Special purpose blade devices are used for specialized
purposes, such as the IBM BladeCenter HC10 and IBM BladeCenter PN41
Deep Packet Inspection (DPI) blade.
IBM WebSphere DataPower Integration Blade XI50B
The IBM WebSphere DataPower Integration Blade XI50B is
compatible with IBM BladeCenter H and HT units and with IBM BladeCenter
E units that have an advanced management module installed. The appliance
is a double-wide configuration that installs in two adjacent blade
bays of the BladeCenter unit.
HC10 Blade Workstation
The IBM HC10 blade workstation is a high-density blade
workstation that features high-performance Intel Xeon Processors.
PN41 Deep Packet Inspection Blade
The IBM PN41 deep packet inspection blade is a content-processing
blade designed to save space in data centers and reduce maintenance
requirements.