MHz Fully Buffered PC2 5300 DDR Il ECC memory e Fast disk technology Internal SAS storage 2 HDDs with the option for three additional SAS HDDs in an adjacent Storage and I O Expansion Unit 5 HDDs total RAID 0 data striping e Fast I O 4X InfiniBand Myrinet iSCSI or Fibre Channel connectivity via an optional expansion card support for 10Gb Ethernet when available e Fast communications Integrated dual Gigabit Ethernet with the option for two additional Gigabit Ethernet ports via expansion cards total 8 ports per blade and expansion unit Flexibility Single double triple or quadruple wide configurations Large memory capacity Up to 16GB standard using four 4GB DIMMs or up to 32GB and eight DIMM slots using the Memory and I O Expansion Unit High capacity disk storage Up to 146 8GB of internal SA
18. S storage with the option for three additional 2 5 inch SAS HDDs in an adjacent Storage and I O Expansion Unit 5 HDDs 367GB total e Integrated RAID RAID 1 mirrored arrays standard enhanced RAID 1E arrays optional using a Storage and I O Expansion Unit RAID 5 arrays available using the optional ServeRAID 8k controller P EL J snQM7 i sr Please see the Legal Information section for important notices and information 20 Workhorse 2 socket dual and quad core Intel Xeon blade server I N e Wa sm m t t e One available adapter slot standard CQ Onelegacy slot for standard PCI X adapters or Q One high speed PCI E slot e Additional optional adapter slots Q Twolegacy PCI X slots or one PCI X and one high speed PCI E slot provided by the Storage and I O Expansion Unit m Two standard PCI X slots provided by the PCI I O Expansion Unit W Qj One standard PCI X slot and one high speed PCI E slot provided by the Memory and I O Expansion Unit Manageability and Availability e BM Director systems management software including QO IBM PowerExecutive IBM Management Processor Assistant IBM Rack Manager IBM RAID Manager IBM Update Assistant IBM Software Distribution Q IBM System Availab
19. The management module provides advanced systems management and KVM capabilities for not only the chassis itself but for all of the blades and other modules installed in the chassis The Management Module provides capabilities similar to the IBM Remote Supervisor Adapter Il used in stand alone xSeries rack and tower servers The features of the Management Module can be accessed either locally or remotely across a network One module comes standard A second Management Module can be added for hot swap redundancy and failover The modules include a light path diagnostics panel containing LEDs that identify which internal components are in need of service Four module bays for Blower Modules All four hot swap redundant blower modules come standard with the chassis These modules replace the need for each blade to contain its own fans The blowers are more energy efficient than dozens or hundreds of smaller fans would be and they offer many fewer points of potential failure Four module bays for Power Modules BladeCenter T ships with two 1300W high efficiency hot swap redundant DC or AC model specific power modules upgradeable to four capable of handling the power needs of the entire chassis Redundant Midplane connections By giving each blade two physical connections to the midplane that connects all blades and modules together internally a failure of one connector alone cannot bring down the server A Tray containing a CD ROM drive
20. Web based out of band control virtual floppy and CD ROM support Windows blue screen error capture LDAP and SSL support and remote redirection of video text keyboard and mouse Integrated industry standard IPMI 2 0 support works with the BMC to alert IBM Director to anomalous environmental factors such as voltage and thermal conditions It also supports highly secure remote power control IBM PowerExecutive an IBM exclusive is designed to take advantage of new system power management features by monitoring actual power usage and providing power consumption capping features More accurate power usage data helps with data center construction planning and the sizing of power and cooling needs as well as allowing you to use available power more efficiently The HS21 supports an optional feature card that provides concurrent KVM cKVM and concurrent media cMedia access by multiple administrators at once This card uses a dedicated slot and does not affect the use of PCI X PCI E adapters IBM Director 5 1x is included for proactive systems management and works with both the blade s internal BMC and the chassis management module It comes with a portfolio of tools including BM PowerExecutive Management Processor Assistant RAID Manager Update Assistant and Software Distribution In addition IBM Director offers extended systems management tools for additional server management and increased availability When a problem is encountered
21. Workhorse 2 socket dual and quad core Intel Xeon blade server Product Guide November 2006 Product Overview Uncompromising 2 socket blade server for business critical or telecommunications applications Suggested uses Front and mid tier applications requiring high performance enterprise class availability and extreme flexibility and power efficiency CONTENTS Product Overview Selling Features Key Features Key Options HS21 Images HS21 Specifications BladeCenter Images BladeCenter Specs BladeCenter H Images BladeCenter H Specs BladeCenter T Images BladeCenter T Specs The Bottom Line Server Rec Map For More Information Legal Information 12 13 13 16 16 17 18 19 19 20 22 23 23 Today s data center environment is tougher than ever You are looking to reduce IT cost complexity space requirements power consumption and heat output while increasing flexibility utilization and manageability Incorporating IBM X Architecture features the IBM BladeCenter HS21 blade server combined with the various BladeCenter chassis can help you accomplish all of these goals Reducing an entire server into as little as 5U of rack space does not mean trading away features and capabilities for smaller size Each HS21 blade server offers features comparable to many 1U rack optimized full featured servers The HS21 supports up to two of the latest full performance low power draw quad and dual core Intel Xeon
22. anagement functions IBM Director enables you to customize thresholds and monitor system components for things like temperature voltage regulation etc to help maximize uptime IBM options for xSeries servers let you take your servers to a higher level You can rely on xSeries and blade options to supply a comprehensive solution for your business needs Options help you create an optimized server system to meet your data protection storage and availability needs Every IBM option is designed and tested for peak performance and flexibility helping to maximize your return on investment The combination of xSeries servers and options lets you keep your fingers on the pulse of your e business Processors The Intel Xeon processor provides high clock rates 64 bit extensions a large cache Hyper Threading Technology and advanced features for availability and manageability Large cache size combined with an 800MHz system bus speed reduce memory latency and facilitate the movement of data through the processor and I O devices Note System performance depends not only on the number of processors in the server but also on the power and functionality of each processor Adding a second processor may be a cost effective way to achieve significant performance improvements Memory Memory is a significant factor in systems application performance Adding more memory to a BladeCenter server is one of the most effective ways to increase applica
23. ansion unit that offers additional direct attached storage e 10K RPM 2 5 inch 36 4 or 73 4GB capacities 146 8GB maximum If this is not enough internal storage an optional sidecar storage blade is available The Storage and I O Expansion Unit is a 30mm blade that supports up to three 2 5 inch hot swap SAS HDDs It is installed in the slot adjacent to an HS21 blade server Fully populating both the HS21 blade and the expansion unit provides up to 367GB of local storage to the HS21 blade server This storage can be configured as a single RAID 1 or RAID 5 array or as two separate RAID arrays one in the expansion unit and the other in the base blade for even more flexibility If you need more storage space terabyte capacities are possible with optional external iSCSI and SAN storage solutions External Tape Storage The HS21 supports various external rack mounted SAN attached tape drives Supported tape technologies include e IBM 2U Universal Tape Autoloader e IBM 4U Universal Tape Library Please see the Legal Information section for important notices and information 5 Workhorse 2 socket dual and quad core Intel Xeon blade server Disk Controllers All HS21 models include an integrated LSI 1064E SAS controller This controller supports up to two internal SAS LVD low voltage differential drives and offers hardware RAID 0 1 support If an optional Storage and I O Expansion Unit is used the integrated ServeRAID 8k
24. anty call 800 772 2227 in the U S In Canada call 800 426 2255 Telephone support may be subject to additional charges For warranties including onsite labor a technician is sent after IBM attempts to resolve the problem remotely International warranty service is available in any country in which this product is sold Please see the Legal Information section for important notices and information 3 Workhorse 2 socket dual and quad core Intel Xeon blade server Key Features intl P Xeon me Ocessor Id text and graphic messages over serial or LAN connections e A standard three year parts and labor limited onsite warranty affords you peace of mind and greater potential investment protection IBM Systems Agenda The philosophy behind the design of the HS21 and the various BladeCenter Chassis involves four major aspects Openness Collaborative Innovation Virtualization and Technology Innovation that Matters e Unlike competitive blade solutions many parts of the BladeCenter specifications have been made open Hundreds of vendors have downloaded the specifications and dozens so far have released products designed specifically for BladeCenter including Brocade Topspin Cisco Nortel Emulex and others This provides a wider selection of options to better fit your needs than a purely proprietary offering could e BM has collaborated with industry leaders to offer innovative solution packages for specific indus
25. buffered PC2 3200 memory By performing reads and writes simultaneously it eliminates the previous memory read to write blocking latency In addition it also offers innovative data reliability and security features to help improve data integrity including enhanced CRC protection data retry on error detect and buffer registers for improved fault isolation For increased availability the HS21 offers two additional but mutually exclusive levels of IBM Active Memory protection online memory mirroring and online hot spare memory Memory mirroring works much like disk mirroring The total memory is divided into two channels Data is written concurrently to both channels If a DIMM fails in one of the DIMMs in the primary channel it is instantly disabled and the mirrored backup memory in the other channel becomes active primary until the failing DIMM is replaced One half of total memory is available for use with mirroring enabled Note Due to the double writes to memory performance is affected When online hot spare memory is enabled using single and or dual rank DIMMs one rank is set aside per branch as online spares in case one of the other ranks fails The spare rank must have capacity at least that of the largest active rank In an HS21 with 16GB installed up to 8GB using 4 single rank 4GB DIMMs or 12GB using 4 dual rank 4GB DIMMs of memory is available when the hot spare feature is active The lowest numbered rank of those with th
26. cessors offer considerably higher performance than a same speed Xeon processor with dual cores Intelligent Power Capability powers individual processor elements on and off as needed to reduce power draw Intel Extended Memory 64 Technology EM64T 64 bit extensions allow Xeon processors to use large memory addressing when running with a 64 bit operating system This can result in higher performance Additional registers and instructions SSE3 can further boost performance for applications written to use them Contact your software providers to determine their software support for EM64T DDR II ECC Fully Buffered Memory with Chipkill Protection The HS21 shins with PC2 530h fullv huffered double data rate II DDR Il memorv aneratina Please see the Legal Information section for important notices and information 4 Workhorse 2 socket dual and quad core Intel Xeon blade server at 667MHz for faster access and provides Active Memory features including advanced Chipkill memory protection using 1GB or larger DIMMs for up to 16X better error correction than standard ECC memory The HS21 supports up to 16GB of memory in four DIMM slots Adding a 30mm Memory and I O Expansion Unit doubles the memory support to 32GB in eight DIMM slots The fully buffered memory in the HS21 provides up to triple the memory bandwidth up to 21 3GBps in four channels of PC2 5300 fully buffered DIMMs vs a maximum of 6 4GBps in two channels of un
27. cost of the chassis and the blades The high density and level of integration of the BladeCenter chassis greatly reduces the cost of the overall solution For example because up to six chassis will fit in a rack this means that up to 84 blade servers can be installed Competitive blade offerings would require a second rack for this many blades Also because up to four Ethernet Myrinet Fibre Channel InfiniBand or other switches can be installed per chassis up to 24 switches can be installed per rack without having to reserve any U space for switches unlike the competition And the integrated switches may be less expensive than external self powered switches Plus the number of power distribution units PDUs needed per rack may be lessened because there are fewer discrete devices to have to plug in In addition because all the blades are connected to all the switches inside the chassis there is no need for external Ethernet or other communication cables to connect the blades and switches Only the few cables needed to connect the switches to the external world are required This not only saves the cost of numerous cables per rack but also the clutter and bother of routing that many cables An added bonus is potentially much freer airflow behind the rack due to fewer cables BladeCenter H is an even higher performing 9U chassis designed for compute intensive environments such as Earth Life Sciences commercial analytics and next genera
28. cy to maintain acceptable thermal and power levels All HS21 models offer impressive features at an equally impressive price including up to two SAS hard disk drives with RAID 0 data striping or RAID 1 disk mirroring support An optional 30mm Storage and I O Expansion Unit connects to a blade model dependent to provide an additional three 2 5 SAS HDDs with hot swap support optional RAID 5 with battery backed cache and four additional communication ports Moreover the HS21 is optimized for diskless operation offering each blade server access to essentially unlimited storage capacity via Fibre Channel or iSCSI A single BladeCenter or BladeCenter H chassis supports up to 14 hot swappable 30mm wide HS21 blades in only 7U BladeCenter or 9U BladeCenter H of rack space or up to 8 hot swappable blades in the rugged 8U BladeCenter T chassis Plans call for supporting up to 8 HS21 NEBS 3 ETSI compliant blades in a telecommunications environment In addition to the blade servers these chassis also hold up to four BladeCenter BladeCenter T communication switches or up to ten switches bridges BladeCenter H internally Not only can this save significant data center space and therefore the cost of floor space and rack hardware compared to 1U servers it also consolidates switches bridges and cables for reduced complexity and lower cabling costs and allows clients to manage everything in the solution as one Using a BladeCenter chassis up to 84
29. d for automatic failover to backups Forward and backward compatibility Most blades and every switch and passthru module released for IBM BladeCenter since 2002 are supported Many new blades and fabric switches released by IBM for BladeCenter H or BladeCenter T will also be supported in the original BladeCenter chassis e Fourteen 30mm blade slots These hot swap slots are capable of supporting up to 14 HS20 HS21 Xeon LS20 LS21 AMD Opteron and JS20 JS21 IBM PowerPC 970FX MP blade servers or 7 double wide 60mm HS40 or LS41 blade servers or a mixture of 30mm and 60mm blades It also supports multiple optional 30mm Expansion Units in combination with the blade servers using the same blade slots Up to six chassis can be installed in an industry standard 42U rack for a total of up to 84 30mm blade servers per rack with full power redundancy Four module slots for communication and I O switches The modules interface with all of the blade servers in the chassis and eliminate the need for external switches or expensive cumbersome cabling All connections are done internally via the midplane Two module slots are reserved for hot swap redundant Gigabit Ethernet switch modules The other two bays support additional Gigabit Ethernet modules or Fibre Channel InfiniBand and other switch modules or Data transfer rates depend on many factors and are often less than the maximum possible Please see the Legal Information
30. e highest capacity in each branch is used for the hot spares If a Memory and I O Expansion Unit is installed to upgrade an HS21 to 32GB of RAM up to 24GB using 8 single rank 4GB DIMMs or 28GB using 8 dual rank 4GB DIMMs of memory is available when the hot spare feature is active Either of these features requires operating system support PC2 5300 fully buffered memory is available in 1GB 2GB 4GB and 8GB memory kits two 512MB 1GB 2GB or 4GB DIMMs per kit respectively DIMMs are installed in pairs for increased performance provided by dual interleaving Gigabit Ethernet Controllers The HS21 includes two integrated Broadcom BCM5708S Gigabit Ethernet controllers for up to 10X higher maximum throughput than a 10 100 Ethernet controller The controllers offer TOE TCP Offload Engine support as well as failover and load balancing for better throughput and system availability It also supports highly secure remote power management using IPMI 2 0 plus Wake on LAN and PXE Preboot Execution Environment Flash interface For additional Gigabit Ethernet controllers an optional Memory and I O Expansion Unit may be added This provides two Broadcom BCM5714S controllers no TOE support An optional 2 port Ethernet expansion card adds two additional Gigabit Ethernet ports per HS21 server Large HDD Storage Capacity The HS21 offers a choice of disk storage supporting up to two 2 5 inch internal fixed SAS drives as well as an exp
31. e fewer discrete devices to have to plug in In addition because all the blades are connected to all the switches inside the chassis there is no need for external Ethernet or other communication cables to connect the blades bridges and switches Only the few cables needed to connect the switches to the external world are required This not only saves the cost of numerous cables per rack but also the clutter and bother of routing that many cables An added bonus is potentially much freer airflow behind the rack due to fewer cables BladeCenter T is a carrier grade rugged 8U 20 inch deep chassis designed for challenging central office and networking environments It provides NEBS 3 ETSI compliance Designed for the Network Equipment Provider NEP Service Provider SP environment Also ideal for government military aerospace industrial automation robotics medical imaging and finance Designed for Carrier Grade Linux Several distributions are supported include SUSE and Red Hat Reduced single points of failure Many major components either standard or optionally are hot swappable and or redundant Servers and modules can be configured for automatic failover Please see the Legal Information section for important notices and information 8 Workhorse 2 socket dual and quad core Intel Xeon blade server to backups It also offers an extended product lifecycle 3 years in production from date of General Availability p
32. emory and I O Expansion Unit of high speed fully buffered 667MHz PC2 5300 DDR2 error checking and correcting ECC system memory with optional Chipkill protection e Up to two internal 2 5 inch SAS HDDs up to three 2 5 inch SAS HDDs in an adjacent Storage and yo Expansion Unit and access to terabytes of external IBM System Storage and IBM TotalStorage SAN and NAS storage devices 2 5 inch drives consume approximately half the power of 3 5 inch drives Two Gigabit Ethernet ports standard plus more using either a 2 port Gigabit Ethernet Expansion Card a Memory and I O Expansion Unit or a PCI I O Expansion Unit Il In addition the various BladeCenter chassis offer a high degree of flexibility e A 30mm HS21 blade server can be upgraded via a Memory and I O Expansion Unit to a double wide HS21 with expanded capabilities With or without the Memory and I O Expansion Unit the blade can be expanded further with a Storage and I O Expansion Unit and or a PCI I O Expansion Unit This expandability allows configurations that are 30mm 60mm 90mm or 120mm Please see the Legal Information section for important notices and information 2 Workhorse 2 socket dual and quad core Intel Xeon blade server wide with a variety of memory storage and I O options depending on need Xeon processor based HS21 blades can be used in the same chassis as Intel processor based HS20 HS40 blades Opteron processor based LS20 LS21 LS41 blades and
33. erformance There is an HS21 model to fit all budgets The HS21 offers a choice of high performance multi core Xeon processors with low power draw 64 bit extensions either a 1066MHz or a 1333MHz front side bus and either 8MB or 4MB processor specific of shared integrated Level 2 cache e Low voltage processors draw less power and produce less waste heat than high voltage processors thus helping to reduce data center energy costs Some dual core Xeon processors use only 65W This is half the wattage consumed by older 130W processors On a per core basis the 80W quad core processors are even more economical consuming only 20W per core vs 32 5W per core for the 65W dual core processors For even lower dual core power utilization consider processors operating at 40W and even 35W 20W and 17 5W per core respectively Fully buffered PC2 5300 ECC memory operates at 667MHz with dual interleaving for high performance Selected HS21 blade servers are NEBS3 ETSI compliant and feature long life availability These blades are ideal for telecom or Next Generation Network NGN applications such as IPTV IP Multimedia Subsystem IMS and security The extremely high degree of integration in the various BladeCenter chassis reduces the need for server components replacing numerous fans KVM and Ethernet cables power supplies external switches and other components with fewer shared hot swap redundant components in the BladeCenter chassis itsel
34. es m D PSG oS Soo ooo eos lS C SoC COMO OOO otra CN Please see the Legal Information section for important notices and information 17 Workhorse 2 socket dual and quad core Intel Xeon blade server Interior View j BladeCenter H Chassis Specifications Machine type Power Supply Modules showing fan 3 pack Media Tray Empty blade slots o c cc e o a Power Supply Modules showing fan 3 pack 8852 4XU Rack form factor H x D 9U x 28 inches of DVD ROM drives standard 1 in Media Tray of diskette drives standard None Internal tape drives supported None SAN attached External disk drive support NAS SAN attach of video ports 1 on Management Module of blade slots 14 x 30mm or 7 x 60mm or combinations thereof Total of switch bridge module slots 10 includes the following of dedicated Gb Ethernet switch module slots 2 hot swap redundant of dedicated bridge module slots 2 hot swap redundant of switch bridge module slots 2 hot swap redundant either 2 switch or 2 bridge modules of dedicated high speed bridge module slots 4 hot swap redundant of communication I O modules standard None of management modules std max 1 2 hot swap redundant Systems management controller Advanced Management Module of RS485 ports 1 on Management Module
35. es and fans For low cost Fibre Channel SAN storage the DS400 when combined with two EXP400 storage enclosures can scale up to 12 6TB of hot swap SCSI storage incorporating redundant power cooling and dual 2Gbps Fibre Channel controllers Midrange TotalStorage DS4000 products are designed to support the large and growing data storage requirements of business critical applications Because DS4000 solutions can support connectivity distances of up to 10km 6 2 miles at Fibre Channel rates of up to 2Gbps companies can more easily configure offsite xSeries servers and storage systems to keep critical data available around the clock even in the event of a catastrophe These storage servers are designed to provide highly available Fibre Channel RAID protected storage that provide the foundation for Storage Area Networks SANs DS4500 storage servers deliver scalability up to 32 8TB of Fibre Channel storage or 56TB of SATA storage DS4500 only They provide end to end Fibre Channel solutions with high availability fault tolerant Please see the Legal Information section for important notices and information 12 Workhorse 2 socket dual and quad core Intel Xeon blade server components Additionally external LAN attached tape storage is available Communication Modules The various BladeCenter chassis support integrated communication and I O switches and or bridges for Gigabit Ethernet Myricom Fibre Channel InfiniBand and others E
36. f This integration also can greatly reduce the amount of power consumed and heat produced relative to an equivalent number of 1U servers This can significantly reduce a data center s power bill The reduced datacenter footprint can also save on infrastructure cost e The chassis midplane provides high speed blade to blade blade to switch module and module to module communication internally as well as externally The midplane in the BladeCenter H provides four 10Gb data channels to each blade and supports 4X InfiniBand and 10Gb Ethernet high speed switch modules The various BladeCenter chassis use ultrahigh efficiency power supplies Most industry standard servers use power supplies that are between 65 75 efficient at converting power from AC wall current to the DC power used inside servers BladeCenter power modules can be more than 90 efficient This helps save even more money as more of the power input you are paying for is used for processing rather than released into the data center as waste heat e BladeCenter also reduces the number of parts required to run the system Sharing fans systems management floppy devices and media means fewer parts to buy and maintain and fewer items that can bring the solution down Flexibility The HS21 has the ability to grow with your application requirements thanks to e Up to two multi core Xeon processors four or eight cores in all e Up to 16GB standard or 32GB using the optional M
37. ility Integrated Baseboard Management Controller m IPMI 2 0 compliance including highly secure remote power control Oooco Interface to one or two Management Modules or Advanced Management Modules in the BladeCenter chassis for advanced systems management capability Q Supports LDAP and SSL industry standards Q Text and graphics console redirection systems management Serial over LAN e Optional concurrent KVM and concurrent media support e Numerous hot swap redundant capabilities provided via the chassis e Hot swap SAS storage via an optional Storage and I O Expansion Unit The Storage and I O Expansion Unit requires an adjacent blade slot 7 The PCI I O Expansion Unit Il requires an adjacent blade slot 8 The Memory and I O Expansion Unit requires an adjacent blade slot Please see the Legal Information section for important notices and information 21 Workhorse 2 socket dual and quad core Intel Xeon blade server system x Server Recommendation Map Blade Servers Requirements BladeCenter Blade Servers v2 v i o i l fiii 3 Fy fy pt gases ge TH EEA e ga yigg Solution Area xd Ks a x Important Ben qui ne O0 Ov v lOl e e e 9 Nice to Have mail Collaboration Ix ile amp Print E O Q Oi v v O cawn ma O25 v O IOO Oliv 9 9 zs O w v v CO 0 0 O w Bete v 8 ww v RPISCM CRM PLM MM Ols Ole w O 9w
38. ill experience will depend on considerations such as the amount of multiprogramming in the user s job stream the I O configuration the storage configuration and the workload processed Therefore no assurance can be given that an individual user will achieve throughput improvements equivalent to the performance ratios stated here Maximum internal hard disk and memory capacities may require the replacement of any standard hard drives and or memory and the population of all hard disk bays and memory slots with the largest currently supported drives available When referring to variable speed CD ROMs CD Rs CD RWs and DVDs actual playback speed will vary and is often less than the maximum possible Please see the Legal Information section for important notices and information 23
39. lus another 5 years of support Backward compatibility Every blade but one and every switch and passthru module released by IBM for the original BladeCenter chassis since 2002 is supported in the BladeCenter T chassis Eight 30mm blade slots These hot swap slots are capable of supporting any combination of 8 Low Voltage HS20 HS21 Xeon blade servers or 7 regular voltage HS20 HS21 LS20 LS21 Opteron and JS20 JS21 PowerPC 970FX MP blade servers or 4 double wide 60mm HS40 LS41 processor based blade servers or a mixture of 30mm and 60mm blades It also supports optional 30mm Expansion Units in combination with the blade servers using the same blade slots Up to five chassis can be installed in an industry standard 42U rack or a telco rack for a total of up to 40 30mm blade servers per rack Four module bays for communication and I O switches The modules interface with all of the blade servers in the chassis and eliminate the need for external switches or expensive cumbersome cabling All connections are done internally via the midplane Two bays are reserved for hot swap redundant Gigabit Ethernet switch modules The other two bays support additional Gigabit Ethernet modules or Fibre Channel InfiniBand and other switch modules All modules when in stalled in pairs offer load balancing and failover support ntegrated switch modules mean that no extra rack U space is required Two module bays for Management Modules
40. ments Features include the Management Module MM or Advanced Management Module aMM Baseboard Management Controller BMC Automatic Server Restart PowerExecutive Wake on LAN support PXE 2 0 support text and graphics console redirect Real Time Diagnostics Predictive Failure Analysis IBM Director and Remote Deployment Manager The MM aMM in combination with the HS21 blade server BMC provides industry standard For onsite labor IBM will attempt to diagnose and resolve the problem remotely before sending a technician Please see the Legal Information section for important notices and information 10 Workhorse 2 socket dual and quad core Intel Xeon blade server Please see the Legal Information section for important notices and information Intelligent Platform Management Interface IPMI 2 0 compliant systems management It provides a number of important system functions including Monitoring of system and battery voltage system temperature fans power supplies processor and DIMM status e Fan speed control Product ID and Family ID detection Highly secure remote power on off e System reset control e NMI SMI detection and generation e System diagnostic LED control power HDD activity alerts heartbeat e PMI over LAN e Serial Over LAN Proxy server support LAN messaging and alerting Text console redirection over LAN e VLAN support e Enhanced authentication and encryption algorithms
41. n network failover and backward compatibility with the original Management Module among others The features of the module can be accessed either locally or remotely across a network One module comes standard A second module can be added for hot swap redundancy and failover The module uses a USB connection rather than the PS2 connection of the original Management Module Two module bays for Blower Modules Two hot swap redundant blower modules come standard with the chassis They are capable of providing efficient cooling for up to 14 blades These modules replace the need for each blade and switch to contain its own fans The blowers are more energy efficient than dozens or hundreds of smaller fans would be and they offer many fewer points of potential failure BladeCenter H also includes up to twelve additional hot swap redundant fans to cool the power supplies and high speed switch modules Four module bays for Power Modules BladeCenter H ships with two 2900W high efficiency hot swap redundant power modules upgradeable to four capable of handling the power needs of the entire chassis including future higher wattage processors Each power module includes a customer replaceable hot swap redundant fan pack 3 fans for additional cooling capability A hot swappable Media Tray containing a DVD ROM drive two USB 2 0 ports and a light path diagnostic panel The media tray is shared by all the blades in the server This reduces unnece
42. perating system or applications are loaded using Wake on LAN PXE and lets an administrator perform many low 11 Workhorse 2 socket dual and quad core Intel Xeon blade server Key Options level tasks remotely that would otherwise require a visit to each system These tasks may include such things as formatting a hard disk drive updating system firmware or deploying a Windows or Linux operating system Real Time Diagnostics allows an administrator to perform remote diagnostics on any blade server or any chassis without downtime Predictive Failure Analysis PFA enables the MM aMM and the BMC to detect impending failure of supported components processors memory expansion cards switch blower and power supplies and hard disk drives as much as 48 hours before actual failure and alert the administrator through IBM Director This gives you the ability to replace the failing component before it fails resulting in increased uptime IBM Director 5 1x software for advanced workgroup management is included with the server IBM Director comes with a portfolio of tools including Management Processor Assistant Rack Manager RAID Manager Update Assistant and Software Distribution System Availability a no charge download and Capacity Manager sold separately are available as add ons for additional server management and increased availability IBM Director provides a single uniform graphical interface for all of these systems m
43. ple each of the memory modules has an LED next to the socket as do both processors This allows the servicer to easily identify exactly which component needs servicing By following the light path the component can be replaced quickly and without guesswork Note In the event of a failed DIMM the system will restart and mark the DIMM as bad while offline thus allowing the system to continue running with reduced memory capacity until serviced Extensive System Support Features The IBM services and technical support portfolio provides world class consistent high quality service and support From the start IBM programs make it easier for you to plan for configure and purchase BladeCenter servers get them running and keep them running long term These features include IBM Express Portfolio IBM ServerProven the IBM xSeries and BladeCenter Rack Configuration Tool IBM ServerGuide IBM Electronic Service Agent Product Customization Services and extensive technical support offerings Select configurations of xSeries servers are part of the IBM Express Portfolio designed developed and priced to meet the specific needs of midsized businesses The IBM Express Portfolio of solutions are easy to acquire install and manage And they leverage IBM technology to provide tangible solutions to help you solve business problems in an on demand world The IBM ServerProven program provides the confidence that specific options and operating
44. r 2 extra via optional Storage and I O Expansion Unit 3 total of legacy PCI slots None of video ports None chassis attached Video controller ATI Radeon ES1000 Video memory 16MB SDRAM Maximum video resolution at 32 bit color 1024 x 768 x 32 bit color at 85Hz Dual Broadcom BCM5714S in the Memory and I O Expansion Unit not TOE enabled Dual Broadcom BCM5708S standard Gigabit Ethernet controllers TOE enabled 4 when using the Memory and I O of Gigabit Ethernet ports 2 standard Expansion Unit Up to 8 when using the 2 Port Ethernet Expansion Card of RS485 ports None of serial ports None 1 direct via BladeCenter H chassis or Serial over LAN in BladeCenter and BladeCenter H of parallel ports None of mouse ports None 1 via chassis of keyboard ports None 1 via chassis of USB ports None 2 via chassis Systems management controller Integrated BMC Diagnostic LEDs front panel Power good blade location over temperature information general fault Predictive Failure Analysis support Processor memory HDDs expansion cards Power supply size Contained in chassis of power supplies standard d Contained in chassis maximum of fans blowers standard maximum Contained in chassis 9 7 245mm H Dimensions HWD weight 1 14 29mm W 17 6 446mm D 12 Ibs maximum 5 44 kg maximum Microsoft Windows Serve
45. r 2003 Standard Web Enterprise Editions 32 bit and 64 bit Operating systems supported RHEL 3 4 32 bit and 64 bit SLES 9 32 bit and 64 bit Novell NetWare 6 5 Sun Solaris 10 VMware ESX Server 3 0 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 Please see the Legal Information section for important notices and information 15 Workhorse 2 socket dual and quad core Intel Xeon blade server BladeCenter Chassis Images Front View Light Path Diagnostics Panel Interior View Diagnostic LEDs Other Blade Server CD ROM Drive Floppy Drive Rear View Ethernet Switch Module Empty Module Slots Redundant Management Module Slot Module F ts Power Modules Module Slots BladeCenter Chassis Specifications Machine type 8677 3RU 3RX Rack form factor H x D 7U x 28 inches of DVD CD drives standard 1 DVD ROM in Media Tray of diskette drives standard 1 in Media Tray Internal tape drives supported None SAN attached External disk drive support NAS SAN attach of video ports 1 on Management Module of blade slots 14 x 30mm or 7 x 60mm or combinations thereof of switch module slots 4 hot swap redundant Switch modules standard None in standard chassis offerings of management module
46. ronic Service Agent is a downloadable software tool available from the IBM support Web site at no extra charge It resides on a server and provides electronic support and problem management capabilities through a highly secure electronic dialogue between your systems and IBM Electronic Service Agent monitors networked servers for hardware errors and it can perform hardware and software inventories and report inventory changes to IBM All information sent to IBM is stored in a highly secure database and used for improved problem determination Additional services include hardware warranty upgrades and factory installed Product Customization Services PCS such as asset tagging hardware integration software imaging and operating systems personalization IBM offers extensive technical support by phone and via the Web Support options include links to forums newsgroups problem submission online shopping support service offerings device drivers for all IBM product lines software downloads and even upcoming technical seminar worldwide schedules and registration Also available are remote installation configuration and usage support for both xSeries hardware and software as well as onsite custom services to provide the level of expertise you require Advanced Systems Management Capabilities Each BladeCenter chassis offers a high level of systems management capabilities that are well suited to remote locations as well as to stand alone environ
47. s std max 1 2 hot swap redundant Systems management controller Management Module Please see the Legal Information section for important notices and information 16 Workhorse 2 socket dual and quad core Intel Xeon blade server of RS485 ports 1 on Management Module of serial breakout ports None Serial over LAN only of parallel ports None of mouse ports 1 on Management Module of keyboard ports 1 on Management Module of USB ports 2 1 on Media Tray one on Management Module Light path diagnostic panel Yes in Media Tray Blades switch modules management modules power modules blower modules Predictive Failure Analysis support media tray HDDs Power supply size standard 2000W AC of power supplies standard 2 4 hot swap redundant maximum of blower modules standard max 2 4 hot swap redundant Blower module airflow front to back 250 CFM at 25 C 455 CFM at 32 C or greater 12 0 305mm H Dimensions HWD weight 17 5 4429mm W 28 0 711mm D 99 240 Ibs 44 9 108 9 kg Length of limited warranty 3 years parts and labor onsite BladeCenter H Chassis Images Front View Rear View HS21 Blade Power Supply Modules Empty Consolidated Redundant Power Inputs Server Blade Slots S Ethernet High Speed Modules for i Switch Bridge Modules Switches or Bridges Power Blower Supply Module Modul
48. s own risk and IBM is not responsible for the accuracy or reliability of any information data opinions advice or statements made on these sites IBM provides these links merely as a convenience and the inclusion of such links does not imply an endorsement Information in this presentation concerning non IBM products was obtained from the suppliers of these products published announcement material or other publicly available sources IBM has not tested these products and cannot confirm the accuracy of performance compatibility or any other claims related to non IBM products Questions on the capabilities of non IBM products should be addressed to the suppliers of those products Some machines are designed with a power management capability to provide customers with the maximum uptime possible for their systems In extended thermal conditions rather than shutdown completely or fail these machines automatically reduce the processor frequency to maintain acceptable thermal levels MB GB and TB 1 000 000 1 000 000 000 and 1 000 000 000 000 bytes respectively when referring to storage capacity Accessible capacity is less up to 3GB is used in service partition Actual storage capacity will vary based upon many factors and may be less than stated Performance is in Internal Throughput Rate ITR ratio based on measurements and projections using standard IBM benchmarks in a controlled environment The actual throughput that any user w
49. slot on the HS21 blade The first PCI X card installed in the expansion unit must be a Gigabit Ethernet card because it is routed to module bays 1 and 2 The HS21 also supports an optional feature card in a dedicated slot that provides concurrent KVM cKVM and concurrent media cMedia access by multiple administrators at once Adapters can also be used to add interfaces to BladeCenter communication modules including Fibre Channel Myrinet additional Gigabit Ethernet modules InfiniBand etc BladeCenter Chassis IBM offers three choices of chassis in which to use the HS21 blade server Each chassis serves different customer needs The original BladeCenter chassis offers maximum density great flexibility and a wide variety of expansion options at an entry level price The next generation BladeCenter H chassis offers all of BladeCenter s capabilities and adds new high performance features If you need a ruggedized chassis for example government military or telcos BladeCenter T offers special features optimized for those environments There is a high degree of interchangeability and compatibility of features among the three chassis Any or all of these chassis can be installed in a rack along with other rack optimized equipment BladeCenter is a 7U chassis that provides e Reduced single points of failure Many major components either standard or optionally are hot swappable and or redundant Servers and modules can be configure
50. ssary parts and reduces the number of parts than can fail In the event of a failure of the Media Tray the tray can be swapped for another While the tray is offline the servers in the chassis can remotely access the Media Tray in another chassis The light path diagnostic panel contains LEDs that identify which internal components are in need of service A serial breakout port with optional cable This provides a direct serial connection to each blade server installed in the chassis as an alternative to Serial over LAN Note This applies only to newer blades that include this capability It is extremely important to include all infrastructure costs when comparing a BladeCenter H solution to a competitor s offering not just the cost of the chassis and the blades The high density and level of integration of the BladeCenter H chassis can greatly reduce the cost of the overall solution For example because up to four chassis will fit in a rack this means that up to 56 blade servers can be installed Also because up to ten Ethernet Myrinet Fibre Channel InfiniBand or other bridges and switches can be installed per chassis up to 40 switches and bridges can be installed per rack without having to reserve any U space for switches unlike the competition And the integrated switches may be less expensive than external self powered switches Plus the number of power distribution units PDUs needed per rack may be lessened because there ar
51. stry standard 42U rack for a total of up to 56 30mm blade servers per rack Up to ten module slots for communication and I O switches or bridges The modules interface with all of the blade servers in the chassis and alleviate the need for external switches or expensive cumbersome cabling All connections are done internally via the midplane Two module slots are reserved for hot swap redundant Gigabit Ethernet switch modules Two slots support either high speed bridge modules or legacy Gigabit Ethernet Myrinet Fibre Channel InfiniBand and other switch modules Two slots are dedicated for bridge modules Four additional slots are dedicated for high speed bridge modules All modules when in stalled in pairs offer load balancing and failover support Integrated switch and bridge modules mean that no additional rack U space is required Two module bays for Advanced Management Modules The new management module provides advanced systems management and KVM capabilities for not only the chassis itself but for all of the blades and other modules installed in the chassis The Advanced Management Module provides capabilities similar to the IBM Remote Supervisor Adapter Il used in stand alone xSeries rack and tower servers New features include concurrent KVM cKVM and media tray an external Serial over LAN connector more memory a more powerful onboard processor industry standard management interfaces SMASH CLP CIM HPI USB virtualizatio
52. t the blade level then adding up the power draw for each blade and tracking that usage In failure mode PowerExecutive through the BladeCenter Management Module might request that certain blades in each domain throttle down to reduce power consumption Automatic Server Restart ASR helps reduce downtime by restarting the server automatically in the event of a system lockup ASR technology is a combination of hardware circuitry tied into the server s system reset function and a device driver As long as the server continues running the ASR watchdog timer will keep being reset but if the operating system crashes or the hardware freezes somehow the ASR software will be unable to reset the hardware timer If the timer is not reset within five minutes it automatically triggers the ASR hardware which immediately restarts the server and logs an ASR event with IBM Director These features are designed so that no more than five minutes can pass before the server is restarted Text and Graphics Console Redirect support allows the administrator to remotely view HS21 text and graphics messages over serial or LAN Wake on LAN permits the server to be remotely powered on if it has been shut off Once powered up the server can be controlled across the network using the Preboot Execution Environment PXE Like Wake on LAN PXE is system firmware It allows software such as the IBM Remote Deployment Manager to take control of a system before the BIOS o
53. talled when more than 7 blades are used in a chassis Four module bays for Power Modules BladeCenter ships with two 2000W high efficiency hot swap redundant power modules upgradeable to four capable of handling the power needs of the entire chassis Many servers use power supplies with an efficiency level of approximately 65 75 Because BladeCenter uses power supplies that are at least 90 efficient much less power is wasted as heat Not only is more power available for chassis use there is less power wasted as excess heat output e Redundant Midplane connections By giving each blade two physical connections to the midplane that connects all blades and modules together internally a failure of one connector cannot bring down the server Ahot swappable Media Tray containing a DVD ROM drive a floppy drive one USB 1 1 port and a light path diagnostic panel The media tray is shared by all the blades in the server This eliminates unnecessary parts and reduces the number of parts than can fail In the event of a failure of the Media Tray the tray can be swapped for another While the tray is offline the servers in the chassis can remotely access the Media Tray in another chassis The light path diagnostic panel contains LEDs that identify which internal components are in need of service It is extremely important to include all infrastructure costs when comparing a BladeCenter solution to a competitor s offering not just the
54. tion performance For best performance in a server with a dual core processor there should be twice as much memory available as for a single core processor Hard Disk Drives IBM hard disk drives help you improve the transaction and cost performance of your HS21 servers The choice of hard disk drives can be a critical aspect of maximizing the I O throughput of the system SAS hard disk drives 2 5 inch are available for the HS21 with capacities up to 73 4GB at 10 000 RPMs Additionally a Storage and I O Expansion Unit can be attached to the HS21 to add up to three additional 2 5 inch SAS drives I O slots The HS21 supports the addition of a PCI I O Expansion Unit Il which provides two front accessible standard PCI X slots Also the Storage and I O Expansion Unit provides two additional adapter slots either two legacy PCI X cards or one PCI X and one PCI E slot The first PCI X card added must be a Gigabit Ethernet card Adding a 30mm Memory and I O Expansion Unit to an HS21 provides a PCI E slot and a second PCI X slot External Storage The IBM TotalStorage DS300 offers remote SAN storage using the iSCSI storage protocol across IP networks The DS300 scales up to 4 2TB of storage capacity using standard hot swap Ultra320 SCSI HDDs in a 14 drive 3U cabinet Three models offer single or dual RAID controllers with each controller supporting two Gigabit Ethernet ports up to 256MB or 1GB of cache memory and dual redundant power suppli
55. tion network applications Think of it as BladeCenter s big brother with more speed and more features It provides e Reduced single points of failure Many major components either standard or optionally are hot swappable and or redundant Servers and modules can be configured for automatic failover to backups Forward and backward compatibility Every blade switch and passthru module released by IBM for the original BladeCenter chassis since 2002 is supported in the BladeCenter H chassis e High speed redundant Midplane connections Based on 4X InfiniBand the midplane supports up to 40Gb bandwidth and provides four 10Gb data channels to each blade By giving each blade two physical connections to the midplane that connects all blades and modules together internally a failure of one connector alone cannot bring down the server e Fourteen 30mm blade slots These hot swap slots are capable of supporting any combination of 14 HS20 HS21 Xeon LS20 LS21 AMD Opteron and JS20 JS21 IBM PowerPC 970FX MP blade servers or 7 double wide 60mm HS40 or LS41 blade servers or a mixture of 30mm and 60mm blades It also supports multiple optional 30mm Expansion Units in combination Please see the Legal Information section for important notices and information 7 Workhorse 2 socket dual and quad core Intel Xeon blade server with the blade servers using the same blade slots Up to four chassis can be installed in an indu
56. try segments including banking retail telco and others In addition IBM formed Blade org a planned collaborative organization to focus on accelerating the expansion of solutions for BladeCenter Founding members in the blade org community include Brocade Citrix Systems Intel Corporation Network Appliances Nortel Novell and VMware e IBM offers virtualization capabilities in a number of ways desktop virtualization via Hosted Clients InfiniBand virtualization and native blade virtualization Technology for technology s sake is pointless Instead IBM BladeCenter focuses on technological innovation that provides real customer benefits Examples of this include a high degree of blade and module compatibility across all chassis the use of fewer and lower power components to enable significant power and cooling savings and hot swap and redundant components that reduce single points of failure Intel Xeon Processors The HS21 supports up to two identical Xeon processors that is the same clock rate and cache size and the same number of cores The choice of processors includes e 80W quad core Xeon processor models 5310 5320 and 5345 at 1 6 1 86 or 2 33GHz respectively with 64 bit extensions reduced power draw a 1066MHz 1 6 or 1 86GHz or 1333MHz 2 33GHz FSB and 8MB of shared L2 processor cache supported in all BladeCenter chassis e 80W dual core Xeon processor model 5160 at 3 0GHz with 64 bit extensions low power dra
57. w a 1333MHz FSB and 4MB of shared L2 processor cache supported in all BladeCenter chassis e 65W dual core Xeon processor models 5110 or 5120 at 1 6 or 1 86GHz respectively with a 1066MHz FSB or models 5130 5140 or 5150 at 2 0 2 33 or 2 66GHz with a 1333MHz FSB These processors feature 64 bit extensions impressive performance watt and 4MB of shared L2 processor cache Select models also feature an embedded processor with long life support as well as NEBS 3 ETSI compliance Supported in all BladeCenter chassis e 40W dual core Xeon processor model 5148 at 2 33GHz with 64 bit extensions ultralow power draw a 1333MHz FSB and 4MB of shared L2 processor cache supported in all BladeCenter chassis e 35W dual core Xeon processor model 5138 at 2 13GHz with 64 bit extensions ultralow power draw a 1066MHz FSB and 4MB of shared L2 processor cache supported in all BladeCenter chassis This processor is a long life embedded offering intended for a NEBS environment The dual core Xeon processors contain two complete processor cores quad core processors similarly contain four cores The processors also contain one unified shared 4MB dual core or 8MB quad core cache The shared cache is dynamically allocated between the cores as needed The two cores appear to software as two physical processors The dual core processors offer considerably higher performance than a same speed Xeon processor with a single core Likewise quad core pro
58. xpansion adapters for individual HS21 blades are available to interface with these modules Rear Door Heat eXchanger The unit attaches to the back of an IBM S2 42U Enterprise Rack It is capable of removing up to 50 000 BTUs 14KVa from the data center using water lines under the raised floor The door swings open for servicing Redundant features Optional power supply modules blower modules management modules switches and bridges provide redundancy for the various BladeCenter chassis HS21 Images Front View Diagnostic LEDs KVM Button Hexagonal Grill Holes Lower Profile Hot Swap Handles Interior View BladeCenter HS21 Specifications Machine type 8853 AxX AxY CxX CxY HxX HxY LxX LxY NxX NxY Form factor 30mm blade Dual core Intel Xeon 51xx 1 6GHz 5110 L1X L1Y 1 86GHz 5120 L2X L2Y 2 0GHz 5130 L3X L3Y 2 13GHz 5138 NTX NTY 2 33GHz Quad core Intel Xeon 53xx Processor type 1 66GHz 5310 AxX AxY 1 86GHz 5320 C1X C1Y 2 33GHz 5345 C2X C2Y Please see the Legal Information section for important notices and information 13 Workhorse 2 socket dual and quad core Intel Xeon blade server BladeCenter HS21 Specifications 5140 L4X L4Y 2 33GHz 5148 H1X H1Y 2 66GHz 5150 L5X L5Y 3 0GHz 5160 L6X L6Y Processor power draw 35W NTX NTY 40W H1X H1Y L2X L2Y L3X L3Y 65W L1X L1Y 80W AxX AxY CxX CxY aoe L6X L6Y L5X L5Y

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