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Table of Contents

Executive Summary......................................................................................................................1

Our Understanding of Your Goals.............................................................................................1Our Approach to Meeting Your Goals.......................................................................................1

System x and BladeCenter Solutions.................................................................................2Why IBM BladeCenter?.............................................................................................................2

Executive Summary - IBM BladeCenter H Chassis....................................................................5

Our Understanding of Your Goals.............................................................................................5Our Approach to Meeting Your Goals.......................................................................................5Solution Overview.....................................................................................................................5Why IBM?..................................................................................................................................5

IBM BladeCenter-H Chassis.........................................................................................................6

Highlights...................................................................................................................................6Features & benefits...................................................................................................................8

IBM BladeCenter Switch Options..............................................................................................13

BladeCenter Open Fabric (I/O)...............................................................................................13IBM BladeCenter Open Fabric Manager..........................................................................13IBM BladeCenter Open Fabric Manager – Advanced upgrade........................................13IBM BladeCenter Open Fabric Manager – Advanced upgrade for IBM Director..............13

Ethernet Switch Modules........................................................................................................1410Gb Ethernet Pass-Thru Module for IBM BladeCenter..................................................14BNT 10-Port 10Gb Ethernet Switch Module for IBM BladeCenter...................................15BNT 1/10Gb Uplink Ethernet Switch Module for IBM BladeCenter..................................16Intelligent Copper Pass-Thru Module for IBM BladeCenter.............................................17Cisco Catalyst Switch Module 3012 for IBM BladeCenter................................................18Cisco Catalyst Switch Module 3110G and 3110X for IBM BladeCenter..........................18BNT 6-port 10Gb Ethernet Switch Module for IBM BladeCenter......................................19BNT Layer 2/3 Copper and Fiber Gigabit Ethernet Switch Modules for IBM BladeCenter20BNT Layer 2-7 Gigabit Ethernet Switch Module for IBM BladeCenter.............................20IBM Server Connectivity Module.......................................................................................21

Fiber Channel Switch Modules...............................................................................................21Cisco 4Gb 10 and 20 port Fibre Channel Switch Module for IBM BladeCenter...............21Brocade 20-port 4 Gb Fibre Channel switch Module........................................................22Brocade 10-port 4 Gb Fibre Channel switch Module........................................................22QLogic Intelligent 8Gb Pass-Thru Fibre Channel Module for IBM BladeCenter..............23QLogic Intelligent 4Gb Pass-Thru Fibre Channel Module for IBM BladeCenter..............23QLogic 20-port 8Gb SAN Switch Modules for IBM BladeCenter......................................24QLogic 10-port and 20-port 4Gb SAN Switch Modules for IBM BladeCenter..................24

InfiniBand Switch Modules......................................................................................................254X InfiniBand Pass-thru Module for IBM BladeCenter.....................................................25Cisco Systems 4X InfiniBand Switch Module for IBM BladeCenter.................................26

SAS I/O Switch Modules.........................................................................................................26IBM BladeCenter S SAS RAID Controller Module............................................................27IBM BladeCenter SAS Connectivity Module.....................................................................27

Warranty and Support Options..................................................................................................29

Warranty Period......................................................................................................................29

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Warranty Service Support Category.......................................................................................29International Warranty Service (IWS)...............................................................................29


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Figures

Figure 1. Front view showing the key features of the BladeCenter S chassis.............................10

Figure 2. Rear view showing the key features of the BladeCenter S chassis.............................11

Figure 3. BladeCenter E...............................................................................................................12

Figure 4. BladeCenter-H Chassis.................................................................................................19

Figure 5. BladeCenter family of products.....................................................................................21

Figure 6. BladeCenter T front view..............................................................................................26

Figure 7. IBM BladeCenter T chassis..........................................................................................27

Figure 8. BladeCenter T Rear View (machine type 8730 with AC power inputs)........................27

Figure 9. Diagram of BladeCenter T rear view (type 8730..........................................................28

Figure 10. BladeCenter HT Chassis............................................................................................31

Figure 11. 10Gb Ethernet Pass-Thru Module for IBM BladeCenter............................................35

Figure 12. BNT 10-Port 10Gb Ethernet Switch Module for IBM BladeCenter.............................36

Figure 13. BNT 1/10Gb Uplink Ethernet Switch Module for IBM BladeCenter............................37

Figure 14. Intelligent Copper Pass-Thru Module for IBM BladeCenter........................................38

Figure 15. Cisco Catalyst Switch Module 3012 for IBM BladeCenter..........................................39

Figure 16. Cisco Catalyst Switch Module 3110G and 3110X for IBM BladeCenter....................39

Figure 17. BNT 6-port 10Gb Ethernet Switch Module for IBM BladeCenter................................40

Figure 18. BNT Layer 2/3 Copper and Fiber Gigabit Ethernet Switch Modules for IBM BladeCenter............................................................................................................................41

Figure 19. BNT Layer 2-7 Gigabit Ethernet Switch Module for IBM BladeCenter.......................41

Figure 20. IBM Server Connectivity Module.................................................................................42

Figure 21. Cisco 4Gb 10 and 20 port Fibre Channel Switch Module...........................................42

Figure 22. Brocade 10-port and 20-port 4 Gb Fibre Channel Switch Modules for IBM BladeCenter............................................................................................................................43

Figure 23. QLogic Intelligent 8Gb Pass-Thru Fibre Channel Module..........................................44

Figure 24. Qlogic Intelligent 4Gb Pass-Thru Fibre Channel Module...........................................44

Figure 25. QLogic 20-port 8Gb SAN Switch Modules..................................................................45

Figure 26. QLogic 10-port and 20-port 4Gb SAN Switch Modules..............................................45

Figure 27. 4X InfiniBand Pass-thru Module for IBM BladeCenter................................................46

Figure 28. Cisco Systems 4X InfiniBand Switch Module.............................................................47

Figure 29. IBM BladeCenter S SAS RAID Controller Module......................................................48

Figure 30. IBM BladeCenter SAS Connectivity Module...............................................................48


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Executive Summary

Our Understanding of Your Goals

IBM® BladeCenter® is based on a relatively new technology that can help reduce the cost of ownership with a more efficient use of valuable floor space due to its modular design. Its simplified management can help speed up such tasks as deploying, re-provisioning, updating, and troubleshooting hundreds of blade servers with relative ease. All this can be done remotely with one graphical console using IBM Director systems management tools. In addition, blade servers can provide improved performance by potentially doubling current rack density, thereby permitting you to integrate your resources and share key components. This can result in cost reductions and increased availability.

Employing blade servers can help you use available rack and floor space more efficiently.

We recommend the use of blade servers for the following situations:

Space-constrained environments

WebSphere®

Linux® clusters

Web caching

Collaboration applications (Lotus® Notes®, Microsoft® Exchange and Citrix)

Dynamic Web serving - Load balancing

Firewall

Telecommunications

Active directory services

Scientific and technical computing

These applications are typically processor and memory intensive, which lend themselves to the scale out option around which the BladeCenter technology is centered.

Our Approach to Meeting Your Goals

To many IT vendors, blades are a form factor change — just another way to package a 2- or 4-socket server. IBM’s innovative approach to blade design delivers a solution that’s easier to manage, uses less power, produces significantly less heat, has longer life spans, and is easy to set up and scale.


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System x and BladeCenter Solutions

Working closely with IBM Business Partners, IBM has tuned-up and optimized IBM System x™ servers and BladeCenter® systems in order to provide flexible, cost-effective platforms for building solutions. The result — innovative technology that can help maximize your IT infrastructure to scale quickly, easily, and inexpensively, so you can stretch your IT budget and confidently execute your business objectives — even as conditions change.

http://www.ibm.com/systems/x/solutions/

IBM Blade Migration Center

Aimed at helping Dell and HP clients escape outdated, disparate, and complex architectures by moving to a smarter IT platform, IBM has created the IBM Blade Migration Center.

Whether your need is big or small, the IBM Blade Migration Center can help you successfully move to IBM's leading blade technologies. Experience the power and innovation of IBM BladeCenter servers.

http://www.ibm.com/systems/migratetoibm/factory/

IBM BladeCenter Alliance Program

The IBM BladeCenter Alliance Program joins the exemplary architecture of BladeCenter with the innovative technological skills of companies from a wide range of disciplines. These companies have chosen BladeCenter because they believe the architecture adds value to the blade solutions that they create for their clients.

http://www-03.ibm.com/systems/bladecenter/advantages/alliance/index.html

Why IBM BladeCenter?

All blades are not created equal. To many IT vendors, blades are a form factor change—just another way to package a 2- or 4-socket server. With a wide choice of compatible chassis, blade servers, storage and networking offerings, and solution providers, IBM delivers an innovative approach to blade design. You get an open solution that's easier to manage, uses less power, produces significantly less heat and is easier to set up and scale compared to traditional rack systems.

http://www.ibm.com/systems/bladecenter/advantage/competitive.html

To make the decision easy for you, here are twelve simple and compelling reasons.

Chassis Flexibility: Provides a variety of chassis offerings to meet your specific needs - BladeCenter S, BladeCenter E, BladeCenter H, BladeCenter T, BladeCenter HT, Common set of blades, switches, I/O fabrics and management infrastructure


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http://www.ibm.com/systems/bladecenter/advantage/competitive.html

http://www-03.ibm.com/systems/bladecenter/advantages/alliance/index.html

http://www.ibm.com/systems/migratetoibm/factory/%0D

http://www.ibm.com/systems/x/solutions/%20%0D


Blade Server Flexibility:Provides a large selection of blades optimized for specific workloads - Intel® Xeon®, AMD Opteron, IBM POWER™, Cell BE™

Legacy application support:Provides a more seamless transition from industry-standard rack and/or tower servers to blade servers - PCI Expansion Module

Next-generation local storage:Helps improve reliability - Solid State Drives (SSD)

Storage flexibility:Provides choices to meet your specific storage needs - External: NAS, FC SAN, iSCSI SAN, SAS. - Internal: Solid State, Flash, SAS, SATA

Redundancy:Helps provide end-to-end high availability - IBM designs its blades with redundant connections and its chassis with a redundant-path midplane

Light Path Diagnostics:Helps improve reliability by identifying a component in need of maintenance—even without system power Light Path Diagnostics

First Failure Data Capture:Helps simplify problem determination - First Failure Data Capture

10Gb Ethernet: Delivers additional bandwidth between the blade, the chassis and the network - BladeCenter H, BladeCenter HT

Integrated 4X InfiniBand:Provides a high-speed, low latency interconnect enabling I/O virtualization and HPC - Two ports/card, managed

IBM BladeCenter Open Fabric Manager:Helps reduce the time it takes to deploy servers, data and storage to minutes or hours instead of days or weeks. - Open Fabric Manager, Uses standard switches, single login across 100 chassis

Power and cooling:Helps optimize resources and save money - PowerExecutive™

http://www.ibm.com/systems/bladecenter/advantage/advantage.html

Other reference material:

Success stories:http://www.ibm.com/servers/eserver/xseries/success/

BladeCenter:http://www.ibm.com/systems/bladecenter/


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http://www-03.ibm.com/systems/bladecenter/

http://www-03.ibm.com/servers/eserver/xseries/success/

http://www.ibm.com/systems/bladecenter/advantage/advantage.html


BladeCenter products:http://www.ibm.com/systems/bladecenter/products/

Benchmark Results:

http://www.ibm.com/servers/eserver/bladecenter/benchmarks/series.html


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http://www-03.ibm.com/servers/eserver/bladecenter/benchmarks/series.html

http://www-03.ibm.com/systems/bladecenter/products/


Executive Summary - IBM BladeCenter H Chassis

Our Understanding of Your Goals

Clients looking to run demanding, compute-intensive applications and simulations need a powerful blade platform to help drive innovation and protect their overall investment. Since enterprise organizations need the ability to run multiple applications, they require systems that can provide high performance as well as increased scalability and integration.

Our Approach to Meeting Your Goals

IBM® BladeCenter® H provides next-generation technology for running demanding applications at blazing speeds. With its innovative architecture, BladeCenter H integrates servers, storage, networking, I/O and applications, allowing organizations to build flexible IT infrastructures using common building blocks. This integration, combined with enhanced energy efficiency, helps make BladeCenter H the right choice for enterprise environments.

Solution Overview

BladeCenter H is a 9U, 14-bay chassis that supports high-speed I/O and fast blades. Combined with Open Fabric Manager and IBM Director, BladeCenter H is a solid foundation for the most demanding IT infrastructure.

Why IBM?

As an industry leader, IBM is uniquely positioned to drive innovation through powerful technology solutions. BladeCenter H is part of a powerful and stable portfolio of products that consistently prove to be the right choice.


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IBM BladeCenter-H Chassis

Extending the value of blades to higher performance in an enterprise environment

Figure 1. BladeCenter-H Chassis

Highlights Delivers high performance to run the most demanding applications and

simulations at blazing-fast speeds

Provides easy integration to promote innovation and help manage growth, complexity and risk

Protects your investment by being compatible with the entire IBM BladeCenter® family

In today’s high-demand enterprise environment, organizations need a reliable infrastructure to run compute-intensive applications with minimal maintenance and downtime. IBM BladeCenter H is a powerful platform built with the enterprise customer in mind, providing industry-leading performance, innovative architecture and a solid foundation for virtualization.

Powerful performance

This next-generation chassis is a workhorse—it runs applications quickly and efficiently, enabling organizations to maximize their investment and succeed in a highly competitive market. The powerful BladeCenter H delivers the performance customers need to make informed decisions.

With IBM Open Fabric Manager, BladeCenter H can help organizations run applications even more efficiently by delivering a flexible, open and connected infrastructure.


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Driving innovation

IBM continues to build on its reputation for helping customers find innovative IT solutions with BladeCenter H, which delivers even more capabilities to the BladeCenter family. The 9U chassis provides the standard BladeCenter functionalities with the added performance of high-speed I/O and the fastest blades. Other highlights include:

High-speed fabric with eight data channels to every blade, four of which can be 10 Gb

Flexible, scalable design so the system can grow as your business grows

Sustainable platform life for enhanced investment protection

Multi-Switch Interconnect Module for additional connectivity to blade servers

Light path diagnostics for fast, simple, accurate troubleshooting to help guard against system downtime

BladeCenter H also drives innovation through its open architecture, supporting industry-standard I/O switches from Cisco, Brocade and others, so organizations have more choice and flexibility when it comes to their IT environment. Likewise, IBM’s affiliation with blade.org helps open the architecture even more by supporting an online, collaborative environment to promote advances in technology solutions.

Managing growth, minimizing risk

With its unsurpassed architecture, BladeCenter H efficiently integrates servers, storage, networking, I/O and applications, enabling organizations to build flexible IT infrastructures using common building blocks. This helps customers control costs by protecting their investments—and with a powerful set of tools that are open and equally integrated, organizations can quickly deploy and easily manage their systems.

As a rack-dense, space-saving chassis, BladeCenter H provides a superior foundation for virtualization. And in a virtualized environment, organizations can run a more flexible, better utilized and potentially more cost-effective IT infrastructure with a common management construct.

Easy and energy-efficient

Because BladeCenter H is up to 10% more energy efficient than the HP C-class chassis1, organizations know they’re making the right choice when it comes to using less power. Innovative tools such as IBM Systems Director Active Energy ManagerTM track power usage so organizations can better manage energy and help prevent outages. And not only does BladeCenter H help organizations go green and save, it also makes it easy to deploy, integrate and manage applications—so customers can focus on their business and not on their IT.

IBM: The right choice

As an industry leader in innovative IT systems, IBM delivers yet another important solution for the IT environment. BladeCenter H is the ideal chassis for running the


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most demanding applications and simulations at high speeds, giving enterprise organizations a distinct advantage over competitors.

Figure 2. BladeCenter family of products

The BladeCenter family of products includes five chassis—BladeCenter E, BladeCenter H, BladeCenter HT, BladeCenter S and BladeCenter T— that meet a wide range of customer needs.

BladeCenter H delivers high performance by supporting 4X InfiniBand® and 10 Gb Ethernet switches. It also supports the largest power supplies and the entire family of IBM blade servers.

Features & benefitsFeature BenefitsDense, space-saving 9U chassis With 14 server bays, this enclosure allows you to

pack up to 112 quad-core processors into an industry-standard rack.

Highly integrated IT infrastructure simplifies the deployment, provisioning and management of servers as well as network and storage switch fabrics.

Support for five blade families including Intel®, AMD Opteron™, IBM POWER™ and Cell Broadband Engine™ processors and workstation blades. Allows you to select the blades based on targeted application workloads.

Virtualization capability allows you to “virtualize everything” for a more flexible, better utilized, and potentially lower-cost IT infrastructure with a common management construct.

Innovative design reduces cables by up to 80% compared to rack servers, helping you save on installation time and cable costs.

Extensive compatibility with the entire family of BladeCenter blades, switches and ecosystem partnership offerings.

IBM Cool Blue® technology Helps you plan, manage and control power and cooling in the data center—helping to build greener infrastructures.

The Web-based IBM System x™ and BladeCenter Power Configurator accurately predicts the power and cooling required for specific configurations thereby enabling realistic planning of the proper power and cooling infrastructure.


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Feature Benefits IBM Systems Director Active Energy Manager™

tool tracks actual power usage, temperatures and heat emitted, and tracks these items over time so you can actively manage power and cooling with real information.

Active Energy Manager also will help you manage through power incidents (e.g., brownouts, supply failures) so users can avoid outages due to power and cooling issues.

Active Energy Manager also provides the capability to cap and allocate power, as required. This capability helps maximize server usage within a restricted power envelope.

The IBM Rear Door Heat Exchanger can help address hot spots in the data center by managing heat at the rack level.

Energy-efficient design BladeCenter H supports a broad portfolio of low-voltage processor options, helping customers to lower their power usage without sacrificing performance1.

BladeCenter uses power supplies that are as much as 90% efficient, so less power is wasted as heat and more power is available for the chassis and servers to use than with typical power supplies.

Blower/fan modules in the chassis adjust to compensate for changing thermal characteristics. At the lower speeds they draw less power.

IBM Open Fabric Delivers a flexible, open, connected infrastructure to help optimize application performance.

BladeCenter H supports a wide array of fabrics including: Ethernet, Fibre Channel, InfiniBand® and iSCSI.

Helps centralize storage, including boot capability, which can dramatically reduce the effect of a disk outage on an application.

New Brocade and QLogic NPIV Fibre Channel switches help simplify SAN deployment and management.

Wide variety of connectivity choices including the industry’s only integrated 10 Gigabit Ethernet solution for blade servers plus 10 Gigabit iSCSI support for Linux®.

Powerful solutions management Provides intelligent systems management for rock-solid reliability.

Exploits hardware capabilities by surfacing pertinent information about your blade server.

Easy-to-use Deployment Wizard provides step-by-step installation instructions with automated deployment capabilities.

Advanced Management Module provides more robust hardware running Linux and supports many industry-standard, open protocols.

BladeCenter H comes standard with one Advanced Management Module; a second is available as an option for redundancy.


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Feature BenefitsHigh-availability midplane Provides fault-tolerant, redundant connections

from the blade servers through the midplane to modular components in the chassis.

Flexibly designed midplane provides support for you to upgrade to new technologies as your needs change.

Hot-swap, redundant management, switch, power supply and blower modules

Provides a single point of control for managing the entire solution helping to maximize system reliability and availability.

IBM management capabilities can help boost administrator productivity.

Uniquely designed Calibrated Vectored Cooling™ technology helps protect critical system components to help drive maximum reliability.

Supports a wide selection of integrated switching components from industry-leading ecosystem provider companies such as Cisco, Nortel, Brocade, QLogic and McDATA.

Optional 10 Gb Ethernet switch modules provide high-speed Ethernet communication between blade servers, management modules and external hardware.

Optional Fibre Channel switch modules deliver a highly available cost-effective storage network, including support for IBM System Storage™ SAN and NAS.

Supports up to four 2900W power supplies with load-balancing and failover capabilities, providing additional reliability and protection.

Each power supply includes a customer- replaceable fan pack to keep the power supplies running at peak performance.

Easy transition for customers already deploying BladeCenter.

New high-speed switch module support

BladeCenter H supports all the fabrics that BladeCenter customers are used to seeing, including up to four new 10 Gigabit Ethernet and 4X InfiniBand connected fabrics.

10 Gb Ethernet and 4X InfiniBand deliver low-latency and high-throughput access all the way down to each blade.

New high-speed bridge module bays

Bridge modules allow customers to create a high-speed fabric between BladeCenter H chassis and virtualize that single fabric into their traditional Ethernet and fabric interconnects.

Allows for I/O consolidation and virtualization across multiple chassis making it even easier to scale as solution needs change.

Advanced server management Supports IBM Director System Availability to accurately measure planned vs. unplanned outages.

Supports IBM Director Capacity Manager to monitor critical server resources, identify and predicts bottlenecks and recommend upgrades to minimize diminished network performance.

Supports IBM Director Rack Manager to


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Feature Benefitsconveniently configure and monitor rack components and provide health information.

IBM Remote Deployment Manager

Simplifies and automates deployment and redeployment for efficient installation and setup of your blade servers.

Performs deployment tasks via the network that previously required a visit to each system, saving your administrator valuable time.

Supports all Wake on LAN® and Pre-boot eXecution Environment (PXE)-enabled products.

Light path diagnostics self-diagnosis panel

LEDs located on the front and rear of the system provide a quick and easy guide to troubleshoot your server, to help increase system uptime.

Predictive Failure Analysis Helps save you time and money by minimizing unplanned downtime.

Helps increase uptime by allowing you to receive proactive alerts and take corrective action, in some cases hours before actual failure.

9.5 mm UltraSlim DVD Ships as part of the media tray, standard with BladeCenter H.

Chassis allows new blades to simultaneously share access to the media tray for hassle-free local access.

3-year customer replaceable unit and onsite limited warranty2

IBM Global Services organization provides reliable, dedicated and skilled assistance when you need it.

Offers peace of mind for an extended period of time.

Form factor/height Rack-mount chassis/9UBlade bays Up to 14Switch modules Up to four traditional, up to four high-speed, and up to four

bridge module baysPower supply module Up to 4 hot-swap and redundant 2900W AC with load-

balancing and failover capabilities. Operating at 200-240VCooling modules Two hot-swap and redundant blowers standard, additional

fan packs on power suppliesSystems management hardware Advanced Management Module standard; add an optional

Advanced Management Module for redundancyI/O ports USB-based keyboard, video, mouse (KVM), Ethernet, USBStandard media Optical drive and two USB connectionsSystems management software Systems management and trial deployment toolsPredictive Failure Analysis® Internal storage, processors, blowers, memoryLight path diagnostics Blade server, processor, memory, power supplies, blowers,

switch module, management module, internal storage and expansion card

Limited warranty2 3-year customer replaceable unit and onsite limited warranty

External storage Support for IBM System Storage™ solutions (Including DS and NAS family of products) and many widely adopted non-IBM storage offerings

1 Edison Group, Inc., November 2007, visit http://www.TheEdison.com for more information.


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2 IBM hardware products are made from new parts, or new and serviceable used parts. Regardless, our warranty terms apply. For a copy of applicable product warranties, write to: Warranty Information, P.O. Box 12195, RTP, NC 27709, Attn: Dept. JDJA/B203. IBM makes no representation or warranty regarding third-party products or services, including those designated as ServerProven® or ClusterProven®.

For more information

U.S. – http://ibm.com/systems/bladecenter

Canada – http://www-03.ibm.com/systems/ca/en/servers/bladecenter/index.html


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http://www-03.ibm.com/systems/ca/en/servers/bladecenter/index.html

http://ibm.com/systems/bladecenter


IBM BladeCenter Switch Options

BladeCenter Open Fabric (I/O)

IBM® BladeCenter® Open Fabric Manager allows you to simplify blade deployment, re-deployment and expansion. This software can be deployed on both new and on existing BladeCenters through firmware upgrades, helping you protect your current BladeCenter investments and giving you the flexibility to deploy precisely the solution you need to help your business simplify I/O.

IBM BladeCenter Open Fabric Manager

Advanced Management Module (AMM) based utility helps simplify BladeCenter I/O management.

Manage up to 100 Chassis from a single Advanced Management Module.

Reduce blade deployment by pre-assigning LAN and SAN addresses for up to 1400 blades.

Operational across all chassis, switch modules and HS21, LS21 and LS41 blade servers.

Prerequisite for optional upgrades listed below.

Part number: 44W3981.

IBM BladeCenter Open Fabric Manager – Advanced upgrade

Standalone Utility which provides single point of I/O address management and server workload virtualization.

Create Event Action Plans for customer defined failover or other planned server repurposing scenarios.

Automatically migrate I/O parameters between servers and across chassis for up to 1400 blades based on a pre-defined trigger event.

44W3981 is a prerequisite for this optional upgrade.

Part number: 6C3551.

IBM BladeCenter Open Fabric Manager – Advanced upgrade for IBM Director

For customers with IBM Systems Director, this option provides the same benefits and functionality as part number 46C3551, as an IBM Director extension.

44W3981 is a prerequisite for this optional upgrade.

Part number: 46C3552.


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Ethernet Switch Modules

10Gb Ethernet Pass-Thru Module for IBM BladeCenter

Figure 3. 10Gb Ethernet Pass-Thru Module for IBM BladeCenter

The 10Gb Ethernet Pass-Thru Module for IBM BladeCenter is ideal for clients looking to enable end-to-end non-blocking 10Gb setup within the chassis. This device supports both Ethernet and Converged Enhanced Ethernet (CEE ) packets, which allows clients to connect a BladeCenter Chassis to an FCoE-capable top-of-rack switch.

The 10Gb Ethernet Pass-Thru Module includes the following features and functions:

Single-wide high-speed switch module

14 internal 10Gb ports to the server blades (no auto-negotiation)

Up to fourteen 10Gb SFP+ uplink ports (SFP+ modules are not included)

Support for SR, LR, and DAC copper cables

Direct one-to-one mappings of external and internal ports (no configuration required)

Simple setup and monitoring through advanced management module

Management-module inter-integrated Circuit (I2C) interface that provides vital product data (VPD) and register access

Provides self-test and diagnostics capability

No Serial over LAN (SOL) support

Part number 46M6181.

http://www.redbooks.ibm.com/abstracts/tips0715.html


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BNT 10-Port 10Gb Ethernet Switch Module for IBM BladeCenter

Figure 4. BNT 10-Port 10Gb Ethernet Switch Module for IBM BladeCenter

In today’s environment as data center space is constrained and IT budgets get smaller, clients are looking for ways to increase utilization of their hardware. Virtualization offers the perfect platform by allowing clients implement multiple virtual machines per server. To meet client requirements, BladeCenter offers the right balance of compute and I/O by offering high performance servers like HS22 and next generation 10Gb networking from Blade Network Technology (BNT).

The BNT 10-port 10Gb Ethernet Switch Module includes the following features and functions:

Form-factor

– Single-wide high-speed switch module

Internal ports

– 14 internal auto-negotiating ports: 1Gb or 10Gb to the server blades

– Two internal full-duplex 100 Mbps ports connected to the management module

External ports

– Up to ten 10Gb SFP+ ports (also designed to support 1Gb SFP if required, flexibility of mixing 1Gb/10Gb)

– One 10/100/1000 Mb copper RJ-45 used for management or data

– An RS-232 mini-USB connector for serial port that provides an additional means to install software and configure the switch module

Scalability and performance

– Autosensing 1Gb/10Gb internal and external Ethernet ports for bandwidth optimization

– Non-blocking architecture with wire-speed forwarding of traffic and full line rate performance of 480 Gbps full duplex

– Media access control (MAC) address learning: automatic update, supports up to 32 Kb MAC addresses

– Up to 128 IP interfaces per switch


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– Static, EtherChannel, and LACP (IEEE 802.3ad) link aggregation, up to 100Gb of total bandwidth per switch, up to 18 trunk groups, and up to eight ports per group

– Support for jumbo frames (up to 12288 bytes)

– Broadcast/multicast storm control

– IGMP snooping for limit flooding of IP multicast traffic (IGMP V1, V2, and V3)

– Configurable traffic distribution schemes over trunk links based on source/destination IP addresses, MAC addresses, or both

– Fast port forwarding and fast uplink convergence for rapid STP convergence

Part number 46C7191.


BNT 1/10Gb Uplink Ethernet Switch Module for IBM BladeCenter

Figure 5. BNT 1/10Gb Uplink Ethernet Switch Module for IBM BladeCenter

The BNT 1/10Gb Uplink Ethernet Switch Module for IBM BladeCenter is a switch option that enables administrators to offer full Layer 2 and 3 switching and routing capability with combined 1 Gb and 10 Gb uplinks in a BladeCenter chassis. Such consolidation simplifies the data center infrastructure and helps reduce the number of discrete devices, management consoles, and management systems. In addition, the next-generation switch module hardware can support IPv6 Layer 3 frame forwarding protocols by using a future firmware upgrade.

This Ethernet Switch Module delivers port flexibility, efficient traffic management, increased uplink bandwidth, and strong Ethernet switching price/performance.

The BNT 1/10Gb Uplink Ethernet Switch Module offers the following benefits:

All 1 Gb and 10 Gb uplink ports can be active at the same time.


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The switch consumes only 40 Watts, which is ideal for clients with power limitations or for those who simply want to reduce operating cost and be more environmentally friendly.

It has a large L2 forwarding table (16K), which allows the switch to accommodate a larger flat network with minimum aging activity.

Advanced L3 functions, such as OSPF and BGP, allow the switch to integrate seamlessly into a large routed network environment.

L3 functions allow the switch to segregate traffic into segments to improve latency and security within each segment of the network.

SmartConnect helps dramatically reduce total cost of ownership (TCO) that is associated with blade servers by delivering VMready network virtualization (NMotion), stacking, and simplifying administrative tasks such as deployment, control, and policy administration.

Internal ports:

– 14 internal full-duplex Gigabit ports, one connected to each of the blade servers

– Two internal full-duplex 10/100 Mbps ports connected to the management module

External ports:

– Three slots for 10 Gb Ethernet SFP+ transceivers (support for 10GBASE-SR or 10GBASE-LR) or SFP+ copper direct-attach cables (DAC); SFP+ modules are optional

– Six 10/100/1000 1000BASE-T Gigabit Ethernet ports with RJ-45 connectors

– One RS-232 serial port that provides an additional means to install software and configure the switch module

Part number 44W4404


Intelligent Copper Pass-Thru Module for IBM BladeCenter

Figure 6. Intelligent Copper Pass-Thru Module for IBM BladeCenter

Easy to install and ideal for customers deploying IBM BladeCenter into an existing network environment.


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6 external 1Gb ports.

Supported on all BladeCenter chassis and Multi-switch interconnect modules and compatible with BladeCenter Open Fabric Manager.

Easy to install, configure and manage through an easy to use browser based interface.

Part number 44W4483

Cisco Catalyst Switch Module 3012 for IBM BladeCenter

Figure 7. Cisco Catalyst Switch Module 3012 for IBM BladeCenter

Cisco Catalyst Switch Module 3012 provides four external 1Gb ports and fourteen internal 1Gb ports

Operates in standard I/O module bay across all chassis types

Fully compatible with Open Fabric Manager – enabled for I/O virtualization with no changes required in switch module during installation or after blade replacement or failover

Supports Layer 2 and basic Layer 3 switching (static routing and RIP)

Common management with external Cisco switches via IOS Command Line Interface and CiscoWorks LAN Management Solution

Part number 43W4395.

Cisco Catalyst Switch Module 3110G and 3110X for IBM BladeCenter

Figure 8. Cisco Catalyst Switch Module 3110G and 3110X for IBM BladeCenter


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Cisco Catalyst Switch Module 3110G provides four external 1Gb ports and fourteen internal 1Gb ports

Cisco Catalyst Switch Module 3110X provides one external 10Gb uplink port and 14 internal 1Gb ports

Perfect for large enterprises where Cisco’s VBS technology enables rack-level link consolidation and switch management

Fully compatible with Open Fabric Manager – enabled for I/O virtualization with no changes required in switch module during installation or after sever blade replacement or failover

Base switch supports Layer 2 and basic Layer 3 switching. IP Services S/W upgrade enables OSPF and BGP routing. Advanced I/P Services S/W upgrade enables IPv6n

Operates in standard I/O module bay across BladeCenter E, H, T, and HT chassis types

Separately available are two optional S/W keys for the Cisco Catalyst 3110 switch modules:

– 43W4434 – I/P Services S/W Upgrade License (Advanced Layer 3 Support)

– 43W4435 – Advanced I/P Services S/W Upgrade License (IPv6 Support)

Part numbers 41Y8523 & 41Y8522

BNT 6-port 10Gb Ethernet Switch Module for IBM BladeCenter

Figure 9. BNT 6-port 10Gb Ethernet Switch Module for IBM BladeCenter

Delivers high-bandwidth and time-sensitive switching for applications such as VoIP and IPTV with non-blocking 20-port 10 Gbps fabric for IBM BladeCenter H

Provides 6 external 10Gb ports and 14 internal 10Gb ports and a dedicated 1Gb management port

Simplifies deployment and help reduce costs by integrating Layer 2-3 LAN switching and routing into a single BladeCenter chassis

Maintain system uptime with high availability and resilience with with L2 failover, Uplink Fast, Spanning Tree, Multiple and Rapid Spanning Tree, Router Redundancy Protocol (VRRP) and Equal Cost Multiple Routing (ECMP) for OSPF


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Standard-based VLANs for traffic segregation. Advanced filtering. Support for RADIUS, TACACS/TACACS+, and 802.1x for port security ensures end-to-end data integrity

Flexible and simple management via web browser or industry-standard CLI

Offers dual 10Gb Ethernet connections to each server blade when used in conjunction with the dual-port NetXen 10G Expansion Card for IBM BladeCenter

Part number: 39Y9267

BNT Layer 2/3 Copper and Fiber Gigabit Ethernet Switch Modules for IBM BladeCenter

Figure 10. BNT Layer 2/3 Copper and Fiber Gigabit Ethernet Switch Modules for IBM BladeCenter

Offers 6 six copper uplinks and strong price/performance benefits

Delivers complete Layer 2 and 3 functionality - routing, filtering, traffic queuing

Better serves the processing demands of bandwidth- intensive applications

Provides port flexibility and traffic management to improve maintenance


Alternative version available with SFP-based external ports for fiber connectivity (SFPs included)

Part number: 32R1860 & 32R1861

BNT Layer 2-7 Gigabit Ethernet Switch Module for IBM BladeCenter


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Figure 11. BNT Layer 2-7 Gigabit Ethernet Switch Module for IBM BladeCenter

Integrates Layer 2/3 Ethernet connectivity with Layer 4-7 application and server load balancing in single switch module

Increases application availability and performance via network-based application failover


Enhanced server security

Part number: 32R1859.

IBM Server Connectivity Module

Figure 12. IBM Server Connectivity Module

Serves the needs of Small and Medium Business customers

Easy to install, configure, and manage through an easy-to-use browser-based interface

Ideal for environments where a separation between the server and networking domains is preferred


Fiber Channel Switch Modules

Cisco 4Gb 10 and 20 port Fibre Channel Switch Module for IBM BladeCenter

Figure 13. Cisco 4Gb 10 and 20 port Fibre Channel Switch Module


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Enables high-performance end-to-end 1, 2 and 4 Gigabits per second SAN solutions for the data center:

Affordable 10-port and 20-port offerings available for Small, Medium and Large Enterprise business needs

Exciting addition to the Cisco Ethernet and MDS family of products

Includes Tivoli SAN manager enhancements to better manage MDS9000 with integrated IBM SAN Volume Controller

10-port upgrade available for on demand scaling to a 20-port switch

Cisco Saps are required

41Y8600 — Long-wave

41Y8598 — Short wave

41Y8596 — Short wave 4-pack

Part numbers: 39Y9284 & 39Y9280

Brocade 20-port 4 Gb Fibre Channel switch Module

Figure 14. Brocade 10-port and 20-port 4 Gb Fibre Channel Switch Modules for IBM BladeCenter

Enables high-performance end-to-end 1, 2, and 4 Gigabits per second SAN solutions for the data center

20-port offering for Small, Medium, and Large Enterprise business needs

Easy-to-use non-disruptive upgrade doubles the 10-port switch connectivity to 20-ports when your business needs change

Integrates NPIV and the Brocade SAN fabric to simplify deployment/management and reduce infrastructure complexity and total cost of ownership

Utilizes Brocades proven Silkworm technology and fully backward compatible and interoperable with Silkworm and IBM TotalStorage® b-type SAN switches

Part number: 32R1812.


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Brocade 10-port 4 Gb Fibre Channel switch Module

The Brocade 10-port 4 Gb Fibre Channel Switch Module, has almost the same features and functions as a Brocade 20-port switch except the number of activated ports. The 10-port switch has internal ports active to the first seven blade bays only, and the first three external ports active.

Part number: 32R1813

QLogic Intelligent 8Gb Pass-Thru Fibre Channel Module for IBM BladeCenter

Figure 15. QLogic Intelligent 8Gb Pass-Thru Fibre Channel Module

Product features:

Get double throughput from this new 8Gb solution, an alternative to traditional optical pass-thru module

Bandwidth: 6 external 8Gb ports

Compatibility: Supported across all BladeCenter Chassis and Multi-switch interconnect modules.

Management: Provides open, standards-based NPIV interface simplifying SAN interoperability and scalability.

Part number: 44X1907

QLogic Intelligent 4Gb Pass-Thru Fibre Channel Module for IBM BladeCenter

Figure 16. Qlogic Intelligent 4Gb Pass-Thru Fibre Channel Module

Easy-to-use 20-port module provides open, standards-based NPIV interface - simplifies SAN interoperability and scalability


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Affordable 4Gb solution delivers alternative to traditional optical pass-thru module providing link consolidation with up to 6 uplinks

Upgradeable via software keys allowing for full fabric switch functionality and direct attach to tape or disk storage

The pass-thru module is a Fibre Channel component that has Node port ID virtualization (NPIV) functionality and contains 20 ports:

– 14 internal transparent host (TH) ports to connect to the blade-server bays in the BladeCenter unit

– Six external transparent fabric (TF) Fibre Channel user ports to connect to external Fibre Channel devices.

Part number: 43W6723

QLogic 20-port 8Gb SAN Switch Modules for IBM BladeCenter

Figure 17. QLogic 20-port 8Gb SAN Switch Modules

Product features:

Get double throughput from this new 20-port offerings, enabling high-performance 2, 4, and 8 Gigabits per second SAN solutions and provides interoperability in open mode leveraging standards-compliant (FC-SW2 & FC-SW3) SANs.

Bandwidth: 20 external 8Gbps ports

Compatibility: 20 port switch module is supported on BladeCenter E, H, T and HT Chassis and Multi-switch interconnect modules

Management: QLogic's SANsurfer Management Suite eases installation, configuration and management of your SAN infrastructure.

Part number: 44X1905


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QLogic 10-port and 20-port 4Gb SAN Switch Modules for IBM BladeCenter

Figure 18. QLogic 10-port and 20-port 4Gb SAN Switch Modules

Enables high-performance end-to-end 1, 2 and 4 Gigabits per second SAN solutions

Provides interoperability in open mode leveraging standards-compliant (FC-SW2 & FC-SW3) SANs

Affordable 10-port and 20-port offerings available - ideal for Small, Medium and Enterprise business needs

Easy-to-use software upgrade doubles your 10-port switch connectivity to 20-ports for on demand scalability

Included with every switch, QLogic's SANsurfer Management Suite eases installation, configuration and management of your SAN infrastructure - all from one GUI

Part numbers: 43W6724 & 43W6725.

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InfiniBand Switch Modules

IBM BladeCenter Open Fabric is designed to be EASY supporting the communication protocols your business relies on within a management framework that helps you reduce complexity and manage risk. Integrated across all blades, switches and chassis, BladeCenter Open Fabric is the RIGHT choice to simplify blade I/O management and deployment so you can concentrate on realizing innovation in your business.

4X InfiniBand Pass-thru Module for IBM BladeCenter.


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Figure 19. 4X InfiniBand Pass-thru Module for IBM BladeCenter

Delivers highest chassis throughput and performance in the industry. Especially important in High Performance Computing environments, this module enables BladeCenter server systems to form high-performance clusters and grids that deliver the performance required to realize the full potential of next-generations applications and systems.

Combined with DDR HCAs, this module provides 14 4x DDR ports of connectivity to blades and 14 4x DDR external ports from the BladeCenter H chassis

Supports Message Passing Interface (MPI), IP over InfiniBand (IPoIB), and Sockets Direct Protocol (SDP), which use InfiniBand Remote Direct Memory Access (RDMA) to support the most demanding high-performance computing applications and high-performance database clusters.

Separately available are three DDR HCAs:

– 43W4423 — DDR HCA with Open Fabric

– 43W4421 — DDR HCA with Cisco Drivers

– 43W4420 — DDR HCA with Voltaire Drivers


Cisco Systems 4X InfiniBand Switch Module for IBM BladeCenter

Figure 20. Cisco Systems 4X InfiniBand Switch Module

Delivers high performance, low-latency server switching required to enable BladeCenter server systems to form high-performance clusters and grids that deliver the performance required to realize the full potential of next-generations applications and systems.

Provides 14 ports of 10-Gbps (4X) server connectivity to blades with less than 200 nanoseconds (ns) port to port latency and 8 equivalent 4X external ports from the BladeCenter H chassis

Supports Message Passing Interface (MPI), IP over InfiniBand (IPoIB), and Sockets Direct Protocol (SDP), which use InfiniBand Remote Direct Memory Access (RDMA) to support the most demanding high-performance computing applications and high-performance database clusters.

Integrated with Cisco's latest release of Vframe - server fabric virtualization software - which offers rapid provisioning and real time re-hosting of server and network interfaces with policy based utilization and high availability rules.

Part number: 32R1756


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SAS I/O Switch ModulesIBM BladeCenter Open Fabric provides industry-leading SAS switch modules

offering affordable, yet powerful 3Gbps SAN Storage for your BladeCenter systems. Developed by IBM and designed to provide flexible storage options for the whole IBM BladeCenter portfolio, this SAS I/O family provides unprecedented performance and ease of use to help your business run better.

http://www-03.ibm.com/systems/bladecenter/hardware/openfabric/sas.html

IBM BladeCenter S SAS RAID Controller Module

Figure 21. IBM BladeCenter S SAS RAID Controller Module

The IBM BladeCenter S SAS RAID Controller Module enables a fully redundant Storage Area Network (SAN) based on the high-performance, fully duplex 3Gbps technology. With this innovative solution, small offices across the world can benefit from blades, SAN storage, networking, and management, all integrated into a neat BladeCenter S chassis. Features include:

Fully redundant SAN integrated into BladeCenter S chassis

High-performance, fully duplex, 3Gbps speeds

Support for RAID 0, 1, 10, & 5

Supports two disk storage modules (DSM) with up to 12 x 3.5in SAS or Nearline SAS drives


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IBM BladeCenter SAS Connectivity Module

Figure 22. IBM BladeCenter SAS Connectivity Module

The IBM BladeCenter SAS Connectivity Module is a high-performance 3Gbps SAS based pass-thru module that enables broad storage functionality for all BladeCenter chassis. Features include:

Enables up to twelve 3.5" SAS or SATA disks in BladeCenter S using the Disk Storage Module (DSM)

Enables use of entry storage products such as IBM System Storage DS3200 with BladeCenter chassis

Two switches enable fully redundant capability in BladeCenter chassis

High-performance, fully duplex, 3Gbps speeds



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Warranty and Support Options

Warranty Period System Hardware -- Three year, limited warranty1; an optional one year warranty

is available via special bid

Optional Features – One year

For a copy of applicable product warranties, write to: Warranty Information, P.O. Box 12195, RTP, NC, 27709, Attn: Dept JDJA/B203 Alternatively, this information is also available by calling 1-800-772-2227. IBM® makes no representation or warranty regarding third party products or services.

Warranty Service Support Category Systems -- IBM On-Site2 Repair (IOR), 8am -- 5pm, Monday through Friday, next

business day response

Optional Features -- Designated as Customer Carry-in Exchange/Repair (CCE/CCR)

Note: Optional features initially installed with an IBM System x™ server carry the same warranty and warranty service support category as the system. If installed after the initial system installation, optional features carry the balance of the system warranty or the optional feature warranty whichever is greater.

International Warranty Service (IWS)

International Warranty Service (IWS) is available during the warranty period to eligible customers who travel or relocate to countries where their computer is sold and serviced by IBM or IBM resellers authorized to perform warranty service. An eligible IBM computer is identified by its four-digit machine type. With IWS:

You can obtain service through the method of service, such as depot, carry-in or on-site, provided in the servicing country.

Service methods and procedures vary by country, and some service or parts may not be available in all countries.

Service centers in certain countries may not be able to service all models of a particular machine type.

Some countries may have fees and restrictions that apply at the time of service.

(1) For information on the IBM Statement of Limited Warranty, visit: http://www.ibm.com/servers/support/machine_warranties/

(2) Telephone support may be subject to additional charges. For on-site labor, IBM will attempt to diagnose and resolve the problem remotely before sending a technician.


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