BladeCenter S Chassis

Highlights

• Integrates servers, storage, networking, I/O and applications into a single chassis
• Uses standard office power plugs with 100–240V, so you do not need a datacenter to take command of your data
• Flexible modular technology integrates Intel®, and AMD Opteron™ processor-based blade servers supporting a wide range of operating systems
• Comes with management tools that are open and easily integrated, allowing you to focus on your business, not your IT
• Helps build greener IT infrastructures with powerful IBM Cool Blue™ technology, and a portfolio of products and tools to help customers plan, manage and control power and cooling.

BladeCenter S offers a broad range of storage and networking options integrated into the chassis to simplify infrastructure complexity and manageability while helping lower total cost of ownership.

Product features

• First BladeCenter chassis built specifically for the office and distributed enterprise environment
• Open and easy management tools deliver advanced, proactive management, providing rich and broad systems management capabilities
• Predictive Failure Analysis® helps save you time and money by helping decrease unplanned downtime
• Calibrated Vectored Cooling™ helps maintain the health of your system by keeping internal components cool

Hardware summary

• 7U rack-optimized chassis
• Up to six blade server bays
• Up to 12 SAS (3.6 TB1) or 12 SATA (9 TB) or an intermix of the two disks
• Hot-swap and redundant switch modules supporting SAS, Gigabit Ethernet, and Fibre Channel options
• Up to four hot-swap and redundant load-balancing power supply modules
• High-availability midplane helps enable increased uptime and investment protection for future technologies