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Workhorse 2-socket dual and quad-core intel xeon blade server
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Workhorse 2-socket dual and quad-core Intel Xeon blade server
# of USB ports
Systems management controller
Diagnostic LEDs (front panel)
Predictive Failure Analysis support
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 HS21 Specifications
Power good, blade location, over temperature, information, general fault
9.7" (245mm) H
1.14" (29mm) W
17.6" (446mm) D
Microsoft Windows Server 2003 (Standard/Web/Enterprise Editions) 32-bit and 64-bit,
RHEL 3/4 32-bit and 64-bit, SLES 9 32-bit and 64-bit, Novell NetWare 6.5, Sun Solaris
Select blades are supported for long life. (Contact IBM sales for details.)
The HS21 offers maximum bang for the buck by incorporating outstanding features in a tiny
package:
Price/Performance:
• Multi-core processors — Up to two 1.6 to 3.16GHz quad-core or 1.6 to 3.33GHz dual-core 64-bit
(EM64T) Xeon processors
• Low-voltage processors to help reduce energy usage — Up to two 50W quad-core or two 35W or
40W dual-core 64-bit (EM64T) Xeon processors
• Fast front-side bus — 1066MHz or 1333MHz FSB
• Large cache — 12MB, 8MB, 6MB or 4MB of L2 processor cache
• Fast memory — 667MHz Fully Buffered PC2-5300 DDR II ECC memory
• Fast disk technology — Internal SAS storage (2 HDDs), with the option for three additional SAS
HDDs in an adjacent Storage and I/O Expansion Unit (5 HDDs total); RAID-0 data striping
• Optional 15.8GB or 31.4GB Solid State Drives as an energy-saving alternative to hard disk drives
• Fast I/O — 10Gb Ethernet, 4X InfiniBand, Myrinet, iSCSI, or Fibre Channel connectivity via an
optional expansion card
• Fast communications — Integrated dual Gigabit Ethernet, with the option for two additional Gigabit
Ethernet ports via expansion cards (total 8 ports per blade) and expansion unit
Flexibility:
• Single- (30mm), double- (60mm), triple- (90mm), or quadruple-wide (120mm) configurations
• Large memory capacity — Up to 16GB standard using four 4GB DIMMs (or up to 32GB and eight
DIMM slots, using the Memory and I/O Expansion Unit)
• High-capacity disk storage — Up to 293.6GB of internal SAS storage, with the option for three
additional 2.5-inch SAS HDDs in an adjacent Storage and I/O Expansion Unit (5 HDDs, 734GB
total)
• A choice of hard disk, flash memory, or solid-state storage
• Integrated RAID — RAID-1 mirrored arrays standard; enhanced RAID-1E arrays optional (using a
Storage and I/O Expansion Unit); RAID-5 arrays available using the optional ServeRAID-8k
controller
• One available adapter slot standard —
One legacy slot for standard PCI-X adapters, or
One high-speed PCIe slot
• Additional optional adapter slots —
Two legacy PCI-X slots or one PCI-X and one high-speed PCIe slot provided by the Storage
None (2 via chassis)
Integrated BMC
Processor, memory, HDDs, expansion cards
Contained in chassis
Contained in chassis
Contained in chassis
10, VMware ESX Server 3.0
3 years (parts and labor) onsite
12 lbs (maximum)
5.44 kg (maximum)
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