| Key features |
Benefits |
Up to 10 hot-plug server blades per chassis:
- up to 10 1-2 64-bit Intel® Xeon™ processors or
- up to 5 4-way Xeon MP server blades
- up to 10 server blades with 1-2 64-bit AMD Opteron processors
- up to 5 4-socket AMD Opteron 8xx MP blades
- up to 2 8-socket AMD Opteron 880 or 885 MP blades
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The flexibility of mix and match of different blade versions, enable the Blade Ecosystem to fulfill mainly all tasks in the data center |
| Scaling option to build a 4-socket server out of two- four dual blades based on Opteron 8xx MP CPU, using AMDs “Direct Connect” technology with standard chipsets. |
Mono-Core and Dual-Core AMD Opteron processors and scalability from dual to quad or eight socket blade and up to 16-cores for all performance needs. |
| Redundant switch blades and / or Pass-Thru blades and two redundant management blades for highly flexible network integration and reliable management. |
Redundant and hot-plug blades ensure trouble-free operation and minimum server down times |
| The “Advanced-KVM” switch realizes remote (over IP) maintenance from a single point of control for all blades reducing external equipment costs. |
A set of powerful server management tools reduces administration and maintenance efforts. |
| Two Gigabit Ethernet interfaces per dual server blade, 2x2 Gigabit Ethernet interfaces per 4-socket server blade for efficient and stable communication paths. Optional extendable 2 channel GbE daughter card and additional PCI riser option. |
Less space and power consumption compared to conventional rack server farms reduce operation costs. |
| Optional two (dual server blade) or 2x2 (4-socket server blade) Fibre Channel interfaces, optional PCI slot module (instead of a hard disk) for LAN controller on dual processor server blades. |
Solutions for automated operating system deployment and load balancing adapt the server configurations to the current load profile, giving optimized response times. |
| Tried-and-tested, easy-to-use server management software (locally/remotely) for careless and convenient operation. |
All server blades may be mixed in one chassis, protecting investments and offering high growth rates. |
| One or two hot-plug hard disks per server blade in RAID 0 or 1 configuration for data security. |
Many solution templates for blades are available e.g. terminal services, virtualization, SAP, SAN-Boot … |
