IBM BladeCenter HS20 Ultra-low power

Enhanced power efficiency & dual-core Xeon® processors without sacrificing density or availability

IBM HS20 Blade ServerTake advantage of Intel®’s Xeon dual-core ultra low-power processors, with the IBM HS20 ultra low-power blade servers. These servers deliver the same high-availability features that the rest of the IBM blade server line does, but delivers excellent high performance/watt to reduce TCO of your blade architecture.

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

IBM HS20 Ultra low-power Blade Server Specifications
Processors Up to 2 x Intel Xeon Processor up to 2.0GHz
Max cache 1MB or 2MB
Memory Up to 16GB PC2-3200 DDR2
Hard drives Up to 2 x SAS HDDs
RAID Integrated RAID 0,1 standard
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 ultra low-power blade servers without disrupting the operation of other blade servers in the same IBM BladeCenter chassis. With the HS20 ultra low-power blade servers you can get high density compute power without sacrificing performance.

IBM HS20 Ultra Low-Power Blade Server Supported Operating Systems

  • Microsoft® Windows® 2003, Advanced Server, Web (Standard Editions)
  • Red Hat® Enterprise Linux
  • SUSE® Linux
  • Novell NetWare®

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