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BladeCenter LS41
AMD Opteron LS41 for IBM BladeCenter
Highlights
- Features open, flexible configuration that can scale from a single-slot, 1-processor server to a screaming double-slot, 4-processor server in a snap
- Maintains a low power and thermal envelope for enhanced energy efficiency
- Integrates easily with the entire IBM BladeCenter® family of products to protect overall investment
In today’s enterprise environment, organizations need powerful servers that not only integrate with existing systems, but can grow as business grows. The IBM BladeCenter LS41 is a high-density blade server delivering energy efficiency and innovative scalability; it’s the right choice for memory-intensive applications, including virtualization, database and server consolidation.
Scale up in a snap
The LS41 blade features a flexible configuration that can scale from a 1-processor to a 4-processor blade, enabling organizations to manage growth and complexity without investing in new systems down the road. Its innovative design features easy scalability, so the system can be upgraded in a snap.
Product features
- Revolutionary form factor delivers high density for the data center
- Integrated System Management Processor, light path diagnostics and IBM Predictive Failure Analysis® combine to provide powerful management capabilities
- IBM Director provides remote management from a single graphical console—helping simplify and automate IT and networking tasks
- Easily add or change blades without disrupting the operation of other blades installed in the chassis
Hardware summary
- Features up to four high-performance, AMD Opteron processors
- Up to two internal SAS hard disk drives
- 2 GB standard/64 GB maximum memory per blade
- Two TCP/IP Offload Engine (TOE-enabled) Gigabit Ethernet controllers standard, with load-balancing and failover features
- Expansion capabilities for Fibre Channel, Ethernet, Myrinet and InfiniBand®
Features and Benefits
| Feature |
Benefits |
| Modular system delivering raw processing power |
- Slim and powerful, the blade design delivers high density
without sacrificing server processor performance.
- Up to 42 four-processor servers in an industry-standard rack
or up to 40 four-processor servers in a telecommunications industry-standard,
84-inch rack, packing more performance per square foot and saving
you valuable central office and/or data center real estate.
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| Multiprocessor Expansion Unit |
- Elegantly simple scalability, allowing easy expansion from
a two-processor configuration to a four-processor configuration.
- Pay-as-you-grow flexibility: Start with the base (two-processor)
unit and expand as needed, protecting the initial investment.
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| Supports up to four AMD Opteron processors |
- Support for dual-core processors up to 3.0 GHz.
- AMD Opteron processors offer an Integrated Memory Controller
that allows for increased bandwidth and reduced latency for
certain applications.
- Support for standard power processors as well as high-efficiency and extreme efficiency processors that draw up to one-third less power than the standard processors. Note that the models that use the standard power processors are designed for use in the BladeCenter H chassis. Due to increased power and thermal needs, these processors will run at “n-2” processor speed in the BladeCenter and BladeCenter T chassis. In most cases this represents a speed reduction of 400 MHz. Models that use the high-efficiency processors will run at full speed in all chassis.
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| Up to 64 GB of DDR II memory |
- Up to 16 DIMM slots per server blade.
- Very Low Profile (VLP) DDR II DIMMs help to maximize the amount
of memory that can be installed in the ultra-dense blade.
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| Support for two internal SAS hard disk drives (HDDs) or two solid
state disks, along with expansion opportunities |
- The IBM BladeCenter LS41 supports up to two non-hot-swap SAS
HDDs in a choice of capacities—up to 146.8 GB each.
- Solid state drive improves reliability and energy-efficiency with a choice of capacities up to 32 GB each.
- Supports the Storage and I/O Expansion Blade (SIO), which allows each blade to support up to three additional hot-swap SFF SAS HDDs.
- SIO includes optional support for RAID-5 and battery-backed cache.
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| Integrated dual Gigabit Ethernet connections |
- Each blade includes two or four (depending on configuration)
TOE (TCI/P Offload Engine) enabled NIC ports capable of transmitting
large amounts of data at fast speeds for high-performance network
applications.
- Robust design supports teaming and failover.
- Planned iSCSI and RDMA support available at a later date.
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| Two high-availability midplane connections |
- Each blade is reliably and easily connected via two redundant
paths to the passive midplane and the integrated switching and
power infrastructure contained in the BladeCenter chassis.
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| Light path diagnostics standard |
- LED lights provide a quick and easy guide to troubleshoot
your server. Faster problem resolution means higher availability
and more server uptime.
- Independently powered, allowing you to remove the server from the chassis and still illuminate the light path LEDs.
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| Predictive Failure Analysis |
- Helps save you time and money by decreasing planned and unplanned
downtime.
- Increases uptime by allowing you to receive proactive alerts as much as 24 – 48 hours in advance.
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| Integrated System Management Processor |
- Increases server availability by continuously monitoring your system and notifying you of potential system failures or changes.
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| IBM Director and IBM Director Extensions—comprehensive
systems management tools |
- Exploits hardware capabilities by surfacing pertinent information
about your system, allowing you to automate a response.
- Helps increase uptime, reduce costs and improve productivity via advanced server management capabilities.
- Provides intelligent system management for rock-solid reliability.
- IBM Remote Deployment Manager simplifies and automates server deployment and redeployment for efficient installation and startup.
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| Operating System support |
- Red Hat 4 (AS, ES, WS)
- Red Hat 4 (AS, ES, WS) for x64
- SUSE Linux® ES 9
- SUSE Linux ES 9 for x64
- Microsoft® Windows Server® 2003 and R2
- Windows® XP
- Red Hat 3 (AS, ES, WS)
- Red Hat 3 (AS, ES, WS) for x64
- Solaris 10
- VMware
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| 3-year customer replaceable unit and onsite limited warranty |
- The IBM Global Services organization provides reliable, dedicated
and skilled assistance when you need it.
- Provides peace of mind for an extended period of time.
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Specifications
| Processor |
AMD Opteron™ Model 8214HE, 8216HE, 8218, 8220
and 8222 |
| Number of processors (std/max) |
1/4 |
| Cache (max) |
1 MB L2 per processor core |
| Memory (max) |
Up to 64 GB DDR II VLP memory |
| Internal storage |
Two SAS hard disk drives up to 146.8 GB each; 16 GB or 32 GB solid
state drive |
| Maximum internal storage |
293.6 GB internal; up to 734 GB with Storage and I/O Expansion
blade installed; up to 64 GB using solid state drives |
| Network interface |
2 or 4 integrated Gigabit Ethernet controllers |
| I/O upgrade |
2 PCI-X expansion connector and 1 PCI-Express expansion connector |
| Systems management hardware |
Integrated systems management processor |
| Dimension |
30 mm single-slot blade or 60mm double-slot blade |
| Max blades per chassis |
BladeCenter E 7 or 14, BladeCenter H 7 or 14, BladeCenter S 3
or 6, BladeCenter T 4 or 8, BladeCenter HT 6 or 12 |
| Operating systems supported |
Microsoft® Windows®, Linux® and Solaris |
| I/O ports (max) |
8 or 12 |
| Limited warranty |
3-year customer replaceable unit and onsite limited warranty |
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