Features and specifications

The following table provides a summary of the features and specifications of the BladeCenter S chassis.

Media tray (on front):
  • One DVD drive (can be either a CD-RW/DVD-ROM or DVD/RW drive)
  • Two USB v2.0 ports
  • Front system LED panel
  • Two battery backup unit bay locations, which support the SAS RAID controller modules

Blade bays (on front): Six hot-swap blade server bays

Disk storage module bays (on front): Two storage bays, each containing up to six 3.5-inch disk drive bays or twelve 2.5-inch disk drive bays.

Module bays (on rear):
  • One hot-swap advanced management module bay
  • Four hot-swap power module bays
  • Four hot-swap fan module bays
  • Four hot-swap I/O module bays
  • One hot-swap serial pass-thru module bay
Power modules:
  • Minimum: Two hot-swap power modules.
  • Maximum: Four hot-swap power modules

Cooling:

Four variable-speed, hot-swap fan modules

Two fans in each power supply cool the disk storage modules

Management module:
  • One hot-swap advanced management module
Upgradeable microcode:
  • Advanced management module firmware
  • I/O module firmware
  • Blade server firmware
  • Disk storage module firmware
Security features:
  • Login password for remote connection
  • Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) security for remote management access
  • Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP)
Predictive Failure Analysis (PFA) alerts:
  • Fan modules
  • Blade-dependent features
Size (7 U):
  • Height: 306.3 mm (12 in.)
  • Depth: 733.4 mm (28.9 in.)
  • Width: 444 mm (17.5 in.)
  • Weight:
    • Fully configured weight with blade servers: approximately 108.86 kg (240 lb)
    • Empty chassis without modules or blade servers: approximately 40.82 kg (90 lb)
Environment:
  • Air temperature:
    • BladeCenter S system on:
      • Altitude: 0 to 914 m (3000 ft) 10° to 35°C (50° to 95°F)
      • Altitude: 914 m to 2134 m (3000 ft to 7000 ft) 10° to 32°C (50° to 90°F)
    • BladeCenter S system off: -40° to 60°C (-40° to 140°F).
  • Humidity: 8% to 80%
  • Acoustics: declared sound power level: 6.3 to 6.8 bels
Electrical input:
  • Sine-wave input (50 - 60 Hz single-phase) required
  • Input voltage (110 V ac):
    • Minimum: 100 Vrms
    • Maximum: 127 Vrms
  • Input voltage (220 V ac):
    • Minimum: 200 Vrms
    • Maximum: 240 Vrms
Heat output: Approximate heat output in British thermal units (BTU) per hour:
  • Minimum configuration: 1365 Btu per hour (400 watts)
  • Maximum configuration: 11942 Btu per hour (3500 watts)

Parent topic: Introduction