Fujitsu PRIMERGY BX400 Server

PRIMERGY BX400
Blade Made Easy!

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Market Overview
Recent years have witnessed a dramatic turning point for blade technology, with
enterprise datacenters increasingly adopting them for mainstream deployments.
 Fastest growing segment in the market
 Already accounting nearly 13% of all server shipments
 Expected to grow to more than 23% in 2015
Worldwide Total x86 Server Forecast Worldwide x86 Blade Server Forecast
Units (in thousands) Units (in thousands) Formfactor Share
2.400 25%
x2,7
10.000
2.000
20%

8.000 1.600
15%
6.000 1.200

10%
800
4.000

400 5%
2.000

2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015
Source: Gartner 03/11 (Worldwide x86 Server Forecast)
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Value Drivers
Midmarket companies often have IT needs similar to those of larger enterprises, with
typical requirements of reliability, scalability, manageability, and affordability.
Reasons for blades in the enterprise: Make benefits of blade servers available
 High computing power and density to small and medium-sized enterprises!
 Easy scalability
 Small floor space
PRIMERGY BX400 –
 Minimal energy consumption The data center in a box.

Midmarket infrastructure requirements:
 Simple to use and require minimal
customization
 Don't increase demand on already
limited IT resources
 Can be used in existing environments
without special air conditioning
 Can be consumed in modular
components and extended when
required
 Straightforward and simple pricing


PRIMERGY BX400: Value Proposition
Versatile infrastructure for customers with large computing and storage requirements
that saves time and money from the start and is manageable with existing resources.

Smart and modular
Combine leading-edge Simplicity itself
technology with
impressive I/O flexibility Save valuable time and
and bandwidth known cut daily operations by
from the PRIMERGY up to 60%.
BX900.
Kind to the environment
Smooth IT Operation
Reduce your electric
Spend less time on bill by up to 30%.
setup and concentrate
on your business.
Connection to the Low on running costs
cloud to expand the
on-site infrastructure. Potential of up to 20%
overall cost reduction.


PRIMERGY BX400: Modular Design
Modular infrastructure to meet office and datacenter environments, combining leading-
edge technology with impressive I/O flexibility and bandwidth known from the BX900.
Rack-Server vs. PRIMERGY BX400 Versatile infrastructure in a box
 6 U chassis or floorstand version
 Integrated virtual storage appliance
 Latest server blade technology
 High I/O flexibility (1/10 Gb Eth, 8 Gb
50% less FC, 40 Gb IB, 6 Gb SAS)
space  Full redundant design
required!  Same components as in the BX900
Up to 8 Server Blades Up to 4 HDD Storage Blades
Up to 4 Tape Storage Blades
Description
Shared DVD
 Multi-purpose design ideal for
midmarket companies, or branch offices
– as an extension to the PY BX900 LCD Panel

 Benchmark records (e.g. SAP SD, Front I/O
VMware VMmark, SPECjbb2005) module
 Standard power, no special air Virtual Storage
System ID card
(PRIMERGY VSX)
conditioning


PRIMERGY BX400: Simplicity Itself
Spend less time on set-up and management, thus reduce daily operational efforts and
instead focus on the core business processes essential for profitability.

Advantages Innovations
 Base Configuration Wizard provides  Base Configuration Wizard
support during the installation and guides
the user step-by-step to start the unit  ServerView Dashboard
 ServerView Dashboard is an executive  ServerView Local Service Panel
system user interface to easily monitor
the system’s status and execute basic  ServerView Installation Manager
management tasks  ServerView Virtual I/O Manager
 Local service panel supplies status  ServerView Resource Coordinator
information directly via the system LCD
display, and provides support during
configuration, diagnostics and monitoring
 Easy installation allows a simple and
comfortable installation of operating
systems on one or multiple server blades
 Add and change servers, network and
storage easily and quickly
 Uniform operations for pools of physical
and virtual servers combined with cost-
effective high availability


PRIMERGY BX400: Green
Reduce your electric bill by up to 30 percent, put less strain on the air conditioning,
and reduce the IT related CO2 emissions.
Rack-Server vs. PRIMERGY BX400 When operating 8 servers…
1600W 8x BX Blades: 1.191W Savings:
315 Watt
8x RX Servers: 1.506W (21%)
1200
Server operation: 24 hours x 365 days
Cost per kWh: 0.14€
800
RX200 S6
BX400 S1
Power costs -390€ / year
400

0 Additional advantages
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
 Holistic Power Management
Power efficiency advantages  Selectable power modes (e.g. Low
noise, adaptive or minimum mode)
 Consolidated and centralized design
 Super-efficient power supplies ( 92%)
 4 or more server blades deliver power
efficiency advantages* with “dynamic power mode”
 Investment protection for future system  Cool-safe™ Technology
growth  Big fans to cool processors and
* Figures include power consumption of the server blade and of the enclosure with
shared components such as PSU, fans, DVD, MMB and connection blades.
memory directly and more quietly

PRIMERGY BX400: Cost Sensitive
Consolidated design that is more affordable to buy and efficient to own with lower total
operational costs compared to traditional servers, storage and networking.
Rack-Server vs. PRIMERGY BX400 Reasons to choose PY BX400
70,000 € PRIMERGY PRIMERGY  Modular upgrade options
RX200 S6 BX400
60,000 €  Investment protection
 Possible integration of new
50,000 €
technologies in existing environments
40,000 €
 Up to 50% less space than traditional
30,000 € servers
20,000 €  Significantly reduced costs for cabling
and deployment of network connections
10,000 €
 Simplified installation and management
0€ by consolidating and centralizing
Hardware Infrastructure Management Power & Cooling
 Easily add or replace of components
without re-cabling and involving people
Analysis Rack Blade or complicated processes
Hardware 35.615€ 39.765€  Possible software updates by one task
Infrastructure 14.080€ 3.760€  Reduced energy consumption and
cooling
Management 5.550€ 2.087€  Infrastructure components are shared
Power & Cooling 6.181€ 3.216€  PSUs and fans with high efficiency
TCO 61.426€ 48.858€ (-20,4%)  Integrated energy management


PRIMERGY BX400: Smooth Operations
The PRIMERGY BX400, supported by a comprehensive set of solutions and services,
allows companies to focus on the core business processes.
PRIMERGY BX400 - The data center in a box
Quick and easy on-demand access to individually configured server, storage and
backup resources hosted in Fujitsu datacenters:
Dynamic
Infrastructure-as-a Infrastructure-as-a Infrastructure-as-a
Infrastructures
Service Service Service
Services for Backup for Storage for Server

Smooth integration of the new infrastructure and align them with your business processes:
Consulting Base Installation & Server Management Operating System
and Initial Setup Integration Installation
Integration
Virtual Server I/O Virtualization: Uniform Management and
Services Integration Installation & Initial Setup High Availability

PRIMERGY BX400 Support Services Financial Services
Infrastructure
 Smart & Modular World-wide Maintenance Ensure flexibility and
Products and Support Services for transparency and
 Easy-to-use
and  Green
heterogeneous transition fixed costs into
infrastructures out of one variable costs
Services  Cost Sensitive hand


PRIMERGY BX400 - Summary
PRIMERGY BX400 is the ideal infrastructure in the box which reduces complexity,
saves power and increase productivity to spend more time on your real business.
Summary Versatile datacenter in a box
 User-friendly approach that cut the
effort for daily operations by up to 60%
 Modular infrastructure to meet office Easy-to-
and datacenter environments use
 Two different versions
 Low noise level (45dB)
Smooth IT Modular-
 State-of-the-art blade technology, Operations design
high I/O flexibility and bandwidth
 Improved energy efficiency to reduce
the electric bill by up to 30%
 Holistic power management
 Highly efficient components
Cost- Energy-
 Connection to the cloud to expand the Sensitive efficient
on-site infrastructure with individually
configured server, storage and
backup resources


PRIMERGY BX400
Hardware Overview


PRIMERGY BX Portfolio
PRIMERGY BX satisfies all needs of branch offices, midmarket companies and data
centers complemented with a comprehensive offering of solutions and services.

PRIMERGY BX900  Dynamic server infrastructure for enterprise
Large
Business data centers
 Up to 18 different types of server and
storage blades in 10U chassis
 Shows its dynamic features when it comes
Branch to the topics of virtualization, high
offices availability and scalability
of large
businesses

PRIMERGY BX400
 Blade computing for midsized customers
Upper  Up to 8 different types of server and
Mid Market storage blades in 6U rack or floorstand
version
 Smart, flexible and modular: Reduces
complexity with an overall user-friendly
Small and
approach
Medium
Business


PRIMERGY BX400 – Front View
The PRIMERGY BX400 blade server provides an optimum combination of up to eight
server-, storage- and connection blades in a small 6U enclosure.
Up to eight (8) Server Blades Shared DVD drive (standard)

Front Panel or
LCD display

6U

Front side I/O
module
19“
Up to four (4) HDD Storage Blades, Virtual Storage Appliance (VSX)
or Tape Storage Blades


BX400 – Front Side I/O Module
DVD Drive
 switchable to every installed server
blade by MMB and LCD interfaces
Front Panel
 System Power On/Off button
 Power-, Error Indication, ID Button
LCD Display
 Optionally for Front Panel
Front Connection Module
 Two shared USB ports switchable to
every installed server blade by MMB
and LCD interfaces
 MMB LAN port (RJ45) to access MMB
from the front of the system for service
and administration purpose
 MMB serial port to connect
corresponding serial interface of the
MMB


PRIMERGY BX400 – Rear View
The BX400 provides space for up to four Connection Blades, two Management Blades
and four power supply units which can be connected with standard power plugs.
Up to two (2) Management Blades

Up to four (4)
Connection
Blades
6U

…

No special
wiring needed-
uses standard
Up to four (4) PSUs Up to three (3) fan modules power plugs
(each 1600W) (2 fans per unit)

PRIMERGY BX400 - Floorstand
Thanks to the low noise level (45dB) of the system, the floorstand version can be used
underneath a desk in a reception area or in a conventional office environment.
Overview
 The BX400 Floorstand consists of
 BX400 Rack system
left rotated by 90º
 Top unit with LCD module
 Side walls
 Bottom unit with casters (roles)
 Front door (lockable)

 The Floorstand variant can be build
ex factory or later on with an
orderable “Floorstand kit”

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PRIMERGY BX400 – I/O Connectivity
I/O traffic between server blades and the external world is directed through the
midplane and up to four Connection Blades.
I/O Type Downlinks Uplinks Max. number
10G 10G per system unit
ETH FCoE Eth Switch/IBP 18x10Gb 8x10Gb (SFP+) 4
1/10G 10Gbit/s 18/8 (CB slot 1,2,3,4)
ETH Eth Pass-Thru 18 x1/10 18 x1/10 Gb 4
1G 1/10Gbit/s 18/18 Gb (SFP/SFP+) (CB slot 1,2,3,4)
ETH Eth Switch/IBP 18x1Gb 6x1Gb (RJ45) 4
1G 1Gbit/s 18/6 (CB slot 1,2,3,4)
ETH Eth Switch/IBP 36x1Gb 8x1Gb (RJ45), 4
1Gbit/s 36/12 4x1GB (SFP) (CB slot 1,2,3,4)

6G Eth Switch/IBP 36x1Gb 8x1Gb (RJ45), 4
1Gbit/s 36/8+2 2x10Gb (SFP+) (CB slot 1,2,3,4)
SAS
1G SAS Switch 18 x 6Gb 6 x 6 Gb SAS 2
ETH 6Gbit/s 18/6 SAS (SFF8088) (CB slot 3,4)
FC Pass Thru 18x8Gb 18x4/8Gb 3
8G FC 8Gbit/s 18/18 (SFP/SFP+) (CB slot 2,3,4)
8G FC FC Switch 18x8Gb 8x4/8Gb 3
8Gbit/s 18/8 (SFP/SFP+) (CB slot 2,3,4)
IB Switch 18x40Gb 18x40Gb 1
40G IB 40Gbit/s 18/18 (QSFP) (CB slot 3,4)


Fabric Architecture
The BX400 provides three I/O fabrics to the rear side for interconnect of the server
blade onboard NICs and mezzanine cards to the 4 Connection Blades.
Overview

Mezzanine
Card 1

Switch Fabric 1

Switch Fabric 2

MMB 1 MMB 2

1 CB 1 CB 2 2 1/2

CB 3 3 CB 4 3 Onboard NIC(s) Switch Fabric 3

PSU 2, PSU 3, PSU 4,
PSU 1 or or or Mezzanine
Fan unit Fan unit Fan unit Card 2


Fabric Architecture
The BX400 provides three I/O fabrics to the rear side for interconnect of the server
blade onboard NICs and mezzanine cards to the 4 Connection Blades.
Dual- Socket Connection Blades

Midplane
Server Blade Cost-sensitiv:
BX92x Sx Full connectivity of the blades
Fabric 1 with only one CB in slot 1!

Onboard LAN
Connection Blades Slot 1 Eth 1/10Gb
(4 x GbE, or
2x 10GbE)

optional redundancy
Fabric 2

Mezzanine Eth 1/10Gb FC
Connection Blades Slot 2 or
Slot 1

Eth 1/10Gb FC SAS
Fabric 3

Connection Blades Slot 3 or or or
Mezzanine
Slot 2 IB
Connection Blades Slot 4 Eth 1/10Gb or FC or SAS or


PRIMERGY BX - Server Blades
The PRIMERGY Server Blade provide maximum performance, redundancy together
with latest technology, but with only low power consumption.
BX920 S2 BX922 S2 BX924 S2 PRIMERGY
Max. number 8 8 8
BX920 S2
per system unit
Processor Intel® Xeon® Intel® Xeon® Intel® Xeon®
5500/5600 5500/5600 5500/5600
Number of Up to 2 Up to 2 Up to 2
Processors
PRIMERGY
Memory 2 GB - 144 GB 2 GB - 192 GB 2 GB - 288 GB
BX922 S2

Memory Slots 9 12 18

Network 2 x Intel® 82575 2 x Intel® 82576, 1x Dual-channel
Controller 4 x 10/100/1000 4 x 10/100/1000 10GbE LAN
Mbit/s Ethernet Mbit/s Ethernet, controller
Intel® VT-c)
Expansion slots 2 2 2

Maximum HDDs max. 2x hot- max. 2x 2.5-inch max. 2 x
plug, 2.5-inch SATA HDD or SSD SATA 2.5-
SAS HDD, SSD inch
SATA HDD or (non hot-plug) (non hot-plug) PRIMERGY
SSD BX924 S2


PRIMERGY BX - Storage Blades
Additional, easy-to-manage storage blades to add data backup, security and storage
expansion without adding a single cable.

PRIMERGY SX910 PRIMERGY SX940 PRIMERGY SX960 PRIMERGY SX980
Type Storage Blade Tape Storage Blade Disk Storage Blade Disk Storage Blade Disk

Storage Dedicated, direct Dedicated, direct attached Dedicated, direct Dedicated or sharable
architecture attached storage to left storage to one or two attached storage to storage via SAS
adjacent server blade (BX900 only) adjacent left adjacent server connection blade
server blades blade
# per BX400 4 4 2 3
# per BX900 6 6 2 6
Number of drives 1 1–4 1 - 10 1 - 10
Hard disk  LTO3HH Ultrium, Standard PRIMERGY disk drives
hot-plug / 400 GB, 60 MB/s
 DISK SAS 2.5-inch 73 / 146 / 300 / 450 / 600 GB
Tape drives  LTO4HH Ultrium,
800 GB , 120 MB/s  DISK SATA 2.5-inch 160 / 320 / 500 GB
 LTO5HH Ultrium,  SSD SATA 2.5-inch 32 / 64 GB
1500 GB, 140 MB/s


Your Internal Storage Of Choice
With the PRIMERGY BX Blade Servers you are provided with a wide range of
storage options suitable for almost all requirements and usable within the chassis.
PRIMERGY
VSX960

SX980 & SAS Data ONTAP-v

HBA Mezz. Card

SX980 & SAS
Performance / Capacity

RAID Mezz. Card

Direct attached
storage VSA with
PRIMERGY SX960
Internal disk
Blades data
sharing with SX980

Blades physical
share with SX980

Single blade with
SX storage blade

Internal DISKs /
SSDs in CPU blade
Functions / Features


PRIMERGY SX910
The PRIMERGY SX910 Storage Blade Tape can be used to archive and backup local
data for server blades within the PRIMERGY BX system unit.

Product Overview Server Blade PRIMERGY SX910

 Designed for installation into the
PRIMERGY BX system units,
together with the PRIMERGY server
blades
 Inserted, like a server blade, in the
front of the blade server housing
 Support of one half-height SAS tape
drive (LTO3, LTO4, and LTO5) to
be installed together with the
corresponding controller
 Midplane offers a PCI Express PCIe SAS CTRL
connection to the adjacent server
blade
Midplane
 Up to four PRIMERGY SX910
storage blades can be installed in
the BX400 system unit


PRIMERGY SX940
The PRIMERGY SX940 delivers direct attached storage capacity for server blades
with support for up to four hot-plug SAS, SATA and SSD hard disk drives.
Product Overview Server Blade SX940

 Single width, half height storage
blade disk
 Direct attached storage via midplane
PCIe interface to server blade(s)
 Four bays for 2.5-inch disks (600 GB
DISK SAS, 500 GB DISK SATA or
64 GB SSD SATA)
 Each SX940 may be connected to
up to one (BX400, BX900) or two
(BX900) server blades using one or
two SAS 2.0 controllers (with either PCIe RAID CTRL
RAID 1/0/10 or additional 5/6 plus
cache and optional BBU)
Midplane
 Up to four PRIMERGY SX940
storage blades can be installed in
the blade enclosures


PRIMERGY SX960
The PRIMERGY SX960 delivers direct attached storage capacity for server blades
with support for up to ten hot-plug SAS, SATA and SSD hard disk drives.
Product Overview Server Blade PRIMERGY SX960

 Direct attached storage via midplane
to left adjacent server blade
 Double wide storage blade
 Ten bays for 2.5-inch disks (600 GB
DISK SAS, 500 GB DISK SATA or
64 GB SSD SATA)
 Onboard MegaRAID controller with
512 MB Battery Backed Write Cache
PCIe RAID CTRL
 Up to two SX960 storage blades can
be installed in BX400
Midplane


PRIMERGY SX980
The PRIMERGY SX980 delivers dedicated or sharable storage space for all server
blades used in the PRIMERGY BX blade server chassis.
Server Blade Server Blade SX980
Product Overview
 Double width, half height storage
blade disk
 End-to-End SAS 2.0 enabled,
providing 6Gbps interfaces
 Server blade connection to the
SX980 via SAS RAID or HBA SAS RAID SAS RAID
Mezzanine Cards (slots 2 and/or 4) or or EXP. A EXP. B
and SAS Connection Blades SAS HBA SAS HBA
Mezz. Card Mezz. Card SAS CON SAS CON
 Support of up to 10 hot-plug SAS
disks (up to 600GB) connected via Expander Expander
SAS expander to midplane SAS Connection SAS Connection
Blade Blade (redundant)
 Up to three SX980 can be installed
at any slot position of the BX400  Standard installation: One SAS path to storage blade
and one SAS connection blade
enclosure  High Availability (HA) installation: Redundant SAS
path to storage blade with two SAS connection blades


PRIMERGY SAS Switch 6Gbit/s 18/6
The SAS Connection Blade is an integral part of the SAS storage solution, providing a
straight forward architecture for dedicated as well as shared SAS storage.
Product Overview
 Interfaces: SAS CB in CBS 3 SAS CB in CBS 4
 18x SAS 2.0 internal port
 6x SAS 2.0 external port
 Support for up to 6 external tape or disk
storage devices
 SAS zoning for flexible, exclusive disk
assignment to blades (internal & external
disk storage devices)
 LUN mapping to support external RAID
subsystems
 Integrated SAS multi-path and switch
failover capabilities (in HW, no drivers), if
two/redundant switches are deployed
 Hot pluggable (e.g. exchange of failed
switch w/o interruption)
 Management via Management Blade
(MMB) and/or via SAS Switch Web GUI


PRIMERGY VSX960 - Overview
PRIMERGY VSX960 delivers a flexible, shared storage server solution as „datacenter
in the box solution“ for PRIMERGY blade server environments.
Product Overview
 PRIMERGY VSX960 is a shared storage
for PRIMERGY BX blade servers
 Based on the Data ONTAP-v software
from NetApp
 Hosted on the storage control blade
running in a virtual machine of an
installed VMware ESX
 Online storage will be provided by
SX960 (up to 10 disks)
 Connected to other blades via 1G Up to 5 productive PRIMERGY
Ethernet Connection Blade(s) blades VSX
 Internal support for VMotion and
several HA Cluster Solutions
 Fully integrated into ServerView
 Easy onside customer installation
process with ServerView Installation
Manager


PRIMERGY VSX960 - Details
The VSX960 delivers a flexible, shared storage server solution for PRIMERGY BX
enclosures, with support for up to ten hot-plug SAS DISKs.
Detailed Overview Server Blade Server Blade Storage PRIMERGY SX960
Control Blade
 Automated installation of all
ServerView, Data ONTAP-v
components and VMware ESX
 Shared storage configuration with
Filer View (native NetApp), Plug-

ServerView Suite
Data ONTAP-v
In in ServerView
 Installation on BX920 S2 (mirrored
SAS hot-plug DISKs) …

 Recommendation: 5 or 10 Disks in
a RAID 5 array
 Base Data ONTAP-v: SnapShot, ESX
FlexVol, SnapRestore, FilerView, vSwitch vSwitch
DISK

SnapMirror (optional), iSCSI, DISK
CIFS and NFS RAID5
NIC Mezz NIC Mezz NIC NIC PCIe Controller (BBU)
 Optional management license:
 Snap Drive for Windows
 SnapManager for Exchange Midplane
 SnapManager for Hyper-V
 Virtual Storage Consol
 Max. 2.000 IOPS Connection Blade 1 Connection Blade 2


Configuration Example – VSX960 Bundle
Model Order Code Description
VSX960 Bundle BDL:PY-VSX960 BX920 S2 Dual Server Blade
Intel Xeon E5620 4C/8T 2.40 GHz 12 MB
3x 4 GB DDR3 1333 MHz PC3-10600 rg s/d
2x HD SAS 6G 146GB 10K HOT PL 2.5" EP
Serverblade single package/delivery

SX960 Storage Blade Disk
RAID Ctrl SAS 6G 5/6 512MB (D2616)
RAID Contr BBU Upgrade for RAID 5/6 V16
Serverblade single package/delivery

VMware Essentials w/1yr Sub,-no Support
VMware vSphere 4 Media Kit OEM
Data ONTAP-v Basic License
ServerView Data ONTAP-v Media-Kit
PRIMERGY VSX960 provides a fully integrated virtual storage solution to use the BX400 as small datacenter in a box:
PRIMERGY VSX960 consists of:
 PRIMERGY BX920 server blade 2 5 4

Data ONTAP-v
 PRIMERGY SX960 storage blade 3
 Data ONTAP-vTM software from NetApp 4
 ServerView Data ONTAP-v Media-Kit 5
6
 VMWare Essential and VMWare vSphere 4 Media Kit 6
Optional: Data ONTAP-v Advanced Mgmt. Bundle (Snap Drive for
Windows, SnapManager for Exchange, SnapManager for Hyper-V
and Virtual Storage Console
1 PRIMERGY BX400 chassis (not included)

Your Storage Of Choice - Overview
With our PRIMERGY BX Blade Servers we provide you with a wide range of storage
options suitable for almost all requirements and usable within the chassis.

Type Configuration Connection Shared disk/LUN Shared data Comments
Internal disk Disks in server SAS or SATA controller n/a n/a  RAID protected
blade (max. 2 disks) on board or as  Optional SAS RAID w.
mezzanine card resp. write-back cache and
opt. iBBU (in BX920 S2)
Direct attached Disks in storage PCIe via midplane No No  RAID protected
storage with SX blade (e.g. max 10  Like internal disks
storage blade disks in SX960)  For dedicated blade(s)
PY SX980 with Disks in storage SAS expander and Yes, disks can be No  RAID protected
SAS RAID blade (max 30 disks SAS connection blade physically shared  Like internal disks
Mezzanine Card with 3x SX980) (no LUN support)  Disk with fixed relation
to server blade
PY SX980 with Disks in storage SAS expander and Yes, disk only Yes Shared data but:
SAS HBA blade (max 30 disks SAS connection blade (no LUN support)  Not RAID protected
Mezzanine Card with 3x SX980)  OS or application must
support shared SAS
function and data
sharing
 Not supported by MS
PRIMERGY Disks in SX960 Gigabit Ethernet, iSCSI Yes Yes  RAID protected
VSX960 storage blade (max (block), or CIFS/NFS  Multiprotocol (Block and
10 disks) (File) File)
 All internal blades can
be connected
 Some storage features
like snapshots


Storage Blade Placements BX400
The PRIMERGY BX400 can be equipped with up to four SX910 storage blades tape,
up to four SX940, up to two SX960 and up to three SX980 storage blades disk.

SX910/SX940 Configurations SX980 Configurations
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8  Up to three SX980 can be installed at any slot position
of the BX400 enclosure
LTO LTO LTO LTO
DISK DISK DISK
or or or or DISK DISK DISK

FIOM
DISK DISK DISK
DISK DISK DISK DISK

FIOM
DISK DISK DISK
DISK DISK DISK DISK DISK DISK DISK
DISK DISK DISK
DISK DISK DISK DISK DISK DISK DISK
DISK DISK DISK DISK
DISK DISK DISK
DISK DISK DISK
DISK DISK DISK

SX960 Configurations (1/2) SX960 Configurations (2/2)
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
DISK DISK DISK
DISK DISK DISK
DISK DISK DISK
DISK DISK
FIOM

FIOM
DISK
DISK DISK DISK
DISK DISK DISK
DISK DISK DISK
DISK DISK DISK
DISK DISK DISK
DISK DISK DISK


PRIMERGY BX400 Portfolio
Fujitsu offers a comprehensive portfolio of hardware, software and services for its
PRIMERGY BX400 Blade Servers.

Compute Power Storage Capacity Network Connectivity
Maximum Easy-to- A wide range of pass-thru
performance, integrate, direct and switch blades to
redundancy attached and connect and manage the
and state-of- shared storage network
the-art expansion
technology without adding
a single cable

All-in-one-box Easy-to-use Smooth operations
Modular design for usage Easy-to-use Versatile infrastructure to
in office and datacenter management spend less time on setup
environments with latest helps to and concentrate on your
blade technology, high I/O increase business.
flexibility and bandwidth productivity Connection to the cloud
known from the BX900 to expand the on-site
infrastructure.


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Simplicity itself

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PRIMERGY BX400: Simplicity Itself
Easy installation processes and execution of basic management tasks helps users to
save valuable time and can cut the daily operations by up to 60 percent.

 Base Configuration Wizard provides  Base Configuration Wizard
support during the installation and guides
the user step-by-step to start the unit  ServerView Dashboard
 ServerView Dashboard is an executive  ServerView Installation Manager
system user interface to easily monitor
the system’s status and execute basic  ServerView Local Service Panel
management tasks  ServerView Virtual I/O Manager
 Easy installation allows a simple and  ServerView Resource Coordinator
comfortable installation of operating
systems on one or multiple server blades
 Local service panel supplies status
information directly via the system LCD
display, and provides support during
configuration, diagnostics and monitoring
 Add and change servers, network and
storage easily and quickly
 Uniform operations for pools of physical
and virtual servers combined with cost-
effective high availability


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Base Configuration Wizard

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The base configuration wizard assist the user setting up a system and guides you step
by step through the menus for putting the blade server into operation.

Overview
 No need for an installation – only to set
some basic parameters (IP address, etc.)
supported by a simple wizard via LCD
display or MMB GUI
 Wizard guides you step by step through
the menus
 Language settings (English,
Japanese, German)
 Date/Time settings
 Import settings (USB stick)
 Identification settings (system name,
rack name, system contact, location)
Welcome Screen Dialog of the Base Configuration Wizard  Network settings (IPv4 and IPv6)
 Power settings (redundancy level,
power consumption control)
 PIN protection for LC-Display access
 Ekeying Check
 Save/Export Settings



Language / Date & Time Settings:
 Supported languages
 English (default)
 German
 Japanese

Import Settings:
 Default Values:
 Current date, if the current date is
valid, otherwise an “useful” starting
point, i.e. 24/11/2010
 Current time
 Time Zone: GMT
 Daylight Saving Time enabled



Import Settings:
 Settings may be imported from a file on a
USB memory device
 Select of the type of settings which be
imported
 Select the path and the file name of the
import file

I/O Settings:
 Basic configuration settings of the Front-
Side I/O-Module and Connection Blades
 Different sub-steps depending on the
system configuration
 Front-Side I/O Module
 Configuration whether a certain blade
can use the USB port /DVD drive


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ServerView Dashboard

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The Dashboard is an intuitive usable web-user interface which simplifies most daily
operations, monitors the system status and provides power management information.
Product Overview
 Executive information system user
interface that allows to easily
monitor the system’s status and
execute basic management tasks
 Based on the enlarged photographic
view of the front and the rear of the
chassis
 Enclosure incl. all components
 Reflect whether the system is a
ServerView Dashboard with front
rack version or a floorstand view of the blade system.
version
 Amount of information displayed and Rear view of the blade system.

the executable set of management
tasks depend on the user rights


Shows the following information: Execute the following tasks:
 Server blades with health state, host  Server blades
name, LEDs, Power State, IP address,  Select USB/DVD device
OS State, USB/DVD assignment,
 Power Control for server blades
advanced video redirection session
(On/Off, Force Power Off)
 Chassis with health state, name, power
 Invoke iRMC AVR Session
consumption information
 Open server blade management web
 MMB with name and IP address
interface in advanced UI
 Front Side I/O Module with health state,
USB/DVD and LCD module information  Chassis
 Power Control for Chassis (On/Off)
 Connection Blades with health state,
name , LEDs, Power State  Connection Blades
 Storage Blades with health state, name,  Open connection blade management
LEDs, Power State web interface in advanced UI
 Power Management Information  Power Management
 Current output power consumption  Selection of consumption modes
(actual/max/limits) (None, Minimum, Low Noise,
 Current input power configuration Enforced, Limitation, Scheduled)


Advanced Blade Management Interface
The Advanced user interface is the same GUI with the same functional range known
from the Fujitsu PRIMERGY BX900.
ServerView Advanced
Management GUI for
BX400 Rack-Version

ServerView Advanced
Management GUI for
Floorstand Version


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ServerView Installation Manager

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ServerView Installation Management
ServerView Installation Manager supports mass rollout installation which makes it easy
for the customer to install a lot of server blades in a PRIMERGY BX400.
Product Overview
 “Installation Targets” (one, several
1 1 2
or all server blades)
 “OS Selection” (Windows or Linux
2
3
operating system versions)
 “OS Installation Options” (depending
3
on the selected "OS Type")
 “Install Progress History” (displaying
4
the installation messages list and 4
allowing to export the history)
 Target server blade is assigned to
the front I/O module (DVD and USB)
and ServerView Installation
Manager is booted
 In an installation sequence one
server blade is processed after the
other, starting with the server blade
in the most left bay


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Local Service Panel

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Local Service Panel
The PRIMERGY BX400 features a ServerView Local Service Panel which supports
the setup, configuration, local diagnosis and monitoring of the enclosure

System Unit Settings
Front-Side I/O Management   
 Assign USB/DVD to a server blade 
Blade Settings  
 Management Blade Settings 
 Role MMBs (Master/Slave)
 Connection Blade Settings
 Assign disks to server blades in
case of SAS Connection Blades
PIN Setting 
 PIN protection for LCD display
Network Settings 
 IP address, subnet mask,
gateway, DNS Server
 Can be retrieved from DHCP
Power Settings 


Local Service Panel: Power Settings
The power settings allows to choose one of three main functions “Power Consumption
Monitoring”, Power Consumption Control” and “PSU Cabling Configuration”.

Power Settings
Power Consumption Monitoring
 Overview about the consumed input
and output power
Power Consumption Control
 Selection of various consumption
modes
 PSU Redundancy Modes
 No Redundancy - All available
PSUs will be considered as active
 PSU Redundancy (3+1, 2+1, 1+1,
2+2)
 Phase Redundancy
 Dynamic Mode
 Maximize your PSU efficiency
 Only as much power supplies are
turned on as required
 Not used PSUs are in a sleep mode Note: In the LC-Display only a subset of all
possible the power settings are available!


Local Service Panel: Power Settings
The power settings allows to choose one of three main functions “Power Consumption
Monitoring”, “Power Consumption Control” and “PSU Cabling Configuration”.

Further Power Settings
 Specify the Power Limit for the
Power Consumption Mode
“Enforced Maximum Power Limit”
 The value of the “Power Limit” must
between the “Minimum Power Limit”
and the “Maximum Possible Power
Limit”

PSU Cabling Configuration
 For “Phase Redundancy” mode
 Specify to which AC phases the
PSUs are connected
 Specify the maximum current for
each phase

Note: In the LC-Display only a subset of all
possible the power settings are available!


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ServerView Virtual I/O Manager

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ServerView Virtual-IO Manager
Industry-leading I/O virtualization technology helps to reduce the complexity of the
physical infrastructure and its internal and external connections.
ServerView Virtual-IO Manager ServerView Virtual
I/O Manager
 Virtualization of physical network Storage
addresses and clear separation of Server HBA Administration

FC Connection Blade
server management from LAN & Blade NIC

SAN management. No Change
Server HBA SAN
 Previously complex and time- Blade NIC Fix WWNs
consuming data center tasks can be
carried out much easier and in
minutes versus hours and days:

…
 Managing new installations
Network
 Performing fast, cost-effective Administration

Ethernet Connection Blade
system recovery
No Change
 Running planned system LAN
maintenance and undertaking Fix MACs
mass system migration, e.g. Server HBA
Blade NIC
moving test systems into
production
Server Administration


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ServerView RCVE

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ServerView Resource Coordinator VE
Simplified day-to-day server management in mixed physical and virtual environments
combined with cost-effective high availability.

Functional Overview Trigger of VM life migration
 Centralized management for physical
and virtual servers
 Uniform interface for common
administrative tasks like start, stop,
reboot or live migration operations for
all supported hypervisor
 Monitoring of physical and virtual
network connections
Maintenance scenarios, e.g.
switchover complete VM hosts Manual switch-over to a spare server
including all VMs, to a spare server
 Affordable high availability
 Address unplanned downtime
scenarios
 Automatic server switchover when a
physical server fails
 Share one or a few spare servers
between many production servers

PRIMERGY BX400
Kind to the environment and to your energy bill

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PRIMERGY BX400: Green
Reduce your electric bill by up to 30 percent, put less strain on the air conditioning,
and reduce the IT related CO2 emissions.

Advantages Proof-Points
 Use up to 30% less power and push  Improved efficiency through
less hot air into the data center consolidation and Cool-safe™ design
 Reduced risk associated with heat  Highly efficient PSUs with “Dynamic
failures and double the lifetime of power Mode” to maximize efficiency
electronically components
 Intelligent Power Management
 PSU dynamic mode automatically
 Low noise (45dB) mode
shifts power load to maximize the
efficiency of each power supply  Selectable power consumption
needed to power the system modes (e.g. adaptive mode)
 See and understand power usage and
thermal impact and resolve issues
before they impact cost or
performance.
 Operate at the most efficient levels
without compromising reliability

See how we do it!


Cool-safe™ Technology
The Cool-safe™ technology provides you with best-in-class cooling concept for
increased lifetime, stable performance and reduced energy consumption.

What it is and why it is good for you? Cool-safe™ airflow
 The PSUs includes big fans to cool
CPUs and memory directly and
more quietly
 The airflow design assures that cold
air is available for the server blades
as well as for the switch area
 The switch area will get cold air via a
bypass on the left and right side of
the BX400 System
 Benefits: Air inlet area for all blades in a chassis
 Cool-safe™ design cuts
temperature by 10°C and
doubles lifetime!
 Prevent from overheating by keep
cool air coming into the system,
and moving the hot air out of the
system BX400: 26% C3000: 14% BCS: 14%


Holistic Power Management
With our holistic power management we provide users with ease to use power
consumption features to save every watt and reduce the electric bill.

BX400 Power Consumption Concept

Chassis Power Server Blade Power PSU Redundancy
Monitoring
Consumption Consumption Concept

No
Minimum Adaptive Chassis
Redundancy

PSU
Low Noise Enforced Components
Redundancy

Phase
Enforced Minimum
Redundancy

Dynamic
Limitation
Mode

Scheduled


Chassis Power Consumption Control
Easy power management features reduce your electric bill, but to also helps to operate
smoothly in rooms not designed for big computing and storage solutions.
Control of chassis power consumption
 Minimum Mode (default): Sets power
consumption to the lowest possible value
 Low Noise Mode
 Ensure that the system unit fans make
not more noise than 45 dB
 If necessary, the server blades are
forced to work with lowest performance
 Enforced Mode: Chassis power
consumption will not exceed the power
consumption defined by the user during
the whole activation time of this mode
 Limitation Mode:
 MMB provides information about when
it has reached a certain value
 If "PSU Dynamic Mode" is enabled,
MMB try to keep power consumption
within configured values
 Scheduled Mode: Possibility to activate
chassis power consumption control modes
in a define time


Server Blade Power Consumption
Additional to the chassis power consumption control, the PRIMERGY BX400 provides
the possibility to control the server blade power consumption.
Server blade power consumption
 Adaptive Mode (default)
 Distribute power budget for each
server blade to ensure a high
performance operating environment
 Dynamic mode (default): Blade with
the most power demand will get the
highest priority
 Static mode: Use priority table to
determine the importance of the
server blade
 Enforced Mode
 Power consumption will not exceed
the power consumption defined by the
user during the whole activation time
of this mode
 Minimum Mode
 All possible power consumption savings
will be initiated to ensure the lowest
possible power consumption operating
mode Power consumption for the enclosure always overrides
the power consumption of individual server blades!


PSU Redundancy Concept
Easy power management features reduce your electric bill, but to also helps to operate
smoothly in rooms not designed for big computing and storage solutions.
Overview
 No Redundancy
 All available PSUs will be considered
as active PSU
 PSU Redundancy
 3+1, 2+1, 1+1 and 2+2 redundancy
based on number PSUs
 Phase Redundancy
 Make sure that PSU cables are
configured to support phase
redundancy
 Define maximal current value for each
phase, and to which phase the power
supply module should be connected
 PSU Dynamic Mode
 Based on actual power consumption
only enough PSU will activate
 Unused PSUs will put to STANDBY
 In redundancy mode: provide enough
redundancy to support the active
PSUs

Power Consumption Monitoring
Power consumption monitoring improves efficiency by managing power and cooling as
a resource and helps to understand power usage and the thermal impact.
What to monitor?
 Actual Power Consumption: power
consumption values of the system
unit displayed in a table
 Input power details: bar chart and a
history chart are available for the
system unit and for each server
blade
 Bar chart of each component
shows the minimum, average,
peak, limit (if set), and maximum
values as numeric values and as
line marks in the bar chart.


PRIMERGY BX400
Smart, flexible and modular


PRIMERGY BX400: Modular-Design
Modular infrastructure to meet office and datacenter environments that enables to use
50% more capacity in the same space with latest technology and high performance.

 Small business infrastructure in a box  Two system versions
 Versatile, multi-purpose design ideal  Shared storage
for small offices or midmarket
companies that only need four to eight  State-of-the-art technology known
server or storage devices from PRIMERGY BX900
 Branch offices and larger businesses  High I/O flexibility and bandwidth
as enhancement for BX900, not  Failsafe midplane, redundant design
needing compute power of 18 blades
 Standard power and doesn’t need
special air conditioning
 Includes many useful features to help
employees to be more productive with
less effort

See how we do it!


Modular Design
Optimum combination of server, storage and network, available in two different system
variants and shared-storage solution for usage as small data center in a box.
Versatile infrastructure Local- and shared storage solution
 Two system variants  Shared storage solution with support
 Rack-version for up to ten hot-plug SAS HDDs
 Floorstand  Based on the Data ONTAP-v
 All-in-one-design software from NetApp
 Server Blades  Hosted on the storage control blade
 Storage Blades running in a virtual machine
 Connection Blades  All disks bundled to specific storage
 MMBs
control blade
 PSU and Fans  All other internal blades can be
connected via Gigabit Ethernet
 DVD, LCD
 Latest technology
 High I/O flexibility VSX
 Midplane bandwidth
(10 Gbit/s per lane) Server
 Full redundant design Blades


State-Of-The-Art Technology (1/3)
PRIMERGY BX922 S2 obtained the best 2 processor, two-tier SAP SD Standard
Application Benchmark result for SAP ERP 6.0 (as of April 8, 2010).

Results Comparison
 SAP certification number: 2010008
 PRIMERGY BX922 S2, equipped
with two Xeon X5680 processors
 SAP Enhancement Package 4 for
SAP ERP 6.0 and SQL Server 2008
under Windows Server 2008 R2
Enterprise

 Number of SAP SD benchmark
users: 4,910

Competitive benchmark results stated above reflect results published as of April
8, 2010. The comparison presented above is based on the best performing 2-
socket servers currently shipping by HP, Sun and Fujitsu. The latest SAP SD 2-
tier results can be found at http://www.sap.com/solutions/benchmark/sd2tier.epx
.


With a score of “40.86@30 tiles” the PRIMERGY BX924 S2 is seen from the VMmark
viewpoint as the most powerful 2-socket server.

Results Overview
 Virtualization with Intel® Xeon®
processor 5600 series equipped dual
socket PRIMERGY BX924 S2 - world
record proofs using VMware ESX 4.0
Update 2:
 In the 8 and 12-core class: VMware
VMmark V1.1.1 with 40.86@30tiles and VMware ESX 4.0 U2
30.05@20tiles (Oct. 19, 2010)
 No competitor could reach that, neither
with full height blades nor with more
DIMMs! PRIMERGY +
 PRIMERGY BX400 combines high Intel +
density and high performance! VMware:
World’s best
combination

The above comparisons for the competitor products reflect the status of
PRIMERGY BX924 S2 8th September 2010. The comparison is based on the VMmark results
1

2
:= http://www.vmware.com/files/pdf/vmmark/VMmark-Fujitsu-2010-10-18-BX924-2.pdf for the 12-core server category. The current VMmark results are
:= http://www.vmware.com/files/pdf/vmmark/VMmark-Fujitsu-2010-10-18-BX924.pdf
available at http://www.vmware.com/products/vmmark/results.html.


PRIMERGY BX922 S2 obtained the best result in SPECjbb2005 benchmark of all
Intel-based 2-socket servers.

Results Comparison
Measurement 1 (February 2010)
 PRIMERGY BX922 S2 with two Xeon
X5570 processors, 24 RAM.
 SPECjbb2005 bops = 632425
 SPECjbb2005 bops/JVM = 158106

Measurement 2 (March 2010)
 PRIMERGY BX922 S2 with two Xeon
X5680 processors, 48 GB RAM
 SPECjbb2005 bops = 927872
 SPECjbb2005 bops/JVM = 154645

 The record result of the PRIMERGY
BX922 S2 with two Xeon X5570
processors could be increased by 47%
by using two Xeon X5680
processors and doubling
the memory capacity.


PRIMERGY BX400
Attractively priced and low on running costs


PRIMERGY BX400: Cost-Sensitive
operational costs compared than traditional servers, storage and networking.

 Simplification of the physical Savings compared to standard servers
infrastructure (power, cabling) thanks to:
 Energy savings and less required  Easy of use: up to 60%
cooling capacity of a data center
 Energy savings: up to 30%
 Modular upgrade options with the
possibility to integrate new  Floor space saving: up to 50%
technologies in existing environments  Cost reduction: up to 20%
 Up to 50% less space than traditional
servers
 Significantly reduced costs for cabling
and deployment of network
connections
 Simplified management
 Higher density and scalability

See how we do it!


Cost-Sensitive: Example
operational costs compared than traditional servers, storage and networking.
Rack Blade
Configuration
Platform RX200 S6 BX400 S1
Rack Server:
# Server 8 8
 1x 24U rack
# Switche 0 2
 8x RX200 S6 (2x Intel Xeon E5645, Total height units 8 6
4x8GB, DVD, IRMC S2 AP, 1x dual-
channel 1 Gbit/s Eth controller) Direct costs
Hardware 35.615€ 39.765€
Hardware cost for server, storage, components, switches, …
Blade Server: Infrastructure 14.080€ 3.760€
 1x BX400 Floorstand (2x PSU, 2x Costs for datacenter facilities, space, as well as costs per network
port and power connections
fan modules, 2x CB Eth Switch/IBP
18/6, 1x MMB, LCD, DVD) Management 5.550€ 2.087€
Costs for the needed time for integration, cabling, installation, I/O
 8x RX920 S2 (2x Intel Xeon E5645, configuration, hardware and software updates (e.g. firmware,
4x 8GB) BIOS, operating system and driver)

Power & Cooling 6.181€ 3.216€
Power consumption of hardware components, as well as needed
climatization for mentioned configuration

TCO 61.426€ 48.858€ (-20,4%)


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