Datasheet

IBM BladeCenter E Chassis at a glance
Form factor/height
Rack-mount chassis/7U
Blade bays
Up to 14
Switch modules
Four switch module bays
Power supply module
Up to four 2000 W or 2320 W (hot-swap and redundant with load-balancing and failover capabilities)
Cooling modules
Two hot-swap and redundant blowers standard
Standard media
DVD multi-burner (also available as a CTO option)
Systems management hardware
One Advanced Management Module standard; add an optional second module for redundancy
I/O ports
Keyboard, video, mouse, Ethernet, USB
Systems management software
Open and easy systems management and trial deployment tools
Light path diagnostics
Blade server, processor, memory, power supplies, blowers, switch module, management module,
HDDs and expansion card
Limited warranty
2
3-year customer replaceable unit and onsite limited warranty
External storage
Support for IBM System Storage™ solutions (including DS and Network Attached Storage (NAS)
family of products) and many widely adopted non-IBM storage offerings