IBM BladeCenter HS20

High-density / high-performance Xeon® blade servers

These Intel®-based, high-density blade servers are designed to be compatible with the entire family of BladeCenter® chassis. The HS20 blade servers support 64-bit applications, but have Intel Extended Memory 64 Technology to support smooth transitions to 64-bit computing.

IBM HS20 Blade Server Specifications
Processors	Up to 2 x Intel Xeon Processor up to 3.80GHz
Max cache	1MB or 2MB
Front side bus	800MHz
Memory	Up to 16GB PC2-3200 DDR2
Hard drives	Up to 2 Ultra320 SCSI HDDs
RAID	Integrated RAID-1 standard on blade server, integrated RAID-1E with SCSI Expansion Unit 2 option
Networking	Dual Gigabit Ethernet

The HS20 blade servers are also packed with high availability features. With features like an integrated system management processor, Predictive Failure Analysis®, and light path diagnostics, you are ensured of maximum uptime of your blade server computing loads. In addition, you can add or change HS20 blade servers without disrupting the operation of other blade servers in the same IBM BladeCenter chassis. With the HS20 blade servers you can get high density compute power without sacrificing performance.

IBM HS20 Blade Server Supported Operating Systems

• Microsoft® Windows® 2003, Advanced Server, Web (standard editions)
• Red Hat® Enterprise Linux
• SUSE® Linux
• Novell Netware®
• Solaris 10

Start Configuring Your Blade Server Solution Today

North American Systems’ extensive IBM experience and experience with the Blade platform makes us an ideal partner to work with for those who are looking to pilot or expand their blade server projects and deployment. Our systems engineers can provide in-depth technical insight and expertise, to help you configure a system that meets business requirements while reducing infrastructure costs.

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