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.
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.
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
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.