Two available adapter slots standard

Optimized for virtualization and database applications with maximum memory and compute capacity in a blade

•Up to two internal 1.8-inchnon-hot-swapSSDs per node

•Solid-state drives are an energy-saving, higher-reliability alternative to HDD storage

•Optional IBM 160GB, 320GB, or 640GB High IOPS SSD Adapters for extremely high IOPS and bandwidth storage (requires BPE4 expansion unit)

•Integrated RAID — RAID-1mirrored arrays optional

•Two available adapter slots standard :

Two CFF (compact form factor) slots: one high-speed CFFh and one standard-speed CIOv

•Additional optional adapter slots9:

Up to 3 total, using 1 BladeCenter PCI Express I/O Expansion Unit 3 blade

Up to 10 total, using 4 BladeCenter PCI Express Gen 2 Expansion Blades (BPE4) blades

•IBM Systems Director systems management software, including:

IBM Systems Director Active Energy Manager

IBM Service and Support Manager

•Integrated Management Module:

IPMI 2.0 compliance, including highly secure remote power control

•Interface to one or two Advanced Management Modules in the chassis for advanced systems management capability

Supports LDAP and SSL industry standards

Text and graphics console redirection systems management

Serial over LAN

•Active Memory protection:

Advanced Chipkill ECC memory correction

Memory ProteXion support

Memory rank sparing

Memory mirroring

Memory scrubbing

•Solid-state drive as a high-reliability alternative to internal HDD storage (with up to three times the MTBF of spinning disk drives)

•Numerous hot-swap/redundant capabilities provided via the chassis

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