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)