Features and specifications

Use this table to view specific information about the blade appliance, such as blade appliance hardware features and the dimensions of the blade appliance.

Notes: Power, cooling, removable-media drives, external ports, and advanced system management are provided by the BladeCenter® unit.

The following table is a summary of the features and specifications of the blade appliance.

Table 1. Features and specifications

Microprocessor: Supports two multi-core Intel Xeon microprocessors

Memory:
  • 12 dual inline memory module (DIMM) connectors
  • Type: Very Low Profile (VLP) double-data rate (DDR3) DRAM. Supports six 2 GB DIMMs on the system board

Drives: Two hot-swap, small form factor (SFF) Serial Attached SCSI (SAS) storage drives

Integrated functions:
  • Local service processor: Integrated Management Module (IMM) with Intelligent Platform Management Interface (IPMI) firmware
  • Integrated Matrox G200eV video controller
  • LSI 1064E SAS controller
  • Broadcom BCM5709S dual-port Gigabit Ethernet controller
  • Broadcom BCM57711 dual-port 10 Gigabit Ethernet controller
    Note: The blade appliance high-speed Ethernet interfaces are available only when the blade appliance is installed in BladeCenter unit that is high-speed-switch capable. A high-speed 10GbE I/O module must also be installed in the BladeCenter unit that is set up for operation with the blade appliance.
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Integrated functions: (continued)
  • Integrated keyboard/video/mouse (cKVM) controller through IMM
  • Light path diagnostics
  • RS-485 interface for communication with the management module
  • Automatic server restart (ASR)
  • USB 2.0 for communication with cKVM and removable media drives
  • Serial over LAN (SOL)
  • Redundant buses for communication with keyboard, mouse, and removable media drives
Predictive Failure Analysis (PFA) alerts:
  • Microprocessors
  • Memory
  • Storage drives

Electrical input: 12 V dc

Size:
  • Height: 24.5 cm (9.7 inches) (6U)
  • Depth: 44.6 cm (17.6 inches)
  • Width: 5.9 cm (2.32 inches)
  • Maximum weight: 7.4 kg (16.3 lb)
Environment:
  • Air temperature:
    • Blade server on: 10°C to 35°C (50°F to 95°F). Altitude: 0 m to 914.4 m (0 ft to 3000 ft)
    • Blade server on: 10°C to 32°C (50°F to 89.6°F). Altitude: 914.4 m to 2133.6 m (3000 ft to 7000 ft)
    • Blade server off: 10°C to 43°C (50°F to 109.4°F). Altitude: 914.4 m to 2133.6 m (3000 ft to 7000 ft)
    • Blade server shipping: -40°C to 60°C (-40°F to 140°F)
  • Humidity:
    • Blade server on: 8% to 80%
    • Blade server off: 8% to 80%
    • Blade server storage: 5% to 80%
    • Blade server shipment: 5% to 100%
  • Particulate contamination:
    Attention: Airborne particulates and reactive gases acting alone or in combination with other environmental factors such as humidity or temperature might pose a risk to the server. For information about the limits for particulates and gases, see Particulate contamination.