Product guide

High-performance blade server optimized for virtualization
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solution as one. Using a BladeCenter E chassis, up to 84 HS22V servers (168 processors) can
be installed in one industry-standard 42U rack; but the value of BladeCenter extends far
beyond high density data center environments.
The various BladeCenter chassis are designed to monitor environmental conditions in the
chassis and each blade and send alerts to the administrator. Advanced standard features, such
as Active Memory
™
, Predictive Failure Analysis, light path diagnostics, hot-swap
redundant hard disk drives, power supplies and blower modules with Calibrated Vectored
Cooling
™
; IPMI 2.0 support, including highly secure remote power control; text-console
redirect over LAN, next-generation BIOS (UEFI), an Advanced Management Module
(upgradeable with a redundant AMM), IBM Systems Director management software including
IBM Systems Director Active Energy Manager™. Remote Deployment Manager and IBM
ServerGuide
™
help maintain system availability with increased uptime.
If you need highly manageable, high-performance virtualization in a space- or power-
constrained environment, the HS22V is the ideal system.
Selling Features
Price/Performance
• There is an HS22V model to fit all budgets. The HS22V offers a choice of high-performance 6-
core/4-core/2-core Xeon processors with integrated memory controllers, clock rates from 2.00GHz
to 3.06GHz, and up to 12MB shared cache (processor-specific) of integrated Level 3 cache. Xeon
5600 series processors offer up to 60% better performance
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than the previous-generation 5500
series processors and up to 1,500% better performance than the single-core processors of a few
years ago that you may still be using.
• Up to 144GB of registered DDR3 ECC memory operates at 800MHz to 1333MHz (depending on
the system configuration), for high performance and wide memory bandwidth.
• Run two DIMMs per memory channel (2DPC) at 1333MHz in 5600 series processor
configurations
• Embedded virtualization (optional on all models) offers extremely high performance, enhanced
security, and a zero-gigabyte HDD footprint. (In other words, no mechanical HDD to fail.)
• Solid state drives (SDDs) use only 2W of energy per drive, vs. 9-10W for 2.5-inch HDDs. This is as
much as 80% less energy than a HDD would use (with a corresponding reduction in heat output).
• Low power 1.35 volt memory draws up to 15% less power than current shipping memory DIMMs.
• Selected HS22V blade servers are planned for NEBS3/ETSI-compliance and feature long-life
availability. These blades are ideal for telecom or Next Generation Network (NGN) applications
such as IPTV, IP Multimedia Subsystem (IMS) and security.
• The extremely high degree of integration in the various BladeCenter chassis reduces the need
for server components, replacing numerous fans, KVM and Ethernet cables, power supplies,
external switches and other components with fewer shared hot-swap/redundant components in the
BladeCenter chassis itself. This integration also can greatly reduce the amount of power
consumed and heat produced, relative to an equivalent number of 1U servers. This can
significantly reduce a data center power bill. The reduced data center footprint can also save on
infrastructure cost.
• The midplanes used in all chassis provide high-speed blade-to-blade, blade-to-switch-module
and module-to-module communications internally as well as externally. The midplanes used in
the BladeCenter H and BladeCenter HT chassis provide four 10Gb data channels to each blade,
and supports high-speed switch modules, including 4X InfiniBand and 10Gb Ethernet.
• The various BladeCenter chassis use ultrahigh efficiency power supplies. Most industry-
standard servers use power supplies that are between 70-75% efficient at converting power from
AC wall current to the DC power used inside servers. BladeCenter power modules are up to 92%
efficient. This helps save even more money, as more of the power input you are paying for is used
for processing, rather than released into the data center as waste heat that requires even more
energy to cool.
• BladeCenter also reduces the number of parts required to run the system. Sharing fans, systems
management, floppy devices and media means fewer parts to buy and maintain, and fewer items
that can fail and bring the overall solution down.
Flexibility
The HS22V has the ability to grow with your application requirements, thanks to:
• Up to two multi-core Xeon processors (up to twelve cores per server).
• A choice of processor speeds—2.00 to 3.06GHz, up to 12MB of shared cache, and a choice of
power draw from 40W to 95W.
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Based on Intel measurements.