Optimized for virtualization and database applications with maximum
memory and compute capacity in a blade
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• 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 HX5 text
and graphic messages over serial or LAN connections.
• A standard three-year (parts and labor) limited onsite warranty4 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 I/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:
• It’s flexible and modular. As needs evolve, a one-size-fits-all solution doesn’t work.
– Meet your needs with BladeCenter: everything from a high-performance data center to a small
office with limited IT skills—IBM has you covered
– Get flexibility with 5 compatible chassis and 5 blade types supporting multiple I/O fabrics, all
managed from a common point
• 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:
• 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 Open
Fabric Manager
• 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:
• 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
• 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:
• It offers control via powerful tools that help you optimize your data center infrastructure so you can be
responsive.
4 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.