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Chapter 3. Deployment considerations
This chapter describes the information you need to plan for your BladeCenter T
deployment. For additional information about the deployment of your BladeCenter T
unit, refer to IBM BladeCenter Systems Management, which is available at
www.ibm.com/redbooks.
Network topologies
You can deploy the BladeCenter T unit in a variety of network topologies. This
section describes some of these topologies and explains deployment considerations
for each topology. These topologies include:
v Integrated infrastructure
v Network infrastructure
Integrated infrastructure
The BladeCenter T unit can be deployed as part of a single-chassis or multi-chassis
solution for an integrated infrastructure.
Single BladeCenter T chassis
You can deploy your BladeCenter T unit as an integrated solution for your business.
Within a single BladeCenter T unit, you can mix and match applications and
operating systems. In addition, using a spare blade and the redeployment
capabilities of IBM Director enables you to implement a "Blade RAID" concept. You
can set up IBM Director and RDM to automatically image a spare blade to replace
a failed server, increasing capacity to handle peak workloads, within seconds (see
Figure 22 on page 40).
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