BladeCenter Arie Berkovitch eserver Territory Manager 2006 IBM Corporation
IBM BladeCenter
What is a Blade A server on a card each Blade has its own: processor networking memory optional storage etc. IBM Blade - in its own rugged-ized chassis The chassis provides shared: Console Access (KVM) Power Supplies Cooling Network Connectivity (SAN/LAN/Myrinet Switches) CD-ROM drive diskette drive IBM Blade - with its cover on - ready for insertion into the BladeCenter IBM BladeCenter chassis - 7U rackable
IBM eserver BladeCenter Up to 4 processors per blade Up to 14 blades per chassis Up to Six 7U chassis per rack Full performance and manageability of rack-optimized platforms...... at TWICE the density of most comparable non-blade 1U servers
IBM eserver BladeCenter HS20 Full Performance and Manageability you expect from 1U/2U/3U platforms... at TWICE the density! A1 A2 D C G1 B1 B2 G2 F E1 E2 A. Up to two Xeon DP Processors B. Dual Gigabit Ethernet Channels C. Up to 8GB Chipkill ECC DDR Memory D. Integrated Systems Mangement Processor E. High Availability Midplane Connections F. Daughtercard G. SCSI/IDE/Flash HDD (RAID1 HW) Server Processors... for Server Workloads!
IBM eserver BladeCenter HS40 TRUE BladeCenter Density 1U 4-Way Processor System Up to 4 3.0GHz/4MB Cache Processors Up to 16GB of RAM (8 DIMM Sockets) Quad Ethernet Onboard 60mm (Double-wide) Chassis support 7 per BladeCenter Chassis. Mix and Match with other BladeCenter Blades!
IBM eserver BladeCenter LS20 HPC performance with enterprise availability feature set 68W processors Two sockets Single and dual core speed bins 4 DDR VLP (very low profile) DIMM slots Broadcom dual port ethernet Ultra 320 non Hot Swap Disk w/ RAID1 Supports SFF and legacy I/O expansion cards Labeled as LS20
IBM eserver BladeCenter JS20 Two 1.6 GHz PowerPC processors with 32/64KB Level 1 (L1) data/instruction cache and 512KB L2 cache 512MB to 4GB of ECC (Error Checking and Correcting) memory in 4 DIMM slots Dual Gigabit Ethernet ports Integrated system management processor ATA-100 IDE controller for up to two 40GB IDE disk drives Daughter card slot for an optional Dual Gigabit Ethernet or Dual 2 Gigabit Fibre Channel adapter Supports Linux, AIX
Additional Options PCI expansion Hotswap SCSI HDD
Daughtercard Options HBA 2GB/4GB dual Port iscsi dual Port Ethernet dual Port Infiniband dual port Myrinet dual port Ethernet HBA Myrinet Infiniband iscsi
BladeCenter Chassis-Front Chassis-Back Gigabit Information Ethernet panel Portfolio,Shared USB, CD/DVD and Fiber FloppyChannel (2/4Gb) Portfolio HPC High Portfolio Availability Backplane design Power (4 x 2000W load-balancing) Calibrated, vectored cooling Highly fault tolerant Allow maximum processor speeds KVM Switches / Management Modules Full remote video redirection In many cases out-of-band / lights out systems management Redundant Blower KVM Switch Redundant / Blower Management Module Redundant Power Redundant Power Redundant Power Redundant Power
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BladeCenter provides. Investment Protection!! HP Chassis HP BLe Enclosure LV Pentium 3U, 20 Server Bays 1Q02 HP BLp Enclosure Xeon (Irwindale) 6U, 8 Server Bays 3Q02 RETIRED AFTER 3 YRS HP BLp Enclosure Xeon (Prestonia) 6U, 16 Server Bays 2Q04 Supports latest Intel Xeon Technology Does not support latest Intel Xeon Technology HP PUBLICIZES HIGH HP DENSITY enclosures BUT CANNOT do not support SUPPORT more NOCONA than 2Gb OR IRWINDALE speeds across PROCESSORS! the backplane. A new chassis is going to be needed to support 4Gb HP (16) blade configurations cannot support Intel Xeon (Nocona or Irwindale) Processors Dell Chassis Dell 1655MC Enclosure LV Pentium RETIRED AFTER 2 YRS 3U, 6 Server Bays 4Q02 Dell 1855MC Enclosure Xeon (Irwindale) 7U, 10 Server Bays 4Q04 BC Chassis BladeCenter Chassis Xeon (Irwindale) 7U, 14 Server Bays 4Q02 BladeCenter T Chassis Xeon (Irwindale) 8U, 8 Server Bays 3Q03 3 YEARS AND COUNTING! 2 YEARS AND COUNTING! 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006
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Ethernet Switching Portfolio Nortel Networks Layer 2/3 Gb Ethernet Switch Modules Cisco Systems Intelligent Gb Ethernet Switch Module Nortel Networks L2-7 GbE Switch Module Copper Pass-thru Module Supplier: IBM Provides unswitched/unblocked copper connection Up to 14-copper connections to external switch (requires breakout cable option) Supplier: Nortel OS: AOS 6-port copper/fiber Layer 2 Switching Multiple STP Layer 3 Routing Supplier: Cisco OS: IOS 4-port copper/fiber Layer 2 Switching Layer 3/4 services Supplier: Nortel Layer 2-7 functionality OS: AOS Load Balancing Routing / Switching Advanced Filtering Content Intelligence A full suite of integrated offerings to provide additional flexibility and choice!
IBM eserver BladeCenter SAN(2GB) Switch Portfolio IBM eserver BladeCenter Optical Pass-thru Module Supplier: IBM Provides unswitched/unblocked optical connection Up to 14-optical connections to external SAN (requires breakout cable option) QLogic Enterprise 6-port Fibre Channel Switch Module Supplier: QLogic Equivalent to SANbox 5200 6-1/2Gb Auto sensing external ports Cascades to (239) Domain IDs Supports performance monitoring and advanced zoning FC-SW-2 Compliant Brocade Entry SAN Switch Module Supplier: Brocade Equivalent to Silkworm 3900 2-1/2Gb Auto sensing external ports Cascades to (2) Domain IDs Supports Brocade Advanced Feature Key options McDATA 6-port Fibre Channel Switch Module Supplier: QLogic/McDATA Equivalent functionality to McDATA Sphereon 4500 6-1/2Gb Auto sensing external ports Cascades to (239) Domain IDs Supports McDATA Advanced Feature Key options Brocade Enterprise SAN Switch Module Supplier: Brocade Equivalent to Silkworm 3900 2-1/2Gb Auto sending external ports Cascades to (239) Domain IDs Supports Brocade Advanced Feature Key options A full suite of integrated offerings to provide flexibility and choice!
IBM BladeCenter delivers the first TRUE fully enabled 4Gb SAN solutions for blade servers!! Provides interoperability in open mode leveraging standards-compliant (FC-SW2 & FC-SW3) SANs Allows seamless integration of BladeCenter into McDATA environments Affordable 10-port and 20-port offerings available - ideal for Small, Medium and Large Enterprise business needs Easy-to-use software upgrade doubles your 10-port switch connectivity to 20-ports for on demand scalability Included with every switch, QLogic's SANsurfer Management Suite eases installation, configuration and management of your SAN infrastructure - all from one GUI Affordable 10-port and 20-port models Upgrade available for 10-port model Includes McDATA SANbrowser - easy-to-use embedded web GUI to configure, manage, and maintain your McDATA SAN Provides non-disruptive code load activation using McDATA HotCAT Functionality Supports optional McDATA SANtegrity Security software help to protect data and manage data access Both enable high-performance end-to-end 4 Gigabits per second SAN solutions
HP calls it a 4Gb Switch, but is it? 8 internal 1-2Gb server ports, 4 external 4Gb auto-sensing ports Recognizes 2Gb & 1Gb fabric devices Without a backplane (internal server ports) that support 4Gb Devices or 4Gb HBA this in effect is a 2Gb Fibre Channel Switch http://h18006.www1.hp.com/products/quickspecs/12231_na/12231_na.html
IBM eserver BladeCenter HPC Portfolio Myrinet Optical Pass-thru Module Myrinet Daughtercard Topspin IB Topspin IB switch Topspin IB Daughtercard Myrinet Topspin A full suite of integrated offerings to provide additional flexibility and choice!
How does integration help improve performance? An Ethernet Example 70000 60000 50000 40000 30000 20000 10000 0 Layer 4 GbE Throughput Sessions/Second 65000 BladeCenter w/integrated L2-7 Switch Source: The Tolly Group (January 2004) 41000 HP ProLiant w/integrated L2 switch & external L4-7 switch BladeCenter with Integrated Layer 2-7 LAN switching delivers over 60% greater Layer 4 session performance than Proliant BL-class with an External Layer 4-7 switch
Gartner Power Usage Report IBM BladeCenter 1U server HP BL20p G2 Max config/rack 168 Xeon DP 3.2Ghz 84 Xeon DP 3.2Ghz 96 Xeon DP 3.2Ghz Equalized rack fulfillment 3 enclosures, 36 servers, 72 processors 36 servers, 72 processors 5 enclosures, 36 servers, 72 processors U space required 21U 36U 30U Power requirement 8,872W 15,912W 13,891W Heat output 30,255 BTU 54,260 BTU 47,365 BTU
Cooling Implementation BladeCenter HP BL30p HP BL20p G2 HP BL40p Number of Fans/Blowers per server 0 4 Hot-swap Fans/Blowers Yes - all No No Yes 2/3 # of Fans/Blowers per 84 2-way servers # of Fans/Blowers per 14 4-way servers 12 blowers 336 672 fans fans 8 9 4 blowers 126 fans
How did IBM do it? Smarter thermal solutions FANS - 14 Blade Comparison Two N+N Hot Swap Blowers 56 Non Hot-Swap Fans (4 in each server) 2 moving parts Hot Swap 56 moving parts All non Hot Swap