IBM BladeCenter HS22 Product Manual - page 17
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additional 2.5-inch SAS HDDs in
BladeCenter S chassis
• Optional IBM 31.4GB or 50.0GB Solid State Drive as an energy-saving alternative to HDD storage
• Integrated RAID — RAID-1 mirrored arrays standard; enhanced RAID-1E/5 arrays optional using a
BladeCenter S chassis; RAID-5 arrays also available using an optional ServeRAID-MR10ie
controller
• Two available adapter slots standard —
Two CFF (compact form factor) slots: one high-speed CFFh and one standard-speed CIOv
• Additional optionaladapter slots —
Provided by a BladeCenter
PCI Express I/O Expansion Unit
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Manageability and Availability:
• IBM Systems Director systems management software, including:
IBM Systems Director Active Energy Manager for x86
IBM Management Processor Assistant
IBM Rack Manager
IBM RAID Manager
IBM Update Assistant
IBM Software Distribution
IBM System Availability
• Integrated Management Module:
IPMI 2.0 compliance, including highly secure remote power control
cKVM
Advanced management capabilities
• Interface to one or two Advanced Management Modules in the chassis for advanced systems
management capability
Supports
LDAP and SSL industry standards
Text and graphics console redirection systems management
Serial over LAN
• Optional solid-state drive as a high-reliability alternative to internal storage (with up to three times
the MTBF of spinning disk drives)
• Numerous hot-swap/redundant capabilities provided via the chassis
Server Comparison Chart
The following table shows the suggested uses for the respective IBM BladeCenter blade servers, including comparisons of the uses
for which each server is best suited:
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The PCI I/O Expansion Unit requires an adjacent blade slot.
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2
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3
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2
2
Cluster / HPC
3
1
1
2
2
1
3
3
3
3
Modeling & Simulation
2
1
1
1
3
1
3
2
3
3
High Performance DB
2
2
1
1
1
3
2
2
3
3
Business Intelligence
2
1
1
1
2
1
2
2
1
3
Search
3
1
1
1
2
1
3
3
1
2
Content
2
2
2
2
2
1
3
3
2
2
Communities
1
2
2
2
1
1
2
3
2
2
Commerce
2
1
1
1
2
1
1
2
1
2
Collaboration
2
3
2
3
2
1
2
3
2
2
ERP/SCM
1
2
1
1
1
2
1
1
1
2
CRM
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
1
3
Hosted Client
1
3
2
1
2
2
1
1
2
2
Point of Sale
3
3
3
2
1
3
1
1
1
1
Branch Office
2
3
3
3
2
2
1
1
2
1
Virtualization
1
2
2
2
1
2
1
1
2
3
Business Continuity
2
3
3
3
1
2
2
1
2
2
Database
2
2
1
2
1
2
1
2
2
3
Email/Collaboration
2
3
2
1
2
2
1
1
2
2
Security
2
2
2
2
2
1
1
1
1
3
Web Serving
3
2
2
2
3
1
2
1
3
3
File & Print
2
3
2
3
1
2
2
1
3
3
BladeCenter Servers
Requirements
Infrastructure
Applications
Web 2.0 /
Web 3D
HPC
Business
Applications