Overview - NEC BladeServer Express5800 Series User Manual

2-2 General Description

OVERVIEW

A BladeServer is a modular, multiprocessing system that includes a processor, memory, network
connection, optional add-in card slot, and associated electronics on a single motherboard, which is
called a CPU blade.
A CPU bladeis typically installed into a rack-mountable enclosure that houses multiple CPU blades
that share common resources, such as cabling, power supplies, and cooling fans.
This high-density technology reduces the installation space, lowers the total cost of ownership, and
offers increased computing density while ensuring both maximum scalability and ease of
management.
Requires installation
space
Saves space
and
power
Blade Enclosure
Higher
power
consumption
CPU blade