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Overview - IBM BladeCenter T

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Abstract

Overview with technical information and relevant links for the IBM BladeCenter T

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Features and specifications

Module bays
(on front)
  • Eight hot-swap blade bays
  • Four hot-swap power-module bays
  • Two hot-swap management-module bays
Module bays
(on rear):
  • Four hot-swap I/O module bays
  • Four hot-swap blower bays
  • One hot-swap KVM (keyboard, video, mouse) module
  • One hot-swap LAN module
I/O modules
  • Standard: None
  • Maximum: Four
    • Two hot-swap 1Gb Ethernet four-port switch modules
    • Two hot-swap switch modules of another network-communication standard, such as Fibre Channel
Networking
  • Nortel Networks LAN Module available with L2-7 functionality
Redundant cooling
  • Four variable-speed hot-swap blowers
Power supply
  • Standard: Two 1300-watt or greater hot-swap -48 V dc (-40 to -60 V dc) power modules
  • Power modules 1 and 2 supply power to:
    • Blade bays 1 through 4
    • Management modules 1 and 2
    • I/O modules 1 and 2
    • Media tray
    • All KVM, LAN, and alarm interfaces
    • All four blower modules
  • Power modules 1 and 2 provide redundancy to each other
  • Maximum: Four 1300-watt or greater hot-swap -48 V dc (-40 to -60 V dc) power modules
  • Power modules 3 and 4 supply power to:
    • Blade bays 5 through 8
    • I/O modules 3 and 4
  • Power modules 3 and 4 provide redundancy to each other
  • Blowers are powered by all four power modules
Configuration
  • 8U rack-optimized chassis Intel 2W and 4W processor-based blade servers
Detailed specifications
  • All specifications for the IBM eServer BladeCenter T

Note: Specifications are dependent on the machine type and model

Warranty

Three-year on-site limited warranty for parts and labor

For warranty service upgrades and maintenance service, refer to Warranty service upgrades and maintenance services.

Hardware compatibility
For detailed information about IBM and non-IBM devices, adapters, software, and network operating systems supported with xSeries servers, visit the ServerProven compatibility Web site at http://www.ibm.com/servers/eserver/serverproven/compat/us/.

Additional product information


Manuals

Document Location

Worldwide

Operating System

BladeCenter:Operating system independent / None

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Document Information

Modified date:
24 January 2019

UID

ibm1MIGR-58508

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