Hitachi 1000 User Manual

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BladeSymphony 1000 Architecture

 

The eight slot BladeSymphony 1000 can accommodate a total of up to eight Dual-Socket, Dual-Core 
or Quad-Core Intel Xeon Server Blades for up to 64 cores per system. Each Intel Xeon Server Blade 
supports up to four PCI slots, and provides the option of adding Fibre Channel or SCSI storage. Two 
on-board gigabit Ethernet ports are also provided, along with IP KVM for remote access, virtual media 
support, and front-side VGA and USB ports for direct access to the server blade.

Figure 13. Intel Xeon Server Blade

While the Intel Itanium Server Blades provide SMP and the raw performance that the Itanium 
processors bring to number-crunching jobs, the Intel Xeon Server Blades, which require less power and 
cooling, and are less expensive, are ideal for supporting infrastructure and application workloads, as 
well as 32-bit applications. The components of the Intel Xeon Server Blade are listed in Table 4.

Processor 
Series

5110 Series

5140 

Series

5260 Series

E5430 Series

X5460 Series

Processor Fre-
quency

1.60 GHz

2.33 GHz

3.33 GHz

2.66 GHz

3.16 GHz

Number of Pro-
cessors

Maximum 2 (maximum 4 cores)

Maximum 2 (maximum 8 cores)

Cache Memory

L2: 4 MB

L2: 6 MB

L2: 2 x 6 MB

System Bus 
(FSB) Fre-
quency

1066 MHz

1333 MHz

Main Memory

ECC DDR2-667 FB-DIMM Advanced ECC / Memory Mirroring