BladeCenter T Chassis

Highlights

A commercial off-the-shelf platform designed to help lower total cost of ownership and help accelerate new revenue generation opportunities for telecommunications and service providers
Innovative, modular design delivers the reliability, flexibility and performance density capable of supporting an IP-based, next-generation network application infrastructure integrating voice, data and multimedia
Integration of servers, I/O, storage, operating systems and applications into a single, compact network platform that is ideal for deploying autonomic capabilities, enabling an on demand operating environment

IBM BladeCenter T delivers rich telecommunications features and functionality, including integrated servers, storage and networking, fault-tolerant features, optional hot-swappable redundant AC or DC power supplies and cooling, and built-in systems management resources in a 20" deep chassis.

Common features

High performance density helps you concentrate as much computing power as possible into your datacentre
IBM Director software provides proactive systems management for rock-solid reliability
Calibrated Vectored Cooling helps maintain the health of your systems by keeping internal components cool
Light path diagnostics helps you troubleshoot more easilyhelping increase uptime and reduce service costs
3-year onsite limited warranty provides operational continuity and use of networking technology for an extended period of time

Hardware summary

8U rack-optimized chassis
Up to 8 blade server bays for significant performance density
Up to four integrated and hot-swappable Gigabit Ethernet switch modules or two Gigabit Ethernet and two Fibre Channel switch modules
Designed to meet the rigorous NEBS-3-ETSI standards for electromagnetic compatibility, thermal robustness, fire resistance, earthquake and office vibration resistance and airborne contaminant resistance
Up to four hot-swap and redundant 1300W power supply modules with load-balancing and failover capabilities

Featured resources for BladeCenter T Chassis

BladeCenter T Compatability Guide