IBM BladeCenter H delivers high performance, extreme reliability, and ultimate flexibility to even the most demanding IT environments. In 9 U of rack space, the BladeCenter H chassis can contain up to 14 blade servers, 10 switch modules, and four power supplies to provide the necessary I/O network switching, power, cooling, and control panel information to support the individual servers.
The chassis supports up to four traditional fabrics using networking switches, storage switches, or pass through devices. The chassis also supports up to four high-speed fabrics for support of protocols like 10 Gigabit Ethernet and Converged Enhanced Ethernet.
With the new Virtual Fabric Solution for IBM BladeCenter, clients have the flexibility to tailor their connectivity to meet the specific bandwidth needs of individual blades and Virtual machines. Clients can choose from 1Gb/s, 10Gb/s, or any amount in between with virtual ports. In addition, Virtual Fabric delivers a future upgrade path for convergence.
The IBM® BladeCenter® HS22 offers flexible options to support a broad range of workloads, including virtualization and enterprise applications. Along with intuitive UEFI-based tools, the HS22 can be customized and deployed quickly while best-in-class reliability features help keep you up and running. As Part of the Virtual Fabric Solution, HS22 delivers up to 10 ethernet ports with customizable bandwidth and 2 8Gb/s Fibre Channel Ports, for maximum connectivity and performance.
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