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BladeCenter HS12

The IBM BladeCenter HS12 blade server is a single-wide blade server is ideally suited for Small and Medium Enterprise (SME) applications, branch office, and departmental workgroup locations.

Graphic of the HS12 blade server
  • PDF files
    Information about IBM BladeCenter HS12 Type 8014 or 8028 is available in Portable Document Format (PDF) files.
  • Introduction
    The IBM® BladeCenter® HS12 Type 8014 or 8028 blade server is compatible with IBM BladeCenter units. This single-wide blade server is ideally suited for Small and Medium Enterprise (SME) applications, branch office, and departmental workgroup locations. The IBM BladeCenter HS12 blade server supports one Intel LGA-771 high-performance microprocessor and has six memory-module slots, two storage-device bays, one Peripheral Component Interconnect eXtended (PCI-X) slot, a PCI-Express (PCI-E) connector, and a concurrent keyboard/video/mouse (cKVM) slot.
  • Installing options
    Use this information for instructions about installing optional hardware devices in the blade server. Some option-removal instructions are provided in case you have to remove one option to install another.
  • Configuring the blade server
    Use this information for details about the configuration requirements of the blade server.
  • Installing the operating system
    Use these instructions to install the operating system on the blade server.
  • Troubleshooting
    Use this information to diagnose and fix any problems that might occur in your IBM BladeCenter HS12.
  • Removing and replacing blade server components
    Use this information to remove and replace components in the blade server.
  • Getting help and technical assistance
    If you need help, service, or technical assistance or just want more information about IBM products, you will find a wide variety of sources available from IBM to assist you.