IBM BladeCenter S Chassis 8886E1G User Manual

Product codes
8886E1G
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Lower costs through the ability to 
add more servers, storage and net­
working simply on an as-needed 
basis. 
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Save energy through reduced power 
consumption compared to rack 
servers. 
Now IBM brings the power of 
BladeCenter to small and midsized 
businesses. Introducing 
IBM BladeCenter S, the industry’s first 
blade chassis uniquely designed for 
small and midsized offices and distrib­
uted environments. Building-in simplicity 
and economy, BladeCenter S is 
designed to get big IT results from the 
smallest IT staffs. 
Right size, right choice 
Small enough to sit under your desk, 
the new BladeCenter S chassis makes 
it easy and cost-effective for small and 
midsized businesses to obtain IT results 
at levels traditionally reserved for large 
enterprises. With six blade servers, the 
chassis simply plugs into an average 
wall socket, helping eliminate the need 
to own and operate costly data centers. 
Within a single chassis, BladeCenter S 
supports virtually all of your 
applications—including those running 
on Microsoft® Windows®, IBM AIX® 
and Linux®—and integrates the hard­
ware and software most used by mid-
sized businesses: 
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Antivirus/firewall protection 
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Voice over IP 
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E-mail and collaboration 
applications 
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Backup and recovery 
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File and print applications 
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Easy tools to manage storage 
BladeCenter S is compatible with the 
BladeCenter family of products, helping 
provide investment protection and 
seamless growth. The new chassis 
shares many of the IBM BladeCenter 
blades and switches. Leveraging a sin­
gle, compatible architecture can help 
you reduce costs and complexity, while 
helping deliver investment protection. 
Easy to install, deploy and manage 
IBM knows that midsized businesses 
and enterprises with branch offices 
need solutions that are easy-to-deploy 
and easy-to-manage. That’s why the 
all-in-one BladeCenter S comes with 
easy-to-use tools that will get your 
solution up and running quickly, while 
helping you minimize the costs associ­
ated with managing your environment. 
Installation and deployment 
BladeCenter S takes the ease of setting 
up storage to a whole new level. 
Choose from several popular and pre­
defined configurations and bypass the 
traditional step-by-step approach to 
setting up storage.