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1. PCle I O Expansion Unit or BladeCenter S chassis RAID 0 data striping Fast I O 10Gb Ethernet 4X InfiniBand iSCSI 3Gb SAS or 8Gb Fibre Channel connectivity via an optional expansion card Fast communications Integrated dual Gigabit Ethernet with the option for two or four additional Gigabit Ethernet ports via expansion cards and expansion unit total 12 ports per blade support for 10Gb Ethernet Flexibility Single or double wide configurations blade server and one expansion unit Large memory capacity Up to 96GB standard using twelve 8GB DIMMs A choice of hard disk or solid state storage High capacity disk storage Up to 1TB of internal SAS or SATA storage with the option for Please see the Legal Information section for important notices and information Versatile easy to use blade optimized for performance power and cooling additional 2 5 inch SAS HDDs in BladeCenter S chassis Optional IBM 31 4GB or 50 0GB Solid State Drive as an energy saving alternative to HDD storage Integrated RAID RAID 1 mirrored arrays standard enhanced RAID 1E 5 arrays optional using a BladeCenter S chassis RAID 5 arrays also available using an optional ServeRAID MR10ie controller e Two available adapter slots standard Q Two CFF compact form factor slots one high speed CFFh and one standard speed ClOv e Additional optional adapter slots Q Provided by a BladeCenter PCI Express I O Expansion Unit Manageab
2. DIMMs typically have 1 2 or 4 memory ranks as indicated by their size designation A typical memory DIMM description is 2GB 4Rx8 DIMM The 4R designator is the rank count for this particular DIMM R for rank 4 The x8 designator is the data width of the rank It is important to ensure that DIMMs with appropriate number of ranks are populated in each channel for optimal performance Whenever possible it is recommended to use dual rank DIMMs in the system Dual rank DIMMs offer better interleaving and hence better performance than single rank DIMMs For instance a system populated with six 2GB dual rank DIMMs outperforms a system populated with six 2GB single rank DIMMs by 7 for SPECjbb2005 Dual rank DIMMs are also better than quad rank DIMMs because quad rank DIMMs will cause the memory speed to be down clocked Another important guideline is to populate equivalent ranks per channel For instance mixing one single rank DIMM and one dual rank DIMM in a channel should be avoided Note It is important to ensure that all three memory channels in each processor are populated The relative memory bandwidth decreases as the number of channels populated decreases This is because the bandwidth of all the memory channels is utilized to support the capability of the processor So as the channels are decreased the burden to support the requisite bandwidth is increased on the remaining channels causing them to become a bottleneck For peak pe
3. New capabilities include m Human readable event logs no more beep codes m Complete setup solution by allowing adapter configuration function to be moved into UEFI m Complete out of band coverage by the Advance Settings Utility to simplify remote setup Integrated industry standard IPMI 2 0 support works with the IMM to alert IBM Systems Director to anomalous environmental factors such as voltage and thermal conditions It also supports highly secure remote power control Integrated Trusted Platform Module TPM 1 2 suppor IBM Systems Director Active Energy Manager 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 HS22 supports remote presence concurrent KVM cKVM and concurrent media cMedia Please see the Legal Information section for important notices and information Versatile easy to use blade optimized for performance power and cooling access by multiple administrators at once via the IMM e IBM Systems Director is included for proactive systems management and works with both the blade s internal IMM and the chassis management module It comes with a portfolio of tools including BM Systems Director Acti
4. Advanced Management Module AMM Integrated Management Module IMM Automatic Server Restart Systems Director Active Energy Manager for x86 Wake on LAN support PXE 2 0 support text and graphics console redirect Predictive Failure Analysis Embedded Dynamic System Analysis and IBM Systems Director The chassis based AMM in combination with the HS22 blade server s IMM provides industry 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 Versatile easy to use blade optimized for performance power and cooling standard Intelligent Platform Management Interface IPMI 2 0 compliant systems management The AMM provides a number of important system functions including e Monitoring of system and battery voltage system temperature fans power supplies processor and DIMM status e Fan speed control e Product ID and Family ID detection e 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 IPMI over LAN e Serial Over LAN e Proxy server support e LAN messaging and alerting e VLAN support e Enhanced authentication and encryption algorithms RMCP SHA 1 AES e Local update of IMM firmware e Firmware firewall e Support for IPMI v2 0 compliant management softwa
5. interfaces to BladeCenter switch modules including Fibre Channel additional Gigabit Ethernet modules InfiniBand SAS etc BladeCenter Chassis IBM s blade architecture offers five choices of compatible and interoperable chassis in which to use various blade servers Each chassis serves different customer needs The new BladeCenter S is a small entry level chassis designed for office environments The original BladeCenter E 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 telecom BladeCenter T offers special features optimized for those environments HS22 is not currently supported in the BladeCenter T The next generation BladeCenter HT is a high performance ruggedized telecommunications platform There is a high degree of interchangeability and compatibility of features among the chassis Any or all of these chassis can be installed in a rack along with other rack optimized equipment Please see the Legal Information section for important notices and information Versatile easy to use blade optimized for performance power and cooling See the separate BladeCenter Chassis Sales Guide for details Extensive System Support Features The IBM services and technical supp
6. lt 3 8 S izal z Z w clr a S elie Ia S z2 28 1 H MH N n o a Theme Key Workloads ME EAE IN ie N N N N N N N N Cluster HPC 5 Ole e HPC Modeling amp Simulation O v w wv High Performance DB O v v Business Intelligence O w w Search Ol v Oje O v Web 2 0 penen 5 Web 3D Communities Commerce O e Collaboration wv ERP SCM La O A CRM w E Hosted Client w Point of Sale Branch Office wv Virtualization O Business Continuity O Infrastructure SIE an Applications 72 Sotabora ld Security O Web Serving File amp Print e The PCI I O Expansion Unit requires an adjacent blade slot 17 Please see the Legal Information section for important notices and information Versatile easy to use blade optimized for performance power and cooling For More Information IBM BladeCenter Servers and Options Electronic Service Agent IBM System x and BladeCenter Power Configurator Standalone Solutions Configuration Tool SSCT Configuration and Options Guide ServerProven Program Technical Support Other Technical Support Resources Legal Information IBM Corporation 2009 IBM Systems and Technology Group Dept U2SA 3039 Cornwallis Road Research Triangle Park NC 27709 Produced in the USA March 2009 All rights reserved For a copy of applicable product warranties write to Warranty Information P O Box 12195 R
7. of the solid state drives SSDs as an alternative They store data on flash memory chips rather than on magnetic media Like HDDs SSDs can be used as boot media and for random access storage However SSDs offer higher thresholds of shock and vibration and a higher operating temperature range between 0 and 70 degrees C This yields a failure rate only 1 3 that of HDDs approximately 3 000 000 hours MTBF vs 1 000 000 hours In addition the IBM 31 4GB 2 5 Solid State Drive requires only 2W This reduces the storage power requirement and heat output by as much as 80 compared to 2 5 inch HDDs If used as a boot device no special device drivers are required Additional storage is available via the BladeCenter S chassis If you need more storage space terabyte capacities are possible with optional external iSCSI and SAN storage solutions Disk Controllers All HS22 models include an integrated LSI 1064E SAS SATA controller This controller supports up to two internal SAS or SATA HDDs or two internal solid state drives and offers hardware RAID 0 1 support 256MB of optional battery backed cache memory is available An optional ServeRAID MR10ie controller ClOv form factor adds RAID 5 50 6 60 support for direct attach BladeCenter S storage or external System Storage EXP3000 access along with 256MB of cache memory and battery backup For SAN storage use the optional IBM SAS Connectivity Card ClOv For iSCSI storage use an Etherne
8. sizing amps heat output BTUs airflow requirements through chassis CFM VA rating leakage current mA and peak inrush current amps IBM ServerGuide installed from CD simplifies the process of installing and configuring System x 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 to reduce both your total cost of ownership and the complexity that administrators and technical personnel face IBM Systems Director Service and Support Manager previously called IBM Electronic Service Agent is an innovative call home feature that allows System x and BladeCenter 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 Service and Support Manager resides on a server and provides electronic support and problem management capabilities through a highly secure electronic dialogue between your systems and IBM It monitors networked servers for hardware errors and it can perform hardware and software inventories and report inventory changes to IBM All infor
9. 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 Versatile easy to use blade optimized for performance power and cooling rack hardware compared to 1U servers it also consolidates switches bridges and cables for reduced complexity and lower cabling costs and it allows clients to manage everything in the solution as one Using a BladeCenter E chassis up to 84 HS22 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 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 swap redundant hard disk drives power supplies and blower modules with Calibrated Vectored Cooling IPMI 2 0 support including highly secure remote power control text console redirect over LAN next generation BIOS UEFI an Advanced Management Module upgradeable with a redundant AMM IBM Systems Director management software including IBM Systems Director Active Energy Manager for x86 Remote Deployment Manager and IBM ServerGuide help maintain system avai
10. 1 2 maximum NEBS ETSI I Select blades are NEBS3 ETSI compliant Contact IBM sales for details Chipset 0 Intel 5520 6GB 3 x 2GB 96GB G2x G4x GCx H2x H4x H5x HAx N2x 3GB 3 x 1GB 96GB A4x D3x Standard maximum memory Standard memory type memory Standard memory type Registered DDR 3 ECC operating at 1333MHz 1066MHz or 800MHz depending on 7 Maximum memory and disk capacity may require the replacement of standard components with the largest supported component available 14 Please see the Legal Information section for important notices and information Versatile easy to use blade optimized for performance power and cooling Memory interleaving DIMM capacities supported Chipkill protection supported of DIMM sockets total available of 2 5 inch drive bays total available of 3 5 inch drive bays total available Maximum internal 2 5 HDD capacity 2 5 inch drive capacities supported of HDDs standard Internal USB Flash Drive of optical drives standard of diskette drives standard Internal tape drives supported Disk drive technology Integrated disk controller Optional RAID controller RAID levels supported External disk drive support of PCle slots standard of PCI X slots standard of legacy PCI slots of video ports Video controller Video memory Maximum video resolution at 32 bit color Gigabit Ethernet controllers standard of Gigabit
11. 66GHZz with reduced power draw and H Processor impressive performance watt only 20W per core 5 86GTps QPI speed 12MB of shared L3 ED cache 1066MHz memory access 2 threads per core and Intel Turbo Boost technology supported in all BladeCenter chassis except BladeCenter T e 80W four core Xeon processor models E5507 at 2 26GHz with reduced power draw and impressive performance watt only 20W per core 4 8GTps QPI speed 4MB of shared L3 cache and 800MHz memory access supported in all BladeCenter chassis except BladeCenter T e 60W four core Xeon processor models L5640 at 2 40GHz with reduced power draw and impressive performance watt only 10W per core 5 86GTps QPI speed 12MB of shared L3 cache 1333MHz memory access 2 threads per core and Intel Turbo Boost technology supported in all BladeCenter chassis except BladeCenter T Note Because of the integrated memory controllers the former front side bus FSB no longer exists With the Xeon 5500 series and 5600 series processors Intel has diverged from its traditional Symmetric Multiprocessing SMP architecture to a Non Uniform Memory Access NUMA architecture The Xeon 5500 and Xeon 5600 processors are connected through a serial coherency link called QuickPath Interconnect QPI QPI is capable of 6 4 5 6 or 4 8 GTps gigatransfers per second depending on the processor model Put another way the 5500 series processors offer 3 6 times the bandwidth of the previous 5400 seri
12. Ethernet e The various BladeCenter chassis use ultrahigh efficiency power supplies Most industry standard servers use power supplies that are between 70 75 efficient at converting power from AC wall current to the DC power used inside servers BladeCenter power modules are up to 92 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 that requires even more energy to cool 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 fail and bring the overall solution down 3 Based on Intel measurements Please see the Legal Information section for important notices and information Versatile easy to use blade optimized for performance power and cooling Flexibility The HS22 has the ability to grow with your application requirements thanks to Up to two multi core Xeon processors four eight or twelve cores in all A choice of processor speeds from 2 00 to 3 06GHZz up to 12MB of shared cache and a choice of power draw from 40W to 95W A choice of memory speeds from 800MHz to 1333MHz Up to 96GB of system memory in 12 DIMM slots Two internal hot swap 2 5 inch SAS or SATA HDDs or solid state drives and access to terabytes of external IBM System Storage SAN and NAS
13. Ethernet ports of RS485 ports BladeCenter HS22 Specifications processor and memory configuration 1GB 2GB 4GB 8GB when available Yes using x4 DIMMs 12 9 2 2 SAS SATA SSD Standard 1TB 2 x 500GB hot swap SAS 73 4 146 8 300 500GB 10K RPMs 73 4 146 8GB 15K RPMs SATA 300 500GB 10K RPMs Solid State SFF HS 31 4 50GB 2 x8 PCle included Additional PCle slots available with BladeCenter PCI Express I O Expansion Unit 3 Dual port Broadcom BCM5709S TOE enabled 1600 x 1200 x 16 bit color at 85Hz 2 standard None 8 Using the 4 Port Ethernet Expansion Card a Storage and I O Expansion Unit and a Multi Switch Interconnect Module in a BladeCenter H chassis 15 Please see the Legal Information section for important notices and information Versatile easy to use blade optimized for performance power and cooling of serial ports of parallel ports of mouse ports of keyboard ports of USB ports Systems management controller Diagnostic LEDs front panel Predictive Failure Analysis support BIOS type Power supply size of power supplies standard maximum of fans blowers standard maximum Dimensions HWD weight Operating systems supported Extended long life support Length of limited warranty The Bottom Line BladeCenter HS22 Specifications None 1 direct via BladeCenter H chassis or Serial over LAN in BladeCenter E and BladeCent
14. TP 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 ibm com AIX BladeCenter Calibrated Vectored Cooling IBM System Storage ServeRAID System x Systems Director Active Energy Manager Wake on LAN and X Architecture are trademarks of IBM Corporation in the United States other countries or both If these and other IBM trademarked terms are marked on their first occurrence in this information with a trademark symbol Cc or these symbols indicate U S registered or common law trademarks owned by IBM at the time this information was published Such trademarks may also be registered or common law trademarks in other countries A current list of IBM trademarks is available on the Web at http ibm com legal copytrade shtml AMD the AMD arrow logo AMD Opteron and combinations thereof are trademarks of Advanced Micro Devices Inc Cell Broadband Engine is a trademark of Sony Computer Entertainment Inc in the United States other countries or both and is used under license therefrom InfiniBand is a trademark of the InfiniBand Trade Association Intel and Xeon are trademarks or registered trademarks of Intel Corporation or its
15. Versatile easy to use blade optimized for performance power and cooling Product Guide March 2010 Product Overview No compromise truly balanced 2 socket blade server for infrastructure virtualization and enterprise business applications CONTENTS Suggested uses Front end and mid tier applications requiring high performance enterprise Product Overview Selling Features Key Features Key Options HS22 Images HS22 Specifications The Bottom Line Server Comparison For More Information Legal Information 12 13 14 16 17 18 18 class availability and extreme flexibility and power efficiency 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 HS22 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 i e up to 14 servers in 7U does not mean trading away features and capabilities for smaller size Each HS22 blade server offers features comparable to many 1U rack optimized full featured servers The HS22 supports up to two of the latest high performance or low voltage 6 core 4 core and 2 core Intel Xeon 5500 series and 5600 series processors The Xeon processors are de
16. XE and lets an administrator perform many low level tasks remotely that would otherwise require a visit to each system These tasks may 11 Please see the Legal Information section for important notices and information Versatile easy to use blade optimized for performance power and cooling Key Options include such things as formatting a hard disk drive updating system firmware or deploying a Windows or Linux operating system Predictive Failure Analysis PFA enables the MM AMM and the IMM to detect impending failure of supported components processors memory expansion cards switch blower and power supplies and hard disk drives before actual failure and alert the administrator through IBM Systems Director This gives you the ability to replace the failing component before it fails resulting in increased uptime Embedded Dynamic System Analysis DSA feature collects and analyzes system information to aid in diagnosing problems The diagnostic programs collect the following information e System configuration Network interfaces and settings Installed hardware e Service processor status and configuration e Vital product data firmware and BIOS configuration Hard disk drive health RAID controller configuration Event logs for ServeRAID controllers and service processors The diagnostic programs create a merged log that includes events from all collected logs The information is collected into a f
17. ailable to all blades in the chassis 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 hot swap drives power supply modules blower modules management modules switches and bridges provide redundancy for the various BladeCenter chassis HS22 Images Front View 13 Please see the Legal Information section for important notices and information Versatile easy to use blade optimized for performance power and cooling Interior View KORET 21g BladeCenter HS22 Specifications Machine type 7870 Axx Dxx Gxx Hxx Nxx Two core Xeon Six core Xeon Four core Xeon E55xx L56xx X56xx E56xx X56xx Processor type 2 26GHz L5640 N2x 2 40GHz E5620 G2x ear E5903 9 2 66GHz X5650 H2x HAx 2 66GHz E5640 G4x Four core Xeon 2 93GHz X5670 H4x 3 06GHz X5667 H5x E55xx 2 26GHz E5507 A4x 80W A4x D3x ii G2 GaxiaCN jiki iai 12MB shared cache G2x G4x GCx Internal cache H2x H4x H5x a Ax N2x 4MB shared cache A4x D3x QuickPath Interconnect QPI speed 6 4 Gbps 5 86 Gbps G2x G4x GCx gigatransfers per second H2x H4x H5x HAx N2x 4 8 Gbps A4x D3x Maxi 1333MHz aximum memory access speed H2x H4x H5x HAx N2x 1066MHz G2x G4x GCx 800MHz A4x D3x of processors standard
18. at require large amounts of storage space for data and applications that must be available for their businesses to continue operating The optional ServeRAID MR10ie controller ClOv form factor with up to 6Gbps throughput per SAS port adds RAID 5 50 6 60 support and 256MB of cache memory and battery backup as well as support for direct attach BladeCenter S storage or external System Storage expansion units I O Slots The HS22 supports the addition of a PCle I O Expansion Unit 3 which 3 additional PCle slots External Storage The IBM System Storage DS3000 DS4000 DS5000 and DS8000 series as well as the System Storage N3000 N5000 N6000 and N7000 series comprise a powerful and broad shared storage family with integrated management software designed to meet midrange and enterprise needs For lower end needs IBM offers the System Storage EXP810 and EXP3000 storage expansion units 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 and 10Gb Ethernet Myricom 4Gb and 8Gb Fibre Channel 1X and 4X InfiniBand iSCSI 3Gb SAS and others Expansion adapters for individual HS22 blades are available to interface with these modules The BladeCenter H and BladeCenter HT also support the Multi Switch Interconnect Module which doubles the number of Gigabit Ethernet and Fibre Channel connections av
19. ccuracy 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 will experience will depend on considerations su
20. ch 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 BLO03029 USEN 03 18 Please see the Legal Information section for important notices and information
21. clock rates 64 bit extensions a large cache Hyper Threading Technology Turbo Boost Technology energy saving features and advanced features for availability and manageability Large cache size and multiple cores combined with a 1066MHz or 1333MHz memory access 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 as well as the number capacity and arrangement of the DIMMs 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 application performance For best performance in a server with a quad core processor there should be twice as much memory available as for a dual core processor Note Fewer large capacity DIMMs may provide better performance and use less energy than more lower capacity DIMMs Hard Disk Drives IBM hard disk drives help you improve the transaction and cost performance of your HS22 servers The choice of hard disk drives can be a critical aspect of maximizing the I O throughput of the system Hot swap SAS hard disk drives 2 5 inch are available for the HS22 with capacities up to 300GB at 10 000 RPMs or up to 146 8GB a
22. e HS22 automatically reduces the processor frequency to maintain acceptable thermal and power levels All HS22 models offer impressive features at an equally impressive price including up to two hot swap SAS or SATA hard disk drives or two hot swap solid state drives with RAID 0 1 1E support and one USB based internal flash drive for embedded hypervisor Additional storage is available via the BladeCenter S chassis Moreover the HS22 is optimized for diskless operation offering each blade server access to essentially unlimited external storage capacity via Fibre Channel SAS or iSCSI A single BladeCenter E or BladeCenter H chassis supports up to 14 hot swappable 30mm wide HS22 blades in only 7U BladeCenter E or 9U BladeCenter H of rack space or up to 12 in the 12U BladeCenter HT high speed telecommunications chassis In addition to the blade servers these chassis also hold up to 4 switches BladeCenter E or up to 10 BladeCenter H or 8 switches bridges BladeCenter HT internally The BladeCenter S designed for SMB and mid market customers takes integration and affordability to a new level combining up to 12 hot swap SAS SATA HDDs with optional SAS card and up to 6 blade servers and 4 switches Not only can this save significant data center space and therefore the cost of floor space and 1 Chipkill protection on the HS22 requires x4 DIMMs Chipkill protection is not available with x8 DIMMs Actual data transfer speed will
23. e the Legal Information section for important notices and information Versatile easy to use blade optimized for performance power and cooling Open Fabric Manager e It s collaborative enabling you to harness the power of the industry to deliver innovation that matters Get flexibility from a myriad of solutions created by Blade org members and industry leaders that have downloaded our open specification EASY to deploy integrate and manage e It enables efficient integrated management which allows you to minimize costs with the tools you need for effective management Automate OS installation and BIOS updates remotely with IBM Systems Director tools Administer your blades at the chassis or rack level with the Advanced Management Module Plug into your enterprise management software e It enable deployment simplicity without tradeoffs by speeding the deployment of new hardware in minutes rather than days using BladeCenter Open Fabric Manager Get significantly faster deployment of servers and I O than from rack solutions Reduce costly downtime with integrated failover capability Manage from a single point of control via the Advanced Management Module Use with virtually all IBM switches blades and chassis GREEN today for a better tomorrow e It offers control via powerful tools that help you optimize your data center infrastructure so you can be responsive Understand your power requirement
24. enter everything from a high performance data center to a small office with limited IT skills BM has you covered Get flexibility with 5 compatible chassis and 5 blade types supporting multiple I O fabrics all managed from a common point e It s robust and reliable providing redundancy throughout and the information you need to keep your business up and running Provide redundancy for no single point of failure with IBM BladeCenter Preserve application uptime with IBM Predictive Failure Analysis and light path diagnostics Make decisions based on accurate data for quick problem diagnosis with First Failure Data Capture OPEN and innovative for a flexible business foundation e It s comprehensive providing broad fast and reliable networking and storage I O with BladeCenter Open Fabric Match your data center needs and the appropriate interconnect using a common management point and 5 I O fabrics to choose from Extract the most from your third party management solutions by utilizing the BladeCenter For terms and conditions or copies of the IBM Statement of Limited Warranty 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 se
25. er H None None 1 via chassis None 1 via chassis 1 plus 2 via chassis Integrated Management Module Power good blade location over temperature information general fault Processor memory HDDs expansion cards UEFI 2 1 Contained in chassis Contained in chassis Contained in chassis 9 7 245mm H 1 14 29mm W 17 6 446mm D 12 Ibs maximum 5 44 kg maximum Microsoft Windows Server 2008 Microsoft Windows Small Business Server 2008 Microsoft Windows Server 2003 and R2 Standard Web Enterprise Editions 32 bit and 64 bit RHEL 5 3 32 bit and 64 bit with or without Xen RHEL 5 3 32 bit SLES 11 32 bit and 64 bit with or without Xen Sun Solaris 10 VMware ESX Server 3 5 4 0 ESXi 3 5 4 0 Update 4 Select blades are supported for long life Contact IBM sales for details 3 years parts and labor onsite The HS22 offers maximum bang for the buck by incorporating outstanding features in a tiny package Price Performance Multi core processors Up to two 2 00 to 3 06GHz two four six core Xeon 5500 Series or 5600 Series processors Large cache Up to 12MB of L3 processor cache processor specific Fast memory access 1333MHz 1066MHz or 800MHz access depending on the processor model and DIMMs used Fast memory access 1333MHz or 1066MHz registered DDR 3 ECC memory Embedded virtualization Separately orderable option Fast disk technology Internal SAS or SATA storage 2 HDDs
26. es processors intl Please see the Legal Information section for important notices and information Versatile easy to use blade optimized for performance power and cooling The six core Xeon processors contain six complete processor cores The processors also contain one shared 12MB cache The shared cache is dynamically allocated among cores as needed The six cores appear to software as six physical processors The six core processors offer considerably higher performance than a same speed Xeon processor with four cores Turbo Boost Technology dynamically turns off unused processor cores and increases the clock speed of the cores in use by up to two model frequencies For example a 2 93GHz 6 core X5670 processor with 3 6 cores active can run the cores at 3 2GHz With only one or two cores active the same processor can run those cores at 3 33GHz Similarly a 3 46GHz 4 core X5677 processor can run at 3 6GHz or even 3 73GHz When the cores are needed again they are dynamically turned back on and the processor frequency is adjusted accordingly In processors implementing Intel Hyper Threading Technology each core has two threads capable of running an independent process Thus a 6 core processor can run 12 threads concurrently Intelligent Power Capability powers individual processor elements on and off as needed to reduce power draw Execute Disable Bit functionality can help prevent certain classes of malicious buffer o
27. h memory it s extremely fast and ideal for diskless configurations It also offers enhanced security because it runs without an operating system based console and is updated patched mush like firmware Licensing works the same as for standard ESX Server External Tape Storage The HS22 supports various external rack mounted SAN attached tape drives Supported tape technologies include e IBM LTO3 2U Autoloader e IBM LTO3 4U Tape Library e IBM System Storage TS2230 Express Tape Drive e IBM System Storage TS2240 Tape Drive Model H4S e IBM System Storage TS3100 or TS3200 Tape Library e IBM System Storage TS3310 Modular Tape Library 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 servicer which component of the affected server requires attention In addition many components have their own identifying LEDs For example each of the memory modules has an LED next to the socket as do both processors This a
28. hat usage In failure mode Active Energy Manager 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 Systems 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 HS22 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 operating system or applications are loaded using Wake on LAN P
29. ile that you can send to IBM service and support Additionally you can view the information locally through a generated text report file or you can copy the log to removable media and view the log from a Web browser IBM Systems Director software for advanced workgroup management is included with the server IBM Systems Director comes with a portfolio of tools including Active Energy Manager Service and Support Manager and other tools System Availability a no charge download and Capacity Manager sold separately are available as add ons for additional server management and increased availability IBM Systems Director provides a single uniform graphical interface for all of these systems management functions IBM Systems Director enables you to customize thresholds and monitor system components for things like temperature voltage regulation etc to help maximize uptime IBM options for System x servers let you take your servers to a higher level You can rely on System x and blade options to supply a comprehensive solution for your business needs Options help 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 System x servers and options lets you keep your fingers on the pulse of your e business Processors The Intel Xeon processor provides high
30. ility and Availability e IBM Systems Director systems management software including m IBM Systems Director Active Energy Manager for x86 IBM Management Processor Assistant IBM Rack Manager IBM RAID Manager IBM Update Assistant IBM Software Distribution Q IBM System Availability e Integrated Management Module m IPMI 2 0 compliance including highly secure remote power control Q cKVM Q Advanced management capabilities OoOoodo e Interface to one or two Advanced Management Modules in the chassis for advanced systems management capability Q Supports LDAP and SSL industry standards Text and graphics console redirection systems management m Serial over LAN e Optional solid state drive as a high reliability alternative to internal storage with up to three times the MTBF of spinning disk drives e Numerous hot swap redundant capabilities provided via the chassis Server Comparison Chart The following table shows the suggested uses for the respective IBM BladeCenter blade servers including comparisons of the uses for which each server is best suited Important Nice to Have Can do without a w Better O Good Requirements BladeCenter Servers ko va a e a la 9 e REl 3 e le Eel g ge 1 TT Veit p 2 D gs a 38 53 38 o 5 s 2 F a g 52 A 2 a She T g 3 S e
31. istics 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 e Text and graphics console redirection support allows the administrator to remotely view HS22 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 Right Open Easy Green You need to make IT decisions that will drive business success You face management challenges and technological complexity such as space constraints power and cooling limitations heterogeneous environments and I O connectivity issues IBM brings together the widest choice of compatible chassis blade servers storage and networking offerings and solution providers in the industry to help you build an open and flexible IT environment And regardless of the size of your business you want to be up and running 24 7 With built in redundancy innovative power and cooling and the latest O and management tools IBM BladeCenter is easy to own so you can focus on your business demands and stay ahead of the competition The RIGHT choice tailored to fit your diverse needs e It s flexible and modular As needs evolve a one size fits all solution doesn t work Meet your needs with BladeC
32. l HDD to fail e Optional solid state drives SDDs use only 2W of energy per drive vs 9 10W for 2 5 inch HDDs This is as much as 80 less energy than a HDD would use with a corresponding reduction in heat output e Low power 1 35V memory draws up to 15 less power than current shipping memory DIMMs e Selected HS22 blade servers are planned for NEBS3 ETSI compliance 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 e 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 itself 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 power bill The reduced datacenter footprint can also save on infrastructure cost e The midplanes used in all chassis provide high speed blade to blade blade to switch module and module to module communications internally as well as externally The midplanes used in the BladeCenter H and BladeCenter HT chassis provide four 10Gb data channels to each blade and supports high speed switch modules including 4X InfiniBand and 10Gb
33. lability with increased uptime If you need highly manageable high performance computing power in a space or power constrained environment the HS22 is the ideal system Selling Features Price Performance e There is an HS22 model to fit all budgets The HS22 offers a choice of high performance 6 core 4 core 2 core Xeon processors with integrated memory controllers clock rates from 2 00GHz to 3 06GHZz and up to 12MB of shared cache processor specific of integrated L3 cache Xeon 5600 Series processors offer up to 60 better performance than the previous generation 5500 Series processors and up to 1500 better performance than the single core processors of a few years ago that you may still be using e Low voltage processors draw less energy and produce less waste heat than higher voltage processors thus helping to reduce data center energy costs On a per core basis the standard 80W processors are extremely economical consuming as little as 20W per core Some low voltage Xeon processors consume only 60W 15W per core e Up to 96GB of registered DDR 3 ECC memory operates at 800MHz to 1333MHz depending on the system configuration for high performance and wide memory bandwidth e Run two DIMMs per memory channel at 1333MHz in 5600 Series processor configurations e Embedded virtualization optional on all models offers extremely high performance enhanced security and a zero gigabyte HDD footprint In other words no mechanica
34. ll memory protection technology with x4 DIMMs x4 data width of rank but not with x8 DIMMs For increased availability the HS22 offers an additional level of IBM Active Memory protection memory mirroring Memory mirroring works much like disk mirroring The total memory is divided into two channels Data is written concurrently to both channels The third channel is unused 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 With mirroring enabled one third of total memory 4 DIMMs is available for use Note Due to the double writes to memory performance is affected Mirroring is handled at the hardware level no operating system support is required DDR 3 memory is available in 1GB 2GB 4GB and 8GB DIMMs DIMMs are installed individually not in pairs Flexible Internal Storage The HS22 offers a choice of internal 2 5 inch storage up to two hot swap SAS or SATA drives or two hot swap solid state drives e SAS 10K RPM 2 5 inch HDD 73 4 146 8 300 or 500GB capacities 1TB maximum e SAS 15K RPM 2 5 inch HDD 73 4 or 146 8GB capacity 293 6GB e SATA 10K RPM 2 5 inch HDD 300GB capacities 600GB e SATA based solid state 31 4GB single capacities 62 8GB maximum Due to the statistically higher failure rates for traditional spinning media IBM recommends the use
35. ller Memory Controller Note If only one processor is installed only the first six DIMM slots can be used Adding a second processor not only doubles the amount of memory available for use but also doubles the number of memory controllers thus doubling the system memory bandwidth If you add a second processor but no additional memory for the second processor the second processor has to access the memory from the first processor remotely resulting in longer latencies and lower performance The latency to access remote memory is almost 75 higher than local memory access So the goal should be to always populate both processors with memory The L5640 and X56xx processor models support memory running at up to 1333MHz while E56xx and up models support memory at up to 1066MHz and the E550x models support memory at 800MHz only Running memory at 1333MHz where supported versus 1066MHz offers up to 9 better performance while running memory at 1066MHz produces up to 28 better performance than memory running at 800MHz Xeon 5500 and 5600 Series processors access memory with almost 50 lower latency than the previous generation 5400 Series processors That can result in faster processing of latency sensitive workloads Please see the Legal Information section for important notices and information Versatile easy to use blade optimized for performance power and cooling This new processor design comes with some trade offs in me
36. llows 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 Gigabit Ethernet Controllers The HS22 includes a dual port integrated Broadcom BCM5709S Gigabit Ethernet controller for up to 10X higher maximum throughput than a 10 100 Ethernet controller The controller offers 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 2 port or 4 port Ethernet expansion card adds additional Gigabit Ethernet ports High Performance Adapter Slots The HS22 blade server includes two x8 PCle adapter slots They support CFF compact form factor cards one standard speed ClOv and one high speed CFFh Support for one of two possible expansion units is planned for sometime after general availability GA to increase the number of expansion card slots available Only one may be used as each will utilize the one high speed expansion connector in the HS22 Adapters can also be used to add
37. mation 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 System x hardware and software as well as onsite custom services to provide the level of expertise you require IBM Maintenance and Technical Support solutions can help you get the most out of your IT investment by reducing support costs increasing availability and simplifying management with integrated support for your multiproduct multivendor hardware and software environment For more information on hardware maintenance software support solution support and managed support visit http ibm com services maintenance 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 environments Features include the
38. mory capacity performance and cost For example more lower cost lower capacity DIMMs mean lower memory speed Alternatively fewer higher capacity DIMMs cost more but offer higher performance Regardless of memory speed the Xeon 5500 platform represents a significant improvement in memory bandwidth over the previous Xeon 5400 platform At 1333MHz the improvement is almost 500 over the previous generation This huge improvement is mainly due to the dual integrated memory controllers and faster DDR 3 1333MHz memory Throughput at 800MHz is 25 gigabytes per second GBps at 1066MHz it s 32GBps and at 1333MHz it s 35GBps This improvement translates into improved application performance and scalability Memory interleaving refers to how physical memory is interleaved across the physical DIMMs A balanced system provides the best interleaving A Xeon 5500 processor based system is balanced when all memory channels on a socket have the same amount of memory In the case of HS22 which has a balanced DIMM layout it is easy to balance the system for all three memory frequencies The recommended DIMM population is shown below assuming DIMMs with identical capacities Desired Memory Speed DIMMs per Channel DIMM Slots to Populate 1333MHz 1 2 4 6 8 10 and 12 1066MHz 2 All slots All slots 800MHz 2 clock memory speed to 800MHz in BIOS A memory rank is simply a segment of memory that is addressed by a specific address bit
39. ort 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 ServerProven IBM Standalone Solutions Configuration Tool IBM System x and BladeCenter Power Configurator IBM ServerGuide IBM Systems Director Service and Support Manager Product Customization Services and extensive technical support offerings The IBM ServerProven program provides the confidence that specific options and operating wa Server systems have been tested on the blade servers and chassis and are officially supported to work Prover together It is updated frequently to keep the latest compatibility information at your fingertips The IBM Standalone Solutions Configuration Tool SSCT 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 System x and BladeCenter Power Configurator helps IT managers plan for data center power needs by providing the following information for specific configurations of System x and BladeCenter systems power input watts PDU
40. ost 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 A blade server has access to as many as 10 communication switches bridges in a BladeCenter H or 8 in a BladeCenter HT chassis Up to 4 switches in a BladeCenter E chassis And the switches can be Ethernet iSCSI SAS InfiniBand Fibre Channel 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 HS22 blade server includes an Integrated Management Module IMM to monitor server availability perform Predictive Failure Analysis etc and trigger IBM Systems Director alerts The IMM performs the functions of both the Baseboard Management Controller BMC of earlier systems and the Remote Supervisor Adapter II as well as remote presence cKVM Each BladeCenter chassis includes an Advanced Management Module to provide additional systems management capabilities including 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 Unified Extensible Firmware Interface UEFI next generation BIOS
41. re e g XCAT e Other mandatory and optional IPMI functions in the blade s IMM The IMM via the management module alerts IBM Systems 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 e 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 e Windows blue screen capture e 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 Systems Director Active Energy Manager Active Energy Manager 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 helps you 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 at the blade level then adding up the power draw for each blade and tracking t
42. rformance Always populate both processors with equal amounts of memory to ensure a balanced NUMA system Always populate all 3 memory channels on each processor with equal memory capacity Ensure an even number of ranks are populated per channel Use dual rank DIMMs whenever appropriate For optimal 1333MHz performance populate 6 dual rank DIMMs 3 per processor For optimal 1066MHz performance populate 12 dual rank DIMMs 6 per processor For optimal 800MHz performance with high DIMM counts populate 12 dual rank or quad rank DIMMs 6 per processor and clock memory down to 800MHz in BIOS With the above rules it is not possible to have a performance optimized system with 4GB 8GB 16GB or 128GB With 3 memory channels and interleaving rules configure systems with 6GB 12GB 18GB 24GB 48GB 72GB 96GB etc for optimized performance Power guidelines n Fewer larger DIMMs for example 6 x 4GB DIMMs vs 12 x 2GB DIMMs will generally have lower power requirements n x8 DIMMs x8 data width of rank will generally draw less power than equivalently sized x4 DIMMs Please see the Legal Information section for important notices and information Versatile easy to use blade optimized for performance power and cooling Reliability guidelines Using fewer larger DIMMs for example 6 x 4 GB DIMMs vs 12 x 2GB DIMMs is generally more reliable Xeon 5500 and 5600 Series memory controllers support IBM Chipki
43. s with IBM Power Configurator Monitor control and virtualize your power with IBM Systems Director Active Energy Manager Reduce data center hot spots with the IBM Rear Door Heat eXchanger Optimize and future proof your data center with IBM Data Center Energy Efficiency services e Our eco friendly servers and services can help you be environmentally responsible e Become more energy efficient with IBM expertise Key Features Multicore Intel Xeon Processors The HS22 supports up to two identical Xeon 5600 Series or 5500 Series processors that is the same clock rate and cache size and the same number of cores Each processor contains a memory controller meaning two in a two processor system for superior performance Some processor models are available via CTO only The choice of processors includes e 95W six core Xeon processor model X5670 running at 2 93GHz with impressive performance watt 15 84W per core 6 4GTps QPI speed 12MB of shared L3 cache 1333MHz memory access 2 threads per core and Intel Turbo Boost technology supported in all BladeCenter chassis except BladeCenter T e 95W four core Xeon processor model X5667 running at 3 06GHZz with impressive performance watt 15 84W per core 6 4GTps QPI speed 12MB of shared L3 cache 1333MHz memory access 2 threads per core and Intel Turbo Boost technology supported in all BladeCenter chassis except BladeCenter T we e 80W four core Xeon processor models E5640 at 2
44. signed with up to 12MB of shared cache and leading edge memory performance up to 1333MHz depending on processor model to help provide the computing power you require to match your business needs and growth The HS22 supports up to 96GB of registered double data rate III DDR 3 ECC Error Checking and Correcting memory in 12 DIMM slots with optional Chipkill protection for high performance and reliability Selected models are planned for NEBS 3 ETSI compliance The HS22 offers an option for VMware ESXi preloaded on a standard USB flash drive It operates in a diskless configuration offers a smaller memory footprint extremely high performance and stronger security making getting a system up and running in a virtualized environment faster and easier than ever before An integrated dual port Gigabit Ethernet controller is standard providing high speed data transfers and offering TOE TCP Offload Engine support load balancing and failover capabilities Via optional expansion cards each blade can also connect to additional Ethernet SAS Fibre Channel iSCSI InfiniBand and other high speed communication switches housed in the chassis Optional 2 port and 4 port Expansion Cards add additional fabrics to the HS22 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 th
45. 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 or 4 port Gigabit Ethernet Expansion Card or a BladeCenter PCI Express I O Expansion Unit In addition the various BladeCenter chassis offer a high degree of flexibility A 30mm HS22 blade server can be upgraded via a planned PCI Express I O Expansion Unit This expandability allows configurations that are 30mm or 60mm wide with a variety of I O options depending on need When installed in a BladeCenter H high speed switch bay the optional Multi Switch Interconnect Module doubles the number of Gigabit Ethernet and Fibre Channel connections to every blade in the chassis up to 8 or 12 ports depending on the blade server Xeon processor based HS22 blades can be used in the same chassis as Intel processor based HC10 HS12 HS20 HS21 HS21 XM HS40 and HX5 blades AMD Opteron processor based LS20 LS21 LS22 LS41 and LS42 blades IBM PowerPC processor based JS12 JS20 JS21 and JS22 blades Cell Broadband Engine processor based QS21 and IBM PowerXCell processor based QS22 blades Depending on the blade servers used the various BladeCenter chassis support Microsoft Windows Linux Novell Netware IBM AIX and Sun Solaris 10 operating systems in the same chassis Every HS LSJJS blade server ever released by IBM is supported in BladeCenter H and BladeCenter HT and m
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47. t 15 000 RPMs Hot swap SATA hard disk drives 2 5 inch are available for the HS22 with capacities up to 300GB at 10K RPMs Additional direct attach storage is available via the BladeCenter S chassis Solid State Drives IBM offers a choice of 31 4 or 50GB 2 5 inch solid state drive as an alternative to internal HDDs They can be used as a highly available boot drive or for storing disk images or for other primarily read only uses ServeRAID Controllers System x servers using ServeRAID technology allow organizations to build a reliable foundation for business critical computing IBM ServeRAID technology allows 12 Please see the Legal Information section for important notices and information Versatile easy to use blade optimized for performance power and cooling an array consisting of multiple physical hard disk drives to be treated as one logical drive ServeRAID technology also allows data to be stored redundantly across multiple hard disk drives enhancing both the integrity and the availability of the data SAS and SATA ServeRAID controllers offer enhanced performance due to onboard processors and cache Because IBM ServeRAID controllers can help significantly improve data transfer rates this technology is extremely effective when implementing demanding transaction oriented applications By employing the advanced fault tolerance of IBM ServeRAID technology companies can effectively implement networked business systems th
48. t Expansion Card ClOv For Fibre Channel SAN storage use an optional Fibre Channel Expansion Card ClOv 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 Integrated Virtualization HS22 offers a separately orderable IBM 2GB standard USB Flash Drive option preloaded with VMware ESXi This is an embedded version of VMware ESX Server It is fully contained on the flash drive without requiring any disk space Rather than management through a Service Console based on a Linux operating system ESXi relies on aggregate management tools including VirtualCenter the Remote Command Line interface and the introduction of CIM for standards based and agentless hardware monitoring VMware ESXi includes all the performance scalability and compatibility features of ESX Server 5 Data transfer rates depend on many factors and are often less than the maximum possible Please see the Legal Information section for important notices and information Versatile easy to use blade optimized for performance power and cooling PC EXPRESS including full VMFS support across FC SAN iSCSI SAN and NAS and 4 way VSMP Because it runs from flas
49. ve Energy Manager Service and Support Manager and others In addition IBM Systems Director offers extended systems management tools for additional server management and increased availability When a problem is encountered IBM Systems Director can issue administrator alerts via e mail pager and other methods Availability and Serviceability e 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 e HS22 blade servers support the use of Chipkill enabled ECC error checking and correcting memory 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 e Solid state drives offer up to triple the availability MTBF rates of conventional SAS HDDs This can lessen the need for redundant drives e 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 e Environmentally tuned blower modules in the chassis adjust to compensate for changing thermal character
50. verflow attacks when combined with a supporting operating system Intel s Virtualization Technology VT integrates hardware level virtualization hooks that allow operating system vendors to better utilize the hardware for virtualization workloads DDR 3 Registered Memory with Chipkill ECC Protection The HS22 uses registered double data rate IIl DDR 3 VLP very low profile DIMMs and provides Active Memory features including advanced Chipkill memory protection for up to 16X better error correction than standard ECC memory In addition to offering triple the memory bandwidth of DDR 2 or fully buffered memory DDR 3 memory also uses less energy DDR 2 memory already offered up to 37 lower energy use than fully buffered memory Now a generation later DDR 3 memory is even more efficient using 10 15 less energy than DDR 2 memory The HS22 supports up to 96GB of memory in twelve DIMM slots Redesign in the architecture of the 5500 and 5600 Series processors bring radical changes in the way memory works in these servers For example the Xeon 5500 and 5600 Series processors integrate the memory controller inside the processor resulting in two memory controllers in a two socket system Each memory controller has three memory channels Depending on the type of memory population of memory and processor model the memory may be clocked at 1333MHz 1066MHz or 800MHz Xeon 5600 5500 Xeon 5600 5500 Processor 0 Processor 1 Memory Contro

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