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Features and specifications

Use this table to view specific information about the blade appliance, such as blade appliance hardware features and the dimensions of the blade appliance.

Notes
Power, cooling, removable-media drives, external ports, and advanced system management are provided by the BladeCenter® unit.

The following table is a summary of the features and specifications of the blade appliance.

Table 1. Features and specifications

Microprocessor: Supports two multi-core Intel Xeon microprocessors

Memory:
  • 12 dual inline memory module (DIMM) connectors
  • Type: Very Low Profile (VLP) double-data rate (DDR3) DRAM. Supports six 2 GB DIMMs on the system board

Drives: Two hot-swap, small form factor (SFF) Serial Attached SCSI (SAS) storage drives

Integrated functions:
  • Local service processor: Integrated Management Module (IMM) with Intelligent Platform Management Interface (IPMI) firmware
  • Integrated Matrox G200eV video controller
  • LSI 1064E SAS controller
  • Broadcom BCM5709S dual-port Gigabit Ethernet controller
  • Broadcom BCM57711 dual-port 10 Gigabit Ethernet controller
    Note
    The blade appliance high-speed Ethernet interfaces are available only when the blade appliance is installed in BladeCenter unit that is high-speed-switch capable. A high-speed 10GbE I/O module must also be installed in the BladeCenter unit that is set up for operation with the blade appliance.
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Integrated functions: (continued)
  • Integrated keyboard/video/mouse (cKVM) controller through IMM
  • Light path diagnostics
  • RS-485 interface for communication with the management module
  • Automatic server restart (ASR)
  • USB 2.0 for communication with cKVM and removable media drives
  • Serial over LAN (SOL)
  • Redundant buses for communication with keyboard, mouse, and removable media drives
Predictive Failure Analysis (PFA) alerts:
  • Microprocessors
  • Memory
  • Storage drives

Electrical input: 12 V dc

Size:
  • Height: 24.5 cm (9.7 inches) (6U)
  • Depth: 44.6 cm (17.6 inches)
  • Width: 5.9 cm (2.32 inches)
  • Maximum weight: 7.4 kg (16.3 lb)
Environment:
  • Air temperature:
    • Blade server on: 10°C to 35°C (50°F to 95°F). Altitude: 0 m to 914.4 m (0 ft to 3000 ft)
    • Blade server on: 10°C to 32°C (50°F to 89.6°F). Altitude: 914.4 m to 2133.6 m (3000 ft to 7000 ft)
    • Blade server off: 10°C to 43°C (50°F to 109.4°F). Altitude: 914.4 m to 2133.6 m (3000 ft to 7000 ft)
    • Blade server shipping: -40°C to 60°C (-40°F to 140°F)
  • Humidity:
    • Blade server on: 8% to 80%
    • Blade server off: 8% to 80%
    • Blade server storage: 5% to 80%
    • Blade server shipment: 5% to 100%
  • Particulate contamination:
    Attention
    Airborne particulates and reactive gases acting alone or in combination with other environmental factors such as humidity or temperature might pose a risk to the server. For information about the limits for particulates and gases, see Particulate contamination.