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IBM Systems and Technology Group Data Sheet IBM BladeCenter PS700, PS701 and PS702 Express Smarter Power Blades for a Smarter Planet Consolidate on IBM BladeCenter Power Blades and virtualize applications to better utilize resources and amplify the already-signicant advantages of BladeCenter efficiencies Simplies your deployment with exible congurations that make it easy to implement the right system and the ability to run AIX®, IBM i, and Linux® operating systems simultaneously Elegantly simple scalability, allows easy expansion and pay-as-you-grow exibility for the utmost in investment protection, performance growth, and time to value A secure, resilient infrastructure solution that helps drive cost down, reduces risk, improves energy efficiency and enhances exibility Built on the proven foundation of the IBM BladeCenter® family of products—easy-to-use, integrated platforms with a high degree of deployment exibility, energy efficiency, scalability and manageability— the BladeCenter PS700, PS701 and PS702 Express are the premier blades for 64-bit applications. Minimize complexity, improve efficiency, automate processes, reduce energy consumption and scale easily: these are the benchmarks that matter on a smarter planet. The new POWER7 processor-based PS blades automatically optimize performance and capacity at either a system or virtual machine level and benets from the new POWER7 processor, which contains innovative technologies that help maximize performance and optimizes energy efficiency. They represent one of the most exible and cost-efficient solutions for UNIX®, i and Linux deployments available in the market. Further enhanced by its ability to be installed in the same chassis with other IBM BladeCenter blade servers, the PS blades can deliver the rapid return on investment that clients and businesses demand. Delivering on the promise for a highly dynamic infrastructure, the BladeCenter PS blades help in delivering superior business and IT services with agility and speed—all in a simple to manage highly efficient way. The PS700, PS701 and PS702 Express blades have been precongured and tested by IBM and are based on proven technology. Utilizing a 3.0 GHz 64-bit POWER7™ processor and available in a four-core, eight-core or sixteen-core conguration, they are optimized

IBM Systems and Technology Group Data Sheet to achieve maximum performance for both the system and its virtual machines. Couple that performance with PowerVM and you are now enabled for massive workload consolidation to drive maximum system utilization, predictable performance, and cost efficiency. Power is effortlessly balancing workload performance POWER7 Intelligent Threads technology enables workload optimization by selecting the most suitable threading mode: Single Thread (per core) or Simultaneous Multi Thread-2 or 4 modes. Consequently, Intelligent Threads technology can provide...

IBM Systems and Technology Group Data Sheet The blades contain all the necessities to run an application— processors, memory, I/O and storage. The chassis contains shared redundant power, shared hot-swap cooling, a media tray, integrated Ethernet, storage, switching and consolidated powerful management. Simplify. Cut costs. Boost productivity. Go green. They’re all priorities for IT, and they’re all driving organizations to rethink their server strategies and become more receptive to new ways to use IT. Blades are the next-generation solution, promising improvements across the board. So...

IBM Systems and Technology Group Data Sheet IBM BladeCenter PS700 Express at a glance Form factor Singlewide blade server for BladeCenter E, BladeCenter T, BladeCenter S, BladeCenter H, or BladeCenter HT chassis Processor cores Four 64-bit 3.0 GHz POWER7 cores with AltiVec™ SIMD and Hardware Decimal Floating-Point acceleration Memory (std/max) Base offering: 8 GB (2 x 4 GB); Express offering: 16 GB (4 x 4 GB), up to 64 GB maximum per blade, eight DIMM slots, ECC IBM Chipkill™ DDR3 SDRAM running at 1066 MHz (4 GB DIMMs) 800 MHz (8 GB DIMMs) Internal disk storage Two 300 or 600 GB 2.5" Serial...

IBM Systems and Technology Group Data Sheet IBM BladeCenter PS701 Express at a glance Form factor Singlewide blade server for BladeCenter S, BladeCenter H, or BladeCenter HT chassis Processor cores Eight 64-bit 3.0 GHz POWER7 cores with AltiVec SIMD and Hardware Decimal Floating-Point acceleration Memory (std/max) Base offering: 16 GB (4 x 4 GB); Express offering: 32 GB (4 x 8 GB), up to 128 GB maximum per blade, sixteen DIMM slots, ECC IBM Chipkill DDR3 SDRAM running at 1066 MHz (4 GB DIMMs) 800 MHz (8 GB DIMMs) Internal disk storage One 300 or 600 GB 2.5" Serial Attached SCSI (SAS) 10K...

IBM Systems and Technology Group Data Sheet IBM BladeCenter PS701 Express at a glance Operating systems AIX V5.3 or later, AIX V6.1 or later IBM i 6.1 or later1 SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 for POWER (SLES10 SP3) or later; SLES11 SP1 or later Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.5 for POWER (RHEL5.5) or later; RHEL6.1 or later High availability System dimensions PS701 Express blade: 9.65 in (245 mm) H x 1.14 in (29 mm) W x 17.55 in (445 mm) D; weight: 9.6 lb (4.35 kg)2 BladeCenter H chassis: 15.75 in (400 mm) H x 17.5 in (444 mm) W x 28.0 in (711 mm) D; weight: 350 lb (159 kg)2 BladeCenter S...

IBM Systems and Technology Group Data Sheet IBM BladeCenter PS702 Express at a glance Systems management Integrated systems management processor, IBM Systems Director Active Energy Manager, light path diagnostics, Predictive Failure Analysis, Cluster Systems Management (CSM), Serial Over LAN, IPMI compliant IBM Chipkill ECC detection and correction Processor Instruction Retry Service processor with fault monitoring Hot-swappable disk bays (in BladeCenter S chassis) Hot-plug power supplies and cooling fans (in chassis) Dynamic Processor Deallocation Dynamic deallocation of logical partitions...

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