Standby Capacity On Demand Overview - IBM BladeCenter

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IBM BladeCenter enclosure and IBM BladeCenter HS20 servers continue to revolutionize the economics of application server deployment with capacity on demand (COD) availability, while fulfilling the promise to deliver power, scalability, control, and serviceability. BladeCenter standby COD comes with a BladeCenter enclosure, 7 standard BladeCenter HS20 servers and 7 standby capacity BladeCenter HS20 servers. A contract is required and 7 capacity activation part numbers must be purchased within 6 months.

New BladeCenter HS20 blade servers:

• 2x 2.8GHZ/533MHz Intel Xeon processors
• 2-way SMP processing with 533MHz front side bus (FSB).
• High speed 4GB double data rate (DDR) ECC SDRAM memory standard
• Dual Gigabit Ethernet switches with failover support
• Fibre Channel daughter card
• Integrated systems management processor
• Integrated IDE controller and 1x 40GB IDE hard disk drive
  
  

Increase capabilities for your high density BladeCenter with standby COD. The new BladeCenter offering is comprised of a BladeCenter enclosure with 14 BladeCenter HS20 blade servers complete with 2 Intel Xeon 2.8GHz/533MHz processors as standard. The BladeCenter HS20 blade servers coupled with a BladeCenter enclosure offer advanced application serving with performance, density, and scalability. You receive Xeon processors, high speed memory, dual Gigabit Ethernet connections, Fibre Channel connections, and advanced high availability and systems management features. This offering provides flexibility and speed of deployment for capacity upgrades, tying payment to the capacity usage without paying a premium price.

3 year, IBM on-site repair (IOR), 8AM - 5PM, Monday through Friday, next business day response.

Note: IBM optional features are designated as customer carry in exchange/repair or customer replaceable units (CRUs).

One box:

• BladeCenter enclosure
• 14x BladeCenter HS20 blade servers
• Publications CD package
  • Installation and user's guide
  • Documentation CD-ROM (soft copy of publications)
  • Broadcom CD-ROM
  • Safety flyer
  • Blade ID labels
  • 4x BladeCenter standby COD supplemental information

The COD bundles will contain the following components in their configurations 1 X 8677-CXX, 7 X 8832-C1X, AND 7 X 4 8832-C2X.

This system supports or complies with the following standards:

• Multiprocessor specification (MPS) 1.4
• Hardware enabled to meet the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) 9241, part 3
  
  

• FCC - verified to comply with part 15 of the FCC rules, class A
• Canada ICES-003, issue 3, class A
• UL 1950*
• CSA C22.2 NO. 950
• NOM-019*
  
  Note: (*) This server is certified by the respective UL and NOM agencies.

• Japan VCCI, class A
• IEC-60950 (CB certificate and CB test report)
• Australia and New Zealand C-Tick Mark AS/NZ 3548, class A
• Taiwan BSMI CNS13438, class A
• China GB 9254-1998, GB17625.1-1998, GB17625.2-1999
• Korea MIC
  
  

• CE Mark (EN55022:1998 class A, EN60950, EN55024:1998, EN61000-3-2 and EN61000-3-3)
• CISPR 22, class A
• TUV-GS (EN60950/ISO 9241-3/ISO 9241-8)
• FCC - verified to comply with part 15 of the FCC rules, class A prior to product delivery
• IEC 950 CB certificate and CB test report
  
  

• 10.0 to 35.0 degrees Celsius (50 to 95 degrees Fahrenheit) at 0 to 914m (0 to 3,000 foot)
• 10.0 to 32.0 degrees Celsius (50 to 90 degrees Fahrenheit) at 914 to 2,133m (3,000 to 7,000 foot)
  
  

• 8% to 80%
  
  

• 2,133m (7,000 foot)
  
  

For attended installation of an operating system , this server requires a compatible:

• Keyboard
• Mouse
• Display

Unattended or remote installation may be performed without requiring some or all of these components. Review your unattended software installation program information for specific hardware configuration requirements.

For service, the server requires a compatible:

• Keyboard
• Mouse
• Display

When having the server serviced, plan to have these components attached to your server either directly or indirectly via a console switch.

The following network operating systems have been tested for compatibility with the BladeCenter HS20:

• Microsoft
  • Windows 2000 Advanced Server (requires Service Pack 3)
  • Windows 2000 Server (requires Service Pack 3)
  • Windows 2000 7x license bundle for BladeCenter
  • Windows Server 2003, Standard Edition
  • Windows Server 2003, Enterprise Edition
  • Windows Server 2003, Web Edition
    
• Linux
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2.1 Advanced Server
  • SCO Linux 4.0 - (UL1.0 based)
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server (SLES) 8 - (UL 1.0 based)
  • Turbolinux Enterprise Server (UL 1.0 based)

Note: Click here for additional information support, certification, and versions information on operating systems.

The BladeCenter COD bundles contains licensed system programs that include set configuration, set features, and test programs. IBM system is loaded from a Flash EEPROM into system memory. this BIOS provides instructions and interfaces designed to support the standard features of the Bladecenter HS20 and to maintain compatibility with many current software programs. Click here for detailed information about IBM and non-IBM devices, adapters, software, and network operating systems.

Contact your IBM representative, IBM Business Partner, or refer to the IBM Sales Manual for information on the compatibility of hardware and software for eServer xSeries servers. The IBM Sales Manual is updated periodically as new features and options are announced that support these servers.

The BladeCenter HS20 blade servers contain 4x DIMM slots. a maximum of 4GB of system memory is supported with a 1GB PC2100 ECC DDR SDRAM DIMM in each slot. The BladeCenter HS20 supports currently available 512MB and 1GB DIMM options.

Note: Microprocessors must be of the same type and clock speed on each Bladecenter HS20. Mixing microprocessors of different speeds or cache size is not supported.