The Bottom Line - IBM BladeCenter HS22 Product Manual

Versatile, easy-to-use blade optimized for performance, power and cooling
# of serial ports
# of parallel ports
# of mouse ports
# of keyboard ports
# of USB ports
Systems management controller
Diagnostic LEDs (front panel)
Predictive Failure Analysis support
BIOS type
Power supply size
# of power supplies standard /
maximum
# of fans/blowers standard /
maximum
Dimensions (HWD) / weight
Operating systems supported
Extended/long life support
Length of limited warranty

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BladeCenter HS22 Specifications
None (1 direct via BladeCenter H chassis, or Serial over LAN in BladeCenter E and
Power good, blade location, over temperature, information, general fault
9.7" (245mm) H
1.14" (29mm) W
17.6" (446mm) D
Microsoft Windows Server 2008, Microsoft Windows Small Business Server 2008,
Microsoft Windows Server 2003 and R2 (Standard/Web/Enterprise Editions) 32-bit and
64-bit, RHEL 5.3 32-bit and 64-bit—with or without Xen, RHEL 5.3 32-bit, SLES 11 32-bit
and 64-bit—with or without Xen, Sun Solaris 10, VMware ESX Server 3.5/4.0 ESXi 3.5/4.0
Select blades are supported for long life. (Contact IBM sales for details.)
The HS22 offers maximum bang for the buck by incorporating outstanding features in a tiny
package:
Price/Performance:
• Multi-core processors — Up to two 2.00 to 3.06GHz two-/four-/six-core Xeon 5500 Series or 5600
Series processors
• Large cache — Up to 12MB of L3 processor cache (processor-specific)
• Fast memory access — 1333MHz, 1066MHz, or 800MHz access (depending on the processor
model and DIMMs used)
• Fast memory access — 1333MHz or 1066MHz registered DDR-3 ECC memory
• Embedded virtualization (Separately orderable option)
• Fast disk technology — Internal SAS or SATA storage (2 HDDs), PCIe I/O Expansion Unit or
BladeCenter S chassis; RAID-0 data striping
• Fast I/O — 10Gb Ethernet, 4X InfiniBand, iSCSI, 3Gb SAS or 8Gb Fibre Channel connectivity via
an optional expansion card
• Fast communications — Integrated dual Gigabit Ethernet, with the option for two or four additional
Gigabit Ethernet ports via expansion cards and expansion unit (total 12 ports per blade); support for
10Gb Ethernet
Flexibility:
• Single- or double-wide configurations (blade server and one expansion unit)
• Large memory capacity — Up to 96GB standard using twelve 8GB DIMMs
• A choice of hard disk or solid-state storage
• High-capacity disk storage — Up to 1TB of internal SAS or SATA storage, with the option for
BladeCenter H)
None
None (1 via chassis)
None (1 via chassis)
1 (plus 2 via chassis)
Integrated Management Module
Processor, memory, HDDs, expansion cards
UEFI 2.1
Contained in chassis
Contained in chassis
Contained in chassis
Update 4
3 years (parts and labor) onsite
12 lbs (maximum)
5.44 kg (maximum)
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