Server integration solution based on IBM bladecenter

IBM bladecenter is a veritable blade center, because in a 7u chassis, it can not only accommodate 14 blade servers, but also integrate two 20-port fiber switches, two 18-port 7-layer Ethernet switches, four 2000 Watt power modules, two 14-port KVM and two high-power concentrated cooling fans. The IBM blade center provides customers with the most cost-effective resizing methods in the current competitive IT environment through innovative module technologies. Blade servers are designed in more demanding environments: limited space, high management capabilities, high scalability, powerful processing capabilities, and outstanding performance. Due to the large number of blade servers in the blade center, tools are required for quick installation. ibm rdm can help with this function, and RDM can also be integrated with Director management tools, this makes blade server management more convenient. Through software and hardware, the blade server enables very few IT personnel to manage a large number of server systems, thus reducing IT architecture costs. This is the development trend of server architecture. The IBM bladecenter Blade Server integrates all types of servers and peripheral application devices by means of outward expansion, which improves the system integration and facilitates the management of servers and peripheral devices.

 

Is a typical system architecture diagram, including servers, network switches, firewalls, and optical fiber switches. for traditional servers, if you want to complete these functions, you must follow the above methods, as you can imagine, such a large number of servers and switches must occupy a lot of space, and management of various devices is complicated and cumbersome. However, when using the blade server, these problems can be solved.

Using InfiniBand and other advanced technologies, the blade server can meet various bandwidth requirements. The dual-redundancy Backplane Design and standard module interface make other such as Cisco, Nortel, products from Qlogic, brocade, and other manufacturers can be integrated into bladecenter.