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Figure3. Logical components of the BladeSymphony 1000
The following chapters detail the major components of BladeSymphony 1000, as well as management
software and Virtage embedded virtualization technology.
• “Intel Itanium Server Blade” on page8 provides details on the Intel Itanium Server Blades and how
they can be combined to create SMP systems up of to 16 cores and 256 GB of memory.
• “Intel Xeon Server Blade” on page20 provides details on the Intel Xeon Server Blades.
• “I/O Sub System” on page26 provides details on the PCI-X, PCIe, and Embedded Fibre Channel
Switch modules.
• “Chassis, Power, and Cooling” on page36 provides details on the two chassis models, as well as
Power and Cooling Fan Modules.
• “Reliability and Serviceability Features” on page39 discusses the various reliability, availability, and
serviceability features of the BladeSymphony 1000.
• “Management Software” on page 45 discuss software management features.
• “Virtage” on page48 provides technical details on Virtage embedded virtualization technology.
8 modules
max.
Front Rear
Server blade
HDD module
(3 HDDs max.)
Backplane
I/O module
I/O module
o
r
Switch &
Management module
Embedded FCSW
module
Server blade
Server blade
Up to
8-way
SMP
configurable
o
r
HDD module
(6 HDDs max.)
Replaced with
4-server blade
16 slots
in total
16 slots
in total
*1: The HDD module
having six HDDs
mounted occupies
the space for two
modules.