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IBM BladeCenter Foundation for Cloud:

Integration Guide

Solution Overview

IBM® BladeCenter® Foundation for Cloud delivers an ideal platform to expedite virtualized

computing through a pre-integrated, pre-tested system that helps you to deploy newworkloads quickly.

BladeCenter Foundation for Cloud offers the following benefits:

Reduced complexity and accelerated implementation of your virtualized data center, using

pre-integrated and pre-tested systems with management software, servers and convergednetworking

Pre-installed VMware ESXi

Easy connection to external storage, such as IP-based Small Computer System Interface(iSCSI), network-attached storage (NAS), Fibre Channel (FC), or Fibre Channel over

Ethernet (FCoE)

Reduced infrastructure administration cost with single point of management for virtual and

physical resources

Extendable to a cloud environment without rip-and-replace

IBM BladeCenter Foundation for Cloud is an optimized, integrated system consisting of

servers, converged networking, storage, and software that can enable IBM Business Partnersto quickly deploy a sophisticated IT solution that is ready for virtualization ready to use. This

configuration requires obtaining a VMware vSphere license (Enterprise 4.1 at a minimum).

This document has been developed by IBM to help IBM Business Partners to deploy

BladeCenter Foundation for Cloud using the solution elements contained in this document.While this solution is available fully integrated from IBM, this document helps you customize

the solution for your clients.

Stephen Smith

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IBM BladeCenter Foundation for Cloud: Integration Guide3

Small configuration with optional storage

Figure 1 shows the BladeCenter Foundation for Cloud small configuration.

Figure 1 Small BladeCenter Foundation for Cloud configuration

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14

BladeCenterH

1 x BladeCenter Foundation for Cloud chassis

preloaded with:

* 2 x Virtual Fabric 10 Gb Switch

* 2 x Virtual Fabric Extension Module

* 2 x Server Connectivity Module

* IBM BladeCenter Open Fabric Manager Basic

4 x BladeCenter Foundation for Cloud HS22V

preloaded with:

* E5649 6C 2.53 GHz, 12 x 8 GB DIMM

* Virtual Fabric Adapter with FCoE & VMware ESXi

1 x Management Server x3550 M3 preloaded with:

* Systems Director 6.2

* Active Energy Manager 4.3

* vSphere Client 4.1

* DS Storage 10.7

1 x 42U Rack (shown as an example)

1 x DS3524 Dual Controller with 8 Gbps FC (opt.)



4 IBM BladeCenter Foundation for Cloud: Integration Guide

Table 1 shows the part ordering information for the main components of a small configuration.Note that storage is optional depending on the requirements of the solution.

“Appendix A. Small configuration parts catalog” on page 23 provides a complete list of partsfor a small configuration.

Table 1 Small configuration parts list

Components MTM Quantity Description

Management Server 7944-DDx 1 Director 6.2

Active Energy Manager (AEM) 4.3

vSphere Client 4.1

DS Storage Manager 10.7

Windows 2008 R2 Standard Edition 64-bit

Foundation for Cloud HS22V 7871-91x 4 E5649 6C 2.53 GHz

12 x 8 GB DIMM

Emulex Virtual Fabric Adapter II with FCoE

VMware ESXi

Foundation for Cloud Chassis 8852-93x 1 Ethernet & Fibre Channel Switching

BladeCenter Open Fabric Manager (BOFM) Basic

(opt.) System Storage® DS3524 1746A4D 1 8 Gb Fibre Channel Interface

Dual redundant controllers




Medium configuration with optional storage

Figure 2 shows the BladeCenter Foundation for Cloud medium configuration.

Figure 2 Medium BladeCenter Foundation for Cloud configuration

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14

BladeCenterH


preloaded with:






preloaded with:

* E5649 6C 2.53 GHz, 12 x 8 GB DIMM






* DS Storage 10.7


2 x DS3524 Dual Controller with 8Gbps FC (opt.)

* 6 x System Storage EXP3524










Table 2 shows the part ordering information for the main components of a mediumconfiguration. Note that storage is optional, depending on the requirements of the solution.

“Appendix B. Medium configuration parts catalog” on page 24 provides a complete list ofparts for a medium configuration.

Table 2 Medium configuration parts list



AEM 4.3

vSphere Client 4.1




12 x 8 GB DIMM

VFA2 with FCoE

VMware ESXi


BOFM Basic

(opt.) System Storage DS3524 1746A4D 1 8 Gb Fibre Channel Interface


(opt.) System Storage EXP3524 1746A4E 3 6 Gb SAS disk enclosure




Large configuration with optional storage

Figure 3 shows the BladeCenter Foundation for Cloud large configuration.

Figure 3 Large BladeCenter Foundation for Cloud configuration

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14

BladeCenterH

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14

BladeCenterH


preloaded with:






preloaded with:

* E5649 6C 2.53 GHz, 12 x 8 GB DIMM






* DS Storage 10.7





















Table 3 shows the part ordering information for the main components of a large configuration.Note that storage is optional, depending on the requirements of the solution.

“Appendix C. Large configuration parts catalog” on page 25 provides a complete list of partsfor a large configuration.

Table 3 Large configuration parts list

Installing hardware components

Each BladeCenter Foundation for Cloud configuration has these common hardware

elements:

Management server Host servers with converged networking Chassis with converged networking Storage components

This section discusses these elements in detail.



AEM 4.3

vSphere Client 4.1




12 x 8 GB DIMM

VFA2 with FCoE

VMware ESXi


BOFM Basic

(opt.) System Storage DS3524 1746A4D 2 8 Gb Fibre Channel Interface


(opt) System Storage EXP3524 1746A4E 6 6 Gb SAS disk enclosure




System x3550 M3 management server

The specially configured management server is an IBM System x3550 M3, preloaded with a

customizable systems management tools you need to manage critical hardware componentsof IBM BladeCenter for Cloud. This management server can also easily scale to manage

other components in your data center.

The management server comes preloaded with the following components:

Windows Server 2008 R2 Standard 64 bit

Systems Management Software

– IBM Systems Director 6.2

– Active Energy Manager v4.3

– ToolsCenter

• Bootable Media Creator 2.0• Advanced Setup Utility 3.5

• Dynamic Systems Analysis 3.0• UpdateXpress System Pack Installer 4.0

– IBM DS Storage Manager v10.7

– VMware vSphere Client 4.1 64 bit

The management server is an IBM System x3550 M3 model 7944-DDx, which has the

following specifications:

Two 2.40 GHz Intel Xeon E5620s (4 cores, 2.40 GHz, 12 MB cache, 1066 MHz, 80 W)

24 GB memory (6x 4 GB)

IBM ServeRAID M5015 RAID adapter with battery

Four 300 GB SAS hard disk drives (HDDs) (2.5")

Four 1 Gb Ethernet ports with onboard dual-port Ethernet controller and one dual-port

1 Gb Ethernet daughter card installed in a dedicated slot

Two 675 W redundant power supplies

IBM UltraSlim Enhanced Serial Advanced Technology Attachment (SATA) multi-burneroptical drive

Two available Peripheral Component Interconnect Express (PCIe) 2.0 x16 slots

Rack slide kit and cable management arm

Details about this model can be found in the announcement letter:

http://ibm.com/common/ssi/cgi-bin/ssialias?infotype=dd&subtype=ca&&htmlfid=897/ENUS111-091

We suggest that clients load and run their virtualization management software (for example,

VMware vCenter) from the same server for optimal utilization of resources.

For more information about the IBM x3550 M3 server, see the IBM Installation and User’s

Guide for the x3550 M3 , which can be found at the following address:

http://ibm.com/support/entry/portal/docdisplay?lndocid=MIGR-5083597










The management server has four onboard 1 Gb Ethernet controllers. For redundancy andfailover, they are configured as a NIC team. By using Broadcom Advanced Control Suite

(BACS) software, two NICs will connect to the customer network, and two NICs will connectto the management network. Figure 4, Figure 5, and Figure 6 on page 11 show the front, top,

and side views of the System x3550 M3, respectively.

Figure 4 System x3550 M3 front view

Figure 5 System x3550 M3 top view

Four hot-swap2.5 in. bays

Pop-out light pathdiagnostics panel with

power button andstatus LEDs

Videoport

Light pathdiagnosticspanel eject

buttonTwo USB2.0 ports

Four hot-swap2.5 in. bays

or one DVD bay

PCIe slots18 DIMMsockets

Ethernet daughter card(standard in model DDx)

Hot-swap HDDbays

Processor sockets

RAID controller indedicated slot

Hot-swap power supply bays

USB socket for hypervisor

Six hot-swap fans




Figure 6 System x3550 M3 back view

BladeCenter Foundation for Cloud chassis with converged networking

The small, medium and large offerings include one or two configured IBM BladeCenter H

chassis at the core. Figure 7 shows a view of the front and rear of a BladeCenter H, which is

composed of the following components: Between 4 and 28x HS22V blades, depending on the configuration (small, medium or

large) selected

2 x IBM BNT® Virtual Fabric 10 Gb Switch Modules in Bays 7 and 9 (per chassis)

2 x QLogic Virtual Fabric Extension Modules in Bays 3 and 5 (per chassis)

2 x Server Connectivity Modules in bays 1 and 2 (per chassis)

4 x 2980 W high efficiency power supplies

2 x Advanced Management Modules

Figure 7 BladeCenter H front and rear views

Hot-swap power supply bays

Videoport

Serialport

USBports

Ethernet portfor IMM

Power supplysocket

PCIe slot

Standard GbEthernet ports

PCIe slot

Ports for Ethernetdaughter card

(standard in model DDx)




IBM BNT Virtual Fabric 10 Gb Switch Modules and QLogic Virtual Fabric Extension Modulesenable converged networking that can easily connect to the client's current LAN and SAN

environment without the need of additional top-of-rack hardware. Simply connect LANinfrastructure to the 10 Gb BNT Vir tual Fabric Switch Module’s Ethernet ports and SAN

infrastructure to the Fibre Channel ports of the Virtual Fabric Extension Module for anoptimized solution without rip-and-replace.

Server Connectivity Module has been included in the configuration to provide additional 1 Gb

ports.

BladeCenter Foundation for Cloud HS22V host servers

The BladeCenter Foundation for Cloud HS22V has been designed specifically for use in

virtualized environments. With 18 DIMM slots supporting up to 288 Gb of DDR3 memory, theHS22V allows you to provision up to 50% more virtual machines, enabling up to three virtual

NICs per adapter or larger virtual machines per blade compared to mainstream two-socketblade servers. An embedded hypervisor USB key enables easy deployment of the vSphere

Hypervisor virtualization solution. The server will be implemented with a 10 Gb Virtual FabricAdapter on each blade, enabling up to eight virtual NICs per adapter.

All of the management virtual machines and All of the management VMs and compute VMs

will be hosted on either the DS3524 storage subsystem or an external SAN attached storageif BladeCenter Foundation for Cloud is being deployed with an existing SAN.

Figure 8 shows the location of key components in the BladeCenter Foundation for CloudHS22V server. More details can be found at the following address:

http://ibm.com/systems/bladecenter/hardware/servers/hs22v/

Figure 8 Internals of the HS22V blade server

Memory for

processor 2

Processor 2 USB

connector

CIOv

connector

Two 1.8 inch

SSDs

Processor 1 Memory for

processor 1

CFFh

connector






This process will be the same for each of the BladeCenter Foundation for Cloud HS22Vservers in the small, medium, and large IBM BladeCenter configurations. Each of the HS22V

servers will ship in its own packaging and will come pre-installed with processor, memory, andthe Virtual Fabric Adapter.

For a list of the supported optional modules for each blade or chassis, see the HS22V (7871) Configurations and Options Guide (COG) at the following address:

http://ibm.com/systems/xbc/cog/bc_hs22v_7871/bc_hs22v_7871aag.html

The BladeCenter Foundation for Cloud HS22V server comes pre-installed with the following

components:

2 x E5649 CPUs (six physical cores per processor) 12 x 8 Gb DIMMs 1 x 10 Gb Virtual Fabric Adapter (in CFFh connector) 1 x VMware ESXi 4.1 Update 1 Hypervisor USB

IBM System Storage DS3524

IBM has combined best-of-breed development with leading host interface and drivetechnology in the DS3524, providing a seamless path to consolidated and efficient storage

while improving performance, flexibility, scalability, data security, and energy efficiency.

The DS3524 is a member of the DS3500 family of storage subsystems. See the DS3500home page for more information about these products:

http://ibm.com/systems/storage/disk/ds3500/

Figure 9 shows the front view of the DS3524 unit.

Figure 9 DS3524 storage subsystem

The DS3524 has two management Ethernet ports per controller. Use one Ethernet port for

daily management of your DS3524 storage subsystem. Reserve the other port for use by

service personnel or for subsystem monitoring hardware that might be available in the future.

Default IP addresses are provided in initial configuration. The IP addresses must be changed

on both controllers A and B. The values are the default IP addresses of the first managementEthernet ports are as follows:

Controller A: 192.168.128.101/16 (subnet mask should be specified) Controller B: 192.168.128.102/16 (subnet mask)








The default IP addresses of the second management Ethernet ports are as follows:

Controller A: 192.168.129.101/16 (subnet mask) Controller B: 192.168.129.102/16 (subnet mask)

IBM Power Distribution Units

The IBM Power Distribution Unit must be configured to work with power supplies of differentcountries because it varies by country (such as 110V as opposed to 220V and 50 Hz asopposed to 60Hz). We suggest that you use the IBM rack power configurator for each country

where the unit is configured. We also suggest that you use IBM 7176 Ultra Density EnterprisePower Distribution Units for this solution. These units can be tightly integrated with IBM

Systems Director Active Energy Manager™, a power management and monitoringcomponent of the IBM Systems Director 6.2 platform.

Information on the rack power configurator can be found at the following address:

http://ibm.com/systems/xbc/cog/rackpwr/7176ultra_density_enterprise_pdu_us_ca.html

Power cables to connect to the PDU will vary depending upon your geography or

country-specific needs. Design your solution for redundancy with separate PDU and powersources for each redundant power supply on each particular device.

Populating the rack enclosures

This section describes the rack requirements for the small, medium, and large configurations

and shows where to install each device in the cabinet. There are a number of locationscommon to all three solutions:

The BladeCenter chassis are always mounted at or near the bottom of the cabinet for

small and medium configurations and are stacked starting from the bottom of the rack forthe large configuration.

The Management server is always mounted in location U19.

The first System Storage DS3524 is always mounted in U23 and U24.

The suggested PDUs and necessary redundant power distribution are mounted elsewhere inthe rack (not shown).






Racking the small configuration

The components required for small configuration are the same as and limited to those listed in

“Populating the rack enclosures” on page 14. Observe the following guidelines when installingthese components for the small configuration:

Always mount the BladeCenter Foundation for Cloud chassis at the bottom of the rack.

Always mount the Management server in location U19.

Always mount he first System Storage DS3524 in U23 and U24.

Install the suggested PDUs and necessary redundant power distribution units elsewhere in

the rack (not shown).

Figure 10 shows an example of the small configuration.

Figure 10 Small configuration racking

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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14

BladeCenterH


preloaded with:






preloaded with:* E5649 6C 2.53 GHz, 12 x 8 GB DIMM






* DS Storage 10.7






Racking the medium configuration

Observe the following guidelines when installing these components for the medium

configuration:

Always mount the BladeCenter Foundation for Cloud chassis at the bottom of the rack.

Always mount the Management server in location U19. Always mount he first System Storage DS3524 in U23 and U24.

Mount the first System Storage EXP3524 in U25 and 26.

Mount the second System Storage EXP3524 in U27 and U28.

Mount the third System Storage EXP3524 in U29 and U30.

Install the suggested PDUs and necessary redundant power distribution units elsewhere inthe rack (not shown).

Figure 11 shows an example of the medium configuration.

Figure 11 Medium configuration racking

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14

BladeCenterH


preloaded with:






preloaded with:

* E5649 6C 2.53 GHz, 12 x 8 GB DIMM






* DS Storage 10.7













Racking the large configuration

Observe the following guidelines when installing these components for the large

configuration:

Mount the first BladeCenter Foundation for Cloud chassis in locations U1 and U9.

Mount the second BladeCenter Foundation for Cloud chassis in U10 and U18. Mount the Management server in U19.

Mount thee System Storage DS3524 in U23 and U24.

Mount the second System Storage DS3524 in U31 and U32

Mount the first System Storage EXP3524 in U25 and U26.

Mount the second System Storage EXP3524 in U27 and U28.

Mount the third System Storage EXP3524 is in U29 and U30.

Mount the fourth System Storage EXP3524 in U33 and U34.

Mount the fifth System Storage EXP3524 in U35 and U36.

Mount the sixth System Storage EXP3524 in U37 and U38.

Install the suggested PDUs and necessary redundant power distribution units elsewhere in

the rack (not shown).




Figure 12 shows an example of a large configuration.

Figure 12 Large configuration racking

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14

BladeCenterH

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14

BladeCenterH


preloaded with:






preloaded with:* E5649 6C 2.53 GHz, 12 x 8 GB DIMM



* Systems Director 6.2* Active Energy Manager 4.3


* DS Storage 10.7





















Cabling the BladeCenter Foundation for Cloud

This section shows you how to cable the small, medium, and large BladeCenter Foundationfor Cloud configurations.

Cabling the small and medium configurations

Because the number of servers is the only difference between the small and medium

configurations, the cabling shown in Figure 13 applies to both.

Figure 13 Small and medium configuration cabling

1 Gbps Mgmt

Network

PS

1

4

PS

2

3

7

8

9

10

MM 13

MM 24

1

2

5

6

1

2

OK

TX/RX

Link

IP

DS3524

BladeCenter H

x3550 M3 Mgmt

10 Gbps

Compute

Network

Customer

Network Switch

(10 Gbps

Compute)

LNK

54FC FC

6

842

842

842

84

2

FC

3ID/Diag

1 2

1 2

L NK L NK

OK

DC

OK

ACDC

OK

AC

Customer

Network

Switch

(1 Gbps Mgmt)

8 Gbps FC

Network

BNT Virtual Fabric10 GbE Switch

Module

QLogic Virtual

Fabric

Extension Module

HS22V with Emulex

2-port 10 Gb CNA

10 Gbps /

FCoE Traffic




Cabling the large configuration

Figure 14 shows the cabling for a large configuration.

Figure 14 Large configuration cabling

Updating the hardware and firmware drivers

Hardware and firmware drivers for the BladeCenter Foundation for Cloud solution should be

updated prior to taking any other action. In order to update the device drivers, an FTP orTFTP server is required with network access to the Advanced Management Module (AMM) orthe Management network on each device.

In order to update devices using the network, each device must have a valid IP address andbe reachable from end to end by ping, HTTP, FTP, or TFTP, depending upon the update

method.

A unique IBM ToolsCenter bootable CD/DVD can be created to update the firmware for most

of the components for System x® and BladeCenter servers. The ToolsCenter Creation toolscan be found at the following address:

http://ibm.com/support/entry/portal/docdisplay?lndocid=TOOL-CENTER

DC

OK

ACDC

OK

AC

LNK

54FC F C

6

842

842

842

84

2

FC

3ID/Diag

1 2

1 2

L N K L N K

OK

LNK

54FC FC

6

842

842

842

84

2

FC

3ID/Diag

1 2

1 2

L N K L N K

OK

PS

1

4

PS

2

3

7

8

9

10

MM 13

MM 24

1

2

5

6

1

2

OK

TX/RX

Link

IP

10 Gbps

Compute

Network

PS

1

4

PS

2

3

7

8

9

10

MM13

MM24

1

2

5

6

1

2

OK

TX/RX

Link

IP

Patch

Panel

10 Gbps/FCoE Traffic

HS22V with Emulex

2-port 10 Gb CNA

Customer

Network Switches(10 Gbps

Compute)

QLogic Virtual

Fabric

Extension Module

8 Gbps FC

Network

DS3524

BladeCenter H

x3550 M3 Mgmt

Customer

NetworkSwitch

(1 Gbps Mgmt)

BNT Virtual Fabric

10 GbE Switch

Module

1 Gbps Mgmt

Network

AMM






Table 4 shows the supported components of the BladeCenter Foundation for Cloud. If youdeviate from the suggestion outlined in the table, you might have unexpected results. The

firmware levels in Table 4 can be used for small, medium, and large BladeCenter Foundationfor Cloud configurations (current as of August 2011).

Table 4 Firmware levels

Product Firmware Version

Management

Server

x3550 M3 UEFI

IMM

QLogic 8 GB FC

ServeRAID M5015

v1.09

v1.22

v2.24

v12.12.0-0047

Windows drivers Broadcom NetXtreme II

QLogic StorPort driver

ServeRAID M5015

Broadcom NetXtreme

update

v5.2.17.0c

v9.1.8.25

v4.17.2

v2.1.5a

Chassis /

Networking

switches

BladeCenter AMM Firmware v3.62c

IBM BNT 10-Port 10 Gb VirtualFabric

BladeOS (TFTP serverrequired)

v6.7.1.0Detailed instructions can

be found at:

ftp://ftp.software.ibm.com/systems/support/system_x_pdf/46m1525.pdf

and:

http://www.bladenetwork.net/IBM-BladeCenter-support.html

Server Connectivity Module v1.1.3.0

QLogic Virtual Fabric Extension

Modulev9.0.3.02

Blade server BladeCenter HS22V UEFI

IMM

DSA

v1.14

v1.28

v3.46

Virtual Fabric Advanced II adapter Emulex Release 2.3 OCM

5.1.42-12

ftp://ftp.software.ibm.com/systems/support/system_x_pdf/46m1525.pd












Additional References

IBM BladeCenter Foundation for Cloud home page

http://ibm.com/systems/bladecenter/solutions/infrastructure/virtualization/integratedcloudplatform/

BladeCenter H:

http://ibm.com/support/fixcentral/systemx/selectFixes

BladeCenter HS22V firmware updates:

http://ibm.com/support/fixcentral/systemx/selectFixes#Network

Announcement Letter, IBM BladeCenter Foundation for Cloud models


Announcement Letter, IBM BladeCenter Foundation for Cloud Chassis





















Appendix A. Small configuration parts catalog

Table 5 contains the parts catalog for an IBM BladeCenter Foundation for Cloud smallconfiguration.

Table 5 Small parts configuration catalog

Part # Description Quantity

Management server

7944-DDx Director 6.2, AEM 4.3, vSphere Client 4.1, DS Storage Manager 10.7 1

Chassis / Networking (1 chassis)

88524Tx IBM BladeCenter H 1

68Y6601 IBM BladeCenter H 2980 W AC Power Modules w/Fan Pack 1

2019A1X IBM BladeCenter Advanced Management Module 1

46M0902 IBM UltraSlim Enhanced SATA Multi-Burner 1

46C7191 BNT Virtual Fabric 10 Gb Switch Module for IBM BladeCenter 2

39Y9324 Server Connectivity Module for IBM BladeCenter 2

46M6172 QLogic Virtual Fabric Extension Module for IBM BladeCenter 2

44X1964 IBM 8 Gb SFP+ SW Optic Transceiver 4

44W4408 10 GbE 850 nm Fiber SFP+ Transceiver (SR) for IBM BladeCenter 8

2019B1X IBM BladeCenter Open Fabric Manager 1

Blade Server (4 servers)

7871B6x IBM BladeCenter HS22V 4

46C05688 GB (1 x 8 GB, 2Rx4, 1.35 V) PC3L-10600 CL9 ECC DDR3 1333 MHz VLP

RDIMM48

81Y6042 Addl Intel Xeon Processor E5649 6C 2.53 GHz 12 MB Cache 1333 MHz 80w 4

90Y3566 Emulex 10 GbE Vir tual Fabric Adapter Advanced II - IBM BladeCenter 4

41Y8296 IBM USB Memory Key for VMware ESXi 4.1 Update 1 4

95Y1111 IBM Sys Dir Std Ed for IBM x86, V6.x, Per Mgd Svr with 1 Year SW S&S 4




Appendix B. Medium configuration parts catalog

Table 6 contains the parts catalog for an IBM BladeCenter Foundation for Cloud mediumconfiguration.

Table 6 Medium parts configuration catalog


Management Server
















RDIMM168


90Y3566 Emulex 10 GbE Virtual Fabric Adapter Advanced II - IBM BladeCenter 14






Appendix C. Large configuration parts catalog

Table 7 contains the parts catalog for an IBM BladeCenter Foundation for Cloud largeconfiguration.

Table 7 Large parts configuration catalog


Management Server
















RDIMM336


90Y3566 Emulex 10 GbE Virtual Fabric Adapter Advanced II - IBM BladeCenter 28






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