IBM BladeCenter HS22 Product Manual
IBM BladeCenter HS22 Product Manual

IBM BladeCenter HS22 Product Manual

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Versatile, easy-to-use blade optimized for performance, power and cooling

Product Guide

March 2010

Product Overview

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Chipkill protection on the HS22 requires x4 DIMMs; Chipkill protection is not available with x8 DIMMs.
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Actual data transfer speed will vary and is often less than the maximum possible. Gigabit Ethernet transfer speed requires support on both
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Please see the Legal Information section for important notices and information.
IBM BladeCenter HS22
No compromise, truly balanced, 2-socket blade server
for infrastructure, virtualization and enterprise business
applications
Suggested uses: Front-end and mid-tier applications requiring high performance, enterprise-
class availability and extreme flexibility and power efficiency.
Today's data center environment is tougher than ever. You are looking to reduce IT cost,
complexity, space requirements, power consumption and heat output, while increasing flexibility,
utilization and manageability. Incorporating IBM X-Architecture
®
HS22 blade server, combined with the various BladeCenter chassis, can help
you accomplish all of these goals.
Reducing an entire server into as little as .5U of rack space (i.e., up to 14 servers in 7U) does
not mean trading away features and capabilities for smaller size. Each HS22 blade server offers
features comparable to many 1U rack-optimized full-featured servers: The HS22 supports up to
two of the latest high-performance or low-voltage 6-core, 4-core, and 2-core Intel
series and 5600 series processors.. The Xeon processors are designed with up to 12MB of
shared cache and leading-edge memory performance (up to 1333MHz, depending on processor
model) to help provide the computing power you require to match your business needs and
The HS22 supports up to 96GB of registered double data rate III (DDR-3) ECC (Error
Checking and Correcting) memory in 12 DIMM slots, with optional Chipkill
performance and reliability. Selected models are planned for NEBS-3/ETSI-compliance.
The HS22 offers an option for VMware ESXi preloaded on a standard USB flash drive. It
operates in a diskless configuration, offers a smaller memory footprint, extremely high
performance, and stronger security, making getting a system up and running in a virtualized
environment faster and easier than ever before.
An integrated dual-port Gigabit Ethernet
transfers and offering TOE (TCP Offload Engine) support, load-balancing and failover
capabilities. Via optional expansion cards, each blade can also connect to additional Ethernet,
SAS, Fibre Channel, iSCSI, InfiniBand
housed in the chassis. Optional 2-port and 4-port Expansion Cards add additional fabrics to
the HS22 server as needed. This blade is designed with power management capability to
provide the maximum uptime possible for your systems. In extended thermal conditions or
power brownouts, rather than shut down completely, or fail, the HS22 automatically reduces the
processor frequency to maintain acceptable thermal and power levels.
All HS22 models offer impressive features at an equally impressive price, including up to two
hot-swap SAS or SATA hard disk drives or two hot-swap solid-state drives with RAID-
0/1/1E support, and one USB-based internal flash drive (for embedded hypervisor]. Additional
storage is available via the BladeCenter S chassis. Moreover, the HS22 is optimized for
diskless operation, offering each blade server access to essentially unlimited external storage
capacity via Fibre Channel, SAS, or iSCSI.
A single BladeCenter E or BladeCenter H chassis supports up to 14 hot-swappable 30mm-
wide HS22 blades in only 7U (BladeCenter E) or 9U (BladeCenter H) of rack space or up to 12
in the 12U BladeCenter HT high-speed telecommunications chassis. In addition to the blade
servers, these chassis also hold up to 4 switches (BladeCenter E) or up to 10 (BladeCenter H)
or 8 switches/bridges (BladeCenter HT) internally. The BladeCenter S, designed for SMB and
mid-market customers, takes integration and affordability to a new level, combining up to 12 hot-
swap SAS/SATA HDDs (with optional SAS card) and up to 6 blade servers and 4 switches.
Not only can this save significant data center space (and therefore the cost of floor space and
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Summary of Contents for IBM BladeCenter HS22

  • Page 1: Table Of Contents

    Today’s data center environment is tougher than ever. You are looking to reduce IT cost, complexity, space requirements, power consumption and heat output, while increasing flexibility, Selling Features ™ ® utilization and manageability. Incorporating IBM X-Architecture features, the IBM ® Key Features BladeCenter HS22 blade server, combined with the various BladeCenter chassis, can help you accomplish all of these goals.
  • Page 2: Selling Features

    ; IPMI 2.0 support, including highly secure remote power control; text-console redirect over LAN, next-generation BIOS (UEFI), an Advanced Management Module (upgradeable with a redundant AMM), IBM Systems Director management software including IBM Systems Director Active Energy Manager™ for x86. Remote Deployment Manager, ™...
  • Page 3 Sun Solaris 10 operating systems in the same chassis. • Every HS/LS/JS blade server ever released by IBM is supported in BladeCenter H and BladeCenter HT, and most are supported in every BladeCenter chassis ever released, going back to 2002. Every switch module released by IBM is equally compatible.
  • Page 4 Extract the most from your third-party management solutions by utilizing the BladeCenter 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.
  • Page 5: Key Features 5 Bladecenter

    – Understand your power requirements with IBM Power Configurator – Monitor, control and virtualize your power with IBM Systems Director Active Energy Manager – Reduce data center hot spots with the IBM Rear Door Heat eXchanger – Optimize and future-proof your data center with IBM Data Center Energy Efficiency services •...
  • Page 6 Versatile, easy-to-use blade optimized for performance, power and cooling The six-core Xeon processors contain six complete processor cores. The processors also contain one shared 12MB cache. The shared cache is dynamically allocated among cores as needed. The six cores appear to software as six physical processors. The six-core processors offer considerably higher performance than a same-speed Xeon processor with four cores.
  • Page 7 Versatile, easy-to-use blade optimized for performance, power and cooling This new processor design comes with some trade-offs in memory capacity, performance, and cost: For example, more lower-cost/lower-capacity DIMMs mean lower memory speed. Alternatively, fewer higher- capacity DIMMs cost more but offer higher performance. Regardless of memory speed, the Xeon 5500 platform represents a significant improvement in memory bandwidth over the previous Xeon 5400 platform.
  • Page 8: Disk Controllers

    Xeon 5500 and 5600 Series memory controllers support IBM Chipkill™ memory protection technology with x4 DIMMs (x4 data width of rank), but not with x8 DIMMs For increased availability, the HS22 offers an additional level of IBM Active Memory protection: memory mirroring.
  • Page 9: Light Path Diagnostics

    Channel, additional Gigabit Ethernet modules, InfiniBand, SAS, etc. BladeCenter Chassis IBM’s blade architecture offers five choices of compatible and interoperable chassis in which to use various blade servers. Each chassis serves different customer needs. The new BladeCenter S is a small, entry-level chassis designed for office environments. The original BladeCenter E chassis offers maximum density, great flexibility and a wide variety of expansion options at an entry-level price.
  • Page 10 The IBM services and technical support portfolio provides world-class, consistent, high-quality service and support. From the start, IBM programs make it easier for you to plan for, configure and purchase BladeCenter servers, get them running and keep them running long-term. These ®...
  • Page 11 Preboot Execution Environment (PXE). Like Wake on LAN, PXE is system firmware. It allows software such as the IBM Remote Deployment Manager to take control of a system before the BIOS, operating system or applications are loaded (using Wake on LAN/PXE) and lets an administrator perform many low- level tasks remotely that would otherwise require a visit to each system.
  • Page 12: Key Options

    The diagnostic programs create a merged log that includes events from all collected logs. The information is collected into a file that you can send to IBM service and support. Additionally, you can view the information locally through a generated text report file, or you can copy the log to removable media and view the log from a Web browser.
  • Page 13: Hs22 Images

    Gigabit Ethernet and Fibre Channel connections available to all blades in the chassis. Rear Door Heat eXchanger — The unit attaches to the back of an IBM S2 42U Enterprise Rack. It is capable of removing up to 50,000 BTUs (14KVa) from the data center using water lines under the raised floor.
  • Page 14: Hs22 Specifications

    (H2x/H4x/H5x/HAx, N2x) # of processors standard / 1 / 2 maximum NEBS/ETSI Compliance Select blades are NEBS3/ETSI-compliant. (Contact IBM sales for details.) Chipset Intel 5520 6GB (3 x 2GB) / 96GB (G2x/G4x/GCx, Standard / maximum memory 3GB (3 x 1GB) /96GB (A4x, D3x)
  • Page 15 Versatile, easy-to-use blade optimized for performance, power and cooling BladeCenter HS22 Specifications processor and memory configuration) Memory interleaving DIMM capacities supported 1GB, 2GB, 4GB, 8GB (when available) Chipkill protection supported Yes (using x4 DIMMs) # of DIMM sockets total / available 12 / 9 # of 2.5-inch drive bays total /...
  • Page 16: The Bottom Line

    64-bit—with or without Xen, Sun Solaris 10, VMware ESX Server 3.5/4.0 ESXi 3.5/4.0 Update 4 Extended/long life support Select blades are supported for long life. (Contact IBM sales for details.) Length of limited warranty 3 years (parts and labor) onsite...
  • Page 17: Server Comparison

    MTBF of spinning disk drives) • Numerous hot-swap/redundant capabilities provided via the chassis Server Comparison Chart The following table shows the suggested uses for the respective IBM BladeCenter blade servers, including comparisons of the uses for which each server is best suited: Important...
  • Page 18: For More Information 18 Growth

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