IBM System x® and BladeCenter®
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System x and BladeCenter
The industry is going through a major transition and the majority
of the technology budget goes to management, power, and
cooling Question: Approximately how many years do you estimate that
your x86 servers will be kept in operation?
 The release of a new Intel
processor drives transition
 IT infrastructure typically
lasts between 3 to 5 years
between refreshes
 Today, 50 cents
are spent on energy for every dollar
of hardware
 This is expected
to increase by 54%
Source: IDC, Virtualization 2.0: The Next Phase in Customer Adoption, Doc #204904, Dec 2006
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System x and BladeCenter
It’s time to start thinking differently
about infrastructure.
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System x and BladeCenter
A dynamic infrastructure addresses today’s
challenges and tomorrow’s opportunities.
IMPROVE SERVICE
Not only ensuring high availability
and quality of existing services, but
also meeting customer expectations
for real-time, dynamic access to
innovative new services.
REDUCE COST MANAGE RISK
Not just containing operational cost Not only addressing today’s
and complexity, but achieving security, resiliency, and
Dynamic compliance challenges, but
breakthrough productivity gains
Infrastructure also preparing for the new
through virtualization, optimization,
energy stewardship, and flexible risks posed by an even
sourcing. more connected and
collaborative world.
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System x and BladeCenter
BladeCenter Delivers Innovation for a
Dynamic Infrastructure
IBM BladeCenter can significantly reduce
operating costs without compromising
reliability and performance
IBM BladeCenter provides the ability to help manage risk in
challenging economic conditions
IBM BladeCenter helps improve the service of IT in both the
enterprise and mid-market
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System x and BladeCenter
What is IBM BladeCenter technology?
IBM BladeCenter is a simple integration of servers,
storage and networking. Its innovative, open design
offers a true alternative to sprawling racks and
overheated server rooms
 Built on the IBM X-Architecture strategy
 Five different yet compatible chassis to choose from
 Broad variety of processor blades including specialty
blades and expansion modules to match application needs
 An expansive I/O portfolio with simplified deployment and
failover capability
 Software for systems, energy and virtualization
management
 IBM services and support
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System x and BladeCenter
If your infrastructure looks like this …
Public
Internet/
intranet
clients
Firewalls Routers
(L3 switches)
Layer 4-7
switches
Layer 2
switches
Network Application Security Application Web Security File IBM WebSphere®
servers servers servers servers servers gateway servers Application
Server software
Storage
fibre
switches
Storage
fibre
switches
SAN
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System x and BladeCenter
IBM BladeCenter provides a dynamic infrastructure
 Simplified integrated
infrastructure that saves cost
compared to rack servers Public
Internet/
intranet
clients
 Substantial energy, cooling, Firewalls Routers
floor space conserved
 Highly resilient with no single
point of failure
 Simplified deployment
– Define once, deploy when ready
 Management stack automates
many tasks and provides SAN
failover capability
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System x and BladeCenter
Reduce costs through integration
BladeCenter integration reduces cost and
complexity
 Lowers connectivity cost (SAN/LAN) by 48%
 Saves up to ½ the valuable data center space
 Eliminates 80+% of all cables
 Consolidate with virtualized servers and save
more
 Configured BladeCenter servers cost less than
comparable rack servers
 Integrated switching eliminates most cables
and lowers cost of connecting servers to I/O  Manage a large numbers of physical and virtual
BladeCenter servers with IBM Systems Director 6.1
 Simplified infrastructure lowers management and save in administration costs
cost vs. disparate standalone systems
 Up to to 35% when running Windows
 Shared infrastructure saves on power and and up to 44% when running Linux*
cooling
* "Challenges of Operational Management for Enterprise Server
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System x and BladeCenter
Reduce costs through energy efficiency
Significantly reduce TCO with leadership
energy efficiency.
 Up to 35% energy savings vs. rack servers
 Up to 19% energy savings vs. HP blades
 New HS22 saves up to 93% of energy costs
vs. 3+ year old rack/blade servers (same or
better performance)
 IBM BladeCenter E is the most energy efficient chassis
 Up to 19% more energy efficient than HP blades
 Up to 35% more energy efficient than Dell rack
servers  BladeCenter systems are #1 through #7
on the Green500 list of energy efficient
 New IBM BladeCenter HS22 lowers energy usage by up supercomputers (Nov. 2008)
to 12% at peak load and up to 48% at idle compared to
previous generation blades
 IBM BladeCenter LS42 4-way blade consumes up to
300W less per blade vs. HP’s leading 4-way blade, BL680c
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System x and BladeCenter
Manage risk with reliability, availability, security
Get the peace of mind to run mission-critical
applications.
 IBM BladeCenter infrastructure has no single
point of failure
 BladeCenter Open Fabric Manager automates
failover capability for fast recovery
 Service Advisor automates service for faster
resolution, greater uptime
 Reduce downtime with options such as hot-swap solid state HDDs
A major on-line auctioneer described
the BladeCenter chassis
 Predictive Failure Analysis and Light Path Diagnostics provide infrastructure as rock-solid—the best
advance warning on system components so you can find the problem easily RAS they have in their
and proactively replace it before it fails infrastructure. It’s just one part of
their business they don’t need to
 Service Advisor provides electronic service agent to speed resolution of worry about. This is the investment
protection that BladeCenter offers
problems through automating service interaction with IBM our customers.
 Trusted Platform Module enables greater security with encryption
capabilities
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System x and BladeCenter
Improve service with better systems management
Systems Management for IBM BladeCenter is a complete
end-to-end stack designed to deliver future-proof
systems management today
 The standards-based Integrated Management Module (IMM)
provides improved error diagnostics, a virtual presence, and
remote control to easily manage blades from a central
location
 The new Unified Extensible Firmware Interface (UEFI) provides a
intuitive interface allowing you to add features and functions
across new blades quickly
 IBM Systems Director 6.1 makes it easy to configure and
deploy BladeCenter
 IBM ToolsCenter reduces complexity of choosing, finding, and
learning BladeCenter management tools
 Active Energy Manager monitors, measures and controls
BladeCenter energy usage and activity
 BladeCenter Open Fabric Manager virtualizes blade connection HP OpenView
addresses so they can be set once and automatically managed
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System x and BladeCenter
The new generation of
BladeCenter servers
gives you…
the reason to invest in an IT infrastructure that can help
lower operating costs in challenging economic times while
improving your service and competiveness
the reason to consider IBM as your vendor of choice for
IT infrastructure.
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System x and BladeCenter
IBM BladeCenter® is the RIGHT choice.
OPEN. EASY. GREEN.
The RIGHT choice, tailored to fit your diverse needs so you
can drive innovation with technology advancements
OPEN and innovative for a flexible business foundation. EASY
to deploy, integrate and manage so you can improve the
responsiveness of systems and people
GREEN today for a better tomorrow helping to maximize
return on your investments
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IBM BladeCenter®
System x and BladeCenter
Extend blade benefits to your entire business
Chassis tailored to your specific needs
IBM BladeCenter E
Best energy efficiency,
IBM BladeCenter T
best density Ruggedized
IBM BladeCenter S
Distributed, small office, IBM BladeCenter H IBM BladeCenter HT
easy to configure High performance Ruggedized,
high performance
 A common set of blades
 A common set of industry-standard switches and I/O fabrics
 A common management infrastructure
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2006

System x and BladeCenter
IBM BladeCenter E
Most affordable, dense and energy-efficient chassis
 Up to 19% more energy efficient than HP chassis, 35% more
efficient than Dell rack servers
 31% more dense than blade competitors, 2X the density of rack Upgrade
servers
 Save up to $3000 per chassis vs. HP BladeSystem c7000
 Easy deployment with IBM BladeCenter Open Fabric Manager
 Unparalleled investment protection with support for latest high
performance blade servers including HS22 and LS42
 Over 92% power supply efficiency
 Support 8Gb Fibre Channel for blazing fast SAN access*  New power supplies (2320W)
supports full complement of new
blades
 Available as field upgrade
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System x and BladeCenter
IBM BladeCenter S
Office “DataCenter” in a Box
 Set up in 30 minutes or less with BladeCenter
Start Now Advisor
 Innovative, simple, inexpensive shared
storage SAN
 Office-friendly 110v power
 Optimized for small office environments with
Office Enablement Kit
 Automated problem reporting and resolution
on with BladeCenter Service Advisor
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IBM BladeCenter H
High performance with most bandwidth
 Up to 42% more I/O lanes (20 vs. 14) per blade
than HP or Dell
 Unlike competition, no I/O sacrifices required
when deploying high speed switches
 Up to 10% more energy efficient than HP
cClass chassis*
 Up to 25% more backplane throughput
available versus HP cClass
*Edison Institute Study, November 2007
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IBM BladeCenter T
Low cost, ruggedized chassis
 Ruggedized chassis with NEBS and ETSI
certifications
 Unique shallow depth allows deployment in
compact environments like Telco and military
 Up to 35% more energy efficient than
traditional 1U servers
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IBM BladeCenter HT
Ruggedized chassis with high performance
 Ruggedized chassis that is NEBS and ETSI
compliant
 Up to 42% more I/O lanes (20 vs. 14) per blade
than HP
 Unlike competition, no I/O sacrifices required
when deploying high speed switches
 Up to 35% more energy efficient than traditional
1U servers
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System x and BladeCenter
IBM BladeCenter Chassis Feature Compare
Maximum Density and Distributed, Small Office, Ruggedized
High Performance Ruggedized
Energy Efficiency Easy to Configure High Performance
BladeCenter E BladeCenter H BladeCenter S BladeCenter T BladeCenter HT
7U, 12.0” (305mm) H 9U, 15.75” (400mm) H 7U, 12.0” (305mm) H 8U, 13.75” (349mm) H 12U 21.0” (528mm) H
Dimensions 17.5” (444mm) W 17.4” (442mm) W 17.5” (442.9mm) W 17.4” (442mm) W 17.4” (442mm) W
28.0” (711mm) D 28.0” (711mm) D 28.0” (711mm) D 20.0” (508mm) D 27.6” (706mm) D
Max # Blades 14 (vertical) 14 (vertical) 6 (vertical) 8 (horizontal) 12 (vertical)
675W 3,160W
1,300W
2,000W OR 2320W 2,900W 110 – 127 V AC 208 – 240 V AC
Power Supplies 208 – 240 V AC
200 – 240 V AC 208 – 240 V AC 1,350W 2,535W
-48 – -60 V DC
200 – 240 V AC -48 – -60 V DC
Fabric Bandwidth 1Gb Enet, 8Gb FC 10Gb+ 1Gb Enet, 8 Gb FC 1Gb Enet, 8 Gb FC 10Gb+
4 Standard Speed 4 Standard Speed
Switch Modules 4 Standard Speed 4 High Speed 4 Standard Speed 4 Standard Speed 4 High Speed
4 Bridge 4 Bridge
Front USB Ports 1 (USB 2.0) 2 (USB 2.0) 2 (USB 2.0) 2 (USB 1.1) 4 (USB 2.0)
NEBS3 / ETSI
NEBS3 / ETSI
Most dense, 2 HDD shuttles w/ 6, 3.5” Telco Alarm Panel (DB15)
Additional Built-in chassis Telco Alarm Panel (DB15)
energy-efficient solution SAS or SATA drives each Embedded Compact Flash
Features virtualization Optional front bezel air
in the market (wired for future 2x 12, 2.5”) Optional front bezel air
filtration
filtration
8720 (AC) 8740 (DC)
Machine Type 8677 8852 8886
8730 (DC) 8750 (AC)
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Extend blade benefits to all your applications
Blades optimized to your specific needs
QS22
HS12 JS21 Supercomputing
LS22 Entry AIX, i,
Entry & office High performance node
workloads node
pLinux
HS22 LS42 JS22 PN41
General- Scalable, enterprise High-performance Deep packet
purpose performance with built-in inspection
enterprise virtualization
 A common set of blades
 A common set of industry-standard switches and I/O fabrics
 A common management infrastructure
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IBM BladeCenter Blade Portfolio 1H09
Positioning of Blades in the Portfolio QS22/PN41
Specialized function blades for
supercomputing and security
Consolidation JS12 / JS22
POWER6 based blades that can run AIX,
Database JS22 i, and pLinux
LS42
 Built-in virtualization
Scalable MP DP
LS42
LS22 Consolidation Scaleable blade with more performance,
Enterprise HS22 Consolidation less power, and less cost than HP
Virtualization HPC
Performance DP  Click-n-scale 2P  4P
HPC  Best 4P blade performance per watt
DP  Max memory
HPC
LS22
QS22/PN41 High performance, low power compute
Business No
blade for memory-intensive applications
Applications Compromise  2 sockets, 8 DIMMs, & 2 HDDs
JS12 Specialty
blades  Memory booster
 Internal USB
Infrastructure Uni
Enterprise HS22
SAP Entry AIX Versatile, easy to use blade optimized for
HS12 Virtualization Entry i performance, power and cooling
pLinux  Truly balanced blade
Uni  Great price/performance
 No compromise blade
Infrastructure Entry blade
Applications HS12
Low power, entry blade for non-
Infrastructure
virtualized, infrastructure workloads
File/Print  Outstanding Citrix performance
Citrix  No RAS trade-offs
 Easy to deploy and manage
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IBM BladeCenter HS22
No Compromise, workhorse blade with breakneck speed
.
 Up to 2X faster than current generation servers, up to 11X New
faster than 3 year old servers
 Up to 90% more energy efficient than 3 year old servers at
same or better performance
 Runs up to 2X virtual machines per socket compared to
HP’s 4 processor BL680c
 Tailored internal storage to match specific capacity,
performance, cost, reliability needs
 Intel dual processor, quad core
blade
 Easily replace storage devices on blade without application  2 hot swap SAS, SATA or solid
down time state disks
 96GB memory (12 DIMMs)
 Embedded hypervisor support
 Best in class server RAS with new management tools  Optional battery-backed cache
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System x and BladeCenter
Replace older HP DL360 racks with IBM blades
Save over 93% on energy costs alone; complete ROI as fast as 6 months
166 2P Rack 14 HS22
1U servers BladeCenter blades
(Xeon) (Xeon 5500)
3.95 racks 1 BladeCenter E
Chassis
0.17 of a rack
2 2
0 0
0 0
5 9
 Get the same or better performance
 Reduce your IT footprint by over 95%
 Get greater than 11:1 consolidation ratio
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System x and BladeCenter
The scalable 2-to-4-socket IBM BladeCenter LS42
The only 4-socket blade you need
 #1 Java (SPECjbb) benchmark
 Run 17% more virtual machines with each running 20%
faster than HP’s leading 4 processor blade, BL680c
 Energy efficient using up to 300W less per blade than
HP’s leading 4 processor blade
 2+2 pricing enables buying a 4 processor capable blade
for a 2 processor price with no premium to upgrade  AMD quad core, 2 and 4 socket
blade
 Qualify a single platform for both 2 and 4 processor  2 fixed SAS or solid state drives
 128GB memory (16 DIMMs)
server needs  Embedded hypervisor support
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System x and BladeCenter
IBM BladeCenter HS12
Industry’s leading uni-processor blade
 Save up to 50% more energy versus typical 1U servers
 Delivers up to 36% more performance per watt than Dell
M600 blade server  Intel single processor, quad core
blade (LV available)
 24GB memory (6 DIMMs)
 Running Citrix XenApp with battery-backed cache
delivers about same performance as HP dual processor  Hot-swap HDDs or solid-state drives
system at 43% less power and 20% less price  Battery-backed cache option
 Perfect fit for non-virtualized, infrastructure applications
like file/print
 Easily replace storage devices on blade without
application down time
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System x and BladeCenter
IBM BladeCenter POWER6 Blade Portfolio
Building on Power6 – performance, availability, flexibility
JS12
 Designed for SMB clients especially for i5 users JS12
 Value offering with extended memory and local
storage • Uni-processor, dual core, 3.8 GHz
POWER6 SCM
 Ideal platform for rack-to-blade transition and • Up to 64GB DDR2 Chipkill memory
consolidation of i5 with x86 • PowerVMtm (std)
• Two SAS Disk drives (opt)
JS22
 Built-in PowerVMTM virtualization and Energy-ScaleTM
technology for efficiency
 Ideal for server and web-tier consolidation
 Strong offering for High Performance Computing
applications. JS22
• Dual processor, dual core, 4.0 GHz
POWER6 SCM
• Up to 32GB DDR2 Chipkill memory
• PowerVMtm (std)
• One SAS Disk drive (opt)
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IBM BladeCenter PN41
Deep packet inspection blade for high security
 Secure and protect network infrastructure from ‘bots’,
Border Gateway Protocol, Distributed Denial of Service
and DNS attacks
- Primary market is Service Providers and
Government agencies with Cyber Security needs
 Lower costs achieved with bandwidth savings via
controlling Peer-to-Peer (P2P) traffic and insuring
Quality-of-Service (QOS)  Very high (20 Gbps) throughput
 Supported in H and HT Chassis
 Potential to increase revenues via new service
offerings using security and bandwidth/traffic
allocations
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System x and BladeCenter
IBM BladeCenter QS22
Premier blade for HPC workloads
 Base for the world’s #1 supercomputer* at Los Alamos
National Laboratory
 Each QS22 blade provides over 200 GFLOPS of processing
capability • Dual processor, nine core,
PowerXCell architecture
 Integrates into the existing IT infrastructure and/or • Up to 32GB memory
• Flexible SDK for development
workloads:
– Co-exist and complement all other Blade servers
offerings (Intel®, AMD®, POWER®)
 QS22 systems hold the top 7 spots** on Green500 list of
supercomputers
* Top500 List, November 2008, www.top500.org
** Green500 List, November 2008, www.green500.org
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System x and BladeCenter
Get support for diverse application needs
 Simplify legacy application migration with the PCI Expansion Modules
 Support 2 PCI-X adapters with PCI I/O Expansion Unit
 Support 2 PCIe adapters with PCI Express I/O Expansion Unit
 Move more applications to blades with the Storage and I/O Expansion Blade
 3 hot-swap SAS hard disk drives
 RAID-5 with battery-backed cache
 Support up to 10 ports for rich I/O configurations
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System x and BladeCenter
OPEN and innovative for a flexible business foundation
Easily manage your system and leverage industry
standards with IBM BladeCenter solutions
 Connect your network with a comprehensive set of
interconnects and a common management point
 Get the most out of third-party solutions
 Harness the power of the industry by tapping into a
large support community
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System x and BladeCenter
Introducing IBM BladeCenter Open Fabric
An integrated server I/O portfolio providing a
comprehensive set of interconnects and smart
management tools to help you run your business
Supported interconnects:
Software:
 Ethernet
 BladeCenter Open Fabric Manager
 Fibre Channel
 Serial Attached SCSI (SAS)
Works with IBM:
 IBM Director
 iSCSI
 Tivoli® Intelligent Orchestrator
 InfiniBand
Works with third parties:
 BNT SmartConnect
Supported across virtually ALL chassis, blades and switches
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Broad, fast and reliable network and storage I/O
Supported on virtually all chassis, blades, switches
HIGH SPEED — LOWER COST —
High-speed application Reduce acquisition costs and
performance GREEN — lower TCO
Up to 95% power savings
over external switching
alternatives
OPEN — EASY —
Supports open standards and Defines configurations
industry interoperability once for all fabrics
across 5 I/O fabrics
IBM BladeCenter Open Fabric
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System x and BladeCenter
Extend blade benefits to connect your entire business
I/O tailored to your specific needs
InfiniBand™ Ethernet 1Gb, 10Gb
Fibre Channel Ethernet
Fibre Channel 1Gb Ethernet
InfiniBand Fibre Channel iSCSI
InfiniBand SAS
 A common set of blades
 A common set of industry-standard switches and I/O fabrics
 A common management infrastructure
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Significantly more flexibility and choice in I/O
 Simple pass-thru designs Ethernet Fibre Channel
Cisco Catalyst 3012 Cisco 4Gb 10/20 port
Cisco Catalyst 3110x Brocade 4Gb 10/20 Port
 Super low-cost, simple Cisco Catalyst 3110g QLogic 4Gb 10/20 port
switches Server Connectivity Module QLogic 8Gb 20 port
BNT 6-port 10Gb
 Powerful, standard layer BNT 1/10Gb
2/3 offerings BNT Layer 2/3 Copper
BNT Layer 2/3 Fibre Pass Thrus
BNT Layer 2-7 Switch Intelligent Copper PT
 Highly advanced layer QLogic 4Gb Intelligent PT
BNT Layer 2/3 10-port 10Gb
2/7 QLogic 8Gb Intelligent PT
4X DDR InfiniBand PT
 Full end-to-end 8Gb Fibre SAS
Channel support IBM SAS Connectivity Module
IBM BladeCenter S SAS RAID Infiniband
Controller Module Cisco 4X InfiniBand Switch
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8Gb Fibre Channel Leadership
 Only blade offering with full end-to-end 8Gb Fibre Channel support
 Save up to $8,000 on switch and HBA hardware for equal performance with 4Gb
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New HS22 I/O Card
New PCIe x8 daughter cards replacing CFFv for HS22 blade
Standard Speed Daughter Cards
CIOv
NEW
High Speed Daughter Cards
CFFh
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System x and BladeCenter
Reduce your connectivity costs up to 48 percent with
IBM BladeCenter vs. competitor racks
14-server 14-server BladeCenter
rack connectivity cost connectivity cost
28 Single port $ 999 $ 27,972 14 Dual port exp: $ 799 $ 11,186
NICs:
28 CX4 Cables: $ 279 $ 7,812 0 fiber cables: 0 0
28 XFPs: $ 1,399 $ 39,172 12 XFP $ 1399 $ 16,788
28 external $ 600 $ 16,800 40 BNT 10Gb $ 492 $ 19,698
switch Ports: ports:
Total $ 91,756 Total $ 47,672
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DS3200 – Low cost shared SAS for boot and data
Convenient, flexible boot and storage solution
 Low cost
Lowest cost BladeCenter storage and boot BBBBBBBBBBBBBB
option enabling diskless blades 12345678911111
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 Simplicity
SAS SAS
Easy to setup and deploy Switch A Switch B
 Flexibility
Supports up to 4 BladeCenter chassis
 Performance
High performance with 3Gbps throughput
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System x and BladeCenter
Increase number of connections per blade
More ports, more flexibility for more applications
 Unleash blade capacity
Virtualization and multi-core environments require more
connections
– MSIM and BladeCenter H double the number of blade connections
 Double your connectivity
Increase your Ethernet and Fibre Channel connections
– New expansion cards allow up to 8 simultaneous connections per blade
 Help protect your investment
No need to qualify new switch modules
– Supports standard BladeCenter switches in new high-speed switch slots of
BladeCenter H
Dual 8G Fibre Multi Switch
Channel HCA Interconnect Module
(MSIM)
Dual Fibre Channel/Ethernet
Expansion Card
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System x and BladeCenter
Copper Intelligent IBM Server Cisco BNT Cisco Cisco BNT L2/3 BNT L2/3 BNT L2/3 BNT L2/7 Gb
Pass-thru Copper Connectivit Catalyst Networks Catalyst Catalyst 10Gb Uplink 1/10Gb 10Gb ESM ESM
BladeCenter module Pass-thru y module Switch L2/3 Copper Switch Switch ESM Uplink ESM
Ethernet module module 3012 ESM module module
Switches 3110G 3110X
Part # 39Y9320 44W4483 39Y9324 43W4395 32R1860 41Y8523 41Y8522 32R1783 44W4404 39Y9267 32R1859
10Gb Ext. port - - - - - - 1 3 3 6 -
1Gb Ext. port 14 14 6 4 6 4 - - 6 - 4
Layer 4 through
7
10Gb to Blade
10Gb Uplinks
Stacking
Layer 3 Routing Via license Via license
Managed Switch
Layer 2
Switching
Non-blocking
architecture
cKVM / SoL
Open Fabric
Manager
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System x and BladeCenter
The right disk storage system to meet your needs
IBM System Storage™ — one of the industry’s broadest
storage portfolios — supports multiple technologies with
BladeCenter such as Fibre Channel, iSCSI and SAS
Easy and affordable Attractively priced Enterprise-class, Enterprise-class Enterprise-class
systems for entry- systems for affordable, highly storage for open disk systems that
level storage heterogeneous UNIX® scalable and systems and set new standards
environments
and Windows upgradeable storage mainframes in a small, in functionality and
environments modular package performance
DS3000 DS4000 N Series DS6000 DS8000
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System x and BladeCenter
You’re in good company with the IBM BladeCenter community
Alliance Program Open Specification
 Hardware and software  Hardware vendors
 Making product info available  Access to BladeCenter specs
 More than 300 members  Basic technical help
 500 companies have downloaded
IBM OEMs
 Network equipment providers
 Appliances
 Server vendors IBM Collaborators
 Working together to bring
Blade.org 
offerings to market
BNT
 Accelerating blade platform-based  Brocade
solutions to market  Cisco
 Increasing the number  Emulex
of blade platform solutions  QLogic
 Voltaire
 Increasing end-user confidence
in blade platform solutions
 More than 200 members
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System x and BladeCenter
Most of your server budget is going toward
management and energy costs
Installed
Spending base
(USD (millions
billions) of units)
$300 50
 Management costs $250 Energy and cooling costs 45
40
are rising seven Server management costs
35
times as fast as $200 New server spending
30
hardware costs $150 25
20
 Energy and cooling $100
15
costs are expected 10
$50
to increase 54 5
percent over the $0 0
next four years
IDC, Worldwide Server Power and Cooling Expense 2006-2010 Forecast, Doc #203598, September 2006
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System x and BladeCenter
EASY to deploy, integrate and manage
IBM BladeCenter is designed to make
your job easier by helping you:
 Manage your network efficiently with
integrated tools
 Speed server deployment to minutes,
not days
 Stay up and running
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System x and BladeCenter
The new generation of IBM servers deliver benefits
across the portfolio thanks to our long-term investment
Same management stack
 Integrated Management Module (IMM)
 Unified Extensive Firmware Interface (UEFI)
 ToolsCenter
 IBM Systems Director 6.1* with Active Energy Manager
Common hardware components
 Embedded hypervisor (internal USB)
 Hot-swap hard drives (common trays)
 Integrated storage controller (common LSI chip)
 Integrated Gigabit Ethernet (5709S)
 Trusted Platform Module
 Improved power efficiency and cooling
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System x and BladeCenter
Simplify systems management by using IBM
management tools
IBM BladeCenter management tools are:
 Affordable — many tools come standard with
purchase
 Simple to use — comprehensive and
automated
 Available from a single interface — through
one tool for the whole data center
 Easily integrated — plug in to existing
enterprise management solutions
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System x and BladeCenter
Complete System x & BladeCenter Management
Enterprise Management Upward
Integration
Platform Management
Systems Director 6.1
Resource Management
ToolsCenter
Hardware/Firmware
UEFI,IMM
Reducing complexity with Deploying and managing Managing energy usage
integrated platform and virtual servers to control helps meet “green”
enterprise service data center space initiatives and cost
management objectives
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System x and BladeCenter
The Total Systems Management Experience
Delivering innovations throughout the systems management stack
Upward integration into Tivoli
Service Management
IBM Tivoli
IBM Systems platform solution IBM Systems Director
for System x, BladeCenter, • Platform management that is easy and efficient
Power Systems, System z • Management of physical and virtual resources
and storage across heterogeneous systems
Redesigned system tool ToolsCenter
portfolio for single- • Consolidated, integrated suite of management
system management and tools
scripting • Powerful bootable media creator
Hardware and Integrated Management Module (IMM)
firmware advances • Standards-based hardware which combines
which are standard diagnostic and remote control
across all new UEFI—next generation BIOS
systems • Richer management experience and future-ready
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IMM (Integrated Management Module)
Remote control to manage, monitor, and troubleshoot from any corner of the world.
 Provides diagnostics, virtual presence and remote NEW
control to manage, monitor, troubleshoot and repair from
any corner of the world
 Single administrator can configure and deploy servers
from bare metal to OS boot
 Works with AMM and IBM Director to provide secure
alerts and status, helping to reduce unplanned outages
 Upwardly integrates into your choice of enterprise
management environments
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UEFI (Unified Extensible Firmware Interface)
Single consistent system level code stack with advanced setup and configuration
 BIOS replacement with a modern, consistent system NEW
code stack
 Simplifies error handling by replacing BIOS “beep
codes” with Light Path Diagnostics
 Eliminates BIOS restrictions like the number of
adapter cards supported
 Remote configuration capability lowers TCO by
reducing downtime for system upgrades
 Advanced Settings Utility provides ability to
completely configure machines remotely
 Supported by all major x86 Operating Systems
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ToolsCenter
Reducing complexity of choosing, finding, and learning management tools
NEW
 Single, easy to use webpage to access/acquire tools
 Common look and feel across tool set reduces
training requirements
 Scripting tools make it easy to incorporate into
existing management infrastructures
 Automatically acquire firmware from IBM via
Bootable Media Center
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System x and BladeCenter
IBM Systems Director 6.1
Platform management that is easy and efficient
 Web based interface provides easy, intuitive access to powerful
management functions
NEW
 Fast set up - less than 1 hour
 Tasks made easier with extensive set of wizards, help and tutorials
 Leverages skills investment across IBM POWER systems, System z,
and as well as non-IBM x86 systems
 Integration of virtualization manager enables same tool to manage
virtual and physical resources
 Same look and feel as ToolsCenter
 Plug-ins extend base capabilities to Active Energy Manager,
BladeCenter Open Fabric Manager
 New HP SIM transition tool allows user to leverage knowledge and
quickly learn to manage IBM System x and BladeCenter
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IBM BladeCenter Open Fabric Manager helps you
get the most from your I/O
What is BladeCenter Open Fabric Manager?
 Software utility in the Advanced Management Module
– Assigns and manages MAC and WWN addresses for blade deployment and re-
deployment via a single AMM for up to 100 chassis
 An optional stand-alone utility for advanced functions
– Assigns and manages MAC and WWN address for blade deployment and re-deployment
– Creates blade failover pools and triggers event action plans
– Provides I/O parameter and VLAN migration in case of failover
 Embedded switch enhancements
– Has an easy-to-use GUI for switch configuration
– Allows switch stacking for network simplification
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IBM Open Fabric Manager technology enables
easy blade deployment
 Saves time — pre-provision LAN and SAN
connections once for each blade
 Maintains availability — automates rapid
blade failover
 Uses open standards — avoid changes to
your network standards
 Connects with ease — simple GUI for easy
configuration
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Speed deployment with Open Fabric Manager
Initial deployment
Traditional rack environment Open Fabric Manager environment
 Install server and switches  Install chassis and Advanced Management
 Cable servers to switches Modules
 Cable switches to SAN/LAN  Pre-assign connections via Open Fabric
 After hardware installation is complete Manager
 Assign LAN connections
Assign SAN connections

 Repeat for every server
Install, redeploy or replace server
 Install new server  Open Fabric Manager automatically reassigns
 LAN administrator configures LAN connections
connections
 SAN administrator configures SAN

connections
Days Minutes
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Automate failover with Open Fabric Manager
Advanced
MAC 1
MAC 4 3
MAC 2
MAC
Management Module
Blade 1 VLAN A
Cisco or
BNT switch
VLAN B
Blade 2
VLAN C
Cisco or
Blade 14 BNT switch
VLAN D
Ethernet MAC addresses are assigned to blade
slot by the Advanced Management Module
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Automate failover with Open Fabric Manager
MAC 1
Advanced
MAC 343
MAC 2
MAC 4
MAC
MAC
Management Module
MAC 1
Blade 1 VLAN A
MAC 2
Cisco or
BNT switch
VLAN B
MAC 3
Spare 2
Blade
MAC 4
VLAN C
Cisco or
Blade 14 BNT switch
VLAN D
New blade inherits I/O addresses
move to new blade assigned to slot
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Open Fabric Manager failover across your data center
2) Failover pool event
action plan executes
1) Blade x fails in chassis 6 3) Blade y in chassis 40
receives blade x I/O parameters
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Resiliency is critical with applications all in one chassis
 A blade chassis must be far more robust than any single
server
 All of this is dependent on the availability of a single item — the chassis
 100s or 1000s of users could be affected if an entire chassis
goes down
14 enterprise 140 power, KVM, CAT5, and SAN cables Your data, storage,
servers power and management
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System x and BladeCenter
BladeCenter protects your critical business operations
 Engineered for reliability
 Dual power connections
 Thermal/cooling redundancy
 Dual blade connections for all I/O
 Dual switch modules
 Dual paths through backplane
 Dual Management Modules
 Dual N+N power topologies
 True N+N thermal solutions
 Engineered for availability
 Automated failover capability via Management
Module
 Management Module monitors health of chassis
components
 Comprehensive Predictive Failure Analysis®
proactively identifies many potential issues before
they cause failures
 First Failure Data Capture helps provide
integrity of error reporting
 Light Path Diagnostics for easy trouble shooting
No single point of failure
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Enterprise-class reliability with redundant I/O
 IBM provides dual I/O and dual power connections to the chassis on all blades
 Many other vendors fail to provide this protection
Would you connect your enterprise rack server
to a single PDU or a single switch?
IBM BladeCenter — Competitors —
Complete redundancy Lack redundancy
Dual I/O, dual power Single I/O, single power
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IBM BladeCenter Robust Design
BladeCenter designs to a higher standard of resiliency
 BladeCenter is based on true N+N topology and has 2x N+N power delivery systems
– Domain 1 has two supplies that are unconnected so faults can not travel from supply 1 to supply 3 – I
can loose a feed or a power supply for any reason and the chassis stays up and running
– Domain 2 repeats this once again
A Feed A Feed
Supply Supply
1 2

Power Bus 1
IBM BladeCenter
Two N+N Power Domains
Domain 1 Domain 2 Two Connections to Supply
Two Power Bus
Twice the protection
Power Bus 2
B Feed B Feed
Supply Supply
3 4
– Double the redundancy to protect the system from down time
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Other Designs Are Not Robust
Competition has multiple single-points of failure, including in the power architecture
 All power supplies are attached to the same bus
– All 1U and 2U volume servers are designed with a single power bus – one fault can take out a single
server in this topology – most clients accept this
– Blades change the need because so many components are depending on the chassis being up and
running – the chassis. N+1 is not high enough availability when you depend on it for 14/16/32 servers
HP/Dell
Single N+1 Power Domain
Single Connection to Supply
Single Power Bus
Single Power Bus
Single Point of Failure
Supply Supply Supply Supply Supply Supply
A Feed 1 2 3 4 5 6 B Feed
– A fault on any PS can travel onto the power bus and ‘short’ the entire assembly of supplies leading to
catastrophic failure Generation of System x and BladeCenter
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Single Points of Failure
Proof is in the Pudding
 Not Apparent from the product specs
– SPOF: Common DC bus for all blades
– SPOF: Single backplane in enclosure
– SPOF: Single power connector on every
blade
– SPOF: Single data connector in half high
blades
HP Chassis
“Jumbo Jet with One Engine”
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System x and BladeCenter
IBM BladeCenter keeps you cool
Enterprise-class design keeps your business up and running
See for yourself…
– Protecting vital components like – IBM side-by-side thermal testing
CPUs and memory is paramount demonstrates how cool IBM runs
to the integrity of the system
Below 85o = Good
– The more you demand from your Above 85o = Bad
systems, the more important it is Above 95o = Unacceptable
to keep them cool
– IBM thermal testing shows HP
memory runs above industry
recommended thermal limits “..stresses greater than those listed may cause permanent
damage… adversely affect reliability”
- Industry standard FBDIMM Spec*
Click the reel to launch
the video…
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Next-generation local storage
Increase availability and efficiency with solid state drives
 Superior uptime
 4X the availability of mechanical drives with RAID-1
 No moving parts to fail
 Enterprise read/write leveling to extend life even further
 Less power and heat than conventional disk drives — up
to 87%
IBM 32GB Solid
 Flexible deployment with full OS support
State Drive
 Operates as a standard hard disk drive
 Supports Linux , Windows and VMware
®
 Works in standard drive bay
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System x and BladeCenter
Help increase uptime with industry-leading tools
 Preserve uptime with Predictive Failure Analysis (PFA)
and Light Path Diagnostics
 Predict some failures — even before they happen
 Find component via Light Path Diagnostics indicator
— processors, memory, hard drives, power supplies,
fans, voltage regulator module
 Receive an alert via e-mail or pager
 Make better decisions with First Failure Data Capture
 Simplifies problem identification
 Creates detailed event logs via Advanced Management
Module
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System x and BladeCenter
Migration to BladeCenter with IBM Migration Factory
Resources, capabilities and offerings
Move to IBM BladeCenter
 Migration consulting
services
 Implementation assistance
 Leading-edge migration
technologies
 Technical and product
documentation
 BladeCenter education
HP Sun
Dell
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System x and BladeCenter
Get the most from BladeCenter with IBM Services
 Learn the skills needed to get the most from your new BladeCenter hardware
 Drive standardization and reuse across various groups within your company
 Speed deployment
 Help reduce risk
 Avoid underutilization of capabilities
 Skills transfer
 Point of concept implementation
 Solution architecture and design
 Solution implementation and rollout
 Assistance with migration of
existing servers, storage, users, data
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System x and BladeCenter
Get flexible financing at great rates
IBM BladeCenter Flexible Choice financing
 Lease a BladeCenter chassis for 60
months
 Lease blade servers for 36 months
 Includes pre-stated 24-month renewal
option for the blade server
 Special low rate financing on
additional blades installed to fill out
chassis
ibm.com/financing/us/hardware/offerings/bladeflex.html
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System x and BladeCenter
GREEN today for a better tomorrow
IBM BladeCenter benefits
your business by:
 Using less energy
 Running cooler
 Helping you be
environmentally
responsible
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Half your technology budget goes to power/cooling
Installed
Spending base
(USD (millions
billions) of units)
$300 50
Energy and cooling costs 45
 Energy and cooling$250
Server management costs 40
costs are expected 35
$200 New server spending
to increase 54 30
percent over the $150 25
next four years 20
$100
15
 Management costs $50 10
are rising seven 5
$0
times as fast as 0
hardware costs
IDC, Worldwide Server Power and Cooling Expense 2006-2010 Forecast, Doc #203598, September 2006
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System x and BladeCenter
Innovation for greener IT with IBM System x Cool
Blue portfolio
 Power Configurator  Leadership virtualization
 Systems Director Active Energy Manager™ capabilities
 Embedded hypervisor
 System design Makes virtualizing easier
 IBM-designed chipset
 Low-power processors  Acoustics door
 Low-power memory Helps eliminate noise pollution
 Smaller, more efficient hard drives
 Smaller, more efficient power supplies  Rear Door Heat eXchanger
 Calibrated Vectored Cooling™ Provides thermal management innovation
 Energy-efficiency assessments
 Asset recovery solutions
 Data center cooling solutions
Go green and potentially add to your bottom line
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System x and BladeCenter
Take control of your power now
IBM BladeCenter power
IBM leadership in virtualization
efficiency: helps:
 Leadership performance/IBM BladeCenter  Increase utilization rates
watt power tools help:
 Reduce number of server,
 Right-sized storage, network devices
for any business  Create shared, easily
scalable infrastructure
 Plan, monitor and control
power usage
 Provide “cruise control” for
power consumption of
servers
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System x and BladeCenter
Save on energy costs vs. rack servers with BladeCenter
 BladeCenter beats comparable 1U servers
 More efficient power supplies and cooling
 Fewer parts to consume power
 Provides energy savings
 Every watt of power costs your business US$2/year
 Each kilowatt of power dumps half a ton of CO into the environment
2
Up to 58% MORE power Up to 32% MORE heat
BladeCenter Dell 1U HP 1U
HS21 + BCH PE 1950 DL 360 G5
10 servers, 10 servers, 10 servers,
20 processors 20 processors 20 processors
2,703 W 4,276 W 3,570 W
9,220 BTU 14,584 BTU 12,173 BTU
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Save on energy costs vs. HP blades with BladeCenter
“IBM BladeCenter H requires nearly 10 percent less power than the
equivalently configured HP BladeSystem c7000.”
Edison Group, Inc. – November 2007
 IBM BladeCenter requires less power and cooling than the HP BladeSystem H in both a
local storage and a boot-from-SAN configuration
 Save up to 25 percent more power with BladeCenter E and solid state drives — for energy-
efficient solutions in power-constrained environments
 For 224 servers at an average cost per kilowatt of 9.4 cents,
IBM BladeCenter H can save approximately $12,000 in power
and cooling annually over the HP BladeSystem c7000
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System x and BladeCenter
Save on infrastructure with IBM power tools
IBM Power Configurator
 Get better information for up-front planning by sizing
the power needs of your unique configurations
 Select systems and IT infrastructure that best fit
your data center infrastructure before you commit to
buying the first server
IBM Systems Director Active Energy Manager
 Monitor and track power over time
 Make choices based on accurate information
 Take command with power virtualization
Monitoring included at no additional charge with
IBM servers
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System x and BladeCenter
Take control with Systems Director Active Energy Manager
Features Benefits
Report and collect No more data center budgeting assumptions
actual power draw
Power trending System-level power analysis for better decision
making
Intelligent power Automated or user defined power control to
virtualization help optimize performance/watt
CPU control with Intel Reduces power draw during low utilization via
DBS/ AMD PowerNOW OS
OS independent Works on all blades and all compatible OS
Cost per system Included with virtually all blades
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Simple and easy power management
Compare actual vs. name plate View inlet and
power at system level exhaust temperature
Track
heat emitted
Compare rack Trend power
actual power vs. use over time
label power
Trend temperature
over time
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Put power where you need it with Active Energy Manager
 Rack density is based on power consumption estimates, which typically
leads to a 20 percent over allocation of power
 With Active Energy Manager exact
power usage is possible
 The power virtualization Result is multiple servers, Power is virtualized so you can
feature allows you to turn that each with wasted overhead power add more servers
wasted power into real
productivity
Server 7 Server 9
Server 6 Server 8
Allocation Allocation Server 7
before Server 5 after
Active Energy Active Energy Server 6
Manager Server 4
Manager
Server 5
+2 additional
Server 3 servers Server 4
Server 3
Server 2
Server 2
Server 1 Server 1
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Increase your density with BladeCenter efficiency
10KW rack holds 10KW rack holds 10KW rack holds
23 Dell 1Us (427W) 37 blades (270W) 44 blades (270W)
Improve
performance/watt
by up to 90%
Inefficient Dell 1U Power-efficient Power-efficient BladeCenter
servers BladeCenter servers with Active Energy Manager
power virtualization
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Cut heat up to 50 percent with Rear Door Heat
eXchanger technology from IBM*
This can help:
 Increase density easily
 Solve hot spots in the data center
 Avoid cost of purchasing another air-conditioning unit
 Potentially postpone spend on major renovations in the data
center
Solving today’s Water cooling is
data center issues more energy
with mainframe efficient than air
thinking
IBM used water in the Smart then;
mainframe 35 years ago … The model 900 smart now
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Innovations to build energy-efficient data center
 Data Center Energy Efficiency Assessment
– Save up to 40 percent on your annual energy costs
 IBM Data Center Stored Cooling Solution – “the cold battery”
– Cut energy costs up to 40 percent from the largest user of energy in a data center — the chiller
 IBM Scalable Modular Data Center
– Save up to 20 percent over the price of a traditional data center approach
 High-density Computing Data Center Readiness Assessment
– Support high-density technology and understand next steps for ensuring adequate power supply
 Thermal Analysis for High Density Computing
 Identify and resolve existing and potential heat-related issues, prevent outages and provide
options for power savings and expansion
 Optimized Airflow Assessment for Cabling
 Replace cabling systems with high-performance fiber transport systems
and improve cooling and reduce energy usage across data center
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Be eco-friendly and potentially improve your bottom line
 IBM Asset Recovery Solutions facilitate safe, secure and
environmentally friendly disposal of unwanted IT hardware — both IBM
and non-IBM
 Reduce asset disposal costs and complexity
 Help keep data safe
 Lessen environmental risks
 Helps comply with data/environmental laws
and regulations
Over the last 3 years, IBM has kept almost
1.9 million machines out of landfills
around the world
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IBM BladeCenter® is the RIGHT choice.
OPEN. EASY. GREEN.
The RIGHT choice, tailored to fit your diverse needs so you
can drive innovation with technology advancements
OPEN and innovative for a flexible business foundation. EASY
to deploy, integrate and manage so you can improve the
responsiveness of systems and people
GREEN today for a better tomorrow helping to maximize
return on your investments
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New BladeCenter servers helps to deliver a
dynamic infrastructure with…
Reduce operating costs with higher performance, simplified
management, and increased utilization
Manage present and future risk in challenging economic
conditions with best-in-class RAS and future-proof IT
Improve service with an end-to-end approach to systems
management
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Notes on consolidation calculations
• Based on IBM actual, public results on HS22 & Intel internal analysis.
• 1U rack server configuration: 2S 1C Xeon (3.8GHz 2MB cache) with 8x 1GB memory and 1 HDD –
total power: 382W under load, SPECjbb2005 = 50,970 bops.
• HS22 blade server configuration: 2S 4C Xeon X5570 (2.93GHz 8MB cache) with 6x 2GB memory
and 1 HDD – total power with chassis burden = 317W under load, SPECjbb2005 = 604,417 bops.
• Power cost estimate used is US$0.10 kW-Hr.
• New hardware cost estimate based on projected US list pricing for the HS22 and chassis
infrastructure, including 14 blades, BladeCenter E chassis with redundant power and redundant
advanced management module.
• Software license cost for operating system & application estimate used is $1,000 per server.
• Datacenter floor space cost estimate used is $500 per square foot, average 8 square feet per
standard enterprise 42U rack.
• ROI calculation solved for power cost savings + license cost savings + floor space cost savings =
new hardware acquisition cost.
• IT footprint assumes standard 42U rack
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