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• JS20 Blade Servers
• Intel® Xeon®-based Blade Servers
• HS21 Extended Memory Blade Servers
• HS21 Blade Servers
• HS20 Blade Servers
• HS20 Ultra low-power Blade Servers
• HS40 Blade Servers
• AMD Opteron™-based Blade Servers
• LS41 Blade Servers
• LS21 Blade Servers
• LS20 Blade Servers

IBM BladeCenter

Maximize compute density, reduce energy costs, and simplify management of your datacenter with IBM BladeCenter solutions

IBM’s BladeCenter blade computing solutions are truely innovative, featuring architecture that is designed to approach the real problems businesses face in today’s business climate.

Processor flexibility

IBM Blade Center chassis supports the entire line of IBM’s blade server. In addition to all blade servers supporting a wide variety of operating systems and virtualization across systems, you also have CPU choice. Pick between Intel® (single- or dual-core) Xeon® chips, AMD Opteron™, or IBM POWER™ processors to power your blade server architecture.

Blade servers with Xeon technology: HS21 XM, HS21, HS20, HS20 ultra low-power & HS40

Blade servers with POWER™ technology: JS21 & JS20

Blade servers with AMD Opteron technology: LS20

Cell processor-based blade servers: QS20

Chassis flexibility

IBM offers flexibility in choosing your blade enclosure as well. Choose between:

BladeCenter S - supports up to six blade servers in a desktop configuration that can be plugged into a standard 110-volt office power outlet

BladeCenter HT - next generation technology capabilities for telecom & other ruggedized environments

BladeCenter H - cutting edge technology that supports 4X Infiniband, 10Gb Ethernet, and 10Gb Fibre

BladeCenter T - a NEBS-3-/ETSI-compliant enclosure for rugged environments

BladeCenter - cost-effective with a slim form factor for maximized compute density

Availability Features

• Redundant-path midplanes
• Hot-swappable fans & blowers
• Redundant power supplies
• Light path diagnostics

Management Features

• IBM Director - comprehensive management software
• Predictive Failure Analysis® - troubleshoot problems before they occur
• Multiple operating systems support - perfect for consolidating heterogeneous environments

Start Configuring Your Blade Server Solution Today

North American Systems’ extensive IBM experience and experience with the Blade platform make it an ideal IBM Business 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.