Thursday, November 20, 2008

NEW - LS22 & LS42 Blades Servers

IBM BladeCenter LS22 and LS42 blade servers pack high-density blade computing into less space

Overview


New IBM® BladeCenter® LS22 and LS42 blade servers feature:

  • 2.7 GHz1 quad-core AMD Opteron 2384 processors, including 2 MB L2 cache 6 MB L3 cache and full 64-bit support (LS22).
  • 2.5 GHz quad-core AMD Opteron 8380 processors, including 2 MB L2 cache 6 MB L3 cache and full 64-bit support (LS42).
  • 2.7 GHz quad-core AMD Opteron 8384 processors, including 2 MB L2 cache 6 MB L3 cache and full 64-bit support (LS42).
  • Two-way SMP processing (per socket) with a 1 GHz HyperTransport processor link.
  • Up to 32 GB2 maximum system memory in an IBM BladeCenter LS22.
  • Up to 64 GB maximum system memory in an IBM BladeCenter LS42 (with addition of Multi Processor Expansion Unit option). Note: Some offerings may have MPE standard, check configuration details.
  • Broadcom 5709S dual-port Gigabit Ethernet connections with failover support on LS22.
  • Support for small form factor (SFF) or earlier Ethernet or Fibre Channel I/O cards, and Myrinet or InfiniBand expansion cards.
  • Integrated systems management processor.
  • Integrated SAS controller and connectors for two 2.5-inch SFF non-hot-swap SAS HDDs or solid-state drives.

Planned Availability: November 30, 2008


LS22
Processor Option:

46M6808
Quad Core AMD Opteron Processor Model 2384 2.7 GHz 2MB L2 6MB L3 Cache

LS42
Multi Processor Expansion Units (2 x Processor Upgrades standard):
46M6817
LS42 Multi Processor Expansion Unit: Processor Model 8380 (2 x 2.5GHz)
44X1685
LS42 Multi Processor Expansion Unit: Processor Model 8384 (2 x 2.7GHz)

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