Bladecenter

Simplify. Cut costs. Boost productivity. Go green. They're all priorities for IT, and they're all driving organizations to rethink their server strategies and become more receptive to new ways to use IT. Blade servers are the next-generation solution, promising improvements across the board. IBM BladeCenter's innovative, open design offers a true alternative to today's sprawling racks and overheated server rooms. So toss your cables and take the leap. Migrate to the blade server solution that uses less energy and gives you more choices and control. You have nothing to lose but complexity.

Your business needs a reliable, easy-to-use IT platform that can be configured to meet your unique needs—one that enables energy efficiency and delivers industry-leading performance for your business-critical applications. With IBM BladeCenter, you get blade server solutions designed to meet your needs today and in the future.

IBM BladeCenter HS22 and HS22V
 

IBM BladeCenter HS22 and HS22V blade servers offer a wide range of processor, memory, storage and I/O options, allowing you to choose the right balance of capabilities to meet your unique IT demands. And with support for Samsung’s high-performance, low-voltage 1.35V 16GB "green" DDR3 DIMM using the latest 4Gbit technology and delivering 1333MHz performance, you can host larger volumes of data while achieving the highest efficiency available. So whether you need to boost your IT performance, speed up sales orders, lower your energy bill or support more virtual machines per blade, BladeCenter HS22 and HS22V blade servers can help you consolidate workloads, improve resource utilization and reduce energy usage.

IBM BladeCenter HS22 and HS22V blade servers can help improve the economics of your data center with up to:
 

• 23X faster performance than older servers
• 196% reduction in energy costs alone
• 299% IT footprint reduction
• 350% lower connectivity costs
• 492% fewer networking cables

In addition, superior reliability features and innovative management tools that come with every IBM BladeCenter system allows your critical applications to stay up and running longer. And with a broad portfolio of compatible chassis, blades, I/O, storage and management components, BladeCenter is a platform designed to grow with you.

IBM BladeCenter H

With the IBM BladeCenter H chassis, you can extend the value of blades to an enterprise environment on a platform that delivers outstanding performance and energy efficiencies that the competition can’t match. IBM BladeCenter H advantages include:
 

• Over 12% greater performance-per-watt versus an equivalently configured HP BladeSystem c7000
• Up to $500 in energy cost savings per year (thousands of dollars in savings over the lifetime of the chassis) with power supplies certified as 80 PLUS® Platinum
• Up to 25% higher bandwidth per blade than HP BladeSystem c7000, for outstanding investment protection
• Mainframe-inspired high-availability design to confidently deploy your business-critical applications

Converged Networking Solutions

With the Brocade Converged 10GbE Switch Module for IBM BladeCenter, IBM introduces the first integrated converged switch for BladeCenter that enables both Ethernet and Fibre Channel ports in a single package. This switch can be used as a low-cost 10Gb Ethernet switch or as an FCoE switch when connected to a Converged Network Adapter (CNA), providing the flexibility you need with the reliability you demand — at a very attractive price point. The new high-performing, low-latency Brocade 2 port 10GbE CNA provides both Ethernet and FCoE support on a single adapter for an end-to-end solution that is easy to manage.
 

• Get increased external bandwidth through greater port count
• Reduce hardware costs with fewer cables and components
• Enable your IT infrastructure with a cost-effective entry into FCoE switching, without the significant initial investment typically associated with converged networking