IBM U.S. Sales Manual
Revised:  June 07, 2005.

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IBM U.S. Product Life Cycle Dates
Type ModelAnnounced AvailableMarketing Withdrawn Service DiscontinuedReplaced By
8677-CXX 2003/09/092003/10/03 2004/04/30 - -


 
Abstract

The IBM 8677 is part of the high-density BladeCenter with standby Capacity On Demand (COD). The system comes with seven blades standard and seven standby blades for customer blade server capacity upgrade requirements. This BladeCenter offering is comprised of a BladeCenter chassis with 14 BladeCenter HS20 blades.These BladeCenter HS20 blade, servers come standard with two Intel** Xeon processors 2.8 GHz(1)/533 MHz. These IBM eServer BladeCenter HS20 blades coupled with an IBM eServer BladeCenter enclosure offer advance application serving with performance, density, and scalability. You receive Xeon processors, high-speed memory, dual Gb Ethernet connections, fiber channel connections, and advanced high-availability and systems-management features. In addition to the BladeCenter benefits of price/performance and high reliability, this offering provides flexibility and speed of deployment for capacity upgrades, tying payment to the capacity usage without paying a premium price.

Note: (1) GHz and MHz denote the internal and/or external clock speed of the microprocessor only, not application performance. Many factors affect application performance.

Note: When referring to HDD or tape backup capacity, GB stands for one billion bytes. Total user capacity may vary depending on operating environments.

Note: See the remainder of this Family document, as well as Family documents 8484+01 and 8832+02, for information regarding this and the other components of this system.

Model Abstract 8677-CXX

(No Longer Available as of April 30, 2004)

The IBM 8677 Model CXX has a CD-ROM, Dual 1400 W power supplies, 2 KVM, and 2-Ethernet/2-Fiber Switches.
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Highlights

BladeCenter and BladeCenter HS20 blade 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 capacity on demand comes with a BladeCenter chassis and seven standard blades and seven standby capacity blades. A contract is required and seven standby capacity activation part numbers must be purchased within six months.

These BladeCenter HS20 Blade Servers

  • Two 2.8 GHz/533 MHz(1) Intel** Xeon** processors
  • Two-way SMP processing with 533 MHz front side bus(FSB)
  • High-speed 4 GB double data rate (DDR) ECC SDRAM memory standard
  • Dual Gb Ethernet switches with failover support
  • Fibre channel daughter card
  • Integrated systems-management processor
  • Integrated IDE controller and one 40 GB IDE HDDs,

Note: (1) GHz and MHz denote the internal and/or external clock speed of the microprocessor only, not application performance. Many factors affect application performance.
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Description

BladeCenter HS20 - Performance and High Availability

Service and Support Perfected for e-business

  • IBM Director V4.x
  • ServerProven compatibility testing and Web support
  • Three-year, on-site(3), limited warranty(4)

Note: IBM sends a technician after attempting to diagnose and resolve the problem remotely.

Note: (3) For information on the IBM Statement of Limited Warranty, visit:

http://www.ibm.com/servers/support/machine_warranties/

Alternatively, this information is also available by contacting your IBM representative or reseller. Copies are available upon request.

Note: (4) Actual playback speed will vary and is often less than the maximum possible.

Related Options

BladeCenter Bundle Description

The BladeCenter Standby Capacity On Demand offering is comprised of a BladeCenter enclosure (8677-CXX) which is a richly configured chassis with redundant GB ethernet and Fibre channel switches, redundant management modules and power. There are 7 standard HS20 Blades (8832-C1X) each configured with dual 2.8GHz/533FSB processors, 4GB of memory, 1 40GB IDE HDD and a fibre channel daughter card. In addition, there are 7 "standby capacity" HS20 Blades (8832-C2X) with the same configuration as the standard blades. Activation of the standby blades is through the management console, available to the customer immediately. (Terms and conditions of activation specified in a contract agreed to at the time of purchase.)

High-Performance Blade-Server Subsystems

The BladeCenter HS20 blades are high-throughput, two-way, SMP-capable Xeon-based network blade servers. These flip-chip, pin grid array 2 (FC-PGA2) processors feature advanced transfer L2 caches that are integrated onto the processor core and run at the same clock speed as the processor core. The advanced transfer cache is a result of a "backside bus" that is 256 bits wide. It features a quad-wide cache line that can transfer four 64-bit cache line segments at one time to deliver full-speed capability. The cache is eight-way set associative.

Two Intel Xeon processors are standard on the blade board. High-speed, PC2100 DDR SDRAM is synchronized for up to 533 MHz processor-to-memory subsystem performance with current processors.

The BladeCenter HS20 uses the fourth-generation ServerWorks Grand Champion Low End (GCLE) SystemSet chipset that includes:

  • Grand Champion Memory and I/O Controller (CMIC-LE5)
  • Champion South Bridge 6 (CSB6-U)
  • Champion I/O Bridge (CIOB-ES)

The CMIC-LE5 controls two main functional units:

  • High-performance main memory subsystem, maximizing throughput from processors to memory
  • Inter Module Bus (IMB), maximizing throughput from the processor bus to the I/O busses

The CSB6-U delivers PCI function and integrates the following key I/O functions:

  • IDE controller and HDDs
  • USB, supporting four USB ports
  • Power management logic
  • PCI bus interface for video controller
  • Systems management bus (SMBus), supporting Phillips I2C two-wire protocol interface
  • Low-power controller (LPC) interface for POST/BIOS EEPROM

The CIOB-ES provides high-performance data flow between the IMB and two 64-bit PCI-X interfaces, supporting 1.6 GB/s bandwidths for dual Gb Ethernet switches and one external PCIX bus segment for daughter card connector.

Standard BladeCenter HS20 Configurations
Models Processors L2 Cache Memory Ethernet/Fiber Channel Hard Disk Drive
8832C1X 2x 2.8 GHz Xeon 512 KB 4 GB ECC Dual Gb FC Card 40 GB IDE
8832C2X 2x 2.8 GHz Xeon 512 KB 4 GB ECC Dual Gb FC Card 40 GB IDE

Standard BladeCenter Configurations
Model CD-ROM Power Supply KVM Ethernet/Fiber Channel
8677CXX 1 Dual 1400W 2 2-Ethernet/2-Fiber Switch

BladeCenter HS20 blades are designed for high throughput from processor, to memory, and bus I/O. These features, combined with SMP capability and blade-thin density, make it an excellent choice for space constrained environments used for:

  • Web caching
  • Collaboration
  • Terminal serving
  • Dynamic Web serving
  • Firewall
  • Telecommunications
  • Active directory services
  • Scientific and technical computing
  • Linux clustering

High-Availability and Serviceability Features

The BladeCenter HS20 blades deliver on reliability and serviceability. Features include:

  • ECC DIMMs, combined with an integrated ECC memory controller, correct soft and hard single-bit memory errors, while minimizing disruption of service to LAN clients

  • Chipkill memory - Designed to provide correction for up to four bits per DIMM to help keep your blade server up and running

  • Memory hardware scrubbing, designed to correct soft memory errors automatically without software intervention

  • ECC L2 cache processors help improve data reliability and reduce downtime

  • CPU failure recovery in SMP configurations:
    • Forces failed processor offline
    • Automatically reboots server
    • Generates alerts
    • Continues operations with the working processor

  • PFA on SCSI HDD options, memory, and processors alerts the system administrator of an imminent component failure

  • Dual Gb Ethernet switches support:
    • Failover, adapter fault tolerance
    • PXE 2.0 Boot Agent
    • Wake on LAN
    • Load balancing or teaming
    • Fibre channel daughter card for optical networking

  • An integrated management processor supports diagnostic, reset, POST, and auto recovery functions and monitors temperature and voltage; alerts generated when thresholds are exceeded (refer to the Limitations section for restrictions)

Systems Management

IBM Director V4.x

BladeCenter HS20 blades feature IBM Director V4.x included with each BladeCenter This powerful, highly integrated systems-management software solution is built on industry standards and designed for ease of use. Exploit your existing enterprise or workgroup management environments and use rich security features to access and manage physically dispersed IT assets more efficiently over the internet. It can help reduce costs through:

  • Reduced downtime
  • Increased productivity of IT personnel and end users
  • Reduced service and support costs

IT administrators can view the hardware configuration of remote systems in detail and monitor the usage and performance of critical components such as processors, HDDs, and memory. IBM Director can be extended with optional add-ons for advanced server management, deployment, and software distribution. All of these tools smoothly integrate into IBM Director for consistent look-and-feel and single point of management while taking advantage of IBM Directors monitoring, scheduling, alerting, event management and group management capabilities.

  • The IBM Director Server Plus Pack is a collection of five tools with predictive and autonomic capabilities that help deliver optimal server performance and high availability. The five tools include Capacity Manager, Software Rejuvenation, Active PCI Manager, System Availability and Rack Manager.

  • Application Workload Manager extends IBM Director to enable the control of how multiple applications use server resources and protects against unexpected resource contention.

  • Software Distribution Premium Edition enables you to create and distribute software packages to systems on your network, saving travel and labor costs.

IBM Director also provides integration into leading workgroup and enterprise systems management environments, via its Upward Integration Modules. This enables the advanced management capabilities built into xSeries servers to be accessed from:

  • Tivoli Enterprise and Tivoli Netview
  • Computer Associates CA Unicenter TNG
  • HP OpenView
  • Microsoft SMS
  • BMC Patrol
  • NetlQ

BladeCenter Management Module

Use the management module in the BladeCenter to manage the BladeCenter and obtain vital system information about your installed BladeCenter HS20 servers. The management module communicates with the blade servers within the BladeCenter via an RS-485 intermanagement network. This network relays vital information about individual blade servers such as:

  • Temperature
  • Voltages
  • Power supply status
  • Memory status
  • Fan status
  • HDD status
  • Error and status log

You receive status and control all blade servers within the BladeCenter. You can shut down and restart any blade server from anywhere on the network to help save time and costs associated with travel to the actual installation.

These manageability functions are provided through a self-contained Web page, creating an easy and familiar way for administrators to monitor, control, and maintain highly available BladeCenter installations. The BladeCenter chassis ships standard with two KVM/Management module. An optional IBM BladeCenter Redundant KVM/Management module provides BladeCenter with even higher levels of resiliency. While in the chassis, the second module is in passive or "stand by" mode. If the active or "primary" module faults, the second module is automatically enabled with all the configuration settings of the primary module. Providing the customer with seamless remote management and connectivity to the BladeCenter chassis for their most critical applications.
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Product Positioning

  • High performance, high resiliency system for "on demand" blade server capacity upgrades and enterprise workloads

  • Midmarket or large enterprise who have forecasted growth of 7-14 2-way blade servers over six months

  • Capacity upgrade on demand - capacity is available instantly

  • BladeCenter advantages: Integration, ease of management and deployment, more density, less complexity

The BladeCenter and BladeCenter HS20 offers the option of Capacity On Demand (COD) which allows 7 standard blades and 7 standby blades for increased capacity as required by the customer.

The BladeCenter and BladeCenter HS20 blades can require less space and power resources because of their high-density design, reduced power requirements, and single environment systems management. This is an extremely important consideration for:

  • Large enterprises
  • Large Mid-market

They are an excellent fit for applications such as:

  • Lotus Notes
  • Microsoft Exchange
  • Multi-tier Workloads
  • Citrix
  • Web Serving
  • Parallel Database

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Models

Model Summary Matrix

Bundles Processors Memory Connection Optical Networking Hard Drive Type
WBC11US 2x 2.8 GHz/512KB Xeon 4GB dual Ethernet fiber daughter card 40 GB blade servers

Customer Setup (CSU)

This product is designated Customer Setup.

Devices Supported

The IBM(R) BladeCenter and BladeCenter HS20 Capacity On Demand (models -WBC, MBC, NBC) is designed to maintain compatibility with the following IBM products. As a part of the ServerProven program, xSeries compatibility listings are updated on the Web. Detailed information relative to IBM and non-IBM vendor devices, adapters, software and network operating systems supported with xSeries servers can be accessed via the Web:

http://www.ibm.com/pc/us/compat
                                                               Part
Description                                                    Number
----------------------------                                   --------
BladeCenter (model 8677-CXX)                                   8677CXX
Blades HS20 (model 8832-C1X)                                   8832-C1X
Blades HS20 (model 8832-C2X)                                   8832-C2X
System Memory
 512 MB PC2100 CL2.5 ECC                                       33L5038
  DDR SDRAM DIMM
 1 GB PC2100 CL2.5 ECC                                         38L4031
  DDR SDRAM DIMM
Microprocessor Upgrades
Fixed Disks / Diskette Drives / Storage
 IBM HS20 40 GB 5400-rpm ATA-100 HDD                           48P7099
 IBM 36.4 GB 15K-rpm Ultra160 SCSI                             06P5768
  Hot-Swap HDD(1)
 IBM 36.4 GB 10K-rpm Ultra160 SCSI                             06P5755
  Hot-Swap SL HDD(1)
 IBM 73.4 GB 10K-rpm Ultra160 SCSI                             06P5756
  Hot-Swap SL HDD(1)
 IBM 18.2 GB 15K-rpm Ultra160 SCSI 80-pin HDD(1)               06P5767
 IBM 18.2 GB 10K-rpm Ultra160 SCSI Hot-Swap HDD(1)             06P5754
 IBM 36.4 GB 10K Ultra320 SCSI HDD Hot-Swap                    32P0726
 IBM 36.4 GB 15K-rpm Ultra320 SCSI Hot-Swap HDD(1)             32P0734
 IBM 73.4 GB 10K-rpm Ultra320 SCSI HDD Hot-Swap                32P0727
 IBM 146.8 GB 10K-rpm Ultra160 SCSI HDD Hot-Swap               32P0750
 IBM 146.8 GB 10K Ultra320 SCSI HDD Hot-Swap                   32P0728
 IBM 73.4 GB 15K Ultra320 SCSI HDD                             32P0735
  Hot-Swap HDD
 IBM HS20 SCSI Storage Expansion Unit                          48P7058
 IBM FAStT500 Storage Server(2)                                35521RU
 IBM FAStT EXP500 Storage Expansion Unit(2)                    35601RU
 IBM FAStT EXP500 Storage Expansion Unit(2) (EMEA)             35601RX
 IBM FAStT EXP200 Storage Expansion Unit(2)                    35421RU
 IBM FAStT EXP200 Storage Expansion Unit(2) (EMEA)             35421RX
 IBM FAStT EXP200 Redundant Raid Controller                    19K1121
 IBM FAStT EXP200 HA Storage Server(2)                         35422RU
 IBM FAStT EXP200 HA Storage Server(2) (EMEA)                  35422RX
 IBM FAStT700 Storage Server                                   17421RU
 IBM FAStT700 Storage Server                                   17421RU
 IBM FAStT700 Mini Hub                                         19K1269
 IBM SAN Data Gateway Router                                   2108R3L
  UltraSCSI LVD Port
 

Note: (1) Requires installation of the HS20 SCSI Storage Expansion Unit.

Note: (2) Must be attached to a supported FC expansion card and switch module.

Communications
 IBM HS20 Fibre Channel Expansion Card                         48P7061
 IBM BladeCenter 2-port Fibre Channel                          59P6627
  Switch Module
 IBM BladeCenter 4-port Gb Ethernet                            48P7082
  Switch Module
Miscellaneous Cables
 Netfinity Fibre Channel 1 M Cable                             36L9973
 LC-LC Fibre Chennel Cable - 25M                               19K1249
 Short Wave SFP Module                                         19K1271
 LC-LC Fibre Channel Cable - 1M                                19K1247
 LC-LC Fibre Channel Cable - 5M                                19K1248
 Netfinity Fibre Channel 25M cable                             03P9305
 LC-SC Fibre Channel Cable Adapter                             19K1250
 Long Wave SPF Module                                          19K1272
 NetVista USB - Parallel Printer Cable                         19K4164
 USB to Serial Cable                                           10K3661
Other Devices
 BladeCenter Acoustic Attenuation Module                       49P2694
 IBM KVM/Redundant Management Module                           48P7055
 NetBAY42 Enterprise Rack                                      930842S
 NetBAY42 Enterprise Rack Expansion Cabinet                    930842E
 NetBAY42 Standard Rack Cabinet                                9306420
 NetBAY42 Standard Expansion Rack Cabinet                      9306421
 NetBAY25 Standard Rack Cabinet                                9306250
 NetBay11 Standard Rack Cabinet                                9306110
 NetBAY Rack Power                                             37L6866
  Distribution Unit
 BladeCenter 1200W Power Supply Modules                        48P7052
 NetBAY Local Console Manager (LCM)                            1735L04
 NetBAY Remote Console Manager (RCM)                           1735R16
 250 mm KVM Conversion Option                                  32P1636
 1.5 M KVM Conversion Option                                   32P1652
 IBM Two-Button Mouse                                          90P0740
 IBM 84-key Space Saver Cost Reduced Keyboard                  28L3644
 IBM Preferred Pro Full-Size                                   25R6968
  Keyboard - 104 Key (Business Black)
 Cisco Systems Intelligent Gigabit Ethernet                    13N2281
  Switch Module for IBM eServer BladeCenter
 Cisco Systems Fiber Intelligent                               26K6547
  Gigabit Ethernet Switch Module
  for IBM eServer BladeCenter
 IBM eServer BladeCenter T Filter                              25K8376
 Brocade(**) Entry Switch Module for                           26K5601
  IBM eServer BladeCenter(**)
 Brocade Performance Bundle for IBM eServer BladeCenter        26K5605
 Brocade ISL Trunking for IBM eServer BladeCenter              26K5607
 Brocade Advanced Performance Monitoring for                   26K5612
  IBM eServer BladeCenter
 Brocade Extended Fabrics for IBM eServer BladeCenter          26K5613
 Brocade Fabric Manager v4.x for IBM eServer BladeCenter       26K5615
 Brocade Remote Switch for IBM eServer BladeCenter             26K5616
 Brocade Advanced Security (Secure OS) for                     26K5617
  IBM eServer BladeCenter
 BladeCenter Brocade Entry Switch Full SAN Upgrade for         26K5618
  IBM eServer BladeCenter
 Brocade Enterprise Switch Module for                          90P0165
  IBM eServer BladeCenter
 Intel Gigabit Ethernet Expansion Card for                     90P3777
  IBM eServer BladeCenter
 IBM eServer BladeCenter Fibre Channel Expansion Card          13N2203
 IBM eServer BladeCenter Copper Passthru Module                73P6100
 IBM eServer BladeCenter Copper Passthru Module                73P6101
  Cable
 IBM eServer BladeCenter HS20 Low Profile Handle               25K8358
 IBM eServer BladeCenter HS40 Low Profile Handle               25K8359
 Topspin IB Switch Module
  for IBM eServer BladeCenter                                  26K6454
 IB 3 meter 4x Cable for IBM eServer BladeCenter               26R0813
 IB 3 meter 12x to (3) 4x Cable for IBM eServer BladeCenter    26R0816
 Nortel Networks L2/3 Copper GbE Switch                        26K6530
   Module for IBM eServer BladeCenter
 Nortel Networks L2/3 Fiber GbE Switch                         26K6531
   Module for IBM eServer BladeCenter
 
Qlogic(**) iSCSI Expansion Card for IBM eServer BladeCenter 26K6487  

Model Conversions

None.
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Technical Description
TOC Link Physical Specifications TOC Link Operating Environment TOC Link Limitations
TOC Link Hardware Requirements TOC Link Software Requirements

The BladeCenter and BladeCenter HS20 servers are high-density blade servers that are designed to function when required for Capacity On Demand. The COD is configured so that 7 standard blades are active and 7 are on standby for activation as required by the customer.

The BladeCenter HS20 is a high-density design blade server that is installed into the BladeCenter. This hot-swap blade server includes the following features:

  • Two 2.8 GHz Xeon processors with 512 KB full-speed cache and 533 MHz quad-pumped FSB:

  • 4 GB of PC2100 DDR SDRAM with Chipkill ECC system memory

  • Dual Gb Ethernet switch connections

  • Management processor

  • SVGA video controller with 8 MB of video memory

  • Network card connector and HS20 Fibre Channel Expansion Card

  • IDE controller

  • Two IDE HDD connectors - one 40 GB ATA-100 HDD standard

BladeCenter HS20 Model Configurations

            Xeon       L2      ECC            IDE
 Model      Processor  Cache   Memory  HDD    Interface     Ethernet/FC
 -------    ---------- ------  ------  -----  ------------  -----------
 8832C1X    2x 2.8 GHz 512 KB   4 GB   40 GB  Dual ATA-100  Dual Gb/FC
 8832C2X    2x 2.8 GHz 512 KB   4 GB   40 GB  Dual ATA-100  Dual Gb/FC
 

Standard BladeCenter Configurations

  Model   CD ROM   Power Supply  KVM      Ethernet/Fiber Channel
  ------- ------   ------------  ---      --------------------------
  8677CXX   1      Dual 1400W     2       2- Ethernet/2-Fiber Switch

By combining a BladeCenter and up to 14 BladeCenter HS20 blades, extremely high-density configurations can be deployed to address large enterprise or application service providers needs for powerful, high density, high availability servers. This new approach allows the customer to activate blades as needed.

Physical Specifications

BladeCenter and BladeCenter HS20

The Capacity On Demand Bundles listed will contain the following components in their configurations: 1 x 8677-CXX, 7 x 8832-C1X, and 7 x 8832-C2X.

Bundle Part Numbers:

  • WBC11US
  • WBC11xx
  • MBC11xx
  • NBC11xx
                         8832C1X           8832C2X
                         ------------      ------------
  Processor -            Xeon              Xeon
   Int. speed -          2.8 GHz           2.8 GHz
   Ext. speed -          533 MHz (QP)      533 Mhz (QP)
   Number standard -     2                 2
   Maximum -             2                 2
  L2 cache (full speed)  512 KB            512 KB
  Memory (PC2100 DDR)    4 GB ECC          4 GB ECC
   DIMMs -               4x1GB             4x1GB
   DIMM sockets -        4                 4
   Capacity -            4 GB              4 GB
  Video -                SVGA              SVGA
   Memory -              8 MB              8 MB
  IDE controller -       ATA-100           ATA-100
   Channels -            2                 2
   Connector int. -      2                 2
   Connector ext. -      0                 0
  HDD -                  1                 1
   Connectors -          2                 2
   Internal capacity -   40 GB             40 GB
  Total HDD bays -       1                 1
  PCI Slots -            0                 0
  Management proc.  -    Standard          Standard
  Ethernet controller -  Dual Gb           Dual Gb
  Fiber channel card -   1                 1
  Storage expansion -    None              None
  CD-ROM (IDE) -         0                 0
  Diskette drive -       0                 0
  Power supply -         0                 0
 
8677CXX ------------------------- Blade bays (type) - High availability ePlanes Blades standard - 14 (7 Active, 7 Standby) Blades maximum - 14 Video - None PCI slots - 0 Switch modules bays - 4 Ethernet switches - 2 Fiber channel switch - 2 Management modules - 2 CD-ROM (IDE) - 1 (24x-10x) Diskette drive - 1 (1.44 MB) Power supply modules - 2 (4x1400W) Hot-swap - Yes Redundant power - Yes Auto restart - Yes Cooling - 2 blowers Redundant - Yes Hot-swap - Yes  

http://www.ibm.com/pc/us/compat

Video Subsystem

  • ATI RageXL Graphics/Video Accelerator
  • Integrated on the blade
  • 8 MB SDRAM standard/maximum video memory

Supported BladeCenter HS20 Video Resolutions

 ______________________________________________________________________
|            | Maximum Refresh | CRT     | CRT ISO  9241.3 | Flat Panel|
| Resolution | Rate Supported  | Support | Compliance      | Support   |
|____________|_________________|_________|_________________|___________|
|640 x 480   |    85 Hz        | Yes     | Yes             | Yes       |
|____________|_________________|_________|_________________|___________|
|800 x 600   |    85 Hz        | Yes     | Yes             | Yes       |
|____________|_________________|_________|_________________|___________|
|1024 x 768  |    75 Hz        | Yes     | Yes             | Yes       |
|____________|_________________|_________|_________________|___________|
|1280 x 1024 |    40 Hz        | No      | No              | Yes       |
|____________|_________________|_________|_________________|___________|
|1600 x 1200 |    28 Hz        | No      | No              | Yes       |
|____________|_________________|_________|_________________|___________|
 

Note: For resolutions supported by different operating systems, refer to the operating system documentation.

Electrical

  • 200-240 (nominal) V ac; 50 Hz or 60 Hz;

Standards

This system supports or complies with the following standards:

  • Multi Processor Specification (MPS) 1.4.

  • Hardware-enabled to meet the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) 9241, Part 3.

Equipment Approvals and Safety

  • FCC - Verified to comply with Part 15 of the FCC Rules, Class A

  • Canada ICES-003, issue 3, Class A

  • UL 1950(1)

  • CSA C22.2 No. 950

  • NOM-019(1)

Note: (1) This server is certified by the respective UL and NOM agencies.

Operating Environment

  • Temperature:
    • 10.0 to 35.0 degrees C (50 to 95 degrees F) at 0 to 914 m (0 to 3,000 ft)
    • 10.0 to 32.0 degrees C (50 to 90 degrees F) at 914 to 2,133 m (3,000 to 7,000 ft)

  • Relative humidity: 8% to 80%

  • Maximum altitude: 2,133 m (7,000 ft)

Limitations

  • The BladeCenter HS20 blades contain four DIMM sockets. A maximum of 4 GB of system memory is supported with a 1 GB PC2100 CL2.5 ECC DDR SDRAM DIMM in each of the 4 DIMM sockets. The BladeCenter HS20 supports currently available 512 MB, and 1 GB DIMM options.

  • 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.

Refer to the Software Requirements section for operating system limitations.

Hardware Requirements

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

Software Requirements

Software Compatibility

The following software products have been tested by IBM and software publishers in the latest available versions, and where appropriate, are or will soon be certified by the publisher to be compatible with the BladeCenter HS20.

 OPERATING SYSTEMS
 Software Publisher   Description
 ------------------   -----------------------------------------------
o  Microsoft        - Windows 2000 Server (requires SP 3)
                    - Windows 2000 Advanced Server (requires SP 3)
o  Microsoft        - Windows Server 2003, Standard Edition
                    - Windows Server 2003, Enterprise Edition
                    - Windows Server 2003, Web Edition
o  Linux            - Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2.1 Advanced Server
                    - SCO Linux 4.0 - (UL1.0 Based)
                    - SuSE Linux Enterprise Server 8 - (UL 1.0 Based)
                    - Turbolinux Enterprise Server 8 - (UL 1.0 Based)
 APPLICATION SOFTWARE
 Software Publisher      Description
 ------------------      -------------------------------------------
 IBM                     Director V4.1
 IBM                     RDM V4.11 (Does not support any Linux NOSs)
 IBM                     Real Time Diagnostics v2.01
 Lotus                   Lotus/Domino Server R6
 Lotus                   Lotus/Domino Mail Server R6.0.1
 IBM                     SMA 3.1 System Migration Assoc. v3.1
 LSI                     IBM FastT Storage 8.30
Norton                   Norton AntiVirus Latest
 

For additional information support, certification, and versions information on network operating systems, access:

http://www.ibm.com/pc/us/compat


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Publications

An installation and user's guide, safety, and warranty publications and BladeCenter Standby Capacity On Demand Supplemental Information pub are shipped with each bundled BladeCenter system.
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Features -- Specify/Special/Exchange
TOC Link No Charge Specify Codes TOC Link Special Feature Codes -- Chargeable TOC Link Feature Exchanges

No Charge Specify Codes

None.

Special Feature Codes -- Chargeable

                                                          Order
 Description           Machine     Models                 Number
 --------------------  ----------  --------               ------
BladeCenter Standby Capacity On Demand - US (1-8677-CXX   WBC11US
Enclosure + 7-Standard 8832-C1X + 7-Standby 8832-C2x
Blades)
Standby Capacity          8484        C2X                 8484C2X
Activation for 8832-C2X
Note:  Non-ordering.
The following systems are only available through
Capacity On Demand Bundle Order.
 BladeCenter HS20         8832        C1X                 8832C1X
                          8832        C2X                 8832C2X
 BladeCenter Enclosure    8677        CXX                 8677CXX
 

Feature Exchanges

Not available.
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Accessories

None.

Customer Replacement Parts

None.
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Machine Elements

None.
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Supplies

None.

Diskettes

None.

Trademarks

(R), (TM), * Trademark or registered trademark of International Business Machines Corporation.

** Company, product, or service name may be a trademark or service mark of others.

Windows is a trademark of Microsoft Corporation.
 © IBM Corporation 2005.
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