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v Density. You get double the density versus IBM carrier-grade rack-mount servers
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v Systems management and deployment. In blade servers, integrated systems
Deployment scenarios
The IBM BladeCenter T unit can be deployed to support a variety of networking
goals and environments, such as:
v Central Office (CO) environment
v Server consolidation
v e-business infrastructure
v Enterprise infrastructure
performance and scalability are powered by Intel DP Xeon
and Intel MP Xeon 4W/400 MHz FSB processors with 533 MHz front-side bus
speed. Other high-performance features include high-speed 512 MB Double Data
Rate ECC SDRAM memory, featuring optional Chipkill
duel Gigabit Ethernet controllers with teaming and failover support, integrated
service processor, and connections for SCSI hard disk drives.
at a potentially lower cost. Up to 80 processors can be integrated into an 84-inch
Telco rack. Blades can be used for control plane applications such as
VoIP/softswitch, transport plane applications such as signalling, wireless and
media gateways, service plane applications such as provisioning and network
management, and application plane applications such as unified communications,
IP centrex, and billing.
High availability and ease of serviceability. Blade server designs include
high-availability features similar to those found in conventional rack servers, such
as redundant and hot-swap components (even the hot swapping of the blade
servers themselves). Removing a server for maintenance involves simply sliding
a blade out of the BladeCenter T unit, which makes a policy of hot-spare servers
effective to implement. In addition, you can configure blades to fail over to one
another in the event of a failure.
management processors monitor the status of blades and modules all at once. In
the event of an alert, the processors can signal the systems management
software, which can then notify the administrator by e-mail or pager at any hour
of the day or night. In addition, the software is able to run system diagnostics
and integrate with enterprise-wide systems management software.
The ability to slide server blades in and out of the BladeCenter T unit makes new
server deployment more efficient. When you insert a blade into an open bay, it is
connected to all infrastructure components in the BladeCenter T unit. There is
typically no need to plug multiple cables into each server as it is installed. For
example, instead of having to attach a KVM cable, power cable, Ethernet cable,
and systems management cable per server, you need to attach only one of each
cable per BladeCenter T unit, which contains multiple servers.
IBM BladeCenter T is ideally suited for telecom or carrier-grade environments
that require maximum equipment operability.
The IBM BladeCenter T unit can be used by organizations with multiple server
locations that need to centralize or physically consolidate servers to increase
flexibility, reduce maintenance costs, and reduce human resources.
The IBM BladeCenter T unit can be used by companies that need to deploy new
e-commerce and e-business applications and infrastructure quickly to minimize
time to market, while at the same time ensuring flexibility, scalability, and
availability.
The IBM BladeCenter T unit can support an enterprise infrastructure through:
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2W/800 MHz FSB
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memory for reliability,
Chapter 1. Introducing the BladeCenter T units
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