IBM BladeCenter Solutions

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IBM BladeCenter is not just for new infrastructures. It’s a powerful option for those who want to consolidate and streamline their current systems without compromising existing applications. With IBM BladeCenter you can choose the blades which meet your business needs. Consulting with ITX Solutions will help you find out just which blades you need and how to maximize their potential. This kind of flexibility and service enables you to upgrade your system without radically overhauling your infrastructure.

IBM BladeCenter solutions offer a number of important options:

• A variety of disk connectivity options, such as SAS, NAS, Fibre Channel SAN, iSCSI and Infiniband
• A variety of network connectivity options, such as gigabit Ethernet, 10g Ethernet and Infiniband
• Complete remote “lights out” management
• A variety of chassis focusing on low entry point, low power consumption, high density, high speed networking, and/or ruggedized & Telco environments
• Different server options ranging from workstation replacement, two socket Intel Xeon, two and four socket AMD Opteron, two socket IBM PowerPC, IBM POWER6 and IBM Cell Blade offerings

Whether you’re retrofitting IBM BladeCenter to your existing system or building anew, ITX Solutions can help you design and implement the right configuration. ITX Solutions offers a large range of server options and I/O capabilities, including Intel, AMD and IBM processors, Cisco and Blade Networking Ethernet switches, Brocade, Cisco and McData fibre channel switches, as well as Cisco Infiniband switches and Myrinet connectivity.

IBM BladeCenter Chassis
ITX Solutions offers 4 different kinds of IBM Blade chassis, each with a specific strength and optimal environment. These chassis are designed so that blade and switch options work across the product line to the highest degree possible, eliminating the need to do a forklift replacement when new technologies emerge.
The types of chassis include:

• The E Chassis is an energy-efficient design built for extreme computing density. It is perfect for companies looking to build a greener IT system that uses less energy. It is also the highest density blade solution in IBM’s lineup
• The H Chassis delivers increased I/O performance and maintains compatibility with the rest of the IBM BladeCenter products
• The HT Chassis is built with a rugged interior and can withstand harsh conditions. It is NEBS-3-/ETSI-compliant and is built for the high-standardized business of telecommunications as well as military and industrial applications
• The S Chassis is designed for small business customers and remote offices. It holds a smaller number of blades, contains space for several hot swap disks in what is effectively a small SAN and is the only model which can operate on 110 VAC power

IBM BladeCenter Processors
IBM BladeCenter supports an array of processors including Intel™, POWER™, and AMD processor-based servers. The processors ITX Solutions offers include:

• Intel Xeon based blade servers offer your business a number of options, including dual and quad cores that run a number of ideal applications
• AMD Opteron blade servers come in two and four socket options, allowing for a large amount of computing power within a single blade
• POWER™ blade servers offer small to medium businesses a single server that meshes several different kinds of support in a single unit, from IBM AIX® and Linux® to IBM Advanced POWER™ Virtualization and AltiVec™ SIMD acceleration
• IBM Cell Blades use the same core technology as the high performance processors found in the latest gaming consoles. These amazing processors are powerful compute engines for engineering work, graphics rendering and a wide array of other high performance cluster and specialized workloads

I/O Modules
Products from companies such as Nortel and Cisco deliver everything from high-bandwidth and time-sensitive switches to increased application availability and greater infrastructure scalability, by exploiting technologies such as Ethernet, Fibre Channel and IBM’s networking capabilities provide an extremely wide array of customizable options, allowing you to build your IBM BladeCenter from the ground up.

Expansion Units
Nearly every part of the IBM BladeCenter is expandable, including most of the server blades themselves, which can add storage memory and I/O to meet niche application needs. This makes the customization of your IBM BladeCenter go beyond just the original design. It makes it more scalable than any other blade system on the market.

The number of options can seem endless, but ITX Solutions can help you choose the equipment and implement a design that best serves your needs.

IBM BladeCenter Product Information